I just got the MX5, had it now maybe 2 months, I really love it so far, there’s so much I still want to explore, this is my first modern era modeler and i have to say it’s so much fun to experiment with, right now I’ve been using my Ibanez baritone thru it and it sounds absolutely killer! I’m definitely a tone chaser type player so I couldn’t be happier with my decision to get the MX5. This little thing has endless tweak ability. If you’re on the fence about it, just get it, I’m never parting with mine. Thanks for the cool video here. Cheers to all the guitar fans out there! 🤘
Great video!! I’ve had the MX5 for about 3 years and it is great 👍🏻 I am still exploring and making new rigs! Great product and I love the touch screen!
BEST MX5 DEMO EVER🔥🔥🔥🔥 especially the “Vintage Plexi” no fizz very natural and open The “Fuzz” had enough bottom end with bottoming out. Ambient sounds to die for The reverb...the delay 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Love my MX5! Still feel like it was a steal. Stock presets were kind of hit or miss, but there's a lot more consistent quality in this extra set. I just deleted all my presets and loaded these up next to my personal rigs 👌
I think this cinched it for me as well. I've been trying to decide between the Valeton GP200, Pod Go and this. I was concerned about only 3 pedals but it's obvious you can stil cycle through enough tone variations depending on the song/set.
@@neurocosmfor me, Headrush is better because you can't stack effects in valeton + you can't customize the pedals with an hybrid type in valeton like pedal 1 is for rig then 2 and 3 is for turning on or off some effects. And if you're worrying about the lack of pedal, you can just buy some external midi pedals if you need more than 3 in Headrush
@@killergusion4211hey, thanks for your input. In the meantime I went and got an Amparo stomp too. Of course now I'm looking at the head rush core prime thingamajig. I don't need an expression pedal and at a thousand bucks I think I'm sold almost. Then of course there's the new fender model that came out good lord we have been blessed this year with technology for us.
I just bought this and will receive it tomorrow. I own the HX Stomp, but miss having the ability to tune and tap tempo (when using all footswitches as stomp) as well as expression pedal. It seems Headrush even though only having 3 footswitches has a good solution here. Can't wait to try this! Hopefully it will replace my HX Stomp so we can live happy ever after.
@@Enemy_Zero I hope so. Just got it and have been fiddling with it for almost two hours. Tried a few of the presets, to me the ones I tried weren't very good. Just started making my own rig and with the including IRs I think I can get some good sound from it, I just need more time. To me the helix is easier to work with. You can scroll trough amps/effects and listen to them at the same time. Seems I have to select it to hear it on the headrush and then scroll to the next one, select it and so on. Are the amps categorised Anywhere?
i'm waiting for mine too! It was a challenge getting one because HeadRush doesn't have any distributors down here in Mexico, I also own the mooer gE200 but it's not very practical for a live situation...
@@pablolecanda5588 Hope you enjoy it. I need to spend more time with mine before I make my mind up. First impressions: - Great design - Excellent form factor - Clever footswitch usage - Good expression pedal - Fiddly rig setup. Not able to scroll and listen to amp real time. - Not sure if the sound is on par with Helix. As far as I know it should be and maybe even better in some cases, but I need more time to make up my mind.
I just received the POD GO two days ago, but have been strongly considering returning it for the MX5. But then again, I haven't really begun to develop tones with the GO. Maybe I should give it more of a chance...
@@alexanderplatz517 I ended up keeping the Pod, never sought to try out the MX5… wish I could report a comparison. I’ve been happy with my choice though. I imported some IRs and tend to lean on those for my usable patches. Need to do some more experimenting when the motivation hits me. I gig with it regularly and am happy to report no issues there. Paired with a 50w Katana, running direct into the power amp. It did freeze one time during rehearsal though. Cheers.
