I was so nervous when i saw a DPD car, that i run out without jacket
Can you open the door all the way for me?
Not like this!
Ah, this? Yeah, maybe.
There will be rock music at Balciunai home!
I'v bought Eleven Headrush pedalboard.
Will unbox immediatly
We'll look what's inside.
Most important, not to cut through the LED 7" display.
As a graphic designer i have to say the layout of this box is made very nice.
The manual. So i know what i'll do this evening.
I'v bought this from latvians, Rock Distribution Ltd, and they are distributors of Eleven HeadRush.
So, insanely interesting how does this thing starts-up.
Of course, till i'll bring it to my studio
i will have to look and to learn from manual
Well, first boot.
Lighting up
Incredibly sharp display
almost the same sharpness
as my smartphone
Well, i'm going to study, to look up how it sounds.
To rate everything. And then we will meet at studio.
Hey guys, here we are in studio
firstly i want to show the producto for you which we gonna present today.
HeadRush Pedalboard, brand new product from the company Eleven.
Eleven belongs to Avid Technology
Tell your audience what Avid Technology is the most prominent at
Pro Tools. Awesome. Fantastic.
So i can literally say
that I will play with Pro Tools?
You will play with Pro Tools which are designed for this small but BIG thing.
Technologies developed for many years.
Everything made up very very well
maybe it's a little bit scary to buy some "Eleven"
but really, guys
Pro Tools, Pro Tools!
So i'v got such colorful box from..
Latvia. My new, great buddies
"Rock Distribution" located in Riga.
sold this wonderful item.
cause you know, what happened?
Just getting bored to play with 20 year old technologies
yeah, i'll show you that old technology.
So much buttons, so much pedals
you know, i was laughting at collegue guitarists, and telling them
"Guys, how many foots do you have?"
I mean... Guitarist needs minimum six foots.
I need delay for solos
Boosted solo for a fluid sound
I tell you: three legs minimum.
While you have only two, and you have to stand on your heels.
I think every guitar player knows this problem
And times flies, so i decided to upgrade
I think it's not a secret that those things like pedalboards and processors weighs
G-System by TC Electronic were extremely heavy
and needed external stomboxes
I had lower back pain after after gigs
So I checked before, that this thing is not very heavy
7.2 kg
And the next day I bought a pedalboard
from music store "Midiaudio" Ltd.
This is quite good pedalboard called "Diago".
I'v put everything here inside.
Tighten up and brought it here
So we'll start today from showing
this device to our colleagues from Lithuania
Cause the demos about this product has started only at the beggining of this year.
At all music industry fairs.
Ola Englund did a demo not long ago.
We have great honor
to do a first demo in Lithuania
cause it seems, at the moment it is the first one in Mary's land.
So, maybe you'll show how to do your sound from the empty bank?
It would be the most effective to show
Let's say I have come here and what to do with it?
Your presets seems ok, but I open the box and - empty
Well yes, neither you nor me want to play on default presets.
Maybe you even don't take a look at them.
Cause mostly you don't see what you need
You just wipe everything and starting as a blank sheet of paper
So I'v put a preset
and I came to try on my Marshall stack
Not really expected this but...
I was hoping to use amps from the pedalboard
as pre-amps for my Marshall
Anyway, they do have overdrive, and you can crank it up like tubes.
But however it's better to use processor as a standard stombox with tube amplifier.
So you just put overdrive, delay, chorus.
Essentially, even if you have simulations, you use it as pre-amp?
Yes.
And I forgot to mention one thing
You'v probably heard it before
That this thing is like very very hi-resolution 4k video camera.
So it is the same in sound processing.
HD expanded sound
Eleven has created absolutely new engine
with their own code called "HD expanded".
I have to say, overdrives are incredibly natural
Transparent. Any type you want.
Actually many of them installed there.
Thirty pre-amps. I mean amplifiers.
also a lot pedal overdrives too.
Can be chosen. Yeah, it even uses Impuls Responce technology.
And what about third party IR. Does it accept those?
Yes.
Can I transfer my favorite IR profile from computer right now?
