THR Head Discontinued

The footswitch supplied can be used to turn the EFFECT LOOP ON and OFF. Connect the supplied footswitch to the "TO FSW" jack on the rear panel. Pressing "FX LOOP" on the footswitch cancels signal to EFFECT LOOP SEND/RETURN on AMP Ⅰ/Ⅱ simultaneously. Press the footswitch again to return the signal loop.

With the parallel configuration, the output signal from each preamp is split in two. One of the resulting signals is sent directly to the corresponding power amp, while the other goes to the EFFECT LOOP.

Although the terminal to which the supplied footswitch connects utilizes the same 5-pin DIN jack as is used for MIDI, the THR Head cannot be controlled from MIDI devices or MIDI foot controllers.

Impulse Response, or "IR," is a state-of-the-art speaker simulation technology that improves on previous, less realistic simulations that relied on fairly simple recreations of the EQ frequency curves of specific speakers. At heart, IR is a recording and analysis of a system's output when a very short input signal called an impulse is released into a cabinet. This creates a digital picture of the cabinet's linear characteristics such as frequency and phase response, phase cancellation between multiple speakers, edge reflections and other audible signatures of the cabinet's construction. IR technology is so accurate that it is possible to distinguish between specific cabinet models, the microphones used to capture the IR image, and even different room types with the same microphone/cabinet setup. Additionally, IR does not introduce non-linear distortion or compression characteristics.

This technology offers a wealth of benefits over traditional cabinet mic-ing and previous simulation techniques, giving players access to a wealth of options to craft their ideal sound with gear and acoustic space characteristics that might otherwise be unavailable to them. The ability to run in complete silence means that you can use IR with headphones in your home instead of a recording studio to record guitars that sound like they have been passed through speaker cabinets at high volume. IR also offers immense benefits in a live setup because the rig is feeding directly into the sound system, effectively eliminating feedback from other instruments or microphones, while giving you more control of your overall tone. It also reduces time-consuming microphone placement and setup time, ultimately allowing you to reproduce your sound with greater precision at each new venue. Additionally, the ability to plug directly into a mixer allows clearer sound to be sent to monitor speakers and in-ear monitors, providing a better monitoring environment on stage.

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File Format: .aif, .aiff, .wav

Bit Depth: 16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit integers

No. of Channels: Monoral or Stereo

Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz

IR Length: 2048 points