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The HeadRush backpack is the ideal accessory if you own a HeadRush Pedalboard, or any multi-FX unit. It's made from thick, road-ready materials, and has plentiful padding, as well as pockets and space for additional cables, pedals, strings, and other accessories. It's essential for transporting your gear.
Firmware Update 2.4 now available!
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Whether you’re aiming for vibrant American-style cleans, gnarly British dirty tones, or you want to combine both with octave and modulation effects, the HeadRush can do it. Powered by the newest version of AVID Eleven Rack HD Expanded software, the HeadRush Pedalboard is packed with authentic amplifier models, cabinets, microphones, and effects.
The simple-to-assign switches mean building your perfect pedalboard is incredibly easy. The expression pedal alone can link up to four (eight if you use the additional expression pedal input) effect or amplifier parameters per patch. This allows you to control any parameter you choose without your hands leaving the fretboard.
Signal routing is near limitless, with pre-sets for stereo amplifiers, wet/dry/wet rigs, and 4-cable method patches. You can even assign outputs to split dry and wet signals to run simultaneously, making recording and live performance with the HeadRush even more versatile.
The HeadRush Pedalboard is the new standard in multi-FX units. The multi-touch seven-inch screen lets you get started and make changes, without diving into a manual. Much like a smartphone or tablet, the touch screen allows for an immediate change to be made with just your finger tip. When moving pedals around in your signal chain or changing any parameters, a simple drag and drop not only speeds up your workflow, but also means you spend less time with your hands away from your instrument.
The reinforced touchscreen is not only easy to navigate, but it’s also incredibly clear from any angle. Whether you’re crammed into a pub corner with no light or you’re playing the main stage at a festival, the touchscreen display provides clarity no matter the venue. The premium LED scribble strips above each of the 12 footswitches allow you to know what is assigned to which footswitch with just a quick glance.
The HeadRush can be used either as a standalone unit or it can easily integrate into your current setup. Two XLR outputs (with a ground lift switch) allows you to go directly into a desk, whilst two ¼-inch jack outputs allow for a stereo amp set-up (you can also go direct into a desk with the additional line-level boost). The unit also boasts a stereo FX loop, allowing you to integrate pedals or outboards you already own seamlessly into your HeadRush signal chain.
The USB connection on the back of the HeadRush offers even more versatility. The USB can simply transfer your patches onto your computer for safe keeping, as well as download patches from the HeadRush Cloud (which allows users to share patches with one another). You can also upload your own cabinet IRs (impulse responses) to the HeadRush, meaning you can expand your sound with custom impulses.
You can also record and re-amp via the USB connection. The USB allows for four channels in and out, including a stereo dry and wet signal all at 24-bit, 96kHz sample rate, meaning every note is captured at extremely high quality. To re-amp, once the board is connected into your DAW (direct audio workstation), simply send the signal to the HeadRush, set the HeadRush to ‘Re-Amp’ in the USB settings and hit record.
After listening to community feedback, HeadRush have released firmware update 2.1 for the HeadRush Pedalboard and Gigboard. This update gives HeadRush users a host of additional new features such as three stunning new, classic amp models, a huge 140 exclusive cabinets IRs, as well as three new warp effects such as Drop Tune, Chord Whammy, and Time Warp, three new overdrive/filter effects, and two reverb/delay effects.
As well as this huge update to the sounds and tones of the PedalBoard, there have also been software updates to the Setlist feature, Global Settings, and a host more inner workings to optimise the efficiency of your pedalboard.
Once again, Headrush have delivered on their promise to keep expanding the capabilities of their hugely popular Gigboard and Pedalboard. This update gives HeadRush users a host of additional new features such as two new '05 Tangerine 30 amp models, and five new distortion effects, which include the MX distortion and K Drive, amongst others. There's also three new modulation effects, as well as the Ambi Verb Delay/Reverb. As if that weren't enough, Headrush have revised the Looper's FEEDBACK control and thrown in some handy UI updates. For full release notes, see the PDF above.
The HeadRush amp and FX library is continuously expanding. Users have spoke and the creators have listened, delivering with four new amp models, two new overdrive settings, a ferocious fuzz pedal, and a brilliant bass amp. The four new amplifiers emit a collective selection of bright and blissful cleans, heavy saturating crunch tones, and finally menacing metal loads with crisp characteristics. This goes hand in hand with a multitude of effects that are based off titans of the pedal industry. Bassists aren’t excluded here, they will be able to add the B Dist 7000 to their library, inspired heavily by the Darkglass Microtubes.
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