Again, there was some verbiage about UAD exclusivity or whatever and I wasn't sure what that meant except that, (for awhile) UA had the Eventide developed version w/ the keyboard. I had been under the impression this already existed natively but w/o the 'octave keyboard' via Eventide.

This one has always been a little weird/hazy in its marketing and phrasing. Ouch! Another slap in the face? The native version offers a new dual mode not available on the UAD version? Seeing the native versions be released at pricing significantly under anything UA has offered to date is a slap in the face, especially when one considers the hardware investments made to even have access to these plugins. With less and less plugins being developed in-house by UA combined with the stark reality that competitor gear and computer performance is advancing to where native latency and processing demands are becoming less of an issue, UAD's market strategy may not bode well for the long haul. I suppose the Chandler Curve Bender and the Fender amps will go the same way. From the third-party developer, it is a win-win, as they are tapping into a new market while not diminishing their previous market share once it goes native.

I suppose that UA is only chipping in on a smaller portion development time/cost, or perhaps even paying a small branding fee for the head start. An iLok dongle is not required.It seems that third-party UAD offerings, if 'exclusive' at all, are only so for a few months at best. It requires macOS 10.7 or later and an AU, VST, or AAX plugin host. The Eventide H910 Harmonizer is available now for $249 with a special intro price of $99 until July 31. Also included is Eventide’s exclusive H910 Dual Harmonizer, which recreates the popular technique of running two H910 units in parallel to create lush doubling and other interesting effects. This H910-EKD (Envelope/Keyboard/Delay) as it is known, allows the plugin to be even more custom tailored to your music. A number of enhancements have been added, including a Mixer, Output 2 Delay Group, and Keyboard and Envelope pitch control modes. Eventide modeled every section of the analog signal chain when developing the plugin. Eventide has released the H910 Harmonizer native plugin, a faithful emulation of the world’s first digital effects box used on hits by John Lennon, AC/DC, U2, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Frank Zappa, Laurie Anderson, Rolling Stones, and countless others.

Eventide h910 harmonizer setup