- - I find it hilarious that in my research about this little powerhouse, there was a thread in the Fractal Audio Forum perfectly showcasing the "Group we try to talk about" lol. Basically, Some guys who own $2000+ FM3s (likely many other high end gear) that are talking about this $400 unit, making 1 to 1 comparisons and just cant resist pointing out how The Fractal Product "Is just so much better...". - Yeah, well.....No Shit. I'd imagine most Products that are 5x the price that share similar use cases are going to much higher in quality and/or capability, or else that would be a Massive Problem! - You gotta love the Gearhead community, especially our shortbus riding brothers. The ones who share the passion, are likely talented on an instrument, but sadly having some mindsets that lead them to such things I gave an example of.
Can it pitch shift like the digitech drop pedal? If so, how well does it sound/track? I'm debating between this and the HX stomp, and it would be really nice to be able to pitch shift so that I can have a wider range of sounds with one guitar while traveling. I tend to play a lot of low-tuned metal stuff as well as standard tuning and various things in between.
Wow great tones on the video!! i downloaded the rigs but there were no IR's attached (missing). I am using a headrush gigboard - is there a way i can download the IR's somehow?
@@ronhoffman7941 IR's are impulse responses of cabinets. These can massively effect the sound and tones of any amp especially in the Headrush, and make it seem like you have many more different styles of amps. Please feel free to search here on UA-cam on what IR's are and people using them with HeadRush.
This may be a really naive question but what if I wanted to use the MX-5 purely as a pedalboard with my current amp and cabinet? How would I set that up? Four cable method?
Try the headrush directly into the amp. Make sure your sounds aren't super hot, and the levels are all close. I have better results with this than even the four cable method. Most of my big tube heads have a long plate tube in the first position and I run the clean channel with the Headrush in front. Let that first tube full up the sound a touch, and let the power tubes warm up the sound. You may be super surprised. And, this gives you the freedom to try different distortion and amp types, but still get the room warmth of a good amp.
Very easy if you think it's needed. There is a global EQ in global settings. There are EQ pedals to choose from and of course tone knob adjustments your can do on your guitar.
Just type "Headrush bass"into UA-cam or Google and you will see videos of Headrush products with bass. They all have the exact same sound engine, just different sizes and I/O.
Does this unit have the same library of effects as the Headrush Gigboard? Can we expect the library of effects to become more broad with future updates?
Hi , can i play this with a V4 Kraken pedals , can i setup all of this so i have a 2 channel amp with the V4 pedal running it in the FX loop of the MX5 and then my other amp will be the mx5 preset ?
Happy to help. The Katana is a solid state amp, so you will not want to turn on amp and cab modeling on the HeadRush. This would be the same with using any modeler into a standard amp and speaker. If it has a FX Loop, you will get the best results connecting through those ports.
Tracii Guns has been using it live w/ LA Guns for a few years now, still using it. That's just one example there's quite a few artists that use it on stage
@@HeadRushFX Awesome! Which folders do you place the "Jason Roller" and "Gabriel Guardian" folders once downloaded on the Mac? The Headrush offers the following folders: Blocks, Impulse Responses, Loops, Rigs and Setlists. Thanks for your awesome help. :)
When will headrush come out with computer/phone edditing software? Is nice to not always need to deal with this small screen and better for recording. And how does its midi funtion, can it control all the parameters? Since its such a few footswitch, it really need a midi controller to expand the control.
Happy to help. It's a big request and something our team is checking out. We do have hands-free editing of all parameters in a rig as an option. As for midi, you can get control of all 11 blocks in your rig, looper controls and more. Check out the manual for all information. www.headrushfx.com/amfile/file/download/file/1260/product/9057/
I just bought the headrush pedalboard about 3 months ago. Really loving it so far, finally getting all my sounds dialed in for various bands. Do you have a new upgrade in the works? Can you provide any info on when the next one will be available or what it will include? A Hughes & Kettner model would be awesome! Also, on the volume swell affect it would be really cool to be able to choose between several "attack curves", like you can on the old Zoom G 9.2 TT for example.
