Hi Peter, these sounds great all the way from England. Both units are a similar price, but the MX5 has so many more features amps, distortion pedals , tremolo, octaves etc etc. I think your presentation is excellent, it’s very easy to see people reviewing one make vs another and rubbishing the one they don’t like, but you don’t do that. Unbiased and honest, even if the Strymon sounds slightly better (it should do being a dedicated unit) but very close. Agree about the size of the MX5. Its brilliant turning up at church with all my gear on me. When I think of dragging a double Marshall cabinet up 2 flights of stairs , it doesn’t bear thinking about. Keep the videos coming!
So I downloaded your preset of the cloud reverb, I am also a worship guitarist and I kinda of need this sound. anyway, when I was playing through it I changed the shimmer to an Air reverb and it totally nailed the cloud sound! These are the settings I used: Nonlinear Time: 8.6 Color: 6407 Size: 60% Mix: 50% I hope you try it! thank you for all your presets and IRs! God bless man!!!
@@forthecreator1 Yeah I've been sitting with my mx5 tweaking your preset If you bring the party verb mix down to 36% and the eleven verb up to 54% it just gets closer and closer to the real thing.
Great video!! I have a Helix floor unit, but now that Headrush just released the Core I am SO tempted to buy it. It seems like the perfect unit for a solo artist who primarily plays solo gigs.
Great video & great comparisons, I’m a solo acoustic musician & slimmed down my set up to a headrush core for vocals & guitars & 1 x acoustic , Shure sm58 & cables , it’s less to go wrong & as you say it’s a quick set up & tear down. I did previously use strymon big sky & cloudburst but found for the expense of them playing live they are not nessesary for me as unless the audience is dead silent when I play a lot of the ambience from reverbs is lost …that’s just my opinion … awesome video 👌🏻
I can hear some of the secret ingredients: it’s adding both a high and a low octave, plus modulation…and while it’s passing through the dry signal untouched, it’s compressing the signal before it hits the reverb
Great video brother! I've been playing around a *ton* with Headrush's reverb, and I can't really get it _as_ nice as I would want, but like you said, is it necessary? When I'm playing in the mix at church, almost no one is going to be able to tell probably. So thanks for this video!
Wow man you really nail those effects... for the cloud, after shimmer or before i think an octaver+1 is missing... i'm going to have a try on this and then let you know how it goes... or sound lol... god bless you!
Thanks Peter, that was so informative. As to the question, I would say no, it is not worth the extra money and hassle to plug in a Strymon. You play that Rig in a big hall full of people and not one of them would know the difference. Having said that though, I would love to hear that Strymon coming at me thru my IEMs - it's so beautiful. 🙂
There are currently 7 guitar players that I play with regularly, and 4 of them have a big sky. I fairly easily recognize those sounds in my IEM…but when I’m out front listening in the context of a whole band playing through the PA, I truly can’t tell which reverb anyone is using.
@@forthecreator1 Yes, I suspected as much. I mean, can anyone truly hear the difference between a Squire or US Strat in the context of band? I sometimes wonder if the thousands we spend on gear in pursuit of worshipping the Lord wouldn't be better spent and more wisely used on other things. I recently moved churches and went from big production to "no" production. The band sits off stage and there is no worship leader. It's such a massive contrast. The amazing thing is that it's actually better! Everyone in the congregation sings and you can hear your brothers and sisters worshipping the Lord. It's so much nicer than "verse 2 3 4, chorus 2 3 4 click click click". The money that could have gone into a flash desk, PA and production instead goes into people who need to hear the word of the Lord and into supporting those taking that message. It's been eye opening for me.
@@MrReStories Quote" The money that could have gone into a flash desk, PA and production instead goes into people who need to hear the word of the Lord and into supporting those taking that message".... I agree ..However the Dynamics change if its a bigger church/ministry that streams/minister to Multiple Physical locations(Satelite_Church Branches) and Online LiveStreaming Across the world...The high Grade Audio Equipment, skilled Engineers and very competent Production team is a must have....
I love songs like do it again elevation worship its my favourite i love it i h hope one day ive got an headrush mx5 its my dream and to play with it on tour with elevation worship ⭐🌞🌟🌟🌞🌞⭐🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Hello, I’m a worship leader and I’m considering a multi-FX pedal solution for my new acoustic guitar. I want something that can do IRs, preamp stuff, and some reverb and possibly delay. I adore Strymon, but after hearing this (and considering I’m not a lead guitar player), I’m strongly considering the Headrush Core. Do you think this would be a worthy consideration for my situation?
Hey Peter, great sounds as usual. I've been experimenting a lot with signal chains and noticed that you have the IR at the end of the chain. I can't really tell the difference but i do have the slight notion that the reverbs and delays sound a little more open after the IR. What is your take on that?
@@forthecreator1 thanks, that confirms things for me. And if you don't mind me asking how loud are you playing? I'm on 7 of the main volume knob of the gigboard and it the output I adjust the dB's to stay in the green area. How about you?
