The perfect guitar tone and vocal sound is just a touch away with the Prime guitar pedal from HeadRush, a supremely powerful and flexible, all-in-one guitar and vocal transformer pedal that packs an exhaustive list of features and an expansive library of multicore DSP effects in a form factor designed to act as the beating heart of your pedalboard. Whether you are seeking ultrarealistic amp, cab, or mic IRs, versatile guitar and vocal effects, or even want to capture IRs of your own gear, Prime has your covered, and HeadRush has even thrown in a 24-bit / 96 kHz USB audio interface for good measure, making this premier pedal an ideal utility for virtually any modern application.
Onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth options allow you to stream audio directly to your pedal from HeadRush Cloud for expanded tonal options or simply to jam and practice to your favorite tracks, and Prime is loaded with professional I/O, including a stereo FX loop, MIDI I/O, outputs for sending signals from the integrated expression pedal, microphone input, reamping, and USB connections for when wireless is not needed or available, just to name a few. 12 footswitches with customizable RGB indicators and OLED scribble strip displays combine with the bright, high-resolution 7" touchscreen for easy operation in any environment, and the steel chassis is durable enough to withstand heavy touring or daily studio use.
Using the HeadRush Amp Cloner is as simple as connecting your target device to the HeadRush Prime and following the easy directions shown on the 7-inch touchscreen. After the cloning process is complete, you can make flexible adjustments, such as removing the speaker cabinet sound from an amplifier clone, so that you can use your clone with different cabinet models or impulse responses.
Out of the box, the HeadRush Prime comes with over 300 perfectly captured impulse responses. These were meticulously created in a studio located in England with some of the most historic guitar cabs from Marshall, Fender, Vox, Orange, and more. It’s also simple to load your own third-party IRs via drag-and-drop when connected by USB or directly from Dropbox via the Prime’s built-in Wi-Fi. The HeadRush Prime has virtually unlimited storage for IRs with 1024 and 2048 sample lengths.
When you’re finished, you can save your loops as .WAV files and export them to your Mac/PC via USB Transfer Mode for sharing with the world. You can also import .WAV files to use the looper as a backing track player, and you can easily sync the looper to external MIDI devices like drum machines.
When choosing the reamp option you can add the tone coloration of an amp to a pre-recorded audio signal—in this case, sending audio from your DAW through the HeadRush Pedalboard and then recording it back into your DAW. Recording professionals around the world know that reamping saves valuable time in the studio, and the HeadRush Prime makes it easier than ever.
- XLR-1/4" combo mic input with dedicated gain control and switchable +48V phantom power
- 1/4" Hi-Z guitar input
- Stereo XLR line output with switchable ground lift
- Balanced stereo 1/4" line outputs, switchable between line or amp level
- Stereo FX loop
- Expression and toe switch 1/4" outputs
- 3.5mm external amp out, 3.5mm headphone out
- DIN 5-pin MIDI input and output/thru
- USB-B terminal for host connection, USB-A terminal for saving to and loading from mass storage device