Maybe a dump question, but with all these big pedal board like the headrush, helix etc... do you plug this on any amp "clean" channel and then get different sound applied to the said amp clean channel ? In my case i have a marshall jvm 4 channel so if i get this pedal, the 3 non clean channel of my amp became useless?
Não entendir passa os bancos na mão e os timbres nos pé como é isso mesmo Não pode usar ela como uma pedaleira normal não salvando os preset no 1 2 e 3
I'm seriously impressed with that acoustic simulator.
This is what every review video should be like.
I just got the MX5, had it now maybe 2 months, I really love it so far, there’s so much I still want to explore, this is my first modern era modeler and i have to say it’s so much fun to experiment with, right now I’ve been using my Ibanez baritone thru it and it sounds absolutely killer! I’m definitely a tone chaser type player so I couldn’t be happier with my decision to get the MX5. This little thing has endless tweak ability. If you’re on the fence about it, just get it, I’m never parting with mine. Thanks for the cool video here. Cheers to all the guitar fans out there! 🤘
Do you still use it? How has it been ?
I'm a proud user of the Headrush Floorboard. I'm definitely looking forward to grabbing this.
Great video!! I’ve had the MX5 for about 3 years and it is great 👍🏻 I am still exploring and making new rigs! Great product and I love the touch screen!
Nice shoe, man.
It's a clean shoe! 🤠👍
It stomps real nice.
Adds a lot of sole
Damn....that plexi vintage🔥🔥🔥
Your melodies made this shine....cool playing makes anything sound great
BEST MX5 DEMO EVER🔥🔥🔥🔥 especially the “Vintage Plexi” no fizz very natural and open
The “Fuzz” had enough bottom end with bottoming out. Ambient sounds to die for
The reverb...the delay 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Love my MX5! Still feel like it was a steal. Stock presets were kind of hit or miss, but there's a lot more consistent quality in this extra set. I just deleted all my presets and loaded these up next to my personal rigs 👌
Enjoy!
what is the "Extra set"?
@@PowMusic the tones that you can download in the link of the video description.
Yeah the stock tones are trash, not sure why they even bother putting bad sounding presets on it, makes people think its a bad unit.
This demo is really great. Now convinced to get 1
I think this cinched it for me as well. I've been trying to decide between the Valeton GP200, Pod Go and this. I was concerned about only 3 pedals but it's obvious you can stil cycle through enough tone variations depending on the song/set.
Same here, but I am still in the deciding stage. What do you think about your decision so far? Thanks!
what's its advantage over valeton? im kinda choosing between the two as well
@@neurocosmfor me, Headrush is better because you can't stack effects in valeton + you can't customize the pedals with an hybrid type in valeton like pedal 1 is for rig then 2 and 3 is for turning on or off some effects. And if you're worrying about the lack of pedal, you can just buy some external midi pedals if you need more than 3 in Headrush
@@killergusion4211hey, thanks for your input. In the meantime I went and got an Amparo stomp too. Of course now I'm looking at the head rush core prime thingamajig. I don't need an expression pedal and at a thousand bucks I think I'm sold almost. Then of course there's the new fender model that came out good lord we have been blessed this year with technology for us.
It was either this or the pod go. MX5 is the clear winner. That acoustic sim pretty much won me over lol.
Awesome! New update coming soon 🙌
Wow , very impressed with this , great demo on tones , they all sounded excellent, may pick one up
Sounds amazing !!!!
Thank you! Rigs are a free download in the link in the description. :)
I Love the Clean Tones!
I just bought this and will receive it tomorrow. I own the HX Stomp, but miss having the ability to tune and tap tempo (when using all footswitches as stomp) as well as expression pedal. It seems Headrush even though only having 3 footswitches has a good solution here.
Can't wait to try this! Hopefully it will replace my HX Stomp so we can live happy ever after.
I just got one of these and sold my Ampero. It just has a very natural sound and a pretty good community behind it. I think you'll enjoy it.
