Producer Tony Visconti used the H910 to achieve the now-legendary snare sound on David Bowie’s Young Americans, and Tony Platt did likewise on AC/DC’s Back in Black.
Jimmy Page was an early fan, incorporating the H910 into his guitar rack, and, similarly, Frank Zappa employed it heavily as part of his guitar sound.
In 1974, Agnello conceived of a harmony processor but had little idea that he was creating a classic tool for the most successful artists of their generation. It is the grand daddy of crystal/shimmer effects. It has a cleaner, less gritty character and introduces flanging as well as random and reverse delays. Ideal for vocals, guitars, and horns, the Eventide H910 was invented by then-engineer, Tony Agnello. Released in 1977, the H949 Harmonizer was the follow-up to the H910. Music engineered on the H910 became the soundtrack of the seventies and eighties drawing praise and extensive use from a select group of top artists and producers. The recreation of the original piano-style keyboard remote control which was used live by several artists including Elton John. These hardware-style controls allow the H910 plug-in to be even more responsive to your sound and music. Early customers included New York City’s Channel 5 putting an H910 to work, downward pitch shifting the audio portion of “I Love Lucy” reruns that were sped up to squeeze in more commercials. The H910-EKD (Envelope/Keyboard/Delay) incorporates all of the features from the original hardware rack box. Users soon found all sorts of applications, ranging from regenerative arpeggios to bizarre sound design effects to lush guitar or vocal fattening. Yes, vocalist Jon Anderson tested the first prototype.
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