Yeah, just like that I'v uploaded some of my favorite IRs from computer
and I'll demonstrate that.
Factory cabs are good too
but I have my own favorite IR profiles which I use in recordings
and it sound fantastic after trying them here.
I don't want to go back to my computer and use
some guitar rigs or Logic's Amp designer.
It just saving computer's resources
Sounds almost better, and even you can use it as hi-res sound card.
Is it really hard to manage it?
I understood it pretty fast
Can you show it elementarily?
Yeah, I wanted to add, that in the box I found not very big pack with instructions.
Inside pack there was a manual
Firstly I was surprised that in such thick book, the manual takes only eleven pages.
Well, I was thinking to read that manual on the first evening when I got the pedalboard.
To clear up something
But the desire to try this thing defeated me.
I really wanted to try it first.
I just don't like to read manuals.
But while reading the manual at the last line of introduction i saw:
"Oh, One more thing. This one goes to 11"
Thank you for honoring the movie "Spinal tap" and Niggel.
Warranty
"Celestion" brochure with unique code which lets you to donwload some custom IR profiles from their website.
So they do work together. Celestion and Headrush.
And reminder, not to forget to download latest firmware.
and USB cable
with which I transferred those custom IRs.
Well, on the back side everything is very simple.
Input. Couples of jack inputs for Send/Returns.
Outputs also stereo.
XLR too, and phones output.
AUX which was tested at some gig playing with playback from tablet.
Was it comfortable?
Yes, comfortable, and you can adjust AUX with it's own handle.
You can adjust it while playing with playback.
It's right here on the deck. Where you can...
tune your main volume
AUX volume. Different output to the headpones
For example, you play a concert, and signal goes
to PA system or your Marshall
and you give another signal to your headphones. For example, with amp simulation.
We will try to create some kind of rig
with which we could play trough
lust (a rig)
So, the main window on 7" LED screen
Protective wrap is still on it, and I won't gonna rip it off
I hope I won't scratch display's surface while playing gigs.
Yeah, there are setlists. You can play by setlists.
Let's say I saved the setlist JTM30 of my band BonJeans.
I think, when I'll sit down at my Marshall JMT30 I will set up some presets for it.
Here, just before you came here, I tried...
make some presets for this amp (Marshall JMP 2203)
Here I push on this preset list.
and I enter into such window.
Where all my presets are ready.
I want completely clear window for a drive channel.
Will try to create one of the presets.
A signal chain starts from the top left.
So it shows "IN"
And I can double-click on it to see one of the most important effects for a rock and metal guitarist - the noise gate.
It reacts in this way...
the more lower threshold, the more signal it transmits.
And we see some kind of virtual pedalboard
where you can put many stomboxes.
What can we put here firstly?
Probably, the first one could be a wah?
What type of wah do you like?
- I don't like. You don't like? With this thing you gonna like it!
If you don't play very well you should turn on your wah and keep pedaling!
- yes, if you don't play well. - So you play well?
- it seems so! - Ok, we will see
Ok, in this groupe there are all effects.
So we will be controling this expression pedal.
I push expression
In fact, I'v tried all of those at home, so I'll suggest...
"Black wah"
And it assigns letter A
That means, that letter B will do nothing.
And when you push down it turns into A
And we'll have a wah.
I push harder and get "B".
Ok, next!
We can leave a free space in a signal chain
for a very important effect too.
It's equalizer.
Let's say, you can cut low frequences before overdrive
and you will get more clarity from the overdrive.
Graphic EQ
I want... brighter
And immediately
I can tune knobs for low cut.
Here I'll leave place for some distortion or overdrive.
And skipped into another window, there will be our amp.
Well, amp
Quite a lot of amps here
These two at the bottom are from Ola Englund's downloaded preset.
Plexi, Blue Line, Lead, SL-100
Maybe names do not tell anyone much about it, but...
of course their names are protected by manufacturers.
So, no one can use their model names.
For example, let's take
amp like this
It's his image
I can change it anytime I want.
Immediately besides amp I get cabinet too.
I return to change into the one I got before.
