NEW TC Electronic Impulse IR Loader - The Easiest IR Loader to Use?!

[@johnconnearnmusic]

Powerful little bit of kit. Very much a fan

[@spencercarter8008]

As much as I love IR's... I'm literally only here to hear the early 90's games console voice say 'DIJJ-IT-ALL JON'

[@nedim_guitar]

No, you're not. I heard it too, and it wasn't even like from SNES and Street Fighter, it's like something from the NES system. A good little detail. 😁

[@brantescorial98]

Yeah mate! Haha

[@martysradioshow5979]

i love to hear it Galaga tone Arcade

[@j.hammer573]

This was a very helpful video. I’ve been curious about The necessity of I R’s. I wasn’t quite sure what the strymon iridium or the walrus cab pedal was all about. This video gave me a greater understanding of what I need to do to get my pedal board into the computer. Great job of taking a complex subject and simplifying it for someone like me, much appreciated. Hats off to TC electronics for this product this is much more up my alley.

[@benlogan430]

Remember just because he’s been deemed “Digital John” he can still do other things on the channel. It’s cool to see people try things out of the wheel house. It gives a unique insight into the gear!

[@RogerThat902]

Agree. It's a little gimmicky at this point. No offense to anyone because I love the channel, but it really would be cool to see him brought in to try other stuff w/ Pete and co if only so we have different perspectives on different gear. It feels a little forced IMO

[@johnconnearnmusic]

@@RogerThat902 there should be two recent videos up where I'm doing some guitar demos with Lee and Pete - they were good fun!

[@sijoy6572]

John is probably positioned in a limited number of gear reviews because as is becoming clear,a very appealing & charming bloke who has no media gimmicks (apart from cheeky smile 😊) a very fine chap in a cruel world of guitar gear reviews 😇

[@lance134679]

It's definitely an impulse buy. Thanks.

[@Russell_Optics]

It simply blows me away the amount of different platforms, sounds, options, and effects that these modern "pint-sized" pedals can hold. It is tough for my brain to wrap around the incredible number of options such a small pedal can produce.

[@anonanon3545]

Impulse response tech is a game changer for every guitarist.

[@JonNewquist]

BH - Black Heart I have 2 of these now. One is loaded with all my personal amp/cab IRs, and one is loaded with all my own acoustic IRs. It's easy to factory reset too. I'm digging them for noisy gigs where the audience can't tell the difference, and my large board is protected from spilled drinks.

[@gibsonlpgp]

Hi where do you get the additional i.r's from? Any links please?

[@JonNewquist]

@@gibsonlpgp I got some from 3Sigma (3Σ), the rest were captured in my friend's studio from my amps & acoustic guitars.

[@BostonDeadHead]

Seriously best channel for gear ever! Been watching for a couple years now. If i need to learn anything about any gear I come here. I was clueless this morning about IRs. My friend tells me I should get a IR capable pedal to dial in this sound im looking for. So im like whats a IR. I have heard of it but never really looked into them. Well Im super excited now. It's exactly what i'm looking for. speaker and cab emulation. Thank you for all the amazing videos. If i ever go across the pond to visit my friends out there. I'll be sure to make time to visit the shop.

[@thenextkurt]

I Hope Riverside in front of an IR loader catches on. With MIDI control, it's the best part of my setup for sure. The Impulse looks Really amazing at what it does

[@samsantanamusic]

The speaker or in this instance speaker simulation has a HUGE impact on the sound. To me the speaker is 50% of your guitar sound. The guitar and amp are roughly 25% each.

[@anonanon3545]

The speaker is the thing that you actually hear. So it makes sense.

[@strange_logic]

Looks good but would like to have seen a review with Valve amp/Reactive Load/TC Electronic Impulse.

[@thaoriginalsirscoot]

That's what I was hoping for!

[@EddieVanAidan]

With my Taylor GS Mini I made an acoustic IR to go in my Kemper, and honestly in a live band mix it's by *miles* the closest thing to a mic'd up acoustic I've ever heard. Pretty easy to do with a microphone and a free plugin!

[@KoaCharvel]

I have the Boss IR200 and it freaking rocks! I was a big tube only fan, but I have come around to IR's.

