11/10/2008 - Full parameter control provided from within Pro Tools for the Eclipse, H7600, and H8000 series
Eventide announced a new RTAS plug-in that provides real-time control of its award-winning Eventide H8000 series, H7600, and Eclipse™ multi-effects processors. E-Control™ provides multiple parameter control automation, and program change capability which is saved with the session for easy recall from within ProTools. The E-Control plug-in is scheduled for release to public beta presently, and will be available for purchase for $199 in the first quarter of 2009. E-Control will be available at no charge to registered users of the H8000FW, H7600, and Eclipse hardware processors purchased September 1, 2007 until the official release of the product.
According to Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales and marketing, "With E-Control, we're providing a deeper level of integration, allowing all ProTools users to more easily take advantage of the thousands of extraordinary effects found in our hardware boxes. By bridging the divide between outboard processors and desktop workflow, we're providing Pro Tools users with a cost-effective and intuitive way to get the most from Eventide outboard processors. We are combining unfettered access to the vast universe of effects, heard on countless hit records over the past thirty seven years, with the convenience of control automation and instant recall from within the session."