Meris LVX vs MercuryX: The Definitive Comparison
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2024
- Full comparison of the Meris LVX delay vs MercuryX reverb for guitar, piano, synth and as a mixing tool. Which one should you get?
Buy the MercuryX:
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Buy the LVX:
link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...
0:00 - intro / what we are doing today
1:06 - sound examples on piano
2:39 - making a typical LVX sound
5:24 - making a typical MercuryX sound
8:37 - sound examples on guitar
16:16 - sound examples on synth
18:40 - sound examples on a full song
20:34 - outro
#guitarpedals #meris #synth #pedalsandeffects #reverb #comparison - Hudba
There is tap tempo on the mercury x you just have to select it in the menu
Great tip! I missed that
You are correct. You can program the HOLD MODIFIER to do tap. 🙂
I think they are perfect together so I bought both, and so the journey begins........I could listen to these all day too. Thanks, simply sublime :)
Amazing! Such a deadly combo :) enjoy the pedals, and thanks for watching
Thank you for putting these side by side. It’s very difficult not to want both. 🔊✨🔊✨🔊
My pleasure! And for sure, they are just incredible sounding eh
Thanks so much for this video. I already have the LVX, and this video was helpful in a couple of ways. First, it’s clear that there’s so much going on with both these pedals that even after 9 or 10 months, I’m still scratching the surface of what the LVX can do. I’d still love to have both, but it feels like there’s enough overlap between the two that I can get at least some of what the MercuryX offers by just taking a deeper dive into all the LVX can do.
Waow. This video is top notch! Super helpful, easy to follow and informative. Thank you for your on-point clarification to everyone out there. It's accurate. Appreciate this. ❤
Happy to help showcase these pedals, they are honestly incredible and I'm so happy to see all the accolades they are getting. ❤️
hi @merisus, is it true that these pedals are not compatible with strymon zuma / ojai?
@@tendingtropic7778 - they are now compatible off the shelf. For early LVX only, we offer a start-up delay mod so those power supplies work. Otherwise all new units are ready to go.
What we really need now is ottobit x. A powerful modular, bitcrusher, sample rate reducer, stutter and glitch box of magic.
Fantastic review, as always. You're certainly one of my go-to channels for synth gear related thoughts.
Thank you so much!
So so good! Didn’t know about the mercury x. Unreal.
Hah I think the universe might implode if you got your hands on a MercuryX and ran your beautiful piano melodies through it
I was waiting to hear them side by side.. great demo...
Thank you~!
Building my first pedalboard and this two were my first 2 options for sure.
They are complex and I still didn't have enough time to test them properly, but just diving presets is so outstanding. They sound amazing.
Great choices! Yea with these two you have pretty much every base covered, and agreed the presets are fantastic as long as you like ambient (I personally love it)
Thank you MilesAway for your videos. I got both the Mercury X and LVX.
My pleasure! Glad they helped you and enjoy that killer combo!
Great video and sound design examples thanks
Glad you liked it!
Ok now I want both, thanks alot!!
Any time! :D you can't go wrong if you get em
This video was so much better than I expected! I guess you electronic guys are much better at sound design than guitarists, cus that was some quick and dirty gorgeous sounds! With coherent normal speed talking all throughout no less (instead of the "ambient guy" speech haha), well done.
Thanks so much! Yea I’ve been a electronic producer for my career, but I grew up playing guitar so I’m a pedal addict too. If you like these kinds of demos I have tons of pedal demos on my channel, Walrus, Strymon, Chase Bliss, etc :) thanks for watching
I have both these pedals and they certainly are outstanding!!
Good choice! Thanks for watching, lots more pedal content on my channel.
Thanks for this. I bought both and have been looking for someone to explore combining them. If someone is looking, get both. That’s my preference.
I’d love to see more videos of what you come up with combining them. Also, not sure if you run parallel or in series, but that choice alone creates different soundscapes. Thanks again!
Glad I could help! These 2 will definitely end up in future videos. I usually like to pair synths I demo with some hardware effects for the jams/demos and these Meris pedals sound so good on literally everything. And currently in my send set up I just use in series but parallel sounds like it would be SWEET!
love lvx and mercury x
They are great! Thanks for watching
Amazing Video 👌 Fantastic Demo ❤ It is impossible to choose 😊 Both are as Phenomenal as each other 💯 😍 🙌
Thank you! Agreed 🫶🏻
Great pedals & terrific demo of them !!!! They're a little expensive though.... At the moment, I'm in love with Poly Verb.
The Poly verb looks sick! Such a cool idea to have convolution verb in a pedal format.
Apart from sounds, there is a looper on LVX, and a "hold assign" modifier. Mercury X has deeper hold functionality, but no looper. A common criticism of LVX is that it only has 3 delay algorithms, but heaps of sound shaping options. However, other flagship delays have way more "ready made" algorithms. If you're mainly into old school tape-style delays and spring reverb, I would look elsewhere.
Great comment! I didn’t mention the looper as I never use it, being a studio producer not a live guitarist, but that’s a great shout
Great sounds Miles. Do you have these set up as sends from your DAW? Or do you have the piano going directly into them? Just trying to think through routing and the best way to use these.