[@joshuafernandes4935]

Strangely it was the other way around for me . After using digital modellers for years from the Katana 100 mkii, Gt-1000, helix , kemper etc etc and finally buying a tube amp . The feel and sound of playing through a digital modeller vs real tube amp is just not even comparable . The digital modellers have come a long way and are a good cheap repica of the real amp. Its like saying the digital photo captures the real scenery. And yes that is partly true - just a 1 dimension replication.

[@zer0dave]

@@joshuafernandes4935those are great points but the problems start when you try to record that great tube amp accurately into your DAW. The only way to do this aside from a Two Note loader is with a mic on the speaker and if you don’t have the luxury of cranking the amp to the needed levels, you’re going to be disappointed with the result. Running an IR loader like this in place of the speaker provides results that are very comparable on playback (Ive done comparisons and it’s scary close and even better in some circumstances where mic placement isn’t ideal and the IR is captured really well) and you get the added benefit of not pissing your family off at midnight 😂. Also, people often forget that it all becomes digital once it’s in your DAW anyway so a pedal like this is a great solution for those aforementioned problems.

[@Fonkemman]

It's not actually the amp part that is impossible to replicate. It's the cab speakers and how it feels in the room.

[@TorSagen]

It would be awesome if a pedal like this didn’t have a limit on the IR length. Then you could use it like a cab loader, reverb pedal and maybe mix a cab IR and room reverb

[@idanshahar]

Great video!! You should do a comparison between the Mooer Radar and this one :)

[@wolfganghuber3616]

Thanks for showing and testing this little, helpful unit. IR length is not so important as many think for usual playing (if you don´t want special room sound), Pete Thorn did a great video where he shortened the IR lenght till 15,16 msec till the sound began to "die". Strymon Iridium works with 500msec, I think/feels better than the 170msec of fractal, it´s got more headroom in my opinion.

[@matt6288joyce]

I really love the DIGITAL JOHN bit

[@peterschaefer1665]

Damn that sounds really good!

[@SDS-ff8ed]

For the love of god if ever you guys are demoing pre-amps into IR loaders please please PLEASE try using a vox silk drive in pre amp mode. Its an unsung hero of guitar preamps. Or any of the valvenergy series pedals.

[@andrewchow6357]

love the tc impulse, I use it the following way: mad professor super black > Korg TR-s (simulate a power section of an amp using nutube) > mxr reverb > TC impulse - great way to go ampless

[@ЕжиКкоторыйлюбитбенды]

Hello! How much latency?

[@middle_pickup]

I wish TC had made this into a DI that could take an amp's speaker output like Neve's RNDI can when placed between the amp and speaker cabinet. I guess they're only looking to market to the silent players.

[@MJPGuitar]

I use a POD HD500X and it really does sound good. The biggest downfall of the pod, for me, is that the built in cabs are not great. This is the way to fix that. A lot of people recommend the mooer radar but this is on sale at the moment. I can’t wait to give this a try because I’m sure it will breathe new life into the pod. I’d rather spend $100 than $1k on a newer modeler.

[@michaelcasaceli6438]

I’m convinced Line6 doesn’t know what a good speaker is supposed to sound like, whether it’s what’s in their combo amps, their POD pedals, or POD Farm plug-ins. It’s the one thing they cannot seem to grasp.

[@Widdy5150]

I'm liking Digital John but I'd like to see his first impressions on valve amps & analogue pedals aswell.... Great player ✌🏻

[@Ryan_F.]

Impulse responses are actually the basis for all audio filtering. It’s not just for amp modeling. Things like compression/EQ can be done with just IRs. You can actually emulate any pedal or filter by figuring out the IR for a given system. To do that, you send a unit impulse through it, and the output is the IR. Another option is sine sweeps. Not sure what these pedals do, but they may try to approximate a sine sweep by recording a set amount of time of you playing

[@Ryan_F.]

@@MarcoRaaphorst yep that’s right. I’m no DSP wizard. Wonder how this kinda thing works then

[@Ryan_F.]

