Akai New Headrush: looks like a Helix! (Best thread version)

fretmeister

http://www.soundonsound.com/news/new-headrush-brand-launches-pedalboard-touchscreen

Interesting!

MattBanshee

I'll stick with my blue E2 for now ;-)

digitalscream

"Developed by the team behind Avid's Eleven DSP, HeadRush boasts a quad-core processor and Eleven HD Expanded DSP, which aim to deliver "the most versatile, realistic-sounding and responsive" models ever found in a floorboard guitar FX processor."

In the words of a well-known ex-member..."yet another floorboard processor that makes the Fractal stuff look like 1980s bullshit"

Seriously, though, this looks spectacular. If it's anything close to the sound I could get from the Eleven Rack, I'm sold - that was always my favourite-sounding modeller, it just sucked in live use.

monquixote

Looks very cool. 

Any indication of price?

fretmeister

Err... did it already

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/93662/aka-i-new-headrush-looks-like-a-helix#latest

professorben

Ooooooooooooh

EricTheWeary

Err, that's what @fretmeister posted an hour ago. 

monquixote said:

Looks very cool. 

Any indication of price?

£899.99

digitalscream

fretmeister said:

Err... did it already

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/93662/aka-i-new-headrush-looks-like-a-helix#latest

Sorry, I had a "bass player" filter engaged

EricTheWeary said:

Err, that's what @fretmeister posted an hour ago. 

monquixote said:

Looks very cool. 

Any indication of price?

£899.99

Wow.

bingefeller

heh, when I saw fretmeister's thread I glanced at it, but didn't really read much at it because I thought this was some kind of a looping system.  Looks really cool.

digitalscream

http://www.headrushfx.com/

Scroll to the bottom and have a look at the models. I suspect @professorben will recognise the list.

Basically, it's a quad-core Eleven Rack with gapless switching, a looper and a vastly-improved user interface. If it also has spillover, I'm sold.

Lebarque

Watched the video. What pedalboard? 

guitarfishbay

Looks great. Will be interested to hear more, price point seems good.

Teetonetal

When I saw the image, at first I thought it was Line 6 releasing a stripped down version of the Helix!

Still has 2 fx loops, touch screen looks pretty easy and intuitive to use. 

I wonder if it does the dual path thing that helix does? If not, that is a massive difference, the parallel mixing helix offers, as well as dual paths for 2 guitars or Vocal + guitar etc, would still push it over the edge, feature wise for me.

Of course, if this sounds better + has the features you need and is a little cheaper, then it could be a no brainer,

Will be interesting to see if Boss bother to go this route in the future?

WarpedSounds

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/namm-2017-headrush-pedalboard-promises-the-most-versatile-realistic-sounding-and-responsive-models-ever-found-in-a-multi-effects-pedal-646698

digitalscream

Of course, there's part of me which wonders whether they just got an Android tablet, recompiled the Eleven firmware for it, glued it into a Helix-alike chassis and put a class-compliant audio interface in there.

guitarfishbay

My only concern with editing on a touch screens is how it copes with sweaty fingers.  I still think there's always a place for buttons and knobs

digitalscream

guitarfishbay said:

My only concern with editing on a touch screens is how it copes with sweaty fingers.  I still think there's always a place for buttons and knobs

Ever used your phone with sweaty fingers? I suspect it'll cope just fine.

Doesn't look to me like it'll be a problem, and it also has an alternate hands-free editing interface, presumably just like the Helix.

professorben

@digitalscream yeps, they look familiar. 
Interesting they have brought across some of the AIR fx from protools and it also now features a Harmoniser section.

Sporky

Looks neat - though I'm not sure if drag and drop is as good as having the row of parameter knobs on the Helix. Both would be nice.

RandallFlagg

Line 6 should be flattered. It shows how right they got the Helix if others are copying the style.

digitalscream

Teetonetal said:

When I saw the image, at first I thought it was Line 6 releasing a stripped down version of the Helix!

Still has 2 fx loops, touch screen looks pretty easy and intuitive to use. 

I wonder if it does the dual path thing that helix does? If not, that is a massive difference, the parallel mixing helix offers, as well as dual paths for 2 guitars or Vocal + guitar etc, would still push it over the edge, feature wise for me.

Of course, if this sounds better + has the features you need and is a little cheaper, then it could be a no brainer,

Will be interesting to see if Boss bother to go this route in the future?

Check this out (crop from the image on their site):



Note the "Stereo Doubler" at the end, and the two amp/cab pairs - there's clearly some kind of signal path splitting going on. The graphics don't seem quite right - the "cable" goes straight from the "air filter" to the doubler with nothing going through the amps/cabs, but it's at least an indication of where they're heading.

EDIT: In fact, the Stereo Doubler is an interesting one in and of itself - it's listed on their site under "Reverbs/Delays", which sort of makes you wonder if it's actually something along the lines of the TC Mimiq.