@@Enemy_Zero I hope so. Just got it and have been fiddling with it for almost two hours. Tried a few of the presets, to me the ones I tried weren't very good. Just started making my own rig and with the including IRs I think I can get some good sound from it, I just need more time. To me the helix is easier to work with. You can scroll trough amps/effects and listen to them at the same time. Seems I have to select it to hear it on the headrush and then scroll to the next one, select it and so on. Are the amps categorised Anywhere?
Me too. Comes tomorrow. I will be making some videos with mine and comparing it with amplitube max 5
i'm waiting for mine too! It was a challenge getting one because HeadRush doesn't have any distributors down here in Mexico, I also own the mooer gE200 but it's not very practical for a live situation...
@@pablolecanda5588 Hope you enjoy it. I need to spend more time with mine before I make my mind up.
First impressions:
- Great design
- Excellent form factor
- Clever footswitch usage
- Good expression pedal
- Fiddly rig setup. Not able to scroll and listen to amp real time.
- Not sure if the sound is on par with Helix. As far as I know it should be and maybe even better in some cases, but I need more time to make up my mind.
I just received the POD GO two days ago, but have been strongly considering returning it for the MX5. But then again, I haven't really begun to develop tones with the GO. Maybe I should give it more of a chance...
So which one did you wind up with?
@@alexanderplatz517 I ended up keeping the Pod, never sought to try out the MX5… wish I could report a comparison. I’ve been happy with my choice though. I imported some IRs and tend to lean on those for my usable patches. Need to do some more experimenting when the motivation hits me. I gig with it regularly and am happy to report no issues there. Paired with a 50w Katana, running direct into the power amp. It did freeze one time during rehearsal though. Cheers.
- - I find it hilarious that in my research about this little powerhouse, there was a thread in the Fractal Audio Forum perfectly showcasing the "Group we try to talk about" lol. Basically, Some guys who own $2000+ FM3s (likely many other high end gear) that are talking about this $400 unit, making 1 to 1 comparisons and just cant resist pointing out how The Fractal Product "Is just so much better...".
- Yeah, well.....No Shit. I'd imagine most Products that are 5x the price that share similar use cases are going to much higher in quality and/or capability, or else that would be a Massive Problem!
- You gotta love the Gearhead community, especially our shortbus riding brothers. The ones who share the passion, are likely talented on an instrument, but sadly having some mindsets that lead them to such things I gave an example of.
Hey this is really, really cool. Are these presets/sounds stock?
Yes 100% stock sounds. Rigs are a free download in the link in the description.
There is a link to download these rigs. Any suggestions on where they are once you reach Headrush-products- MX5? Maybe not posted yet?
Hello and happy to help, the link is in the description of this video :)
@@HeadRushFX
Thank you!
Can it pitch shift like the digitech drop pedal? If so, how well does it sound/track? I'm debating between this and the HX stomp, and it would be really nice to be able to pitch shift so that I can have a wider range of sounds with one guitar while traveling. I tend to play a lot of low-tuned metal stuff as well as standard tuning and various things in between.
Happy to help! Yes, we do have a drop tune effect, pitch shifters, harmonizers, chord whammy options and more.
@@HeadRushFX Thank you for the the answer! :)
Great tones
Hi ! Nice tones !! Are they downloadable ? If yes , how ? where ? Thx for answering ! 😊
Yes, the link is in the description of this video.
Hey, it’s an amazing pedalboard. Can’t wait to get one, but they are out of stock. When will you bring new ones?
Thank you for your interest! Lots more on the way, it is in huge demand and based on the store you look for on Google there are some in stock.
Getting mine soon can’t wait!
Im here to know if i have to sacrifice the expression pedal for an additional button. Checking this vid, 3 button is fair and enough already 🥶
Mx5 was my dream multi fx pedal board unfortunately I'm poor can't afford.
Any plans on making a rack mount headrush?
Wow great tones on the video!! i downloaded the rigs but there were no IR's attached (missing). I am using a headrush gigboard - is there a way i can download the IR's somehow?
Happy to help! The MX5 comes with 300 IR's, this video uses the included IRs, there is no seperate download.