@@MarcoRaaphorst I guess the non-linear component that’s missing is harmonies, which as you mentioned can’t be captured in an impulse response. I wish the guitar industry wouldn’t overload this term though since it’s more than just an impulse response actually 😜

[@tanguydelooz2881]

So you mean we can actually replace IRs with a compressor and EQ circuit and avoid digitalisation ? To me it just make sense that at some point they'd come up with great analog amp and cab sims. It exists but it's not yet so popular so maybe it's just a matter of R&D. The focus shouldn't be to recreate vintage stuff but to create a great modern simple solution and sound that is easy to mix.

[@nedim_guitar]

The important thing here is that you also need a preamp pedal. The TC IR loader is something that I might get for my secondary pedalboard, but I don't know which good but affordable preamp pedal to get. Or do you need a preamp pedal??

[@whiteninja2006]

That TC pedal with an Xotic SL Drive infront of it would make for an awesome mini ampless setup

[@John-mq8qv]

i have one. its great. simple, easy to use. sometimes i just run drives in to the pedal platform IRs. even clean reverb etc in to them is cool. for those asking comparison to other IR loaders, whats the point? loading the same IRs on to each? really all you need to know is latency and the millisecond storage for each IR loader. TC not sure about the latency but seems fine and it has 200ms IRs. it was between the mooer and tc for me and the tc was cheaper and i liked the simplicity and the official celestion. i havent needed to load any other IRs just happy with the stock.

[@fireworx_925]

make a stereo variant with independent IRs then I’m down to buy! *and two XLR outs would be a nice bonus :)

[@roosky203]

Dope idea

[@tecnogadget2]

Buy 2

[@stevethebeeline44]

@@tecnogadget2 😂perfect solution. NASA spent a fortune developing a pen to write upside down in space. The Russians used a pencil. This idea is the pencil, a perfect and simple solution for a stereo TC IR loader! One unit with XLR’s would be handy also.

[@tecnogadget2]

@@stevethebeeline44 use a proper DI with transformers and it’ll sound much better. And if using on stage, you’ll be going to a DI box anyways

[@stevethebeeline44]

@@tecnogadget2 yeah I’ve seen the Diso+ get great recommendation for the modeller DI box solution. 👍

[@andrewszilagyi]

Iridium has 500 milliseconds of Impulse response. TC is not shabby at all.

[@noahchasinguitar5831]

Does this give you the feel of a speaker, or just change the tone? When I go direct into my mixer, I lose that “roll off” my fingers feel

[@anonanon3545]

For a hundred clams, this pedal is a no brainer.

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

I think I'm gonna buy one, this thing seems perfect: size and price are right, built-in IRS from Celestion, acoustic irs, global eq and good sounding. My only concern is that being digital I'm afraid it could fail one day (and Tc customer service is one of the worst ever).

[@larsfrederiksen3005]

Just to add a little note. All IR loaders will be digital products, so this is no way unique to the TC one :)

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

@@larsfrederiksen3005 you're right... I meant digital in the way that it has a processor and it is like a mini PC with that menù. I have a boss dd3 digital delay and no worries about it.

[@jaredmacabale7285]

Have you considered Nux Solid studio?

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

@@jaredmacabale7285 yes and I feel it won't suit me.

[@jaredmacabale7285]

@@lovecraftmusic8717 because i am trying to choose between mooer radar, nux ss, and this as my first

[@StratsRUs]

I use my normal pedals thru a H&K Stompman into the TC Impulse.

[@joshbimthedoctor]

If you haven't already you should do a digital John but he has to do all analog vs Danish Pete but he has to do all digital rig build challenge

[@Terry4345.]

I would love to see John do a deep dive into the Fender GTX100. Maybe build some of his favorite sounding patches and compare them to some of these other digital toys.

[@karlmar2]

I would use it with the Iridium for I could put my spring reverb pedal between the Iridium and IR loader

[@JayTheLane]

Dig that Lee is involving different people in the recent video's.

[@Trisisda]

Can you make a video, where you demonstrate the Victory V1 pedals (who should sound like the amps) in combination with any IR loader? If it sound great it would be a killer setup and stil cheaper than a Iridium.

[@drumbyte]

Love that guitar!

[@ragnadrabinowitz7629]

get myself an orange terror stamp and a couple vox mv50's and run through this into my interface.

