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 […]... Click on the title for more