I also leave main volume on 7. With all the rig settings at their loudest (eg. All drives turned on) I’m OK with master meters hitting the yellow…but never hit the red
Hi so how are you running the Big Sky into the prime without it drastically altering the tone? I have one and the last time I looped it into the Prime it thinned everything out and added gain/drive.
I ran it stereo in, stereo out, through the effects loop. I set the mix the effects loop at 100% (no dry signal) and spent a few minutes turning the effects loop on and of while adjusting effects loop input and output levels so that there was no change in gain or level whether the effects loop was on or off (gain matching). I can’t remember the exact settings, but as a former audio engineer I had no difficulty doing this and it only took 5 minutes. So it’s definitely doable
I think you got extremely close to the Strymon tones. Great ear to hear everything going on in the Strymon. Beautiful tones regardless of the unit you’re playing through.
I agree the strymon does sound great but I think you were overcompensating in dialing down the tone so much on the headrush rather than just lowering the effect on the mix level. The Strymon verbs sounded much brighter in most of the comparisons but overall really great work and regardless you made the headrush sound fantastic! And no IMO you don't need the strymon at all. The headrush is plenty capable.
Hi im a guitarist and i love worship music Really i live in italy but i watch your videos every day im a 22 years old i love headrush i hope one day you gift me an unit its my dream im a special guy but i dream every day someone gift me an headrush to realized my dreams and make my music you are an amazing artist really i wish that day arrived to someone gift me an unit 🎸🌟🌟🌞🌞🌞🎸🎸🎸🎸
I think you got very close. Seemed to be that you needed a touch more “haze” on the cloud attempt , on the higher frequencies. Appreciate your time investment in this as I am a prime user.
That’s an interesting question. 80% of the time I use the guitar that is most different from what the other guitar player is using. Eg. If they other guy is playing a Gretsch I’ll play a single coil guitar. We’re giving the sound guy a broader tonal palette to work with., which means there can be room in the mix both of us: we’re not competing for the same sonic space. I tend to shy away from Chimey AC30 and Fender tones for the same reason: most of the other guitar players go in that direction, so I go to the Marshall/Soldano/Bogner direction to make my sound intentionally different (my tone is usually darker than the other guitar player)
Ok. I'm in a smaller group with only 1 electric guitarist, so my question is about using guitars for more specific purposes and making their sounds differ to take advantage of their differences
If I’m the only guitar player: as I practise the songs, I find certain songs that don’t “sound right” with one guitar or another. Eg. Unrivaled with the U2 style dotted 8th delay: the Gretsch sounds too dull for that part, so definitely a strat/tele. I prefer not to change guitars in the middle of a set, so I go with whichever guitar is most needed for one of the songs on the list. Having said that: I have played all guitars on all songs at some point, and I can always make it work by adjusting the tone/volume/pickup selector on the guitar. Session pro guitarists use a graphic EQ to make one guitar sound like another…so that’s definitely an option too
Oh yeah exactly I don’t doubt that but the only thing is that Headrush doesn’t have a lot of amps, cabs and fx like Line 6 that’s what’s holding me back from buying an MX5
Oh yeah exactly I don’t doubt that but the only thing is that Headrush doesn’t have a lot of amps, cabs and fx like Line 6 that’s what’s holding me back from buying an MX5
Oh yeah exactly I don’t doubt that but the only thing is that Headrush doesn’t have a lot of amps, cabs and fx like Line 6 that’s what’s holding me back from buying an MX5
Oh yeah exactly I don’t doubt that but the only thing is that Headrush doesn’t have a lot of amps, cabs and fx like Line 6 that’s what’s holding me back from buying an MX5
Yes, MX5 can run more than 2 delays at the same time. In my MX5 FOR WORSHIP video you can see I’m running 2 delays, 3 reverbs and 4 amps all at the same time. MX5 is MUCH more powerful than similar priced modelers from other brands
Is your tone needs allows it, you could use the parallel path and put the vibrato and reverb on one path and other things in another. This isolates the vibrato only till the reverb, so I guess it gets closer to the Big Sky. Your rig doesn't sound exactly like the BS, but honestly, only guitar player would notice it IF they were looking for the difference. Good playing will easily surpass any small difference in fx.
Yea, good demo - but you are using 1/2 the Headrush blocks to emulate the Big Sky sounds... I think it's worth putting one on the Headrush outputs just to get that creamy sound :) .... and of course save the headrush for other stuff like modeling / IR's and such.
For many people, your suggestion would be exactly right. I have a Prime, which has 14 blocks available, so I’m not too worried about running out of blocks
I’ve done something similar to try to reach these sounds. Using layered reverbs (shimmer, ambi, eleven), but I hadn’t tried adding in the vibrato. Thank you for this video.
USB out of Headrush into Ableton Live on my laptop. I then import the audio file into Davinci Resolve video editing software. I import the video files to Resolve, and synchronize them to the original audio file
@@romulohellmuthraeder I used a standard IR that everyone running the current firmware would have access to. If you don’t have the IR then you might need to update your firmware