[@ArenaPAsys]

I love the digital john thing

[@andrewchow6357]

Great tool to use with a real amp. Signal chain would be, guitar>pedalboard>amp>reactive load box (captor)>line out from load box> tc impulse pedal > interface or mixer. Reckon that would be a killer silent rig for home players through headphones or feeding it through studio monitors to allow players to control their volume, especially with fussy neighbours.

[@1972Georges]

I cant do that with my amp...Can I use it Guitar - Pedal Board - IR Loader - Amp?

[@rayregonaos7809]

Sorry for the newbie question. Do I need to pair an amp sim pedal with the Impulse IR pedal, or are the overdrive and distortion pedals placed in front of the IR enough?

[@Regularguyguitargear]

Nice! Love my torpedo captor X and may try this paired with a regular captor

[@florisvanlingen]

For live use you might, for recording just use the Two Notes Torpedo Plugin with a regular captor.

[@puffybuns2311]

Can this IR loader be used with an actual amp if I disconnect the cabinet?

[@ericwarrington6650]

Been waiting for the Anderton's review on this unit...

[@jinbyun]

It's more of a torpedo competitor than iridium, and with that price, the simplicity may win it some crowds.

[@MohanKarulkar]

Killer into ❤ I have your pedal but I still can't play like that

[@nicko6710]

Of all the effects there the best one for John could learn to use would be a tuner.

[@darralldougherty5388]

A little disappointing that he didn't switch to the bridge pickup when using the pedal platform settings. Really wanted to hear what it sounds like cranked up!

[@JayTheLane]

I believe he did do so at around the 11 min mark.

[@darralldougherty5388]

@@JayTheLane No, the pedal platform IR doesn't start until around the 15 min mark.

[@tanguydelooz2881]

I wanted to hear it clean longer, for funky stuff.

[@andybunce2000]

My first thought was what if I dug out my old pod line 6 2.0 (which has a bunch of amps) turned of the POD cab sim and then into the TC would I have a plethora of goodish sounds..... interesting review but failed to touch on some points such as if it has an XLR out and if mucvor line level. Thanks

[@SuperReverbious]

How do you save a preset to the A slot or B slot so you can use them in A/B mode? It's not in the only documentation from TC (the quick start guide) and not intuitively obvious if you just start pushing buttons.

[@pinkyfloydy2868]

If I didn't know better and watched this a year ago .. I would think I could run this through my amp... Probably a good idea to let the beginner know what you can run the signals through .... 🤷... I tried running an amp Sim through my actual amp and it sounded like I got ripped off ..

[@jamescourt2842]

How do I utilise this pedal in current setup. I run my black star amp with 57 mic on front cab in room that goes straight into interface at line level. I run amp clean an dry. Get my drives from pedals on my board if I’m wanting to combine room mic ambience with literally just sound guitar - speaker would I simply need separate output on pedals that’s already chain on my board. Thanks guys ☺️

[@weed491]

So wild that no one in history has ever put a sound hole pickup demonstration through an IR ! Never ! I guess no one has a soundhole pickup except for me?

[@icarocosta4302]

hi! the tc electronic IR loader can mix/blend between the original signal and the IR or it's only can "on/off" the IR? thanks you!

[@troychrisman2035]

are there any bass IRs included? Will they work with this? Looking for an Ampeg 8x10

[@justinblackburn8414]

This plus the regular Two notes captor is cheaper than the captor x. Is there a reason this wouldn’t work?

[@davedavem]

So does this signal chain have no power amp? Is the power coming from the desk?

[@jannik19191]

Seems like an interesting unit, but it seems like it does not have a balanced output, which is a MAJOR downside in my opinion (and something even the mooer radar and amt pangea have, which have been on the market for quite a while). Not so cheap and small anymore, when you also have to get/use a DI box.

[@SujeetGT]

Check out Cab box from Joyo. It has the ability to switch presets with 2 foot switches, load in your own IR's. It's got line out, XLR out and also thru out which can be connected to an actual cab. It has also got 4 power amp tube simulations and a dedicated eq section with high and low cut options which can be set for every preset.

[@jannik19191]

@@SujeetGT Thanks for the suggestion, but I already own the pangea so I'm pretty much settled. The big advantage of the new TC unit is that it supports much higher quality IRs of up to 200ms, which none of the other options in this price range do.

[@robertbrown2728]

@@SujeetGT I like mine a lot. The only downside is its footprint on the pedal board.

