HeadRush Looperboard Looper Pedal

The HeadRush Looperboard allows you to take live audio looping to the next level with great features, FX and seriously high quality audio.

Next Level Looping

Designed from the ground up and tailor-made for live performance, the HeadRush Looperboard gives you everything you need to broaden your looping horizons.

Packed with premium effects, tonnes of I/O options and a massive 8 hours of recording time this looper pedal is just bursting with potential.

HeadRush Looperboard Looper Pedal Key Features:

• 7" High Resolution Touch Display
• Customisable Workflow
• Extensive Loop Control
• Premium Built-In FX
• Intelligent Time-Stretch
• Over 8 Hours of Recording Time
• Advanced Import/Export Functions
• Packed with Premium Audio I/O
• Sync with External MIDI Gear
• Record Direct via USB

Intuitive Control

Allowing you to get right in there with your loops, the HeadRush Looperboard features a 7-inch high resolution touch display.

Providing dynamic feedback on your loops, you can stay focuses on your sound and build your loop to perfection.

You can customise the HeadRush Looperboard to work how you want with touch, swipe and drag-and-drop control.

Incredible Audio, Loop Storage and Recording

In order to deliver incredible audio, the HeadRush Looperboard features high-end, premium audio circuitry.

With this standard of circuitry, the Looperboard captures every detail and nuance of your performance so you get studio quality results in a live situation.

What’s more; HeadRush have designed the Looperboard to be able to record and playback over eight hours of audio with just its internal storage.

You can even export your loops using integrated SD and USB ports so you can use your loops again at another show or put them into your recording projects.

Speaking of recording; the HeadRush Looperboard features an onboard USB audio interface so you can record your performance directly into your Mac or PC.

Versatile Functionality

The HeadRush Looperboard boasts a huge range of inputs and outputs so you can use it however you want.

Four combo XLR+1/4” inputs with dedicated gain controls and switchable +48V phantom power mean you can connect pretty much whatever you want to supply your sources, even condenser microphones.

Two XLR outputs with switchable ground-lift, two ¼” outputs that are switchable between amp and line level allow you to send the audio wherever you want too.

Furthermore; there’s a ¼” stereo headphone output with a dedicated volume knob so you can easily monitor your mix directly from the HeadRush Looperboard pedal.

Last but not least, there’s a 1/8” stereo aux input with dedicated volume knob that you can use to route auxiliary sources such as your phone or tablet, directly to the outputs.

Plus, as if all that’s not enough, the HeadRush Looperboard can even receive MIDI time code so it can be synced with external drum machines, effects and other MIDI devices for virtually limitless potential on stage and in the studio.

Fantastic FX

Allowing you to really take your looping to the next level, the HeadRush Looperboard pedal features some of the best sounding effects ever heard on a looper pedal.

You can assign virtual effect racks directly to inputs or your loop tracks to use them however you want. Each of these virtual effects racks consist of multiple effects and have specific uses for different applications such as vocals, guitar, percussion and more so you can instantly enhance your sound.

Furthermore; you can assign up to four different effect parameters to be controlled by an external expression pedal at once for an incredibly dynamic performance and a sound that’s all your own.

Ready for The Road

As the HeadRush Looperboard was designed for live use, it has been built with an incredibly strong steel chassis.

Plus, with it packing all its great features into a convenient and compact unit, you won’t have any problems taking this awesome looper pedal on tour with you.

Buy the HeadRush Looperboard from Professional Music Technology today and open yourself up to a whole new world of looping possibilities.

Firmware Update 2.0

HeadRush continue their commitment to the HeadRush Looperboard and you, the Looperboard user, by further improving this great bit of gear with yet another firmware update.

See below for a list of improvements added in Firmware 2.0 since the firmware version 1.0.1 update:

Looping Workflow Improvements

• Added improvements to require less footswitch presses when creating a loop from scratch
• Added the ability to set whether a stopped track should begin playback or start overdubbing when pressing its •Rec/Play/Dub footswitch
• Added the ability to set how tracks should start and stop in Sync and Serial-Sync modes
• Added the ability to instantly clear all looper tracks by holding the Start/Stop All footswitch
• Added the ability to configure whether the Start/Stop All footswitch and individual •Stop/-Undo footswitches should function on press or on release
• Added the ability to predetermine looper track lengths via setting a number of bars
• Added the ability to set a track’s length to automatically detect and set a loop’s tempo
• Added the ability to set individual looper tracks to play back only once via a One Shot setting
• Added the ability to enable and adjust Feedback (Decay) for individual looper tracks
• Added the ability to individually customise the track •Stop/-Undo footswitches per loop for more immediate control of functions like reverse, speed, length, fade, transpose, peel, undo/redo, clear, bounce, and control of FX racks

Complete UI/UX Overhaul

• Created a new Navigation Menu page for quicker and easier navigation of features
• Created new save/load/import file browsers for easier import and export functionality
• Created a Storage page for viewing remining loop time on the internal drive, as well as connected external storage devices, and for selecting a target device for newly created loops
• Combined the mixer and meter pages for more control with better appearance
• Completely overhauled all existing UI pages for improved appearance and readability, cleaner workflows, and better ease of use

