To make its H8000FW multichannel Ultra-Harmonizer processor even more compatible with more things, Eventide has announced the H8000FW version 5.5 software upgrade.

Available as a free download for registered H8000FW users, the version 5.5 upgrade adds Windows 7 and Snow Leopard compatibility, plus several system enhancements and all of the TimeFactor and ModFactor effects and presets to the processor's current host of 1,800 programs.

New updated H8000FW signal routing programs for Macs and PCs are also available on the Eventide Web site as free downloads for registered users.

Said to be the most powerful Eventide processor ever, the H8000FW Ultra-Harmonizer includes a number of leading Eventide programs, including 5.1 reverb and effects up to 96 kHz. The H8000FW can process up to eight channels of 24-bit, 96 kHz with one cable via FireWire, and it also features AES / EBU, ADAT, and S/PDIF digital I/O as well four channels of analog I/O.

Eventide H8000FW features:

• Four channels analog I/O
• Eight channels of AES / EBU, ADAT, and S/PDIF I/O
• FireWire I/O
• Analog inputs feature either 1/4-inch high-impedance input jacks or XLRs
• Remotely switchable true bypass
• Digital effects -- create your own or use the included presets
• Many post-production effects, including CB Radio, Cellular Phone, Long Distance, Random Dialer, Off Hook!, Real Dialer, Megaphone, Shortwave Radio, Traffic Report, Radio, Intercom, Public Address, Fries With That?, Office Intercom, Sound Truck, Talking Dashboard, Clock Radio, Bullhorn, Airplane Background, Jet Flybys, TankAttack, Mortar Shells, Stormwatch, TV in Next Room, and Boom Box
• Templates for eight precision delays for multichannel video post applications
• Tools specifically designed to facilitate 5.1 frame rate conversion
• 5.1 reverb halls, chambers, rooms, booths, ambient spaces, and plates
• Eight individually adjustable sets of straight delays, modulated delays, ribbon delays, reverse delays, panning delays, diatonic shifters, flangers, EQs, phasers, tremelos, and filters
• 20 MIDI Virtual Rack preset-algorithms, each with 10 different tweaks that can be programmed, stored, and controlled in real-time through MIDI
• Sample / delay memory
• Eight channels of time compression / expansion
• Works with Eventide’s EVE / NET remote
• Includes the UltraShifter formant-maintaining pitch shifter optimized for the human voice

To download the H8000FW version 5.5 software upgrade, visit Eventide's Web site at eventide.com.