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Synths also generally have unbalanced output. This way you can still choose to put your reverb after it.

[@mbsa76]

More videos with John please

[@tomusic8887]

What if you dontknow all the Celestine codes? It's pretty confusing

[@rickwiggins283]

Just cycle through and see what sounds good to you?

[@revelation12ministries51]

Does the level knob control the overall output, or the IR level only? I.e. is there a mix control for the original signal vs. IR signal?

[@PhillipAlcock]

I’m almost 100% certain that’s a “no” (from watching other demos)

[@lymbesermon1183]

What is the latency of this pedal? There is no information on the site.

[@kenhaiker6458]

A non-functional but rather personal comment: I love the Lee-John productions. They are even better than the (historic) extremely creative ones of “Chappers and the Captain” which (back then) I also enjoyed very much, and the extremely boring ones with Danish Pete.

[@everope]

Give that digital boy a hardtail please

[@nekkon1989]

Could you use it with a valve amp without any pedals for silent recording? Like Fender Princeton>tc>interface?

[@yngwiescott]

You could if you have your amp on a load box and connect the DI out to IMPULSE. Or you could connect the fx send from your amp to impulse which would give you the preamp section of your amp. DO NOT connect a speaker output from your amp to anything other than a speaker or a load box…

[@crunch_amp9282]

Supposed to sound like 412 finish 30 cabinet and it's outputting into some PA speakers😂

[@frenzy.618]

how does this work with impedance settings on a traditional amp?

[@ZeroFretGuitar]

Could I use a JHS Clover ☘️ pedal as the pre amp ?

[@claudiahammann3732]

Sounds great! I actually have the Iridium and am totally frustrated because it needs extra grounding. It has great sound, but all I get is a constant noise. I haven't figured out a way to get around it yet. So maybe this could be an alternative- unless someone has a survival tip for me .

[@vinivola]

When I had my NUX Studio One I got the same noise and I fixed it by giving it it's own 9volt power as it was originally running off of the daisy.

[@claudiahammann3732]

@@vinivola Hi, thanks a lot! Yes, I tried that and it reduced the noise a bit. I will try it with an additional DI box now.

[@crabbubbles1161]

You can try running it off a rechargable battery power pack.....not guaranteeing it will drop all the noise .....but theoretically a battery is better for reducing noise.

[@claudiahammann3732]

@@crabbubbles1161 thanks a lot! I'll definitely try that!!!

[@deliciousaudio]

Our opinion is that Music Tribe/Behringer is a multi-billion company that adopts opportunistic and at times also borderline exploitative strategies in order to maximize its profits. That's their priority, and there's nothing wrong with prioritizing profits, but they take it to extremes that sometimes conflict with ethics - no other major company in the musical instrument industry does what they do. It regularly tries to get free exposure from KZbinrs without paying them, it has sued people for expressing their opinions about its products, and publicly mocked journalists who criticize them. It also produced a chauvinistic video ad at some point, among other things. And in case you are wondering, yes, their TC staff tried to get us to do some promo for them "without a budget" (at the peak of the pandemic, no less) otherwise, we wouldn't post this. No multi-billion dollar company should ask anyone to work for free. Here's an in-depth analysis of the company's history of questionable behavior: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pma1hHyNl79pjMU

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Builders complaining about profit when they are the first charging +200$ for copying the usual ts/rat/muff style pedal with "better" components that cost a few dollars and justify all of this with the "boutique" word are clowns. Behringer offers the same things with much less money and ruins your profit-game, that's why you're throwing shit at them. Ridiculous...

[@robingreer8098]

Almost as bad as media outlets that charge fees for 'reviews'!

[@deliciousaudio]

@@robingreer8098 FYI, our blog doesn't do reviews. We do just coverage of pedals, and we don't charge anyone for it.

[@deliciousaudio]

@@lovecraftmusic8717 As mentioned in our original comment, we don't have any problem with companies that prioritize profits. We have a problem with companies who behave the way Behringer does - please watch the video at the end of the comment.

[@benlogan430]

Remember KZbin videos aren’t always the answer and don’t necessarily bring forth the hidden truth. True trustworthy sources, and multiple sources are where the facts lie mostly. The WWW is not the land of truth and secrets. But, rather videos marketing a for profit product.

