H3000 Explorations - mod factory|one

[@Sodacake]

Noodle To is an anagram of Leon Todd. That's all I have to say.

[@LeonTodd]

This made Leon Tood's day

[@Sodacake]

@@LeonTodd Leon Tood plays bass.

[@LeonTodd]

@@Sodacake perfect alter-ego name!

[@bobgreaves1716]

Tone o'DDL :)

[@jcugnoni]

Really loved your playing with the echoes at 8:30 !! Great ambient where the echoes seem to answer to your playing. Impressed.

[@100haymaker]

Love that you used the H3500! Puts to bed the idea that there’s a difference between it and the H3000.

[@peterharvin2775]

Ah the good old days when you had to walk 3 miles to school uphill both ways in the snow, and all patches were created using knobs and buttons and teeny little displays. But oh man the effort is worth it. Kudos.

[@LeonTodd]

.... You were lucky!!

[@peterharvin2775]

@@LeonTodd Indeed I was. The kudos was to you for getting that thing to sing.

[@LeonTodd]

@@peterharvin2775 ever see the Monty Python sketch where they're going back and forth about how hard they had it as kids? If not you'll get a chuckle out of it :)

[@peterharvin2775]

@@LeonTodd Nope, but I'll definitely check it out. and thanks. Love Monty Python. Always on the lookout for killer rabbits.

[@AstorSkywalker]

I personally love the deep dive stuff

[@kevinstarofficial]

there's something about these vintage digital units, nothing sounds like them. I was toying with a vintage 80s Roland sampler these days and i am floored with the sounds that come from these early digital stuff. nothing harsh, and the low end is always like a soft cloud. amazing

[@LeonTodd]

I'm coming around to the idea it's all the analog circuitry and filtering they needed to make those primitive DDL's behave themselves.

[@carlroberge7535]

Sounds so good! There's really nothing like it. Plus yours looks glorious! Mint condition. Doesn't change the sound but it's so sexy to look at. Great video as always! Cheers!

[@LeonTodd]

yeah it's very of the times hey! Just need a 2290 now :p

[@carlroberge7535]

@@LeonTodd You work so hard that I'm sure at some point life will reward you with a 2290. If there's someone that deserves to own one, it's you!

[@Bricklinsv1970]

The Holy Grail is Mesa Boogie Strategy 500 hooked too four 4x12" cabs cranked with a ADA MP1 pre amp raw and pushed! Its ridiculous!! And scary like a Nitro Funny Car ;) I always love Eventide! My favorite multi fx is Digitech Valve Fx ;)

[@LeonTodd]

*portal to hell opens*

[@dan_perry]

Now that's a rig! I might add in a Boogie quad preamp on the side.

[@blackstratblues]

My H3000 D/SE thanks you! So far I've just got variations of Crystal Echoes, Blackhole & Micropitch but this opens up so much more.

[@LeonTodd]

Awesome! Yeah modfactory is the ultimate "killer app" on these IMO

[@stevenmgyori3826]

Well done LT! Great demo and explanation! Thanks for the Strat Today! Be Well All!

[@LeonTodd]

Always think of you when I get that thing out bro!

[@stevenmgyori3826]

@@LeonTodd Aw, that's so nice of you to say! But stop it or my head my swell and Burst! Thanks Brother!

[@Bammbamm]

Always wanted one, just never pulled the trigger. These are so powerful and amazing that tEventide was doing this degree pf processing back 20 years ago.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah they wrote the book

[@jamesflack8624]

026: Bandalay Industries. I'm your rubber salesman... If you get it, you get it m If don't, then I look like an ass. Love these vids LT Cheers 🍻

[@LeonTodd]

HAHAHAHAHAHA That got me real good

[@GonzaCordovez]

i am so tented with one of this!...how do you compare its mojo with the Eclipse?...i already have en Eclipse and to get an H3000 i would have to sell the Eclipse...is it worth it ??

[@cliftonwright7081]

Heeeelllzz yeah

[@LeonTodd]

The schmo-box

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@LeonTodd it’s got more shmoo than sea world. I used to be a performer in the whale show at sea world…I’ll tell you about it sometime…

[@MikeSalopek]

I would personally love to see a deep dive on the smart pitch shifting harmonizer :)

[@glennmiller8021]

I just knew there'd be strat magic in this vid!

[@LeonTodd]

Of course!

[@piperdaniel]

I'm thinking about getting the Plugin of this - I'll have to try to match your settings - thanks!

[@jimmybiter2936]

Lets hear everything this unit has to offer👍🤘

[@harumann]

I got rid of my H3500 back in 2006, when I got the Axe-FX Standard. Looking at programming it doesn't bring me nostalgia, it gives me headache :-D

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah if this was the only option you had it must have been a nightmare!

[@sacredgeometry]

It's unfortunate but there are only a few areas where even the latest harmonisers are remotely competitive. Nice to have if you absolutely need to do it in outboard gear or want to replicate a specific signature sound but otherwise I have a feeling they might be out of business within 3 versions unless they adapt.

[@gitarman666]

I have always had problems making connections because the h3000 is all XLR but one of the pins is different from what we know as normal XLR So the cable must be moded and then moded again if your going 1/4” and line to instrument levels Not sure if the 3500 is the same

[@fdellamorte]

Have you tried a Vai ballerina 12/24 type patch ? Always remember being floored by that when I first heard it .

[@LeonTodd]

It's not on my unit! I've ordered an EPROM with all the vai presets though so it won't be long until I do a vid with it!

