THE NEW HEADRUSH MX5 PEDALBOARD | by AL JOSEPH 

This is literally the best explanation of the MX5 I’ve ever watched. You’re very thorough and you don’t rush thru everything like most channels tend to do. Good job man. I’m a fan

This video is the reason I purchased the MX5....and also the reason I can use it so well because of the in-depth explanations. I am using it on fairly large gigs in music venues and going straight out of the unit to FOH. I literally have one gig bag...with guitar and MX5....I can finally hold my coffee when I walk into the gig. Thank you for this great video and explanation!!!

I just ordered this unit to use as a mobil rig in my 18 wheeler for my RU-vid videos...... this video is fantastic and I'm instantly a subscriber

Awesome tone and awesome video. How great to see a pro define what's important in his settings. This is definitely the most helpful Headrush video out there. Thank you!

Really nice rundown Al, cheers for this. It's amazing that they've packed all the power of the full size pedalboard into this unit. Stereo rigs, tails, massive DSP, touchscreen, at that price? Gamechanger.

I just bought myself an MX5 this week and yours is the first video I’ve watched for some ‘how-to’ inspiration. Just so happens I’m after high gain tones to start with so this was the perfect video! Exactly what I needed to see. Thanks!

This guy is a GUITAR GOD ✊🏼🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🇧🇷🏴💚🖤

This is a great demo! Would definitely watch more of this type of content on your channel. Killer tones from this unit as well.

Your video was sent to me via email by Headrush since I recently purchased and received an MX5 myself. I was a stomp box user for the past 10 or so years, the world of amp modelling can be quite overwhelming as I never took much notice to mic set-ups and the likes, always left that part to the sound engineers at gigs and recording studios. Thank you for taking the time to go through your set-up and explain it all, definitely works differently than analog.

Thanks for your clear explaination and sharing. Exceptionally impressed by the noise filter and noise gate at the start of signal chain which is fast and didnt sound unnatural.

Thank you for this incredibly useful tutorial/walk-through demonstrating each of these settings and why you chose them. Your explanations gave me a much deeper understanding of noise gates, delay, OD/amps, chorus and cabs. BTW, your rigs from the "artist pack" download are amazing!

Thanks a lot, man! Even though I have a Hotone Ampero instead of Headrush, your explanation of the presets has so much useful info, that I've once again become excited to tweak all this stuff myself.

Simply just one of the most humble and greatest musician/human being (if not an alien) around! Great job as always bro!! On my way to grab my MX5!

Great video. I'd never seen your channel before. Great stuff. I look forward to watching more. 🎸

Great video. Really clear explanation and walk through of this new unit. Best I've heard yet. The stereo width on a mild chorus is a great thing to know. (I think this box can do dual amp and cabs.) Should you ever have the time, a video on that feature alone would be great. I'm in need of some big stereo spreads for certain projects.

Thanks for the explanation between lead and rhythm settings. Helped me out so much. Just switched from pedalboard to the Mx5. Just easier to get around with for me. Thanks again

Alright. You sold me on the pedal. Great tones man, and I love the detail you went into. Ordered and subscribed.

Great video! Loved your pace, depth of explanation, aesthetic of your production, your tones, and playing!

I just discovered you now. I bought my Mx5 this week and this is my first venture into full digital effects. I’ve been an analog guy my whole career. So this is brave new world stuff you’re showing us here :)

Yes dude, this is exactly the type of video breakdown for the mx6 and metal tone i was looking for. Great stuff, I subbed 🤘🏻

Probably best use of the 'model preset' for each individual FX demonstrated on YT. Most people programming scenes are just doing FX toggle on/off!

Amazing demo.....hope to see more!

Dude that always-on chorus hack is brilliant! That sounds really, really unique. And you're right, I didn't notice it until you mentioned it. One thing I'm real surprised at is that you don't have any hi or low cuts in your IR. I've found that's a great global way to get rid of the digital fizz and boomy bass.

This is super informative and the sounds and playing are great, thanks Al 🤘🏻

Just purchased this from Guitar Center in Chicago. I love your sound! Very informative video! Thanks AJ!

Just wow. This is very in-depth. As if you just got it and you’re curious what to do. I’ve used the HX Stomp before and the Pod Go. Line 6 has way more models of amps and effects, but the GO is limited because it doesn’t have dual amp/cab routes and the Stomp can do dual amp/cab routes but you run out of DSP fast. With an FX send and return for you to put an external pedal into the mix. I love Fuzzrocious and Way Huge, so if I could put a Swollen Pickle on a Bassman emulation, I’d be in heaven.

I love that Mark II c+ amp on this unit. Oh and awesome video! thanks for doing this brother.

Spectacular sound and great explanation. Congrats!

thanks for the review Al!

I’m illiterate when it comes to multi effects modeling and processing. I really like how Al went into detail and easy to understand. Most videos I’ve watched either were way to technical and left something’s out or way too fast. If I knew someone who is struggling to figure this out I’d suggest this video

Pretty set on this now. Thanks for the video. Will be playing and recording lots now!

