Top 7 Features of the HEADRUSH Looperboard

[@HeadRushFX]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and glad to see your having fun with it! Looking forward to your feedback and ideas as we are very open to this and always looking for ways to make our gear better. :)

[@TidesOnEarth]

HeadRush FX so excited to be a part of this new growing community! Love what you’re doing with this board!

[@HeadRushFX]

@@TidesOnEarth OWOWO!

[@darwinnoah3329]

I know I am pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online ?

[@christopherkylen380]

@Darwin Noah i would suggest flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@JosephGara]

Hey man, thanks for this video.. How did you setup the routing that should only use track 4 to record only the vocals? This will be very useful for me.

[@citrixman]

Wonderful ! Thanks for the rundown... can you do a rundown on how you hook it to your PA and any other external guitar effects.

[@TidesOnEarth]

citrixman will do! I’m actually currently rethinking that very thing, when I do, I’ll definitely post on it!

[@benallmark9671]

@@TidesOnEarthdoes this unit have effects ?

[@RichiePhillipsmusic]

Great video! I am a gigging musician too and have just upgraded. Refreshing to see a video from the point of view of a fellow live musician. Looking forward to getting into the Looperboard. You're old set up was really cool too btw!

[@TidesOnEarth]

It totally was! Just a big rig for small gigs! Thanks... I’ve got a cool new vid I’m working on as the developer reached out recently!

[@MatONeill]

Hi there, thanks so much for this video. I'm still married to the RC300 as you were. The Headrush looks like it has a huge number of advantages, and a few deal breaking disadvantages that are preventing me from taking the plunge. You mentioned early on that you're thinking of a video to showcase the myriad effects available - this would be really interesting to see! Great work man :)

[@TidesOnEarth]

It's coming soon! We just moved across the country and after a bunch of home renos we will be moving in at the end of the week. Stay tuned... More videos coming soon!

[@MatONeill]

@@TidesOnEarth Oh wow, sounds like you're up to your eyeballs, then! Thanks so much for taking the time to respond and pleasure to meet you. I still never tire of seeing how other people are doing it! :)

[@DJCJ999]

I'm in the market for a looper and I am looking at the Boss range and the HR... which would you recommend for a noob with some experience of loopers.. basic 60 sec looping.

[@TheMRMACHONACHO]

Very helpful. Great video thanks man. cant wait to get one !

[@TidesOnEarth]

So glad it helped! I'm hoping to get back to these videos soon. We just moved across the country and it's taken a lot longer than I thought to get settled. I'll be back to these soon! If I can answer any other questions you have, feel free to let me know!

[@Acoustribute]

I'm leaning on upgrading to a Headrush looper board from a TC Helicon VoiceLive 3X. Does this have a harmonizer as well? Was also wondering about an Octaver to create bass lines with my guitar?

[@TidesOnEarth]

There are a ton of added features coming in the new firmware... No date as to when that will be released, but I can tell you, this update is going to blow your mind!

[@benallmark9671]

@@TidesOnEarthdid the update ever happen and is it difficult to do. I’m exactly computer savvy.

[@davidmurray9193]

Already have the pedalboard, not sure if I should get the looper board, are they comparable and worth having both? And does this link into a tascam dp32sd recorder?

[@TidesOnEarth]

David Murray If that tascam unit takes a 1/4” or xlr then yes! I’ll be posting a new video soon, about how I’m running all my recordings right through it. Having 4 outputs (2 xlr and 2 1/4”) means I can run my guitar and vocals out to my PA and still have 2 outputs left over for recording live sets. As for whether or not to add this unit to your rig, I guess that depends on how much looping is a part of your playing/practicing/performing...

[@davidmurray9193]

@@TidesOnEarth yes it does cool, on no looks like I'm saving for a looper board now DOH....lol, is there any neat tricks you can do to combine this and the peddle board or are they two totally separate entities? By the way thanks for reply should have one in two months fingers crossed

[@TidesOnEarth]

David Murray I can’t say what exactly is included but I am a part of the beta testing group for the software update for the looperboard and the update has the potential to make massive improvements to the functionality and user experience. If you’re excited now, wait till you see this update! Feel free to keep in touch!

[@davidmurray9193]

@@TidesOnEarth will do ta 😁😁😁😁

[@TidesOnEarth]

David Murray check out my 7 ways to improve the Looperboard vid too!

[@rcsurfingSA]

Dude, great vid! I have a question about midi drums. If I have say a Yamaha DTX hooked up via USB or midi, can I record the whole mix? (Ie 4 channels and the drum track?) or do I need to assign the midi drum machine to a channel, therefore leaving only 3 tracks available? in other words, is the midi signal separate to the tracks or does it need to be assigned to a track? Cheers, I’m really keen on knowing the midi capabilities for a drum machine. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@Acoustribute]

How do change the routing as you suggested for the mic if you just want a dedicated Chanel for vocal looping? Haven't been able to figure that out yet and I'm still using my A/B switch. Could you share your routing settings?

