Tc Electronic IMPULSE IR LOADER

TC Electronic - Impulse IR Loader

Get ready to be loaded... with impulse responses!

IMPULSE is our first IR loader. As always, our goal is to give you guitar tools that support your playing rather than a degree in technical manuals. In short, it is a Cab Sim and an IR Loader, and just as we made tuning easy with POLYTUNE and looping simple with DITTO LOOPER, IMPULSE IR LOADER will make the complexity of working with impulse response files disappear. Just drag and drop your IRs via USB or use the dedicated IR organizer for PC and Mac, then IMPULSE IR LOADER will take care of the rest and make you sound like the best.

Room for 99 IRs in a compact box

You’re talking about optimized storage space! IMPULSE IR LOADER can hold up to 99 cabinet simulations in the form of IR emulations that you can load and use almost instantly. Riff, funk, or rock as you please. You get 25 IRs right out of the box, leaving you 74 additional slots for your creative needs. Keep reading to discover the type of guitar accessories we have in store for you!

Celebrate the good times with Celestion

Chances are you already know the incredible Celestion speakers, which have meticulously created precise and natural IRs of their most popular models. So we thought: why not go straight to the source and collaborate with the best? We are proud that the IMPULSE IR LOADER comes preloaded with 12 of Celestion’s best official digital IRs, handpicked from what we believe are the best IRs on the market. You will find these IR gems in slots 1-12. Once you’ve checked out the 12 included IRs, we suggest visiting Celestion to explore even more of their digital IRs.

Step into the DI-Ready dimension

At TC Electronic, we love powerful combos, half-stacks, or full stacks as much as any guitarist. But we also know there are gigs where such a setup is simply not practical. That’s why, in slots 13-20 of the IMPULSE IR LOADER, we added 8 TC Electronic PEDAL PLATFORM IRs. This means you become DI-ready and can play without bringing your amp and cabinets. We created these IRs using both an amp and a speaker cabinet to give you that particular sound through a PA system, or at home during direct recording via an audio interface. Either way, make sure to place the IMPULSE IR LOADER after your drive pedals in the signal chain to turn your pedalboard into DI-ready guitar gear.

Pleasant Piezo Pickup?

Does your acoustic guitar produce an amazing sound using the piezo pickup through a PA system? We think the answer lies somewhere between maybe and no! Enter the IMPULSE IR LOADER with preloaded acoustic guitar IRs in slots 21-25. Simply place it at the front of your pedal chain and load one of these acoustic IRs to take your Piezo from dull to full!

Tips and tricks for toe fingers

The pedalboard can operate in two different modes. Use A/B mode to switch between two preset IRs. For example, you can have your favorite speaker IR for clean sound loaded in A and another for overdrive/distortion loaded in B for quick and effortless speaker swaps. If you prefer to use the IMPULSE IR LOADER as a traditional effects pedal, you can set it to true bypass mode and turn it on or off simply by pressing the footswitch. True bypass mode allows the pedal to be permanently installed on your board without affecting your tone when not in use. To switch between the two modes on the fly during a performance, just press and hold the footswitch for a few seconds.

KISS - Keep It Small and Simple!

Just because the IMPULSE IR LOADER has a screen doesn’t mean you have to wrestle with layers of submenus. On the contrary, it gives you a great overview at a glance, while the controls remain simple and intuitive—as they should. The single knob adjusts the output level, and the small push buttons let you quickly browse the stored "previous" and "next" IRs in the bank. That’s it. We want you to play guitar rather than get lost in menus!

This one goes to... 200!

You probably know that hilarious Spinal Tap quote: "But this one goes to 11." Well, we’re going to beat that and then some! IMPULSE IR LOADER is ready to support IRs up to 200 ms in length—and 200 is way more than 11! In short, the longer the IR, the more detail you get, allowing you to have cabinet, amp, and acoustic IRs that sound lifelike with unmatched accuracy.

The finishing touch. Shape it the way you want.

As a finishing touch, you can access a global compensation EQ with bass and treble filters for easy and natural integration into your various setups. It may seem trivial, but it’s a tiny detail with a monumental impact. As you’d expect, we chose to keep this feature simple and easy. Press both small arrow buttons simultaneously and get instant access to quickly adjust the bass and treble filters with the single level knob.