HeadRush Prime - Guitar & Vocal Multi Effects Pedal & Amp Modelling Processor with Amp Cloner, Antares Auto-Tune, WiFi, Touchscreen, Looper & Bluetooth

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On the vocal side I've used a TC Helicon VoicePlay Live (2 times now), the individual TC Helicon vocal pedals and a Boss VE-20. I’m a member of a couple of Headrush Forums and the admin of the Headrush in Spanish Facebook Group. I came from using tube amps with a few stompboxes where the hiss and hum of tubes and overdrive circuits are the norms.

QuoteFrom what I have gathered is that you can migrate patches from the prior boards into Prime but you cannot go backwards. If you connect an external expression pedal to these inputs, the external expression will control parameters assigned to expression pedal C and D on the Hardware Assign page.

Right out of the box, the Prime has a look and feel that is very similar to the original HeadRush Pedalboard.

The HeadRush Prime’s multi-core processor delivers advanced gapless preset switching utilizing reverb/delay tail spillover, which means that the tails for any reverb or delay effects in your rig can be configured to continue to ring out when changing presets or turning the reverb and delay effects off within the rig itself.Prime builds on Pedalboard’s core physical design, with an interface that centers around a seven-inch touchscreen. Once a song is loaded, you can loop and slow down tricky sections, as well as alter the pitch in semitones to learn songs in new keys. Plus, the Headrush Prime’s five modes of operation (Stomp, Rig, Hybrid, Setlist, Song) tailor the pedal’s workflow toward your current needs.

In addition, the onboard looper offers a whopping 5 minutes of loop time to jam over, with 20 minutes of layered audio available. I was at a Thai joint a few weeks back and the guy had a keyboard on a stand with the Bose PA and an acoustic, he was playing his tracks off the keyboard. Recording professionals around the world know that reamping saves valuable time in the studio, and the HeadRush Prime makes it easier than ever. This goes for all of the features on Prime, with everything easily accessible via the touch screen and parameter and control knobs. Hold the footswitch assigned to the model that you want to adjust, select the parameter, and use the expression pedal to fine-tune your settings!

In Rig mode, the left-side footswitches scroll through Rig banks while the eight middle footswitches allow you to select rigs. Other parameters such as Gain, Treble, Time-based FX speed or Amp Presence can be assigned to expression pedals as well, allowing for some truly unique combinations. I was an early adopter and have witnessed the consistent growth and steady addition of amp and FX models. Then there is a USB-A port for importing/exporting files directly to and from a USB drive, as well as connecting external USB-MIDI controllers.