Headrush Flex Prime
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"New" might be a tad generous here....
Lysander
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Look, if i'm willing to give L6 a pass, i must abide by Headrush as well
Actually, there IS a new wrinkle with this one. According to the marketing blurb over at Sweetwater, this comes with "a smattering of Headrush Clones/SuperClones".
That's notable because even though the more expensive Headrush Prime and Core units can clone/profile/capture amps with that ancient, janky Revalver ACT technology, they ship with no cloned amp models whatsoever!
Not one.
This is for some insane reason exclusive to the cheapest member of the family?!?
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Is "Superclone" some kind of a high-res capture?
Look, if i'm willing to give L6 a pass, i must abide by Headrush as well
Nothing wrong with L6...HX is wordclass...although reverbs could be better....and that tuner.
Going to take a crazy guess that the "SuperClones" list is drawing from these Revalver oldies: https://revalver.headrushfx.com/products/amp-clones/
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Yeah, i was confused watching the review video. It seems to be the exact same enclosure for both?
likitlikeyoulikeit
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This is literally just an mx5 rebrand. @FractalAudio and I talked about this months ago....
Post in thread 'Started as one discussion, but now it's about engineering and design. Mostly a convo.' https://thegearforum.com/threads/st...ng-and-design-mostly-a-convo.6167/post-244045
We deducted that the mx5 was using the same brain as the prime and core, and was being crippled by the firmware.....so this is just a mx5..period.
Post in thread 'Started as one discussion, but now it's about engineering and design. Mostly a convo.' https://thegearforum.com/threads/st...ng-and-design-mostly-a-convo.6167/post-244045
We deducted that the mx5 was using the same brain as the prime and core, and was being crippled by the firmware.....so this is just a mx5..period.
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ian_dissonance
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No mic on or vocal fx? That was the most interesting part of the bigger boards.
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No XLR out, which is what was needed. HR is a dead brand, there is no question about it.
likitlikeyoulikeit
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Yep
Thread to prove the discussion...neat stuff in here. @Achilles had some neat material in this thread too!!!
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JiveTurkey
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1. Good form factor.
2. Still don't care.
I selfishly wish brands I actually liked got this cannibalize-y
2. Still don't care.
I selfishly wish brands I actually liked got this cannibalize-y
Seems closer to what Poly is doing with NAM captures on the Ample -
Is the Poly Ample Undergained?
I really like this unit because of the well-curated 56 amps many of which I dig. I also like that the tone-stack is apparently modeled which is different from other NAM players. But I'm ultimately puzzled by the tones coming out of this thing. Here are all 56 amps demoed - I know Pete doesn't...
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With the Ample, they're not just taking 1 NAM Profile, they're doing multiple gained level NAM Profiles and then interpolating. Also, Ample is modeling the tone-stack (via circuit modeling)....which may be what they're doing here (except these guys don't use NAM of course)
Don't know about "dead". Guitar Center is happy to hock this stuff to casuals who need a guitar processor and like using a touchscreen. For these guitar players and casual musicians, Headrush and Tonemaster Pro look pretty fancy next to older Line 6 and BOSS units.
That's how they got the main guy in my band to buy it, and he uses the Core pretty much exclusively now. HX Stomp and a few other units are in his rehearsal room corner collecting dust.
With Superclone profiling, they may be closer to the amp / pedal modeling of other brands. And I dig the form factor on this one.
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I'm sticking with DEAD.
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