User Manual

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USB
You can use the HeadRush MX5’s USB connection to your computer for Recording (to a digital audio
workstation [DAW]), Reamping, or Transferring Files & Settings (e.g., rigs, setlists, presets, etc.).
Important Note for Windows Users: Before connecting the HeadRush MX5 to your computer, download the
necessary drivers from headrushfx.com/support and install them.
Recording
When the HeadRush MX5’s USB port is connected to your computer, you can select and use the HeadRush MX5
as a 24-bit audio interface, enabling you to play audio through it or to send its audio signal to the computer. It can
use sample rates of 48 kHz or 96 kHz.
To use the HeadRush MX5 as an audio interface with your computer, open your computer’s Control Panel
(Windows
®
) or System Preferences (macOS
®
), open its sound/audio settings, and select HeadRush MX5 as
the device for recording/input and/or for playback/output.
The HeadRush MX5 can send four separate audio signal channels to your computer. Before recording the
HeadRush MX5’s audio signal into your digital audio workstation (DAW), select the channel/channels you want to
record:
1: the left channel of the master outputs with all active effects applied.
2: the right channel of the master outputs with all active effects applied.
3: a mono channel of the guitar input with no effects applied.
4: identical audio signal to 3.
The HeadRush MX5 can receive four separate audio signal channels from your computer. The channels are
named and routed as follows:
1: the left channel of your computer’s output audio signal, which will be sent directly out of the HeadRush
MX5’s master outputs and phones output.
2: the right channel of your computer’s output audio signal, which will be sent directly out of the HeadRush
MX5’s master outputs and phones output.
3: a mono channel of your computer’s audio signal, which will be sent back through the HeadRush MX5 (see
Reamping below).
4: not used in this scenario.
Important: Remember to set your DAW’s master outputs to be sent to 1/2.