@@HeadRushFX 300 different amp models , is that right ?
@@ronhoffman7941 sorry that is incorrect. If take a look in the comment above this, we say 300 IR's, not amps.
@@HeadRushFX what is the difference?
@@ronhoffman7941 IR's are impulse responses of cabinets. These can massively effect the sound and tones of any amp especially in the Headrush, and make it seem like you have many more different styles of amps. Please feel free to search here on UA-cam on what IR's are and people using them with HeadRush.
would this sound good through a valve amp or would I need a FRFR powered speaker.
Just ordered one!
Are you satisfied with your purchase?
yes it is great.@@afonsodeportugal
HeadRush MX5 and in ears monitors system +Trusted Live sound engineer.
You don't need anything else in life.
That Plexi Vintage…….Good Lord.
Nice vid! Can you add 3 reverbs in cascade?
but are they predefined and preset rigs upon purchase? Thanks for the reply
I didn't know you can delete the cab from a rig without deleting the amp as well? Aren't they attached? How does this work?
Can I use tone examples people have presented on an older headrush pedalboard and put them on an mx5 headrush?
Absolutely, all Headrush modelers are compatible with each other.
This may be a really naive question but what if I wanted to use the MX-5 purely as a pedalboard with my current amp and cabinet? How would I set that up? Four cable method?
Hello! Yes that is correct, 4 cable is a great option. But certainly feel open to experiment with different setups and options.
Try the headrush directly into the amp. Make sure your sounds aren't super hot, and the levels are all close. I have better results with this than even the four cable method.
Most of my big tube heads have a long plate tube in the first position and I run the clean channel with the Headrush in front. Let that first tube full up the sound a touch, and let the power tubes warm up the sound. You may be super surprised. And, this gives you the freedom to try different distortion and amp types, but still get the room warmth of a good amp.
I want to know the difference between this effect and a tube amp especially for live gigs. Can you sound without being a mosquito??Thanks
why you use the 1/4 Stereo TRS to 1/4 TS cable in your rig? what the different if we use TS mono cable in left (mono) output only?
When will the 2.7 update be available?
Do you know if the expression pedal from the MX5 can send Midi CC out to the DAW (for controlling other WahWah Plugins)?
Is there a simple way to tame the shrill in the high end ? Like a high frequency roll off ?
Very easy if you think it's needed. There is a global EQ in global settings. There are EQ pedals to choose from and of course tone knob adjustments your can do on your guitar.
What is this under in the cloud? I can’t find it.
could i hook this up a silver jubilee studio combo ，?
And is it recommended thru the effects loop .
Yes, recommended through the FX Loop, but always feel open to explore and experiment.
Does it have Pitch Shifter ?
Monophonic, polyphonic and harmonizer.
How it works, in front of a real amp, without virtual amps and virtual speakers? only effects
It's tough choosing these things so many some good some crap
Hey, HeadRushFX! We bassists need a proper review!
Just type "Headrush bass"into UA-cam or Google and you will see videos of Headrush products with bass. They all have the exact same sound engine, just different sizes and I/O.
If I'm connected into an amp instead of a cab what are the suggested settings on the amp the basics mid bass and treb.
ce sont des presets déjà présent dans la machine ?? merci
Does this unit have the same library of effects as the Headrush Gigboard? Can we expect the library of effects to become more broad with future updates?
Yes and yes
@@adityabali1939 Sweet. Thanks for the info!
We just released 2.3.1 this Tuesday and 2.4 is already in beta testing. :)
@@HeadRushFX Good to know! I appreciate the response!
Heard this pedal has a rockman x100 pedal in it , that true, as one of the effects?
I'm guessing no one knows!🤪
Hi , can i play this with a V4 Kraken pedals , can i setup all of this so i have a 2 channel amp with the V4 pedal running it in the FX loop of the MX5 and then my other amp will be the mx5 preset ?
