Eventide Blackhole Pedal

The Eventide Blackhole Pedal is a reverb effects unit designed to immerse your sound in rich, expansive textures. Drawing from Eventide's signature reverb algorithms, it offers a wide palette of ambient possibilities, from deep, atmospheric washes to dramatic, infinite decays. It's well-suited for guitarists, synthesizer players, and sound designers seeking immersive soundscapes. With five onboard presets and support for up to 127 via MIDI, it gives you quick access to a diverse range of reverb settings.

Control is straightforward yet flexible. Knobs adjust key parameters like Gravity, Size, Mix, and Feedback, letting you shape everything from reversed decays to vast, lingering spaces. A secondary function layer expands control to modulation and output shaping. Expression pedal support allows smooth transitions across multiple parameters with a single motion. Additional features include USB connectivity, deep MIDI control, and a Catch Up mode that ensures preset transitions don't cause sudden sonic jumps. The Blackhole pedal offers an intuitive way to explore complex ambient effects in a compact, stage-ready format.

• Five presets loaded at your feet with dozens more available with Eventide Device Manager (EDM) software

• Control the Size of your space from a cartoonishly small room to a limitless universe.

• Use PreDelay to offset the onset of the reverb.

• Turn up Feedback to go beyond the event horizon.

• Tap the Freeze Footswitch to instantly ‘freeze' your sound.

• Dual action Active Footswitch is latching or momentary.

• Rear panel Guitar/Line Level switch for selecting use with guitar, synths, FX loop or DAW interface

• Map any combination of parameters to an Expression Pedal.

• Use a single Aux switch to Tap Tempo or a triple Aux switch for easy preset changing (up/down/load).

• MIDI capability over TRS (use with a MIDI to TRS cable or converter box) or USB

• Multiple Bypass options: Buffered, Relay, DSP+FX or Kill dry

• Catch-up mode helps dial in your sound when toggling between presets/parameters.

• Eventide Device Manager PC or Mac application for software updates, system settings and creating/saving presets

• Fine-tune your tone with Lo, Hi and Q (resonance) controls. Use the tone controls to add airiness or clear up the low-end. Map the EQ controls to an expression pedal to add movement to the reverb tail.

• Unique Gravity control to custom-tailor the reverb tail in two realms " normal or inverse decay. Create interesting swells or suck the dry signal back into the reverb tail. At longer decay times, Blackhole allows the articulation to shine through without competing with the reverb tail.

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:

• Reverb effects pedal with Gravity and Freeze controls

• Firmware version v1.0 or later

• 5 on-board user presets

• 127 presets accessible via MIDI

• Power requirement: 9 volt direct current center-negative

AUDIO CONTROLS:

• Gravity control for inverse or normal decay

• Feedback control for infinite decay or freeze function

• Mix control for dry and wet signal blending

• Size control for reverb space size

• Hi control for boost or cut above 2,000 Hertz

• Lo control for boost or cut below 350 Hertz

• Q control for resonance of low and high filters

• Delay control with predelay range from 0 to 2,000 milliseconds

• Rate control for modulation speed

• Depth control for modulation intensity

• Output Level control with boost or cut and unity gain at center

PRESET AND PARAMETER FUNCTIONS:

• Preset LED ladder indicates loaded and modified presets

• Catch Up knob function prevents abrupt parameter changes

• Button or LED toggles between primary and secondary parameter layers

• Save Mode exits after a few seconds of inactivity

FOOTSWITCHES AND BUTTONS:

• ACTIVE footswitch toggles preset loading and bypass

• FREEZE footswitch selects presets or activates freeze mode

• ACTIVE button toggles footswitch mode between latching and momentary

• FREEZE button enables Save Mode and preset slot selection

• Button and footswitch combinations access system settings

REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS:

• Input accepts standard TS mono or TRS stereo plug

• Output OUT1 and OUT2 with dry signal on both outputs in mono

• Mono or stereo switch with left for mono and right for stereo

• Tip of TRS is OUT1 and ring is OUT2 in stereo mode

• Input or output level switch with left for guitar and right for line or effects loop

• EXP jack accepts expression pedal, auxiliary switches, or TRS MIDI

• Mini USB port supports firmware updates and MIDI over USB

SYSTEM SETUP OPTIONS:

• Bypass mode options: Buffered, Relay, DSP plus effects, Kill-Dry

• EXP jack modes: EXP, EXP plus AUX, Triple AUX, MIDI Box, MIDI TRS

• Catch Up knob function can be toggled on or off

• MIDI channel selection from 1 to 16 or Omni

• MIDI clock can be enabled or disabled

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION:

• MIDI program change messages load presets from slot 1 to 127

• MIDI messages can be received via USB or EXP jack

• Control Change 4 assigns expression pedal

• Control Change 9 assigns tap tempo

• Control Change 14 toggles active or bypass

• Control Change 15 toggles freeze function

• Control Change 20 assigns mix parameter

• Control Change 21 assigns feedback parameter

• Control Change 22 assigns gravity parameter

• Control Change 23 assigns size parameter

• Control Change 24 assigns low parameter

• Control Change 25 assigns high parameter

• Control Change 26 assigns depth parameter

• Control Change 27 assigns rate parameter

• Control Change 28 assigns output level parameter

• Control Change 29 assigns delay parameter

• Control Change 30 assigns Q parameter

EXPRESSION PEDAL FUNCTIONALITY:

• Allows morphing between multiple parameters from heel to toe

• EXP jack must be set to EXP or EXP plus AUX mode

• Parameter values assigned by manual knob adjustment at heel and toe positions

• Mappings cleared by holding ACTIVE footswitch and pressing ACTIVE button until LEDs flash twice