Thanks! I use them by sending out of Logic X DAW into the pedals then recording back in, yes. I really prefer using pedals this way, and Meris pedals have a dedicated Line/Synth Level mode so no re-amp box needed
what do you do when you want the delay repeats to line up with your track? is there a latency? or can you still just line it up manually on the LVX? Also, do you used balanced or unbalanced cables out of your interface?@@MilesAwayOfficial
@@melleverie both these pedals have midi in to be able to clock them to your computer over midi or usb midi! There’s no noticeable latency as long as you have a decent computer and audio interface
It's really hard to compare two pedals that make everything sound so damn good :D
True that 😆
This is insane
Thank you!
I have both pedals and love them equally. Do you think the H90 Harmonizer would add anything equally valuable to them?
Hmm honestly, I think with these 2 pedals you are covered for everything digital you could ever need. I would add something analog like a Thermae, Shallow Water or Julianna that will get you tones that digital can't quite match. Combining really vibey analog pedals with super hifi digital like this is a killer combo.
@@MilesAwayOfficial i have opposite question, i have h90, do you think mercury+lvx 'would add anything valuable'?
the mercury x sounds stunning
It really is a special pedal! If you haven’t seen it, check out my full demo of just the Mercury X
i have h90 on one synth and gfi specular tempus on another, but this combo seem very tempting (for replace the h90 on a p10, it seems it has the same kind of sounding, maybe the meris is more 'gorgeous' which is very appealing, i will keep the gfi which has its own 'chararacter, which match the oberheim on which it is connected ...)
late reply but what did you end up doing? I would love to try a review unit/loaner of the H90 but I can't justify spending that much on it, especially since the kind of sounds and workflow it has don't resonate with me as much as Strymon/Meris
Hey are you going to review the h90?
Maybe eventually! I don't have a review unit, and I have a lot of things I'd buy before I bought one, like a Soma Cosmos or a Mood Mk2
Nice,,, have you tried the empress Zioa?@@MilesAwayOfficial
@@RabbitintheMoon yes! I did a video on the Zoia, check it out czcams.com/video/ff4iNzTf3vg/video.html
What is the name of the analyzer lights, please?
Massdrop FFT audiolight! They go on sale regularly don’t pay full price, but it’s a sick studio light eh
@@MilesAwayOfficial thank you 😊
witch is better for techno sound upgrade?
I’d go for the LVX myself personally!
i read there are power issues with e.g. strymon zuma. is this true?
Never used a Zuma sorry, works perfect with my Truetone 1-spot pro supply
No issues here with my Zuma and my LVX.
I own a polymoon and love it. Meris and Chase Bliss are awesome. The things I hate about the Polymoon they improved with the LVX. CB... still waiting. CB MIDI implementation is lame (no sysex) but the magic the pedals provide where you can turn a knob and you don't know what you changed but it sounds fantastic. Just a PITA to re-create it due to their botched MIDI implementation. I'll save a preset by MIDI and recall it - sometimes it works.... sometimes it doesn't.
Polymoon is amazing! I did a video on it too. I love the ability of the Polymoon to use phaser and flanger as the same time, it’s such a unique texture. But yea LVX to me is simply just another level, the granular and pitch modules alone make it the best digital delay for me, and it can do so much more. Thermae is my fave CB pedal by far, it’s glorious and actually combines so well with these digital Meris pedals.
@@MilesAwayOfficial Thermae is so crazy. Just a shame they didn't implement sys-ex so an editor could be built. It needs one... bad.
Totally. I really only use it for non-clocked stuff, because I find editing it to try to make sequences frustrating, but its honestly worth alone for that octave up and down BBD analog delay sound, nothing else sounds like it @@BlackMan614
these sound so good - in comparison the the Empress Zoia which would you prefer - these appear more immediate (no programming) but i think more - what do my ears say?
I did a Zoia video last year! Check it out
czcams.com/video/ff4iNzTf3vg/video.htmlsi=DLeLju0NIg3It7JM
Incredible pedal, sound wise they are very close, but I still tip my hat to Meris. Better algorithms and UI. Zoia can literally do anything though, it’s more powerful
Thank you yeah have already checked that video out excellent job and agree it is such a powerhouse.
I’m just at the point which will sound better certainly the Mercury X the sounds are lush and deep.
I would go Meris if sound quality is your top choice. I actually sold my Empress Reverb after getting this (kept the ZOIA of course as its so fun and deep). MercuryX, Sloer and Night Sky are my current 3 fave reverbs. Stay tuned for a reverb shootout later this year with them@@fergusfurlong
Basically, get both.
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I think I would prefer a delay that can do reverb over a reverb.
fair!
Soo, the new Boss DM 101 is ostensibly an analog BBD delay, but they have created 'ambience' in several of the algorithms. Not a replacement for a big hall reverb, but still, amazing work by Boss.
@@squirrelvalhalla9386 i need to try that one!
Im starting to think i should've bought the LVX and used something smaller for reverb
LVX is amazing for sure! But I personally think the Mercury X is the best reverb pedal on the market. It’s the endgame for real
Both?
Both?
Both!
I like this way of thinking.
Just got a Mercury X and now I’m going to pull the trigger on the LVX. Amazing pieces of gear.
@@ryanmanning1185 good choice! Enjoy them! And check out my full videos on both the LVX and MercX if you want some more patch design tips :)