You definitely can run this with your Kraken pedal through the FX loop. You’re in for treat
How can i download this rigs link is not working :((
can external footswitch be used in the exp in?
I can't get mine to sound right. I use it with a PRS and a Katana 50 (clean no reverb).
Happy to help. The Katana is a solid state amp, so you will not want to turn on amp and cab modeling on the HeadRush. This would be the same with using any modeler into a standard amp and speaker. If it has a FX Loop, you will get the best results connecting through those ports.
Will these rigs work on the full size pedalboard?
100% 🙌
No XLR out?
I wonder is the output of this as strong as a Gigboard or full pedal board?
It does not seem to be. I find that I have to turn up the output more with the MX5 to achieve the same output signal strength.
@@petesmith6434 thanks
Me regalan una! Gracias ☺️
Can you edit the preset to PC?
What's the song at 3:21?
Hi, can I use this thing in mono and stereo analog Synthetizers? like in a Moog Sub Phatty and a Behringer Deepmind 12...
Thanks.
Technically yes since it has a mono and stereo FX loop.
@@HeadRushFX Awesome, thank you.
and this MX5 have IR's technology?
@@danbo-x3d Yes, the MX5 can load Cabinet IR's
I heard it very nice but how is it with a band? Anyone can tell me? Thanks
Tracii Guns has been using it live w/ LA Guns for a few years now, still using it. That's just one example there's quite a few artists that use it on stage
are these all stock amp models , no tweaking ?
Hello, these are all stock amp models being used. Yes, some eq'ing is applied just like a normal amp.
can these tones be used with the headrush pedalboard?
Absolutely 🙌
@@HeadRushFX Awesome! Which folders do you place the "Jason Roller" and "Gabriel Guardian" folders once downloaded on the Mac? The Headrush offers the following folders: Blocks, Impulse Responses, Loops, Rigs and Setlists. Thanks for your awesome help. :)
Never mind, connected the Headrush to the computer, loaded it up and found the correct folders. Awesome :)
When will headrush come out with computer/phone edditing software?
Is nice to not always need to deal with this small screen and better for recording.
And how does its midi funtion, can it control all the parameters? Since its such a few footswitch, it really need a midi controller to expand the control.
Happy to help. It's a big request and something our team is checking out. We do have hands-free editing of all parameters in a rig as an option. As for midi, you can get control of all 11 blocks in your rig, looper controls and more. Check out the manual for all information. www.headrushfx.com/amfile/file/download/file/1260/product/9057/
I just bought the headrush pedalboard about 3 months ago. Really loving it so far, finally getting all my sounds dialed in for various bands. Do you have a new upgrade in the works? Can you provide any info on when the next one will be available or what it will include? A Hughes & Kettner model would be awesome! Also, on the volume swell affect it would be really cool to be able to choose between several "attack curves", like you can on the old Zoom G 9.2 TT for example.
What gear are you playing through?
This is recorded direct through a USB interface into a DAW.
Are these the stock presets in the MX5? If not, can they be downloaded?
Maybe a dump question, but with all these big pedal board like the headrush, helix etc... do you plug this on any amp "clean" channel and then get different sound applied to the said amp clean channel ? In my case i have a marshall jvm 4 channel so if i get this pedal, the 3 non clean channel of my amp became useless?
you can still use it through your amp, but it was designed to be paired up with a FRFR-Speaker.
Não entendir passa os bancos na mão e os timbres nos pé como é isso mesmo Não pode usar ela como uma pedaleira normal não salvando os preset no 1 2 e 3
Price? I didn't really hear any epic "guitar hero" type of lead tones, but perhaps it's just a limit of the guitarist in this video?
it is more than capable of such tones.
0:14 sounds like tremolo
Does it come with any drum loops?
Create an editor on PC at last!!!!!!!
Mx5 FTW? Still can't believe you get all this for $400 - basically the cost of 2 boutique stompboxes.
Aww yeah! 🙌🎸🎛
The sound quality blows away nux ..zoom..boss..
Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙌🎸🎛♥️
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