[@TidesOnEarth]

Gerimaya Whyte absolutely! I’ll try and post something later today...

[@TidesOnEarth]

Hey I’m sorry! Things have been busy, but I’m going to try to get this answered! I haven’t forgotten.

[@alexgregory1427]

need to use this as backing track. Track 1 to 4 gets stems. All they all stereo? Can click be routed to drummers headphones. Additional 5th symphonic Backing track will be added too. Not interested in going back to lopping (playing with pedals) as I do that in Ableton. Need all tracks to be dragged and dropped from Mac OS to board to avoid USB stick hassles . Tracks are 7 minutes long each, so 5 minute limit won't work. Please confirm that all of the above is or is not possible. Thanks.

[@TheMRMACHONACHO]

Hi Alex, the need of backing track is can confirmed, track 7 is imperative whilst drummers are vital too. additional 7th operatic of Ableton live can be dragged but not dropped into USB stick hassles. 4 minutes just won't do. hope this have beens loud and clear and I defiantly answered question

[@LanzaMartineta]

But what’s it like for vocals? May I ask? I subscribed today,because it really is very good!

[@TidesOnEarth]

Check out my newer vid on the recent Firmware update! I love it for vocals. The studio effects for reverb are great!

[@justapera]

Thanks for this man.

[@TidesOnEarth]

Apera Music cheers! Stay tuned... I’ve got a few new ones I’m working on! One on using midi with it.

[@akshanmusic6968]

Many thanks for your video. I would like to ask you a question. Is it possible to play an audio file with the backing track along with four already recorded tracks, so to have five tracks playing together?

[@TidesOnEarth]

Akshanmusic so technically, you could have 5 tracks playing, but there’s no way to activate all 5 tracks simultaneously (aside from start/stop all + play on the backing track which you’d have to start with your fingers based on the location of the two switches) It is possible to loop while the backing track is playing, but that’s another thing to have to be accurate on with your loop. You have to not just be in time with the loop, now you have to be on time with the backing track. However, if your BPM was preset and you were using quantize settings, then maybe it would be doable and effective. Thanks so much for your question! I love it when I’m challenged and this one made me think a little. Cheers! Don’t forget to subscribe as my next video will be suggested firmware updates/improvements to the board. I’ve tried to be clear with my explanation but don’t hesitate to ask me to clarify any part of what I said! Cheers.

[@akshanmusic6968]

@@TidesOnEarth That's very good! Thank you so much for your kind and clear answer.

[@Onelychild]

Great in depth review! I now have a better understanding of this machine. Sub to your channel! Thank you for sharing this!

[@TidesOnEarth]

Jay Cruickshank awesome! So glad you got something from it. Feel free to ask any questions or reach out with other video ideas. Next is a Top 7 Improvements that can be made... should be up next week! Stay tuned... cheers!

[@Onelychild]

@@TidesOnEarth Will do! Thank you very much.

[@rockitroller]

doed the headrush looper record in seconds are bars ? like can i record one second ? if i hit record and hit it again one second later will it start playing that one secornd loop?

[@TidesOnEarth]

rockitroller I’ll have to check... I think it should! If it doesn’t in fixed/serial...etc. I would think free mode would do it. I’ll get back to you later today...

[@fabricirillo]

Hi Tides on earth! Thanks for your video...i am so interested to this new machine...i have a Rc2 but now i need something else cause i wanna develop a one man band project! I expected so much from this looperboard but i am not no much impressed...for sure u ll be more aware of the functionality of this piece... the thing that seem to miss is the possibility to articulate a song (a loop) in differents parts. I mean...with serial it s possible to articulate intro, verse and chorus and even another part (4 loop) but maybe this ability reduce the advantage to have 4 differents inputs. For example if i want to loop three layers (guitar, bass make with an octaver made with same guitar, and vocals) on each part of a loop (intro, verse and chorus) and use the battery loops of the unit i changin the drum style between parts how should i do??? The Boomerang III have the the limit to do not keep in memory loops prerecorded but seems more intuitive paired with the beatbuddy (so good sounds!). Another question...if my inputs are just guitar (used for guitar, bass with octaver and a guitar syntetizes for other soundl and a mic (for vocals) will i be able to send the guitar to the guitar amp and the guitar play bass and sinyetyzer to another output keeping the serialize of loop? (bass made with guitar octaver and sinth sound will sound better to an output that is not a guitar cab). I am sorry for all this request but i know i made the same :)

[@TidesOnEarth]

fabrizio cirillo Thanks for your questions! Let me do some research and get back to you...

[@TidesOnEarth]

fabrizio cirillo for the drum track, I make my own customized drum tracks in logic but GarageBand offers a similar way to do it using “the arrangement feature.” I’d be happy to explain this better if you need clarification. The one issue I have with this board, is it currently limits the length of a loop to 5 mins. A number of people have voiced that this limit needs to be removed so that you could use track 1 like a backing track. Then switch between sections on track 2, 3 and 4.

