Friedman IR-X Dual Tube Preamp Pedal (Pre-Owned)
£299.00
In Stock
Frequently Bought Together
Manufacturer's ID: FRIRX
High Voltage Dual-Tube Direct Solution
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.
All-Tube Friedman Tone
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.
Two Fully Independent Foot-Switchable Channels
Like the famed Friedman flagship amps, channel one takes your tone from bluesy, British-voiced cleans to a muscular Plexi-style roar. Engage channel two for the Friedman signature higher-gain voice and all the percussive punch, note clarity and singing sustain that comes with it.
Dual Independent Boosts
Both channels feature their own independent and highly tweakable boost circuits. This essentially gives you four channels, accessible with the tap of your toe.
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.
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.
Condition Report
At guitarguitar, we award our used gear a grade from 1-5 according to its overall condition, with 5 being the best.
This item was appraised as follows:
Grade 3 out of 5 - Unit has been used and shows evidence of its life in the form of small marks/ scuffs and other superficial wear and tear. Visible metal parts may be tarnished or cosmetically imperfect. The item functions as it should and has been play-tested.
Additional Information: No box
We take care to photograph any features, wear, tear, or modifications you might want to see before you make the decision to buy.
All of our pre-owned electronics are covered by our 3-month warranty and have been inspected and play-tested before resale.
Specification
- 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
- MIDI programmable features:
Channel select / boost
IR Select
Thump and Presence – three-way switch per channel
Effects Loop On/Off
Boost Lock - Power amp simulation with software editable Presence and Thump (per channel)
- 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
- Dimensions (Including Knobs): 5.5” (D) x 6.5” (W) x 2.3 (H)
- Weight: 1.5 lbs.
Friedman 4.0 Editor Software and 2.0 Firmware
- New Dynamic Power Amp Modeling simulation (AI captured model from a Friedman EL34 loaded power section into a 4x12 v30/GB mix)
- 3-way selectable Low Pass filter (software)
- 5 New IRs by OWNHAMMER
- DSP engine resolution upgraded from 48khz to 96khz
- The extraordinarily low latency further reduced by 1/3
- Switching time further reduced
- MIDI CC:
- CC 24 CHANNEL 0 - 127 - toggle
- CC 25 BOOST 0 - 127 - toggle
- CC 26 LOOP BYPASS 0 - 127 - toggle
- CC 27 IR BYPASS 0 - 127 - toggle
- CC 28 IR 0 - 1 - 2
- CC 29 PRESENCE 0 - 1 -2
- CC 30 DEEP 0 - 1 -2
- CC 31 LP 0 - 1 -2
