We take advantage of it - our slogan is “Take the next step.”ĪGNELLO: This is back in pre-history, but one of our first successful products was the Instant Phaser.

There’s always some new kind of device that makes something practical or possible that wasn’t before. I’ve never had to get another job, or even work at all, depending on how you look at it.ĪGNELLO: I’ve been digging through old documentation and writing historical flashbacks, and the thread through this is that we’ve just been following technology. She asked, “What in the world are you doing?” I reassured her that if it didn’t work out, I could always get another job - and that was 50 years ago. What does Eventide’s 50th anniversary mean to you personally - and to the company as a whole?įACTOR: That we’re really old? Fifty years ago, I told my mom that I was quitting my job in the military industrial complex to start this new audio company. And on Thursdays, after emails and coffee, I go into the office and meet in-person with our production, HR, IT and accounting staffs. I’m working on documents about Eventide’s history and our 50-year anniversary right now. From there, some days are full of Zoom meetings, because our developers and marketing team are all working remotely. Then at 9, I have my first Zoom, which is a daily stand-up with our developers. Around 8, I’m drinking coffee, listening to “Washington Journal” on C-SPAN, reading the New York Times on my iPad, and responding to emails that arrive in response to my emails earlier in the morning.

Tony is really running things now - I can’t use the term retired because I still do some stuff - so the question really is more relevant to him.ĪGNELLO: I start my day around 7 a.m., reading and sending emails. Work-wise, today was a bit of a challenge, just trying to source some parts we needed, but most days I just try to stay aware of what’s happening with the company.

Best selling product: H9000 rackmount effects processor, H9 Max multi-effects pedal and Anthology XI plug-in bundle.įun Fact: Factor invented and built Eventide’s first product, a tape-search unit for an Ampex multitrack recorder, in 1970 to help co-founder Steve Katz streamline his workflow in the recording studio.Agnello joined the young company not long after and developed Eventide’s first game-changing product, the H910 Harmonizer.įACTOR: I’m in my 70s and getting up in the morning is something I’m really happy to do every day.

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