HEADRUSH VX5 AutoTune Pedal (Antares AutoTune Vocal Effects Pedal) (Headrush) (Vocal Effects Pedal) (Built-in USB Audio Interface)

HEADRUSH introduces a vocal effects pedal featuring Antares AutoTune technology!

The HeadRush VX5 is a modern and intuitive vocal effects pedal featuring industry-standard Antares AutoTune technology. Designed for performance environments and real-time vocal processing, the VX5 brings confidence and creative control to any vocalist, regardless of genre or style. Packed into a palm-sized compact body is a world of effects that will inspire your creativity, allowing you to freely manipulate professional-level audio effects.

At the heart of VX5 is the iconic Auto-Tune algorithm, widely known and used by countless leading artists of our time. This groundbreaking music production software redefined what it means to be a "modern vocalist," bringing a wider range of effects possibilities to artists who use the human voice as an instrument. VX5 brings this technology to musicians and producers who work with music every day, in an intuitive and practical form.

With the dedicated Retune Speed ​​and Humanize knobs, you can adjust the pitch to your liking, from natural pitch correction to the distinctive, instantly recognizable sound of Auto-Tune. Beyond pitch correction, the VX5 also features studio-quality reverb, delay, chorus, compression, and even nuanced effects. It also includes an intelligent harmonizer that automatically generates vocal harmonies based on the chords of your connected guitar or keyboard.

The VX5 features a user-friendly layout, color display, and simple preset switching, making it easy to register presets for each song in a set and to instantly adjust parameters during performance. The two footswitches on the unit allow for smooth preset switching and activate Talk Mode, convenient for MCing during live performances. Using MIDI connection via USB, you can easily automate preset switching from your playback rig.

With the ability to create and save up to 250 presets, and functioning as a class-compliant USB audio interface, you can easily record your ideas. The VX5 is the ultimate vocal effects processor, suitable for both stage and studio use.


◆Main Features

Antares AutoTune's pitch correction enhances the appeal of any live vocal performance.

The Retune Speed ​​and Humanize knobs allow you to adjust the pitch from subtle correction to that classic, hard AutoTune sound trusted by popular artists like Travis Scott, Charli XCX, and Post Malone.

With built-in studio-quality reverb, delay, chorus, and shaping effects, artists can easily create their own unique sound. Switching and adjusting effects for each song during live performances is also seamless.

In Intelligent Harmonizer mode, the system automatically generates vocal harmonies based on the key and scale selected by the vocalist, or on connected instruments such as guitars and keyboards.

• The built-in USB audio interface supports stereo 24-bit/48kHz, allowing you to record vocals directly onto the unit.

• It supports USB-MIDI connectivity, allowing for smoother and more automated preset changes during live performances.

• The intuitive color display and simple menus allow for quick and easy audio adjustments.

- Hands-free preset operation using two footswitches built into the unit.

It includes 99 built-in factory presets and allows you to save up to 250 presets. Designed for quick recall, you can immerse yourself in hours of creative work and sound design experimentation.

- Features an A/B mode that allows you to individually switch each effect within a preset on/off.

- Features a Talk mode that instantly disables all effects, which is convenient for MC segments between songs.

• Equipped with a high-quality XLR microphone preamplifier that supports switching to +48V phantom power.

- Features an XLR line output with a ground lift switch to prevent noise caused by ground loops.


[Product Specifications]

■XLR input (Balanced XLR input)
• Frequency response: 20Hz - 20kHz (+0.2 dB)
• Dynamic range: 111 dB (A-weighted)
・S/N ratio 110 dB (1 kHz, +4 dBu, A-weighted)
• THD+N (Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise): 0.003% (1 kHz, +4 dBu, -1 dBFS)
• Preamplifier EIN (Equivalent Input Noise)
133 dBu (at maximum gain, 40 Ω source, A-weighted)
127 dBu (at maximum gain, 150 Ω source, unweighted)
• Maximum input level +10 dBu
Sensitivity -46 dBu
Gain range 59 dB
• +48V phantom power supply ○

■Main XLR output (Balanced XLR output)
• Frequency response: 20Hz - 20kHz (+0.2 dB)
• Dynamic range: 113 dB (A-weighted)
• THD+N (Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise): 0.001% (1 kHz, -1 dBFS)
• Maximum output level +20 dBu
Output impedance: 100Ω
• Ground lift switch ○

■Headphone output (1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS)
• Frequency response: 20Hz - 20kHz (+0.2 dB)
• Dynamic range: 112 dB (A-weighted)
• THD+N (Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise): 0.008% (1 kHz, 10 mW/32 Ω load per channel)
• Maximum output level +20 dBu (no load)
• Output power: 100 mW RMS (each channel, with a 32 Ω load)
Output impedance: 32Ω

■Guitar Input: Balanced TRS / Unbalanced TS
• Frequency response: 20Hz - 20kHz (+0.2 dB)
• Dynamic range: 111 dB (A-weighted)
・S/N ratio 110 dB (1 kHz, +4 dBu, A-weighted)
• THD+N (Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise): 0.003% (1 kHz, +4 dBu, -1 dBFS)
• Maximum input level: +13 dBu
Input impedance: 1 MΩ
Sensitivity -46 dBu

■ Guitar thru-through with balanced 6.35 mm TRS / unbalanced TS terminals, output impedance 540 / 270 Ω (unbalanced / balanced)
・Buffer included

■External Specifications and Dimensions (Depth x Width x Height): 6.5 x 5.9 x 2.2 cm | 16 cm x 14.2 cm x 14.8 cm
・Weight 2.6lbs | 1.2kg


*Please note that the product logo and packaging were changed in April 2026.