

Recordingologists know this effect's first sonic appearance in pop music occurs on David Bowie's album Low, which inspires our close look and listen to Sound and Vision.Īs the good folks at Eventide show us in their video below, the sound of this device immediately changed the sound of pop music, grabbing the attention of producers and engineers: The Eventide H910 Harmonizer, however, was a bit of a surprise. Digital reverb and digital delay lines were a thrilling addition to the effects racks, but were somewhat expected - digital versions of analog and acoustic predecessors. While digital Audio Compact Discs wouldn't hit stores until 1982, digital devices snuck into recording studios in the mid-70s. Offering opportunities beyond the stock processes of the time: filters, delays, reverbs, etc.įor this to happen, audio had to be digitized it can't be done in the analog domain.


First: Digital Pitch Shifter, and - more importantly - the first Multi-FX unit,
