Eventide Harmonizers Integral to St. Vincent’s Beguiling Sound
2/15/2010 - Multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark deploys the Eclipse and PitchFactor in her critically acclaimed work
Critically acclaimed 4AD artist Annie Clark relies on the Eclipse and PitchFactor Harmonizer® effects processors in her recording and live performances as St. Vincent. Heralding from Texas, Annie Clark burst upon the independent music scene seemingly fully-formed. St. Vincent’s debut album, ‘Marry Me’ came out in 2007 to nearly unanimous critical acclaim from such disparate sources as PitchFork Media, the New York Times, and Spin. St. Vincent’s new album, ‘Actor’ was released on May 5th. St. Vincent is currently on an extensive tour throughout the United States.
“My Eventide PitchFactor and Eclipse are integral to my sound, both live and in the studio” said Clark. She then mused, “How do they cram all that magic and mystery into one little box?”
The Eclipse Harmonizer includes 90 of Eventide's best effects from nearly four decades of boundary smashing effects, rolled into one compact rack processor. Eclipse is designed for performance, but also thrives in the studio. Eclipse features 390 presets, super-fast program change, compact flash for software updates and offline preset storage, S/PDIF, ADAT, and AES/EBU digital I/O, true analog bypass, and the ability to run two stereo effects at one time.
Eventide’s newest addition to its stompbox product line, PitchFactor, the Harmonizer stompbox, features up to 2 seconds of stereo delay and up to 4 voices of intelligent harmonies. PitchFactor has 10 of Eventide’s classic pitch and delay effects including dual H910/H949, Quadravox™, HarModulator™, PitchFlex™, Octover™, Crystals™, HarPeggiator, Diatonic, MicroPitch, and Synthonizer™. Like the other Eventide stompboxes TimeFactor and ModFactor, PitchFactor is housed in a rugged cast metal housing small enough for your gigbag or carry-on luggage. PitchFactor features stereo or mono operation, line or instrument level inputs and outputs, true analog bypass, real time control with 10 knobs, MIDI or expression pedal, and USB for upgrading the sounds at eventide.com.