eventide eclipse as reverb

[Christian Güssmer]

Hi,

I'm interested in opinions from USERS of the eventide eclipse... will its reverb be sufficient as a main, natural reverb? How does it sound compared to the "real" reverbs from Lexicon (PCM90, 91, 92), and TC (M3000, Rev4000)?

I do know the H3000 and love it for its FX sound, but won't take it as main reverb for jazz or classical music. So I was wondering if the eclipse ("with x times more processing power") will be different.

thanks

 

[Christian Güssmer]

Re: eventide eclipse as reverb

so to answer myself about 1 year later... just in case

yes it can be used as a real main reverb! I did use it for several kinds of music and always liked it, did a comparison to a PCM81 and felt like the Eventide wins.

 

[Christian Tepfer]

Re: eventide eclipse as reverb

Hey Christian,

didn't see the original posting.

I took the H3000D/SE as a main reverb for some occasions. Depending on the music style, sources and PA/room it was a win/draw against a PCM70 that time. Maybe only because I like defined reverbs. The preset handling was a PITA though. All those analog scrib sheets to take some studio FX to the live FOHs...

I took out the Eclipse a few times and used it for reverbs mainly. (the H3000D/SE still was used for special FX, some of which the Eclipse doesn't seem to emulate, like the String Modeller)

Maybe a reverb comparison of the Eclipse with a PCM81 is a bit unfair but I would expect the Eclipse to win as well.

 

[John Chiara]

Re: eventide eclipse as reverb

I don't think I would want a PCM for Jazz or Classical. Way to artificial sounding. Roland verbs sound great to me and are dirt cheap.

 

[Klaus Zimmermann]

Re: eventide eclipse as reverb

definately, i'm using an eclipse as replacement for my old but trusty PCM 60 & 70, sometimes even for my 300, or in conjunction with it :thumbup: .