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My friend who owns the Prime has tried it as a Vox unit (which was my initial fascination with
it being an all-in-one option for guitar and Vox).
It's kind of bad. It's like they assumed all guitarists want to be Rappers. Yeah, we don't do the fucking autotune
thing like that in our music. Not usually. But many in the Presets they sure ramp that feature up. And yes, the
Preamp kind of blows in it.
Then you combine the massive latency with the Headrush products (especially if you use Profiling), the lack of
any kind of editor (which means you have to hunch over and tap that awesome touchscreen to make simple
changes.... and yes, I know about the footswitch editing
), and the questionable software that is likely acouple of gens behind the competition and not up to snuff, and I can't help but feel these are undeveloped
and not fully realized units for anyone not named Bob.
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They have supposedly fixed the latency with profiles with a FW update just the other day. Cant personally confirm it BUT what I can confirm is the latency and quality for the poly drop in it is as good as Helix.
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I can't help but feel these are undeveloped
and not fully realized units for anyone not named Bob.
As you know I have owned and used a lot of modeling units. This MX5 doesn't feel half baked at all. Sure I wish there was a PC editor but it's a super intuitive unit. believe me I balked at using a touchscreen for nearly everything but I have really warmed up to it. So much faster to edit than HX Edit, BTS, and FM3 edit.
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I watched the launch video. I didn’t realize this also captures. Good for them.
Confirms my thoughts that within 1-2 years every device with any ambition will have to have both modeling and capture tech, plus use a touch screen interface with wireless capabilities.
Not my thing here, but can’t hate what’s in the box.
Confirms my thoughts that within 1-2 years every device with any ambition will have to have both modeling and capture tech, plus use a touch screen interface with wireless capabilities.
Not my thing here, but can’t hate what’s in the box.
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My friend who owns the Prime has tried it as a Vox unit (which was my initial fascination with
it being an all-in-one option for guitar and Vox).
It's kind of bad. It's like they assumed all guitarists want to be Rappers. Yeah, we don't do the fucking autotune
thing like that in our music. Not usually. But many in the Presets they sure ramp that feature up. And yes, the
Preamp kind of blows in it.
Then you combine the massive latency with the Headrush products (especially if you use Profiling), the lack of
any kind of editor (which means you have to hunch over and tap that awesome touchscreen to make simple
changes.... and yes, I know about the footswitch editing
couple of gens behind the competition and not up to snuff, and I can't help but feel these are undeveloped
and not fully realized units for anyone not named Bob.
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It's five of anything you want.
Lysander
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Yeah, switching is actually quite nice on Headrush products. They somehow managed to implement a hybrid mode with five switches which works miles better than, say, on a Quad Cortex.
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Thats good to know. Still for me it's missing at least 4 switches and an exp pedal if they want 1k of my money for it. Still gonna wait for a newer MX5 with profiling tech though for say 500 bucks. Right now I have the 6 scenes on unit and 4 stomps via Ampero MIDI controller along with everything else I need for a gig on a single pedalboard the size of a Helix floor.
On the profiling tech I saw a couple people theorize than an MX5 would most likely just play profiles. That'd be silly because HR didn't neuter the MX5's processing. It has the exact same processing as the full pedalboard.
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I agree. The Core can get you TWENTY scenes though. Granted it's a pain to get to them but still.... don't forget the new A and B rows.
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The latency measurements by a chap on here when the Prime first came out were atrocious
and borderline unworkable when using the Profiling feature, though.
It's all .... errr... captured.... in the Prime thread for anyone interested in something more than hearsay,
speculation, and conjecture.
Amp/Cab alone is about 2x the industry standard. Not a dealbreaker for everyone, but still 2x what the
competition is able to offer. Once profiling is added too the mix, though, it just goes well past anything
that seems reasonable .... let alone... desirable. To me.
New Headrush pedalboard: Headrush Prime
I made a quick size comparison on Pedalplayground of Headrush pedalboard in the back and then Helix LT, Boss GX-100 and Stomp XL in the front. The GX-100 comes at a most excellent form factor. Too bad that, in case I went Boss (which I may in fact do one day), I'd want some features exclusive...
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The latency measurements by a chap on here when the Prime first came out were atrocious
and borderline unworkable when using the Profiling feature, though.
It's all .... errr... captured.... in the Prime thread for anyone interested in something more than hearsay,
speculation, and conjecture.
Amp/Cab alone is about 2x the industry standard. Not a dealbreaker for everyone, but still 2x what the
competition is able to offer. Once profiling is added too the mix, though, it just goes well past anything
that seems reasonable .... let alone... desirable. To me.
New Headrush pedalboard: Headrush Prime
I made a quick size comparison on Pedalplayground of Headrush pedalboard in the back and then Helix LT, Boss GX-100 and Stomp XL in the front. The GX-100 comes at a most excellent form factor. Too bad that, in case I went Boss (which I may in fact do one day), I'd want some features exclusive...
Supposedly, they've fixed this or improved it somewhat with the latest firmware that just came out. I have no measurements to speak to that, however. You'd think that would be the sort of thing the company itself would trumpet from the top of their lungs....
JCW308
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This has been fixed and verified to be fine now.The latency measurements by a chap on here when the Prime first came out were atrocious
and borderline unworkable when using the Profiling feature, though.
It's all .... errr... captured.... in the Prime thread for anyone interested in something more than hearsay,
speculation, and conjecture.
Amp/Cab alone is about 2x the industry standard. Not a dealbreaker for everyone, but still 2x what the
competition is able to offer. Once profiling is added too the mix, though, it just goes well past anything
that seems reasonable .... let alone... desirable. To me.
New Headrush pedalboard: Headrush Prime
I made a quick size comparison on Pedalplayground of Headrush pedalboard in the back and then Helix LT, Boss GX-100 and Stomp XL in the front. The GX-100 comes at a most excellent form factor. Too bad that, in case I went Boss (which I may in fact do one day), I'd want some features exclusive...
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Bob Zaod
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Who is that? He should know better!
I dunno some dude that switched from NDSP.