TC Electronic breaks new ground with their first IR Loader, designed to strip away the technical complexity that often intimidates guitarists when working with impulse response files. The IMPULSE IR LOADER functions as both a cab simulator and IR loader, following TC Electronic's philosophy of creating tools that support musicianship rather than requiring a technical degree to operate. Like their successful POLYTUNE tuner and DITTO LOOPER, this pedal makes advanced technology accessible through intuitive design.
Storage capacity reaches impressive heights with room for 99 cabinet simulations as IR emulations, all accessible near-instantaneously during performance. The unit ships with 25 IRs already installed, providing immediate usability while leaving 74 additional slots for personal IR collections. Loading custom IRs couldn't be simpler – just drag and drop files via USB connection or utilise the dedicated IR organiser software available for both PC and Mac platforms.
The pre-loaded content showcases a premium collaboration with Celestion, featuring 12 official digital IRs from their most celebrated cabinet speaker models. These hand-selected IRs occupy slots 1-12 and represent some of the finest impulse responses available on the market today. Celestion's meticulous approach to creating accurate, natural-sounding IRs means guitarists get authentic cabinet tones straight from the source, with the option to explore Celestion's broader digital IR catalogue for additional sonic possibilities.
- Cab sim and IR loader with 25 built-in IR and 74 empty slots for loading your own
- Comes pre-loaded out of the box with 12 of the most popular official Celestion speaker cab IRs
- 8 TC Electronic Pedal Platform IR transforms your pedalboard into a DI ready guitar rig
- 5 acoustic guitar IR to transform your piezo pickup from dull to full
- Super-simple controls - output level, next IR, previous IR, that’s it!
- Global compensation EQ with low shelf and high frequency filter for easy integration with different setups
- A/B mode lets you instantly toggle between 2 different IRs in real time via the footswitch
- TrueBypass mode ensures ultimate signal integrity when the pedal is not in use
- Loads IRs up to 200ms in length
- 24-bit uncompressed audio for ultimate sound quality
- Huge dynamic range and bags of headroom, can handle both instrument and line levels with ease
- Easily drag and drop your IR files from your computer onto IMPULSE via USB using a standard file explorer. IMPULSE does the rest
- Free software tool for Windows PC and MAC for organising, import/export and renaming of IR over USB
- Ultra small enclosure easily fits on any pedal board



