Headrush MX5 - Guitar Amp & FX Modelling Processor with 4” Touch Display, Expression Pedal, Looper & USB Audio Interface for guitarists and bassists

It's got loads of amps and effects that are way too complicated for my brain and cover all the bases well as far as I'm concerned. I find the user interface excellent being a touch screen and knob combination. It was very intuitive and didn't require looking at the manual at all. Important to me is that I wanted a built-in, well implemented looper. This is something that most reviews and YouTubes don't cover. Line 6 (Pod Go, HX Stomp) don't do good loopers in theirs. The Headrush has a permanent, always available looper - at the time of writing, my understanding is that Line 6 require you to place a looper block into the particular patch you're using. This takes up a processing slot and has to be done on a per patch basis. It is also limited to a max of 80 seconds. The Headrush looper is always available and can record up 50 layers up to 5 mins per layer and a total time of up to 20 mins I believe. You're free to change patches between recording layers. It's not a multi-functional looper like BOSS RC-500/600 devices but is great for capturing ideas. It can be connected to the laptop to allow loops to be moved either way. It doesn't have any built-in rhythms like some such as Zoom but you could transfer a WAV or MP3 drum beat via USB and have it as layer one of a loop. You could play stuff through the AUX In but having something controlled via the footswitches is better IMHO. For example, the WAV or MP3 could be an entire song minus your guitar bit which you can then jam/solo over and capture your genius as a new loop layer. You can also record as either pre- or post-processing which, if set to pre-, would allow you to record the clean signal so then when you play it back it will play through whatever the current patch is. This would allow you to take your riff and try out different patches without having to play it again and again. Yes, I would have liked a few more footswitches but that's the way it goes (you could pipe in a MIDI footswitch for some extra control but that'll probably cost you half as much again). The software allows you a lot of flexibility in how you want to configure the footswitches e.g. on/off stomps, patch changes, scene changes, set list changes. I like having the expression pedal. It doesn't get used much but I didn't want to have yet another external expression pedal hanging around when the occasional funk fix is required. Auto Wah is always terrible so the only way to get good wah-wah-ing is to use a pedal in my view so having it there is great. The pedal is small but has a very good movement and weight to it. Very solid (and tension can be adjusted). The whole device is nice and compact, very sturdily built and fits in a gig bag pocket a treat (the sticky out ones, not the flush zip ones). Personally, I couldn't be happier and wish I'd bought it sooner.

I was looking for a multi effect pedal & researched all the available models. I wanted something quite small but feature packed & one which had great amp models & effects. Upon finding the headrush, I saw it had a 5 minute looper, a practice mode, owner clones which they upload to the cloud, bluetooth & WiFi, basically an endless list of everything you could possibly need. I don't have anywhere local to try one out so looked online. Prices were all pretty similar & with it being pretty new, used ones weren't available. I did however get one here, that someone had returned, with a great saving. I paid £326 & this is an absolute bargain. Having used it, the retail price is a bargain for what this little box of tricks can do. It's easy to use, sounds fantastic & the headrush cloud has lots of available amps, rigs & pedals. You can basically have any sound you want, with the tech of a pedal. A recent update came out, version 4.1 with more effect pedals & a better cloning tool for those who want their amp sound in a box. All in all I'm delighted with my purchase. It has every function I could possibly need, it's built like a tank & small enough to put in a gig bag. With every guitar sound you can dream of, it's versatile for any application. I'd happily pay full price for one & if this one got stolen, I'd buy another right away.

I have used the Line 6 Helix and Boss GT1000 which also sound amazing, but for some reason, I like the sound and workflow better of this. They have somehow shoved the same capabilities of the full size unit into this….how? I don’t know, but I love it. Throw it in a backpack and go. My only niggle is the power adapter- it seems a little cheap and flimsy, so if you are using it for gigging, be careful! Editing is a breeze and in my opinion, this unit has the most useful presets out of the box. If you like using a looper, Headrush excel In this department. All in all, a super unit!

I have a Helix that I have never got on with so thought I would try one of these. It is much simpler than the Helix but it sounds better to me. The touchscreen is great, really easy to use. If you can get by with the three switches then I think this is a great little device, if you want more switches then get one of the other Headrush devices with more switches as the midi implementation is not great for controlling from a midi footboard.

This pedal does have some great sounds built in but what let’s it down is the tiny expression pedal, admittedly they where trying to keep a very small footprint but the pedal could do with a pullout heel section so your whole foot is in control but then it may need pullout stabilisation to stop the pedal tipping, nice pedal but not for me.