Immediately we see all parameters on one side.
All the rest of parameters you get with the amp
And I go to the cab.
Cab's image...
We will try the cab type.
Something like 2x12
AC Blue
Let's say like this one, 2x12 too.
I really like 2x12, but firstly not because of the sound
Just because you can easily bring it on your hands by yourself.
You will not need to bring your cab, with this one
With this one... I will need to bring my cab.
Cause I like to play through the tube amplifier
I just need some other effects on the floor.
I don't know, maybe you will have a chance to buy the same device and you will play through line-out?
Well, it is made for that, really!
And the option little bit lower is a type microphone
What do we know very common? - SM57
Yeah, it's usual dynamic mic.
Just look how sound is changing, here is dynamic 57
or ribbon 121
dynamic 409
dynamic 7
And I will show very quickly how parameters are changing.
Microphone off-axis
On-axis
Break-up. I can't translate what is that.
Maybe, the distance?
Yeah, by the ear, let's say it is distance.
Break-up is a distance.
There are colors besides almost all effects.
For example there are so many colors.
Which color associates with the cab for you?
I know, there is no black, no grey... but
Let's try
Just push any color.
It could be yellow. Ok, let's make the cab - yellow.
Need for that
to know
For we could see that in this button, when we open that preset when we play, and we would see
that the cab, which is here behind, is yellow.
So, just look, I push blue color, and the pedal turns into blue.
I push on green it goes green. Red goes to red.
Something more pushing before the amp we can put as a booster.
I push the plus.
Classic option - the overdrive?
Yes, overdrive. And, tubescreamer?
Ok, let's try. Green JRC Overdrive
So it should be that green
Well, I'm not sure, but yes
Tube screamer is green color.
And we will try. Maybe some called "light" could boost it better?
Let's try
And immediately it gives green color. Green but yellow..
Green, ok i'll change the green color.
But it really looks like Tube screamer.
The picture is similar, but icon is changing too, just look.
I'll put such color.
It changed color itself, and the button color changed too.
Here, I turn it on, I turn it off.
And it's parameters
Drive - 0
Let's try weak drive
to make more mid-range focued fist.
And level at full.
In advance we can put
some delay, or no?
The most I like is a tape echo.
I don't know sir, do you remember, but very long ago people
they played on tape echo.
In my days people were constructing metal plates
For a real analog reverb.
In your days people were going into long corridor and...
and corridor was sounding with reverb.
I'm not fan of the reverb, maybe only for a clean channel.
But on drive channel I really like about 400 ms echo.
and I really enjoy tape echo simulations
Well, let's try - Tape delay.
Analog
Long, let's try
Something similar what I was talking about
400 ms, maybe more
You know, that feedback is quantity of the trails
And one of the most interesting parameters is...
effect called "wow"
it immitates
swelling of the tape
because, reels are spinning not very stable
maybe some reading heads are going through the tape not very equally too.
or some mechanical drum inside pulling more
it give something like "wowowow"
So thats what "wow" does
I'll try to show it, giving 100% effected.
To show you
how it's swelling
Of course we don't need so much, only a half.
So we have delay, but I'll bypass it, just to have it pre-programmed
Just for that, when I play with this preset, I could push on my delay anytime.
Because we were building a preset on excisting one
It asks do we want to save as new or just save it?
How can we name it?
Jumbo
Preset 2017
Goes to eleven
Jumbo... no we can't record such long name
because that name will appear on a screen over the button
We can even give a color for that button
Save new list
How do we call it? Studio?
Save
And now, from that big list
with so much presets made by me and not by me.
We'll add - "Jumbo"
we'll take something from the old ones, for example "solo".
So now everything is added to our new rig.
such a bank of presets. I push save.
And save new list. We'll name our new list...
as "Studio"
Ah, it says that here is such name already.
We push "Studio" and it shows "Jumbo" preset.
Hold for a view...
So I push it..
And immediately appears such choices
Here exit, here is "Stomp"
So that means, that by pushing it I'll be able to change my presets, by switching side buttons.
