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.
Native Neural Amp Modeling (NAM) support adds another option for creating tones, allowing you to add community gear models to your onboard IRs, FX, and rigs for unlimited possibilities. Onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth options allow you to stream audio directly to your pedal from HeadRush Cloud for expanded tonal options, access NAM tones via TONE3000, or simply to jam and practice to your favorite tracks. 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.
These are premium emulations of the most cherished guitar and studio gear with unprecedented accuracy and jaw dropping natural dynamic response. This library is expanded on a regular basis via firmware updates (available via onboard Wi-Fi connection, or USB connection to Mac/ PC) that add new features based on user requests and feedback.
- The HeadRush Amp Cloner precisely captures the sound, dynamics, and most importantly, feel, of your favorite boutique, vintage, and modern amps, pre-amps, distortion pedals, overdrive pedals, and even fuzz pedals.
- 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" 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.
- Once you’re finished making any final adjustments, you can share your favorite amp clones with other users, as well as preview and download new clones made by other users using the onboard Wi-Fi with HeadRush Cloud.
- With the new HeadRush Amp Cloner and HeadRush Cloud, your personal tone armory is unlimited.
Users can quickly search and filter by the most downloaded and liked rigs, and they can also search by other parameters like genre. The HeadRush Cloud is the ultimate resource for finding out how to quickly craft a tone like your guitar hero or for when you’re just looking for inspiration for creating a new sound.
The Prime can also connect and play audio from any Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, which opens you up to using many more streaming and digital lesson services. Whether you’re working on transcribing your favorite face-melting guitar solos, expanding your knowledge on chord voicings, or just trying to learn a cover song for your next gig, the HeadRush Prime has everything you need onboard to get the job done quickly.
Trigger fills, transitions, and accents all via footswitch. Easily access your pedal's onboard Looper controls to layer riffs and develop song ideas. Fine-tune every element of your drum sound and feel with Mix, EQ, Length, Tuning, Reverb, Drive, Intensity, and Groove controls.
Simply open a web browser on your device and type in the IP address shown in your Prime’s global settings to connect remotely. Once connected, you can now interact with the Prime seamlessly. This feature is especially helpful for cramped home studios or during hectic sound checks.
Using the hands-free edit mode, you can adjust any parameter without having to bend over. Hold the footswitch assigned to the model that you want to adjust, select the parameter, and use the onboard expression pedal to fine-tune your settings.
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.
- The rear panel of Prime is packed with inputs and outputs, including a 1/4" input for guitars, combo XLR-1/4" input with switchable 48V phantom power for microphones, two XLR outputs with switchable ground lift, two 1/4" TRS outputs switchable between amp or line level, a 3.5mm headphones output, and 5-pin MIDI input and output connections.
- The Prime also features an onboard 1/4" stereo effects loop to integrate pedals and outboard gear at any point in your signal chain and allows for advanced integration into your rig via the four-cable method.
- Additionally, there is a 1/4" external amp output that can be used to change between clean and dirty channels or toggle other footswitch settings on a connected traditional guitar amplifier.
- In addition to the onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth audio connectivity, the Prime also features a USB-A input for importing/exporting files directly from/to a USB drive, as well as connecting external USB-MIDI controllers.