[@TidesOnEarth]

fabrizio cirillo so I think you would need an A/B/Y Pedal for this routing. You could route your signal to 2 different outputs, but there’d be no way through the board to switch which output the signal was going to. The board would only allow you to run to both at the same time. I’m currently in a situation where I’m good with the sound going through my PA as guitar/vocal/fx...but I understand you wanting to send signals to 2 different places. Hope I’ve got that right. Thanks for asking!

[@marcelwustner5798]

Hi, which of your pedals were really replaced with the looperboard? Or other way, which of your individual pedals did you still keep?

[@TidesOnEarth]

Marcel Wüstner hey! My amp modeling pedal (atomic amplifire box), my overdrive (EHX Soul Food), my reverb/delay (Earthquakes Devices Avalanche run) - now this is not to say that it achieves what they did to the exact same extent, but for me (and I’m still tweaking the fx racks) it achieved most of what they were doing, with a fraction of the size/weight and cost of this rig. I’m keeping my Harmony Singer (vocal harmonizer pedal). I recommend you rent one or play with it in store. My needs were basic. I’ve been mostly an acoustic artist so the FX this pedal offered was more than sufficient, where another person may find the Fx virtually unusable. Thanks for your question, don’t hesitate to reach out again! I’ll have more vids soon, just moved across the country and we’re not quite settled yet. Cheers!

[@marcelwustner5798]

@@TidesOnEarth hey, thx for the information. I am using currently a quite complex setup with fx, several jammans and the harmony singer synced via midi to a tr-8. but if i could get the same thing with less wires i'd be happy

[@LeeGordonMusic]

Hello. I have a question about the fx. How are the electric guitar sounds/amp sims? I currently have a huge board with an rc300 and amp sim pedals. I go straight into a PA and sounds great. Can the sounds stand up against say the helix or ge300 or the HeadRush gigboard?

[@TidesOnEarth]

Lee Gordon Music I haven’t used the helix, but I too, had a large board with an RC300 and for my needs it more than suits! I will attempt to get a vid up soon. In the coming days I’ll have a vid about improvements to the board and then fx sampling is next! Stay tuned and thanks so much for messaging!

[@LeeGordonMusic]

Tides On Earth that’s awesome thanks dude. Really useful video! Just hit subscribe. Look forward to the next video

[@LeeGordonMusic]

So been playing a bit with my new board. One thing I miss on the rc300 is the ability to arm a track and it’s starts as soon as it hears sound. I play drums into my loop via my spd-sx Will have to start using in ears and a click to count me in but the tracks are different bpms

[@TidesOnEarth]

Lee Gordon Music such a good point! I’ve been using “over-ears” so far cuz it’s what I’ve got, and the experience is pretty great. Down the road, in-ears will be an amazing addition to this set-up!

[@Lokochannel1]

Thanks so much for this video!!! I have some questions....maybe you can help me ;) I use rc300 And some functions of rc are essential for me: Is it possible with the headrush looperboard to choose the stop mode (immediate,loop end or fade) for each loop? Is there any single track mode as on the rc300? And at last, IS there any possibility to choose the play mode (loop, one shot) ? Thanks for helping. From France ;)

[@TidesOnEarth]

Lokochannel1 Stopping is possible individually, at loop end (on certain modes) and by fade. My fade is one of the best features on this board. Single track mode is an option and allows you to record a loop without prerecorded parts playing during that recording. Hope that makes sense! Not sure what you mean by play mode (one shot?) Thanks for your questions! Please ask if there’s anything else you want to know... should be a new video up soon!

[@koontzman123]

I've been looking at getting either the boss rc505 or the Aeros Loop Studio which will mesh with my Beat Buddy. It sounds like this is on a whole nother level if it can replace 95% of your existing pedal board though.

[@TidesOnEarth]

Steve, it really can. One thing I’m hugely impressed by is that they listen to their customers. I’ve been testing the new beta and I can’t say what’s coming but there are game-changing features in the future! Sorry for the slow reply.

[@eeshdsgn]

my only concern is click of those buttons in desktop setup.

[@giuseppecroce4959]

Excellent!

[@HarlanHarvey76]

If you want easier access to effects, midi control is available 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TidesOnEarth]

Totally! At the time of this video, I wasn't fully aware of what was possible. I'm using the Morningstar MC6 now. #gamechanger

[@thephoenix7891]

i love this board but theres one thing i dont understand. And I hope Headrush sees this so maybe they can explain it. WHy is it that on your pedalboard, you have a standard IEC universal power suppy but on the looper its that shit 12v DC power cable or whatever that is. I feel like it could still be powered properly with the input for the cable that the pedalboard has. Makes no sense to me. Is it supposed to be power supply friend or something? Just doesnt make sense to me. The board itself is great I just dont understand why they chose that kind of power when the pedalboard has a different one. youd think they would be the same.

[@TidesOnEarth]

I’ve thought the exact same thing! I don’t know what the thought process was. Great point!