"The huge reverb would lend itself perfectly to cavernous echoes on dubstep snares, for example. More subtle settings sound exceptional on soft pad sounds, classic deep house Rhodes chords and even on percussion parts."

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"It breaks away from the plate-room-hall-chamber paradigm and brings a single algorithm geared towards making reverbs as big as the cosmos... Blackhole is simply a joy to use."

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"Incredibly rich sound which makes it the perfect tool for creating big movie-style effects, and crazy warped sounds out of run-of-the-mill sources."

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Extraterrestrial Reverb

Most reverbs are earth-bound and constrained by the physics of the real world. Our Blackhole reverb breaks the rules by allowing you to create virtual spaces that could never exist in reality (at least the one we inhabit). At large sizes, its soft attack and lingering, harmonic tails allow it to really shine on guitars, strings and pads. At small sizes, those very same qualities can add an angelic sheen to vocals or turn a simple drum track into an otherworldly rhythm section.

From the Extreme to the Sublime

While it’s true Blackhole is capable of creating space-warping special effects and drones, it’s also capable of creating musical and subtle effects you’ll find useful for highlighting key instruments or painting a backdrop for your mix. Whether you're at the event horizon or closer to home, Blackhole will inspire and amaze while its intuitive controls will allow you to add that special something to your tracks without a degree in rocket science.

In short, Blackhole is destined to be one of those tools that you turn to time and again when reality just isn't enough.

The Secret Weapon

This famed, massive reverberator first saw the light of day as an algorithm in our rackmount DSP4000 and remained a favorite in the rackmount H8000FW. For decades studio engineers considered Blackhole their "secret weapon." More recently, it was ported to our Space stompbox and became the go-to ambient effect for guitar and keyboard layers. With each new version the reverb has been refined and enhanced.

We’ve now perfected the galactic sounds of the Blackhole reverb in native plug-in form. With the Blackhole plug-in, any instrument in your DAW can warp acoustic space and time.

Features

Incredibly easy to use with over 50 presets; many created by Eventide artists
Ability to create extremely musical effects useful for highlighting key instruments
Supernatural settings for abstract spatial effects and drones
Subtle settings for ambient washes and track higlighting
Unique “Gravity” control reverses the arrow of time by inverting the reverb's decay
Kill Switch mutes the input so you only hear the reverb. This makes for some incredible effects when automated
Mix Lock allows for scrolling through presets or settings while keeping the wet/dry mix constant
Fully flexible mono and stereo options. Bring new realms of stereo imaging to mono instruments
Innovative Ribbon and Hot Switch allow for changing any combination of parameters simultaneously
Full support for the Native Instruments NKS Effects system.

Presets Make it Easy

Blackhole was designed to give you extensive control, allowing you to craft your own signature sounds. Included with Blackhole is a carefully curated set of 50 presets that serve as a launch pad for your explorations. These presets cover spaces as small as a room and as large as space itself.

Blackhole Plug-in Presets

Factory Presets

Biggest Reverb Ever
Dreamscape
Drum Filter Toolbox
H8000 Blackhole
Quasar Trails
Spaghettification

From Space Pedal

Blackhole
Darkmatter
Nebula
Neutrino
Pulsar

Artist Presets

Flood & Alan Moulder

Fishhole

John Agnello

Hey Honey

Jonsi & Alex from Sigur Ros

Sigur Ros

Vernon Reid

Dogstar
Transfigured
Vortex
Centaurus
Starcrater

Richard Devine

Train Tracks
Artic
Automate
Boxed In
CargoShip
Cathedral
Circular Hall
CombChamber
Complete Drone
DarkenHall
DecayDrop
Distantz
Dome Ceilings
Double Tap
Drum Ringer
EchoVerb
Jumble Snares
Metalizer
MoveMeDelay
Oil Drum
Plexor
PongSpace
RacketDelay
Reflex Tile
Ring Decay
Slushy
Spectral Mesh
Spiral Verb
Stairway Delay
Varse
VoraxDecay

System Requirements

Windows

Windows 8 and later (Windows 11 supported) (64-bit only)
AAX, VST2, VST3

Mac

macOS 10.9 - macOS Ventura (Intel / M1 Apple Silicon supported) (64-bit only)
AAX, AU, VST2, VST3

Important Notes:

Eventide tests their desktop plugins in Ableton Live, Cubase, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, and Studio One (However, their plugins should work with any compatible host.)
No iLok dongle is required to run this software - only a FREE iLok account/Manager is required for authorisation.