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(4.10) Practice Tool
HeadRush Core includes a convenient built-in Practice Tool that you can use to play along with songs from your
HeadRush Core’s internal storage, connected USB storage devices, or a linked Dropbox account.
In addition to being able to play along with a song, you can also set loop points within a song, and use speed
controls to slow it down to making learning the song easier, or use pitch controls to practice a song in different keys.
To access the Practice Tool, tap the Menu icon in the top left
of the Main screen, and then tap the Practice Tool icon.
To load a track to the practice tool, tap the box titled Track.
There are two banks of footswitch controls for the Practice
Tool, and you can change between them by holding
footswitch 1 (MORE…/BACK…).
To control playback of the track, tap the transport icons
(Rewind, Stop, Play/Pause, Forward) at the bottom of the
screen, or use the 3 footswitches labeled RWD, PLAY, and
FWD.
To turn the Loop feature of the Practice Tool on and off, tap
the box titled Loop until it displays On or Off accordingly.
To set loop points within the track, tap and drag the yellow
arrows at the top of the screen, or tap the footswitches
labeled LOOP IN and LOOP OUT.
To load the next track in the currently selected folder, tap the
footswitch labeled TRACK >>.
To load the previous track in the currently selected folder, tap
the footswitch labeled TRACK <<.
To adjust the pitch of the track (in semitones) without
affecting the speed of the track, tap the box titled Pitch, and
turn the main encoder
.
To adjust the speed of the track without affecting the pitch of the track, tap the box titled Tempo, and turn the
main encoder. You can also tap the +10% or -10% buttons located next to the tempo percentage or tap the 2
footswitches labeled SPEED – or SPEED +.