[@ExtensionOfTheWish]

Thanks Leo for the awesome video! I wonder if it's possible to clone these kind of sounds with the AxeFx3?

[@LeonTodd]

Definitely, there's everything and more to recreate these routings. The H3500 converters and analog front end have "a sound" that's not super hifi so you'd have to experiment on the Axe to get the exact same flavour.

[@timrussellguitar1516]

Great demo Leon.

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate! A mighty machine!

[@EasyHeat]

Dude, I'd love to see a demo of the old TubeWorks MossValve power amps! Personal fav of mine. NaLex makes a free sim inspired by one that's amazing, and genuinely beefs up every sim chain I put it in! Cheers mate! Stay gold!

[@LeonTodd]

That's super cool there's a plugin version now. Haven't been able to find a real one yet!

[@EasyHeat]

@@LeonTodd I found a local who had one, but it was in rough shape so I passed. I was genuinely impressed with the NaLex plugin tho. Even with an IR loader that has a power amp sim, it just adds an extra finishing “punch” & added tweakability.

[@tommygunrva]

How is it, after 30 years, this unit can still sound so amazing that I still wish I could get one? The Ultra-Harmonizer series was the creme de' la creme back when I first started playing guitar, and somehow, it still seems that way. In the last 20 years, I've been a heads and pedals guy, but man this gives me those older urges of building another rack amp. Maybe a VHT Two Fifty Two, a Hafler Hellrazor, and an Eventide.... mmmmm. That'd still be about half the size of my old rack, haha.

[@LeonTodd]

50's Strats and Les Paul's, 70's Marshalls, 80's Boogies, early 90's Eventides. The great ones stand the test of time!

[@tommygunrva]

@@LeonTodd So true. Also, my '94 5150 and my '87 JCM 800 :2210 are raising their hands in the back like...

[@wakjob961]

Made me weak in the knees.

[@mezzafinook]

i just got an original green dot universe and this series is only convincing me getting an h3000 is the next logical step haha

[@LeonTodd]

Hahaha i know the feeling!

[@Simeon_Harris]

those old 3000 units have such a lovely "texture" to the delays

[@LeonTodd]

I wonder how much that has to do with analog front end/back end, the converters or if it's just the way it sounds. Amazing delay machine nonetheless.

[@blackstratblues]

@@LeonTodd Apparently Dave Derr (Emprical Labs Distressor creator) designed the analog front end and coverters, so that figures. www.soundtoys.com/plugged-in-h3000/

[@courtney2018]

Yes, more please! 😉

[@dan_perry]

I was hoping that you were gonna deep dive into this ol' monster! Thanks Leon and by all means continue! Tip: When ever I do algorithm creation on the 2101 nowadays, I like to draw out all the blocks in a diagram. It really helps to keep me on track, but sometimes you may stumble upon a happy accident.👍 EDIT: I.should of watched the vid before I started typing away.😅

[@LeonTodd]

How does the 2101 work in that regard? Similar to this?

[@dan_perry]

@@LeonTodd It's very similar, you have total patching control over all the in's and outs of the FX blocks, parallel paths into series paths or the other way around. Like the AxeFX only not bound to a matrix. Anything you have CPU and RAM for can be mashed together in any order/routing, there's mixers with control over level and pan too. You can even create feedback loops from any FX block...really powerful. Master wet/dry control for taming FX. No programmable LFO's unfortunately.

[@phildem414]

Cool content! It would be cool to cover the VH usage of this magic box, and/or mick mars. Vai of course...

[@LeonTodd]

Definitely!

[@bobgreaves1716]

Another great vid. More deep-dives, please :)

[@LeonTodd]

My fave type of vid to do :)

[@bobgreaves1716]

@@LeonTodd Don't forget to post it in Huge Guitar Racks - lots of folks who will be interested to see this :)

[@Yupppi]

More juicy sounds with legendary units? Yes, that might be of interest. Now back to making chorus and flanger sounds with my newly acquired, grainy and fun SDE-2000. Can't always find the stuff like SDE-3000 so might as well see what the more primitive version does (wild oscillations and almost a clean sine wave generator if you abuse it hard enough).

[@LeonTodd]

Oh awesome, keep me posted on how you like the 2000!!

[@Yupppi]

@@LeonTodd It's lacking many of the quality of life features of 3000 (no memory, no tap tempo), and has frequency response only up to 11 kHz (fine for guitar, perhaps not as great as general studio purpose). Delay time only up to 670 ms or so in 2x mode. To me it seems like you can drive the input up to +6 dB red led and it doesn't get upset like say an SPX90 would, feels like the front end is a lot like common analog gear in that respect. It definitely has strong low-pass filtering in 2x mode. It wasn't easy to come by any information outside the manual, playthrough videos or anything, seems rather rare. I don't think my literal descriptions can do anything better than this video I found by a japanese guy which made me pull the trigger kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnaTgXauaLymj5Y. He has another video about it as well with more ordinary settings (the title is only "IMG5655"). If you spot it for a decent price some day it's worth a play. Very colored effect. Especially the vibrato in the modulation is almost difficult to mask to sound like a chorus or flanger if you play a long note.

[@crossroadguitars]

Question to all that have a 3500 has any one ever found some Mod factory presets online

[@LeonTodd]

Same. The older I get the more it makes sense.

[@TheCyberMantis]

Eventide.... the name means "pro quality". Pro players been using that stuff for many years. ( Which is why I never had any of it. ) LoL!

[@murtonmuffley6724]

How come say H3000 but show H3500?

[@LeonTodd]

They're essentially the same thing. The H3500 shipped with the sampler card, but any h3000 can be upgraded with one