This is a really helpful video. I just got the MX5 the other day. The presets suck! But with the help of this video I was able to get a killer metal tone without adding on an EQ.

Awesome!!

You sir just got another subscriber! This is gold!! Keep it up!

New mx5 user here, thanks for this great video man, helps a lot! Cheers

Finally found a decent in-depth information about this mx5

Awesome demo, very informational and relaxing with an almost ASMR feel to it. Oops, I fell asleep and dreamt I was a Rock Star, lol!

Fantastic demo 😁👍

Great Video!! It pretty much reassured me that this was the unit for me. Gonna use it to Live Stream with mostly but, appears there are soooo many scenario’s I can use it for!! Headed to go get mine now!!🤘🏼

Informative and interesting video MX5 great unit!👍☺🎸

Fantastic detailed demo. You're awesome. Subscribed :)

Sounds great, man!

I owned the Headrush Pedalboard and loved it, but I sold it because it just took up to much room. Doing a one man thing I have a guitar synth, harmonizer, ect. already under my feet, so replaced it with a Pod Go which I didn’t like half as much. It was ok, sounded good, just didn’t like it’s setup. Anyways, I sold that and now I have the MX5 which is fantastic! Perfect size, super easy to setup and switch rigs, and different effects, has great amps, cabs and effects not just for my electric guitar, but also for my acoustic, and bass guitar! I’ll have this until I die! It the perfect pedal for my needs! Thank you for the video!

Great video. Very informative and helpful. Thanks.

Thanks for the vid Al! New subscriber to your channel. I'm getting my MX5 soon!

Thanks for the great video! I'm about to order 1.

Thanks for the very articulate, informational video. I like your logic and presentation. You're a great player too 🤣

I run two 15 peavey pvxp15s they Kinda big ..,but omg I get the best sound, tone I’ve had .,stereo rig with double on boost …it’s heaven. I just bought an Evh stealth ….I might be sending it back ..cuz I’m so happy with my current set up

Man, I have to get one. Headrush has the best amp models I'm told. ♥️🤘♥️

Thanks mate, this was very helpful

Awesome overview Al and thanks for taking the time to do this 🤘🔥🤘 had a quad cortex and it was just too much for me and wasn’t digging the amp models. I ordered this one and can’t wait to try it out 👍

Dude you Rock!! Great info. Just getting one to add to my board until I can decide/save for the HR CORE (or latest or Fractal or Helix. You got a Sub. Old rocker here tryina learn new tech. Always had Marshall stack and minimal pedals lol. Continued success sir!!

Excellent demo! Until now I always preferred the Helix over Headrush products. This thing sound great though :-)

What's up Al. Dig your playing bro!

great imformative video ,thank you

Appreciate it bro! ✊🏼

I'm definitely getting a Headrush now.

i cant decide between mx5 and pod go for home use only, not a professional. both have so many good pros but also cons. it's impossible to pick. this is a good video with lots of good info

Great Vid!!

Sounds killer! Thanks for sharing your tones.

Reminds me of my Zoom 505 in the 90's, bought it for 45 DM in Germany.

dayymmmm. just ordered mine.

GREAT SOOUND!

Thanks for this and also for specifically explaining the why's of specific settings. Newer guitar players often don't know all the technical specifics of how a lesser setting here or there might really positively affect the overall sound. Very well done! The only thing missing from the scenes part was how to save a setting to that specific stomper (the 3 bars at the bottom of the display).

I’ve been torn between this and the NuX mg 30, it’s less money but this is really nice , great demo Al 👍

great in depth video man. Helpful! Any idea how this thing works when used as a USB Audio interface???

Good video. I am not a fan of that device. But, you make it seem better than I previously thought.

Excellent video! Quite detailed and informative. Question...during this video were you running this into an amp or straight into an interface and DAW? I love the sound of the MX5 but I haven't found a video yet that shows how to use it as strictly a pedalboard into an amp...meaning no amp or cab sims/IRs. I still prefer a real amp and use a POD GO or Helix running into the front of the amp, but just as a pedalboard (effects blocks only). With the capability of what appears to be 11 effects blocks on the MX5 I wonder how it can be set up as just a pedalboard going into an amp with multiple "stomp boxes" but yet the unit has only three footswitches. Say you had 8 effects in the rig how can the MX5 act like a real pedalboard and switch between them with only three footswitches?

Nice video Would you recommend putting this in front of (or in the fx loop) of a clean combo amp in a live setting? I don'tr really have the biggest budget lol

Awesome video and explanation. I have already ordered the Ampero Stomp II. I was hesitate between Ampero and HR mx5, but for metal or high gain amps the headrush didn’t perform I think… but I see your video with a custom IR and your some tricks… wow… so maybe with a custom IR the mx5 can be equal to Ampero ??