[@jaredmacabale7285]

This or Nux Solid Studio?

[@coopscovers5119]

I’m assuming you can’t put this between your amp and speaker and DI your amp?

[@andertons]

No, it’s not a load box

[@tonzokinawa]

Anyone have any experience with this one and the mooer Radar? Which has better presets?

[@miles_walker]

So the output is line level?

[@anthonytafoya5141]

this kid is like why am i here lee is like why is he here everyone is like why is he here lol

[@tomusic8887]

I can hear the clean sounds butthey are so low on volume thati couldn't hear differences

[@1972Georges]

is this also ment to use on your pedal chain prior your amp?

[@robertbrown2728]

No. I Rs include the sound of the speaker.

[@jirosaves_theworld]

1 big question from me (as people who own amp but feared neighbors knockin' your house with murderer intent lol) : is it safe to use it strike from amp?

[@Docksidestudio1]

No, it’s not a loadbox

[@jirosaves_theworld]

@@Docksidestudio1 i see! thanks so much for clear my doubt

[@gibsonlpgp]

Where do you get the additional ir's from? I.e. 26 to 99?

[@andertons]

You load in your own ones - there are millions online. Some free & some you have to buy.

[@gibsonlpgp]

@@andertons i am not great with pc and what to look for, which sites would you recommend?

[@dippypepsi1728]

I don't understand what it does?

[@davidwales9657]

Doesn't take long buying the pedals on that table before you could just buy an Axe FX AX8 or FM3 for less.

[@kennethflores1434]

I put an Xotic bb preamp an it does nothing!!! So lifeless and dull! This little unit in my hands sucks! doesn't sound anything like it does in this video. What pedal apart from that one big pedal you guys have can i buy for it to sounds amp like and alive? I am a bit frustrated about the quality of sound from this pedal...

[@bassyey]

Sounds like a skill issue.

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Have you tried with a blues driver? On the BB maybe try maxing the treble. It also depends on your PA system.

[@johnnymittens77]

So it's a Mooer Radar, three years after the Mooer Radar?

[@andertons]

somebody didn't watch the video in full did they ;) look out for the specific Mooer Radar reference... but basically the TC unit is about 10 times more powerful than the Radar!

[@johnnymittens77]

@@andertons Well, in fairness to myself, I watched about half and thought "I've got a Mooer Radar" and switched off... But, point taken.

[@kevindesouza9497]

John's a good guitar player... But don't get emotion... And as a sound engineer.. You can say just going into the desk is lifeless.. Then again I did a lot of sessions at gooseberry studios when I was a tape op there.. And to use rack fx going into a never vx desk.. Singing a drawer 1960 Como.. A tubeteck valve eq kicks the shit out of those winy pedals.... Case in point the lead break in brick in the wall.. Straight in the desk led Paul.... But it has to be a good desk and valve rack stiff.. Those pedal are winy tiny crap.. But I guess if you swing ya ears you can pretend I do Love my Bias amps in my Mac... But ya know the jcm 800 hits you in the body and is well takes you somewhere, maybe simpler then John's playing but means more tme

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Don't you think these amp+cab sim pedals could be made all analog with Overdrive+EQ+Compressor circuits ? With the right R&D eventually they could come up with something great. I don't see an absolute need for digitalisation. And all these little details the cab speaker gives to the sound, I also wonder if there's a part of it which makes the sound capture and mixing more complicated. Having to use multiple mics, just to allow capturing lost frequencies. And then it still needs post processing, more EQ and compression.

[@joeking433]

Why do all good guitarists have long skinny fingers???

[@MrTwangstaable]

Any idea how much Lee gets paid for these promotions?

[@vio4jesus]

Yeah..... but you didn't mention there's NO wet/dry mix. What a waste.

[@antons368]

Oh, John is wearing that ridiculous bandana again. How weird. Absolutely not cool.

[@johnconnearnmusic]

No one has to be a fandanna, all good

[@donwoodland8365]

Young people don't have hairlines anymore. Just embrace the baldness young man.

[@jadonsvd]

lol what

[@roosky203]

Tf you on about 😂😂

[@justincox1685]

ugh...I need a Xanax...wtf did I just watch?