But all "pedals" inside preset I'll be able to switch On-Off
Just like in real stombox pedalboard.
Another one is "RIG".
Just like in common processors
I can switch fully programmed presets
And I'll see those presets by pushing this button.
And the "Hybrid" one is..
when we can see programmed presets
but on every preset we also see effect names, just in another button line.
Let's say, from every preset here is a delay.
distortion, chorus.
While going to another preset it show this effect names.
It appears like effects bellow
And the last choice is "Setlist" mode.
For example "Studio" setlist
or "Jumbo" setlist.
or any factory setlist.
In my opinion the most effective mode would be "Hybrid"
I push "Hybrid" and
it shows "Jumbo" preset is on
glowing in red.
It suggests to color my "Jumbo" preset in such colors
I also can place the effects here, to see them in lower button line.
By changing their places.
For example I want "Jumbo" preset to be...
Yellow
I push "Save".
And "Jumbo" became yellow
I go to another preset
This preset don't have cab simulation
but I liked it how it sound through the Marshall cab.
I can bypass any effect of this preset
For example Tape echo.
I return to "Jumbo" and I see other effects bellow
For example graphic EQ, which was used to low cut before drive channel.
Or just bypass the amp
to get signal straight into the cab.
Ok one more interesting thing.
On this preset which I liked, and were tested on my Marshall, there's no cabinet simulation
So I'll put
one of IRs which I downloaded from the huge online library through my computer.
So we see what was added here
I liked "Black Wah"
Compressor, some overdrive
"Black OP distortion", seems has to be operative amp?
Graphic eq
Tape echo, reverb also prepared
but bypassed
And immediately will be added custom impulse responce profile
wanted profile from third party
I choose
And when I go into this IR "stombox", while it's not the pedal....
I can choose something what I've added
So I uploaded all these profiles. If you would put just a cab, it would be slightly different
When I put a factory cabinet simulator, I get cabs and mics separately.
But I don't need it tho
it's just a list of profiles
I liked the first one, but I don't know what is this really.
But sounds good.
Here are two Celestion profiles from that Celestion website
Which was shown here to login with a unique code. Also sounds not bad.
We will try a Marshall 1960A cab loaded with G12MS speakers.
I don't know which mic was used, but I also liked the profile.
How is it for you? - not bad!
Good impression, isn't?
I tell you, the chassis is really good
This material reminds me that stone for heel peeling, used by grandmas
Foot stick up so good, that you can't take it away.
At least it would not slip away
Body made from stainless steel.
I don't know much about the screen
but the only thing I understand, it's very sharp
it is 7", but still don't know how strong it is.
So I'll keep it very safe
And maybe, it's a little bit blurry to our viewers, but I just left that factory protective wrap on every plastic part.
And now will do a very short demo, how it sounds through the real Marshall stack.
You know, i'm not some kind of maniac about those sounds
Some people are mocking, why don't you play with tubes
Why it's digital?
No! It's just...
High quality, professional device
with it's digital sound processing came really close to analog.
Overdrive sounds wonderful.
This thing insanely flexibly forms your guitar signal chain.
Ah... the tuner.
Tuner is enough big
I'd say, not the most precise in the world, but really big.
Maybe we can say verdict into the camera?
So what. Worth to buy!
Thing worthy of your money
Looking at competitors' products
sometimes it seems that they stuck in time
looking at their buttons and displays
We are in 2017. Come on, we want more displays.
Yes, it is throwing a stone into Axe Fx
But, listen... it is way more comfortable
You have to spend tons of time looking for what you want.
Even with this device.... ?
You've probably spended the whole evening for it to start using? - just per one evening.
But it's really joyfull to play with it
Exactly! That interface... It's just like long ago
when computers were just in text
and someone thought it could be desktop.
To be a visual user interface
and that's what we have here with guitar effects.
In short, we welcome and happy for the manufacturer
Because it is second version of the Headrush
The first one was Headrush rack version. (Avid Pro Tools)
Who doesn't know, it was enough popular
and Headrush pedalboard appeared this year
It has already become famous
So we are really glad that such a thing has landed in our hen house too.
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