Only 10k subs? You deserve more

awesome showcase of MX5 my struggle is connecting it to my AMP and using the AMP inside the mx5 how do you do it? like your setup right now sounds good - thank you

On the rhythm setting. The way that low string sounds is amazing. What gear are you using with this walk through? I've been chasing that tone

Dude. I just Einstein/Rosen bridged myself into is freakin demo and it's fresh AF bruh! Hell Yeah! Just smashed "like & subscribe"!! I remember the Elevenrack aka DigiDesign aka pre AVID ProTools hardware. I've had people I trust kinda trash the Headrush stuff, although I think that may be some bias from the corporation name flipping & customer support fail that happened soo many times with their products. The original ElevenRack though was seriously legit before the Fractal blew up. Reliable? Not so much. I've heard stories of random boot loops. To be honest? I haven't actually played any of the new headrush stuff. Although the GUI looks very intuitive IMO. You genuinely make it sound convincingly freakin' awesome! I'm most definitely down with all that. Cheers!

....Your the Best ...I understand fully the MX5 thru your vids...Thank you...How could I avail your presets especially the IR you used???..

I’m waaaay new to the digital stuff. I’ve always been an analog guy, but it seems nowadays the portability alone makes it worth getting an MX5. I just got mine today actually and I created a CHONKY rhythm tone, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to go from a clean tone to my rhythm tone to my lead tone and back again😂😂😂

Your videos are excellent! Congratulations on the channel. Could you tell me what is the frequency rate that the gigboard headrush works? If it's 44... 46... or 48 khz? I would like to know to be able to use external ir's more accurately! I know that line 6 works with a 48khz frequency rate but about the head rush I can't find this information.

Hey Joseph. Nice video! Can I incorporate my real tube head into the signal chain? I mean kinda like the 4 cable method and then place time based stuff after the preamp of my real amp.. I would appreciate an answer. Take care! Simon

Cool video man. I just found you doing a search because at 60 years old and playing guitar for over 40 years with some medical problems I need to quit carrying gear around and I want options. The only thing I've worried about is if something like this has a pitch shifting option. I want to immulate the Steve vai or EVH Evintide harmonizer H3000 tomes. Something with pitch at 9 cents below pitch and 9 cents above for instance and I don't think any of these will do so. I might have to get an Evintide small pedal to go with one of these. I played a friends old predecessor to this. Rack unit that had pro tools. Orange looking thing. It was cool. I only need about 4 tones to 6 at most, so one of these direct to FOH is just ideal. Does this model have all the same DSP as the big one? Same amount of blocks, etc, and can one transfer from one to the other? I take it this thing is made of metal ? Thanks man. I subscribed so I can learn more. Take care and be well my friend. From the heartland. Indiana USA. Tim..

Hi @AlJosephmusic. Your music is great!!! Can you recommend us where find some IR in the web, like you uses in the video. Thanx!

I just got this thing, could you do a video explaining what all the (effects) are. Like the tangerine is obviously an orange amp but I'm a it lost on a lot of their (sue safe) nomenclature

Hi Al Did you do a review for the Headrush?

Hey! Amazing video, I been using my headrush for a week now. Where to get all those custom ir for cabs that u have?

Are you running into an amp head or using a cab for speakers? or are you running it line in to studio monitors...?

"Cuz Im selfish"..........I concur, I always want to sound like my Gemini Bro all the time!!!

Better than gigboard or just little?

My guitar Idol pls do a demo with that using one of your track I just Wish ❤️💪

Just discovered you while going through countless videos on the unit. I got it this week and do you know how to get rid of the click/static noise that happens after the noise gate does its thing? Not enjoyable

Would you be able to have a logic session send midi messages to the mx5 to change scenes/presets/rigs automatically using session markers?

I can’t decide between this and the pod go. What do you recommend?

What are you going through, brother? Are you going straight into the mixer, PA, DAW, or real amp? Because I can't see any amp or cab sim on your scene 🤔

Was the headrush connected to your amp then mic’d?or was it used as an interface?or was it connected to your interface?been trying to sound like that but to no success….

Is it possible to get a stereo effect being there isn't (stereo) on the mx5?

Do you have issues with volume drop with Reverb and delays? Many people complain about this.

ARE THOSE PRESETS SOMEWHERE AVAILABLE TO BUY THEM? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! DOES IT ACCEPT ALL THE PRESETS OF PREVIOUS DEVICES (GIGBOARD & PEDALBOARD)?

Hello Joseph! I just bought an MX5, do you happen to sell some tone presets for it? I am very interested in buying.

Anyone know any specific songs al has recorded using the Headrush?

I worked on that guitar.

Here's my take on the MX-5. Don't bother trying to dial in a good tone without Custom IRs. Even then the Helix and PODGo products are way better in the amp tones before it hits the Custom IRs. The only way to get a good tone out of the MX-5 is to use a great Custom IR because the amp tone is not that good. Also, the amp selection is a handful of amps with some slight variations. You get what you pay for and the MX-5 is cheap. Mine got returned and I had high hopes for it since it was based on the Eleven Rack product line.

Am I weird for really liking the font they used in the GUI ?