It's a fairly complex effect with a wide range of sonic settings via primary and secondary function controls and five built-in presets (Blackhole, Dark Matter, Nebula, Singularity, Pulsar) with cool atmospheric/sci-fi sounds on waves of reverb effect enriched with delay and modulation. Blackhole can record up to 127 presets via MIDI (using a Mini USB interface or MIDI to TRS patch cable or MIDI converter). Presets are also available in the Eventide Device Manager (EDM) software library
The pedal's Active Footswitch operates in Latch or Momentary modes, while a second Freeze switch offers the same function, whereby pressing/holding down the pedal lets the reverb/tail of the effect reverberate, to which you can then apply additional soundscapes. A useful feature is certainly the input for an external expression pedal, to which you can assign any combination of parameters and change the character of the sound in real time by changing the position of the pedal.
The pedal offers one mono/stereo input (TS/TRS) and two outputs (Mono/Stereo). Adjust the Guitar/Line Level switch to optimize the pedal for working with guitars, synthesizers, effects loops or DAW interfaces. The bypass circuitry works in Buffered, Relay, DSP+FX or Kill dry modes. The pedal is powered by a 9V adapter (200mA /Center Negative).
Specifications
- Type: Reverb
- Controls: 2x FS, Mix, Gravity/Delay, Feedback/Q, Size/Depth, Lo/Rate, Hi/Out Lvl, Active button, Freeze button, Mono/Stereo switch, Guitar/Line Lvl switch, Primary/Secondary switch/button
- True Bypass: No
- Input Ports: 1x Mono/Stereo, 1x Expression, 1x USB
- Output Ports: 2x Mono (Stereo)
- Power: 9V Adapter
- Adapter included: Yes
- Country of Production: USA