Blackhole Pedal

Five presets loaded at your feet with dozens more available with Eventide Device Manager (EDM) software

Control the Size of your space from a cartoonishly small room to a limitless universe.

Use PreDelay to offset the onset of the reverb.

Turn up Feedback to go beyond the event horizon.

Tap the Freeze Footswitch to instantly ‘freeze' your sound.

Dual action Active Footswitch is latching or momentary.

Rear panel Guitar/Line Level switch for selecting use with guitar, synths, FX loop or DAW interface

Map any combination of parameters to an Expression Pedal.

Use a single Aux switch to Tap Tempo or a triple Aux switch for easy preset changing (up/down/load).

MIDI capability over TRS (use with a MIDI to TRS cable or converter box) or USB

Multiple Bypass options: Buffered, Relay, DSP+FX or Kill dry

Catch-up mode helps dial in your sound when toggling between presets/parameters.

Eventide Device Manager PC or Mac application for software updates, system settings and creating/saving presets

Fine-tune your tone with Lo, Hi and Q (resonance) controls. Use the tone controls to add airiness or clear up the low-end. Map the EQ controls to an expression pedal to add movement to the reverb tail.

Unique Gravity control to custom-tailor the reverb tail in two realms " normal or inverse decay. Create interesting swells or suck the dry signal back into the reverb tail. At longer decay times, Blackhole allows the articulation to shine through without competing with the reverb tail.

General Specifications

Reverb effects pedal with Gravity and Freeze controls

Firmware version v1.0 or later

5 on-board user presets

127 presets accessible via MIDI

Power requirement: 9 volt direct current center-negative

Audio Controls

Gravity control for inverse or normal decay

Feedback control for infinite decay or freeze function

Mix control for dry and wet signal blending

Size control for reverb space size

Hi control for boost or cut above 2,000 Hertz

Lo control for boost or cut below 350 Hertz

Q control for resonance of low and high filters

Delay control with predelay range from 0 to 2,000 milliseconds

Rate control for modulation speed

Depth control for modulation intensity

Output Level control with boost or cut and unity gain at center

Preset and Parameter Functions

Preset LED ladder indicates loaded and modified presets

Catch Up knob function prevents abrupt parameter changes

Button or LED toggles between primary and secondary parameter layers

Save Mode exits after a few seconds of inactivity

Footswitches and Buttons

ACTIVE footswitch toggles preset loading and bypass

FREEZE footswitch selects presets or activates freeze mode

ACTIVE button toggles footswitch mode between latching and momentary

FREEZE button enables Save Mode and preset slot selection

Button and footswitch combinations access system settings

Rear Panel Connections

Input accepts standard TS mono or TRS stereo plug

Output OUT1 and OUT2 with dry signal on both outputs in mono

Mono or stereo switch with left for mono and right for stereo

Tip of TRS is OUT1 and ring is OUT2 in stereo mode

Input or output level switch with left for guitar and right for line or effects loop

EXP jack accepts expression pedal, auxiliary switches, or TRS MIDI

Mini USB port supports firmware updates and MIDI over USB

System Setup Options

Bypass mode options: Buffered, Relay, DSP plus effects, Kill-Dry

EXP jack modes: EXP, EXP plus AUX, Triple AUX, MIDI Box, MIDI TRS

Catch Up knob function can be toggled on or off

MIDI channel selection from 1 to 16 or Omni

MIDI clock can be enabled or disabled

MIDI Implementation

MIDI program change messages load presets from slot 1 to 127

MIDI messages can be received via USB or EXP jack

Control Change 4 assigns expression pedal

Control Change 9 assigns tap tempo

Control Change 14 toggles active or bypass

Control Change 15 toggles freeze function

Control Change 20 assigns mix parameter

Control Change 21 assigns feedback parameter

Control Change 22 assigns gravity parameter

Control Change 23 assigns size parameter

Control Change 24 assigns low parameter

Control Change 25 assigns high parameter

Control Change 26 assigns depth parameter

Control Change 27 assigns rate parameter

Control Change 28 assigns output level parameter

Control Change 29 assigns delay parameter

Control Change 30 assigns Q parameter

Expression Pedal Functionality

Allows morphing between multiple parameters from heel to toe

EXP jack must be set to EXP or EXP plus AUX mode

Parameter values assigned by manual knob adjustment at heel and toe positions

Mappings cleared by holding ACTIVE footswitch and pressing ACTIVE button until LEDs flash twice