Looking for Eventide H3000 SELFTEST ROM

[living sounds]

Does anyone know where I can buy one (preferably in Europe) or download the data to burn one? Thanks!

 

[sahib]

Have you contacted Eventide? I know there is nothing on their web site but perhaps you should e-mail them, if you have not done so.

 

[living sounds]

Good idea! I thought they had been bought by Harman or something, but it looks like the company still exists in its original form. Still would be open to get the ROM in Europe without the hazzle of shipping and customs...

 

[living sounds]

They're really quick to answer, but bad news, unfortunately:

"Hello,

I'm sorry, but we no longer have any parts available for the H3000, including the Self-test ROM. "

 

[ratrace]

Maybe send a message to Jonathan Prager from "studio piscine a tokyo", he is an early digital hardware expert and had been eventide oficial tech.
He said on his facebook page he is really busy, but maybe for some code line he could help you.

https://www.facebook.com/piscineatokyo

 

[musika]

...maybe contact David Kulka at Studio Electronics? I was just reading about his Eventide service yesterday.

https://studioelectronics.biz/eventide/

 

[Ike Zimbel]

Somewhere, I have a set of Eventide H3000 chips that were left over from...an upgrade? When I find them, I'll let you know what's written on them, maybe it will be what you need.

 

[living sounds]

Somewhere, I have a set of Eventide H3000 chips that were left over from...an upgrade? When I find them, I'll let you know what's written on them, maybe it will be what you need.

Thanks! But it sounds like that was the old OS... Just did the upgrade myself. ;-)

I have only good things to say about both David Kulka and Jonathan Prager, but it won't be fast or cheap if I ask them. I was hoping someone had a source for a few BIN files or could mail eproms to me quick. ;-)

 

[plimousse]

Hi,
Please P.M
Cheers,
P.

https://www.eventideaudio.com/legacy-product-repair/

 

[living sounds]

Hi,
Please P.M
Cheers,
P.

https://www.eventideaudio.com/legacy-product-repair/

Hi,
PMed you!

Thanks!

 

[living sounds]

So David Kulka has the ROM but won't sell it. Does anybody here have a copy? It appears to be truly unobtainum, despite 15,000 H3000 having been sold over more than 10 years and the ROMs (various revisions) mentioned in the service manual...

 

[TheJames]

So David Kulka has the ROM but won't sell it. Does anybody here have a copy? It appears to be truly unobtainum, despite 15,000 H3000 having been sold over more than 10 years and the ROMs (various revisions) mentioned in the service manual...

You would think that Eventide would still have the ROM image/binary and that sending this out, even if you had to sign an NDA, would be a non-issue.

I don't really begrudge Kulka for not wanting to give up the ROM either. He's probably busy and somewhat protecting his business.

Last week I noticed my H3K doing some weird stuff on a couple of presets. I need to perform a reset and see if that straightens it out. If not, I might be in need of the selftest ROM myself or have to box it up and ship it off to Kulka (which I really do not want to do).

 

[living sounds]

Yes, for example, there are analog feedback paths from the DA output to the AD input. Probably mostly used in pitch shift circuits (which also make use of the variable samplerate output). I am waiting for new DACs. Once they are installed and show no signs of problems in with the dual pitch shift algorithm, I will manually check if the channels behave the same with parameters changed.

 

[TheJames]

Yes, for example, there are analog feedback paths from the DA output to the AD input. Probably mostly used in pitch shift circuits (which also make use of the variable samplerate output). I am waiting for new DACs. Once they are installed and show no signs of problems in with the dual pitch shift algorithm, I will manually check if the channels behave the same with parameters changed.

I noticed a problem on Crystal Echoes. Just pulling it up, it started to generate a "tone." Changing presets made the tone go away. Muting the input to the H3K didn't change the tone issue on Crystal Echoes. The Dual-Pitch-Shift presets were fine. I feel like I'd need a service manual to even begin to sort this out. I'm hoping that just doing a "reset" fixes it.

 

[living sounds]

"Chrystal Echoes" uses the multi shift algorithm, that's a pitch shifter with feedback as well. Is it just on one channel? Something wrong in the feedback path of one of the channels sounds a likely culprit.

 

[mrdacry]

Please P.M

Hi plimousse,
I've also been wanting to burn the h3000-selftest-rom to test my h3000.
Could I be so free as to ask you for a copy of the rom-dump?

 

[timstoel]

Is it possible to get the self-test EPROM anywhere?

I have an H3000 that has been in the closet broken for years because I did not have the self-test EPROM and ran out of things to try.