Guitar Amp And FX Modelling Processor

• Added a menu for navigating the UI pages via footswitch by holding the Function footswitch
• Added the ability to quickly return to the main timeline page by double tapping the Function footswitch
• New Built-In FX
• Added Vocal Tuner FX rack (includes auto pitch tuning and auto harmoniser effects)
• Added Rhythmic FX rack (includes slicer, pumper, and synced LFO effects)
• Import Audio Improvements
• Added the ability to auto time-stretch imported audio files to the current loop tempo
• Added the ability to preview audio files during the import process
• Function and Backing Track Improvements
• Fade - Added the ability to fade-in tracks individually or all at once
• Fade - Added the ability select slower fade rates (up to 200%)
• Fade - Added time indicators that show the actual fade times based on the set fade percentage
• Bounce - Reduced footswitch presses required for the bounce function
• Tuner - Added option to individually mute inputs while using the tuner
• Backing Track - Added the ability to access the previous or next backing track via footswitch press or via an External MIDI Message

MIDI Feature Improvements

• Added the ability to send MIDI clock while a loop is running
• Added the ability to access the previous or next loop via external MIDI message
• Added the ability for Looperboard to be controlled externally using MIDI note type messages

Storage/Compatibility Improvements

• Removed looper track and backing track maximum length limits
• Added .MP3 support for importing audio files to looper tracks and for backing tracks
• Added the ability to directly record, save, and load loops to/from connected external USB/SD storage devices
• Added the ability to import audio files to loops directly from connected external USB/SD storage devices
• Added a storage page for viewing remaining loop time and selecting a target device for new loops
• Added compatibility for macOS 10.15 (Catalina) to the macOS firmware updater

HeadRush Looperboard Looper Pedal Specs:

Inputs 1-4 (Balanced XLR)

• Frequency Response: 20Hz–20kHz (+0.2dB)
• Dynamic Range: 111dB (A-weighted)
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 110dB (1 kHz, +4dBu, A-weighted)
• THD+N: 0.003% (1 kHz, +4dBu, -1 dBFS)
• Preamp EIN: -133dBu (max gain, 40Ohms source, A-weighted), -127dBu (max gain, 150Ohms source, unweighted)
• Max Input Level: +13dBu
• Sensitivity: -46dBu
• Gain Range: 59dB

Inputs 1-4 (Balanced 1/4" / 6.35mm TRS or Unbalanced 1/4" TRS)

• Frequency Response: 20Hz–20kHz (+0.2dB)
• Dynamic Range: 111dB (A-weighted)
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 110dB (1kHz, +4dBu, A-weighted)
• THD+N: 0.003% (1kHz, +4dBu, -1dBFS)
• Max Input Level: +20dBu
• Input Impedance: 1MOhms
• Sensitivity: -20dBu
• Gain Range: 40dB

Main Outputs 1-2 (Impedance-Balanced 1/4" / 6.35mm TRS)

• Frequency Response: 20Hz–20kHz(+0.2dB)
• Dynamic Range: 113dB (A-weighted)
• THD+N: 0.003% (1kHz, -1dBFS)
• Maximum Output Level: +20dBu
• Output Impedance: 100Ohms

Main Outputs 3-4 (Balanced XLR)

• Frequency Response: 20Hz–20kHz(+0.2dB)
• Dynamic Range: 113dB (A-weighted)
• THD+N: 0.001% (1kHz, -1dBFS)
• Maximum Output Level: +20dBu
• Output Impedance: 100Ohms

Headphone Output (1/4" / 6.35mm TRS)

• Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20kHz (+0.2dB)
• Dynamic Range: 112dB (A-weighted)
• THD+N: 0.008% (1kHz, 10mW per channel into 32)
• Maximum Output Level: +20dBu (unloaded)
• Power Output: 100mW RMS (per channel into 32Ohms)
• Output Impedance: 32Ohms

AUX Input (Stereo 1/8" / 3.5mm TRS)

• Input Level: 2.0Vrms (+8.22dBu)

USB/SD Storage Support File Systems

• exFAT (read & write) (recommended)
• FAT32 (read & write)
• NTFS (read & write)
• EXT4 (read & write)
• HFS+ (read only)

USB/SD Storage Support File Types

• Format: AIF/AIFF, WAV
• Sampling Rates: 44.1, 48, 96, 192kHz
• Bit Depths: 16, 24, 32 bits

Display

• (1) full-colour LED-backlit display with touch interface
• 6.9” / 176mm (diagonal)
• 5.9” x 3.7” / 150 x 93mm (width x height)

Footswitches

• (12) footswitches with colour LEDs

Knobs

• (1) 360° navigation/data encoder with push-to-enter function
• (4) input volume knobs
• (1) master volume knob
• (1) phones volume knob
• (1) auxiliary volume knob

Connectors

• (4) XLR/TRS 1/4” (6.35mm) inputs
• (1) 1/8” (3.5mm) stereo input (auxiliary device)
• (1) 1/4” (6.35mm) TRS input (expression pedal)
• (2) XLR outputs
• (2) 1/4” (6.35mm) TRS outputs
• (1) 1/4” (6.35mm) TRS output (headphones)
• (1) 5-pin MIDI input
• (1) 5-pin MIDI output
• (2) USB Type-A ports
• (1) USB Type-B port
• (1) SD card slot
• (1) power adapter input

Power

• Connection: DC Power Adapter Input
• Input Voltage: 19VDC, 3.42A, Centre-Positive

Dimensions and Weight

• Width: 20.16" (51.2cm)
• Depth: 12.24" (31.1cm)
• Height: 3.0" (7.6cm)
• Weight: 5.5kg (12.13lb)