Der Multieffekt wird von mir hauptsächlich zu Hause und mit Kopfhörern genutzt und dafür ist er ziemlich perfekt. Was mir am besten gefällt, ist der Web-Editor. Man kann über einen Webbrowser die Rigs (Presets) wählen und bearbeiten, ohne den kleinen Bildschirm oder die Tasten nutzen zu müssen. Dafür muss der Flex Prime nur mit dem gleichen WLAN verbunden sein. Ab SW Version 5.0 kann man auch im Browser Klonen ausprobieren und herunterladen, früher ging das nur über den Bildschirm. Ansonsten hat der Flex Prime einen Looper, der 5 minütige Aufnahmen machen kann, und bis zu 50(?) Aufnahmen schichten kann. Mit der SW-Version 5.0 kam neu dazu auch ein Drum machine. Die Standard-Presets/Rigs sind nicht die besten und haben bei mir keinen guten ersten Eindruck hinterlassen. Dafür hat man über die Headrush Cloud aber quasi unendlich viele neue Klone oder Rigs und wird irgendwann fündig. Insgesamt bin ich mit dem Flex Prime sehr zufrieden und kann ihn weiterempfehlen.

Prima werkend systeem voor Bas

Una pedaliera molto bella, semplice da utilizzare e creare il proprio suono. Permette di fare praticamente tutto, sia per lo studio a casa che sui palchi per il proprio live

Después de estar 3 años con el MX5 , hace poco adquirí el FLEX PRIME, ya que me gusta el formato de 3 pulsadores, si no necesitas pedal de expresión puedes tener un 4 pulsador disponible. Para usarlo en directo tengo una carpeta de SETLIST para cada concierto y presets de cada canción y con la posibilidad de tener 6 escenas por preset, que ahora con el FLEX PRIME pueden ser hasta 12. Mejora en todo a la versión anterior: - Mayor cantidad de huecos para colocar efectos(14) con la posibilidad de ecualizar gráficamente cada efecto o amplificador sin necesidad de usar un hueco para agregar una EQ (eso solo para mi es un motivo de peso para adquirirlo) - Mayor cantidad de escenas: 2 grupos de 6 escenas pero con el inconveniente de desactivar el pulsador de afinador, que igualmente se puede activar navegando en los menus, pero lo veo impracticable para directo. - Simulaciones de amplificador del REVALVER que mejoran mucho la calidad de las anteriores simulaciones, que ya eran bastante buenas, con la pega que no aparecen algunos amplis más típicos como el JCM 800 o el SLO 100 que usaba bastante, he tenido que ir a un PEAVEY 6505 y un DIEZEL, pero vamos para mi compensa con creces el poder usar Revalver y siempre puedes cargar un clon o super clon. - Conectividad mejorada, con bluetooth y wifi que permite incluso conectarte con una tablet por la red wifi compartida y poder ajustar los parámetros sin tener la pedalera en la mesa como con la MX5. - Libreria on line de donde descargar más efectos y amplis clonados.

I am extremely happy with this purchase and was pleasantly surprised at the build and versatility of this little tank. First and foremost, while I didn't go through all of the literally hundreds of built-in effects and amp modelers that come with the device, I played around with them enough to know that they are decent, but not mind-blowing. The good thing about that though is there are tons of resources on the web where you can download free and premium (paid) IRs (Impulse Responses) and guitar rigs to faithfully recreate the perfect tones you are wanting from top artists and songs, as well as pre-designed IRs, rigs, and tones that were curated by pros with way more time, patience, and skill than me. I ended up deleting pretty much all of the stock IRs and rigs from the device and I'm replacing them with third-party amps and effects that I use for my own style of playing. All of the ones I've put on the device sound incredible so far even through my cheap Danelectro Nifty Fifty practice amp, and I'm beyond pleased and excited to find what else is out there. The touchscreen is bright and responsive, and is pretty intuitive once you know what you're looking at. Adding new tones is a fairly simple process of plugging your MX5 into your computer, go to Global Settings -> USB Transfer and all of the effects, rigs, and IRs will then be displayed in your File Explorer. You can delete, replace, remove and upload to your heart's content using this method. Now, for the trickier part - operating the pedal has a good bit of a learning curve. I've found it to be pretty essential that, if you don't have a brain that likes playing with tech and figuring things out, a thorough reading of the manual is a must. Since there are only three stomp switches, putting together a "setlist" with multiple guitar rigs and learning how to switch between them took me about an hour or so of playing around to figure out and I still have to pause for a moment to remember how to do certain functions (although the more I use it, I'm getting faster). That aside, I am still giving this the 5-star rating it deserves due to the fact that I KNEW going into it that having only three switches would make things slightly more complicated. That is no fault of the manufacturer, but rather part of the design and the price I signed up for when buying this. I will say, however, that I plan to get the HeadRush Prime in light of the fact that it gives you much more control by having 12 switches as opposed to three (so that I can trigger and control individual effects without needing to perform complicated switching on the fly to get to a specific component). Overall, I highly recommend the MX5 for those who may not need a ton of instant versatility and dynamics and maybe only want to play with a handful of guitar tones at any given time. The pedal itself is designed well, sounds GREAT, and is more than enough for most types of guitar playing out there.