Updated Pedal: Eventide H9 Gen 2 Multi-Effects Pedal

Eventide just did something rare in the gear world: they gave away the farm.

As of June 1, 2026, every registered H9 Standard and H9 Core owner gets upgraded to H9 Max for free. No fee. No hardware swap. No fine print. Register your pedal, sync through H9 Control, and the full 52-algorithm library loads onto your unit. The tiered model—Standard, Core, Max—is dead. Every H9 is now a Max.

Why now? Because the Eventide H9 Gen 2 started shipping on June 24. Same ARM architecture as the H90. 74 algorithms. Over 1,000 presets. Full parameter control from the pedal itself—no app required. USB-C. MIDI. Bluetooth coming via firmware. Effects spillover between presets. It’s a proper next-gen box.

But the MaxOut upgrade is the real story. Eventide could have left Standard and Core owners in the dust. Instead, they unlocked the full algorithm set on existing hardware. That’s not a marketing stunt. That’s a company clearing out the old pricing structure and treating early adopters like they matter.

If you’ve been sitting on an H9 Standard wondering if you should upgrade, stop wondering. You already did. Go sync your pedal.

Eventide H9 Gen 1

Few manufacturers can claim Eventide‘s record in delivering top-notch and lush sounding studio and pedal gear. The Eventide H9 looks and feels like a clear departure from their line of stompboxes: whereas those black pedals immediately conveyed an intimidating feeling of depth of features (which can scare some musicians away), this brand new product, in its glorious white case, looks like an inspiringly simple device.

What will make Eventide’s fans salivate though, is that the H9, which features stereo in/outs, expression input and Midi and USB connections, not only comes loaded with a set of Eventide’s most popular algorithms taken from each one of their 4 stompboxes – plus an exclusive UltraTap Delay – but it can actually run (on at a time) any effect from any of the Eventide line of pedals through a pay-for-patch system ($20 for any extra algorithm). It’s like a “Best of Eventide” + your own favorites!

For live performances, presets can be recalled using the footswitches (the big knob can also be “stomped” on for extra features), while effects can be edited in depth through the various Mac/PC programs and now also through an iOS app – a first for Eventide.

Check out Living Colour Vernon Reid’s reaction to the H9 here, and a few more demos of the pedal.