Description
Friedman IR-X:SIMPLE, HIGH VOLTAGE, DUAL-TUBE, DIRECT SOLUTION
We are having a hard time believing this is real. A footswitchable 2-Channel, ALL TUBE pre-amp, with fully customizable boost per channel, power amp and cabinet sims for direct use, an FX loop, headphone out, and midi control. The feature set alone would make it a wonderful product, but playing a pre-amp pedal has never been this satisfying. Using it as it comes from factory was a mind opening experience for someone who has been burned by the promise of pre-amp pedals time and time again. Connecting it to your computer allows to swap in any of the 12 included IRs or you can import you own favorites.
The Friedman IR-X dual-channel tube preamp is an entire Friedman rig in a compact pedalboard-friendly package. Powered by two high-voltage 12AX7 preamp tubes, each channel delivers the harmonic richness and touch response of Dave Friedman’s finest designs. DSP IR cabinet/power amp simulation sends a studio-quality mic’d-up tone to your DAW or Front-of-House.
TRUE TUBE PREAMP TONE DELIVERED…NO SIMULATION REQUIRED
IR-X isn’t simulating a Friedman tube preamp. It is one. While many available preamp pedals utilize tubes to ‘warm up’ their digital or solid-state circuit, two glowing 12AX7 preamp tubes, running at a proper high voltage, are this pedal’s beating heart. A genuine preamp in every way, IR-X delivers all the tone, response, gain characteristics, and harmonic complexity you expect from a Friedman design.
IR-X SOFTWARE EDITOR
IR-X gives you astounding tonal control, but its included Friedman IR-X Editor software takes it to a new level. With it, you can tweak each channel’s power amp simulation via the thump and presence controls, load your favorite IRs, activate the Boost Lock feature, select loop ON/OFF and save it all to 128 MIDI presets.
IMPULSE RESPONSE CABINET AND POWER AMP SIMULATION
All great tube amps need a great speaker cabinet, and whether sending your signal straight to the board or silently playing through the onboard headphone output, IR-X gives you a selection of Dave Friedman’s favorite IRs. Select the IR per channel using the 3-way mini toggle switches or load your own quickly and easily via IR-X’s editing software. You can even disengage the onboard IRs entirely to use IR-X’s tube preamp with another IR loader.
SPECS:
- All-tube HIGH-VOLTAGE preamp – DI
- 2 x 12AX7 preamp tubes
- Two independent channels + boost
- Channel 1 (Top channel) clean to gritty
- Channel 2 (Bottom channel) high gain drive
- Power amp simulation with software editable Presence and Thump (per channel)
- Channel select / boost
- Low latency Impulse Response cabinet simulation (bypassable)
- Three position CAB/IR select switch per channel (programmable via software)
- 12 free Friedman IRs or load your own
- Boost Volume and Gain controls (per channel)
- Volume and Gain controls (per channel)
- Full EQ consisting of Bass, Middle, Treble (per channel)
- 3-way Bright switch (Channel 1)
- 2-way Tight switch (Channel 2)
- Three multi-function foot switches
- Ultra-transparent series FX loop (bypassable)
- TRS balanced output
- Headphone output
- MIDI 5 pin standard connector and USB MIDI
- USB software editor – powered by SYNERGY
- Limited 3-year Warranty
