Meris Mercury 7 - Is it Any Good?
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- For my Presets visit: johnnathancordy.gumroad.com/ Since I found out from @jhspedals videos that the Meris Pedals founder Angelo Mazzocco was responsible for the Line 6 Verbzilla (and the legacy reverbs found in the Helix, I've been interested to try a Meris reverb. So the Mercury 7 made most sense, given that it seems to suit my attraction to long spacey reverbs. Here's the first time plugging it in.
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It sounds amazing. Clear, lush, perfectly balanced.
I’ve had this for a while and honestly in a world full of multi preset uber deluxe reverb pedals this thing doesn’t leave me wanting. It just nails it with its clear concise tone, damn near perfect auto swell, and it’s clean modern approach, well done Meris! One for the dreamers and the traditionalists alike..
How do you feel about it over a year later? Just curious.
@@matthewmp111 yes Matt, am still using it and happy to recommend it, it is definitely a keeper. I’m sure I’ll get distracted by some of the newer pedals on the block like the Dreadbox Darkness and the Strymon Cloudburst etc but I know I’ll always come back to the Mercury7 so happy with my choice either way.
@Shane White you mention it has a perfect auto swell. I picked up a M7 used and I cannot get a decent swell sound. It lowers the volume and kind of kills my signal a little bit. Do you have settings you can recommend for auto swell? Maybe the person sold it because the swell doesn’t work right. Also, when I turn the mix near to max and then full max I lose the clean signal completely. Is this normal for this pedal? Thank you
@@kruser32 well I’d love to give a definitive answer but I too have definitely had my share of WTF moments with this pedal. My opinion is purely subjective of course but my preferred application is to bridge my mono pedals into stereo then add a panning or ping pong delay after the effect. The reverb sounds fantastic on its own but the buffered outputs feed my stereo effects better (read - “full bodied”) than without. It’s worth noting the TRS stereo input sums to mono anyway (pre-reverb) so pedal order will play a big role in whether you will benefit from what this pedal has to offer. My biggest gripe was while experimenting with mono/stereo input and pedal order the sound/volume and swell sensitivity would change dramatically driving me full blown proper crazy…so when I finally connected the dots the sound was to taste and the touch sensitivity was spot on regardless of how hard or clean I hit the input. I run the mix somewhere around the middle, your mileage may differ. I’ve got a lame video on my channel that may give you some sort of context/perspective, I hope this helps, have fun! 😀😀
Ooh bought this one a couple of weeks ago !! Love the feeling of this reverb…and great video too !!
I have and love this pedal, so open, lush and airy in all the right ways!
What an amazing sounding reverb with an equally amazing guitarist
Wonderful playing man, lovely reverb pedal.
That baritone sound...my goodness I love this...reverb sounds beautiful !
Hoping the Helix/Stomp get a 'Dynamic Plate' reverb in the next update. Might get you the same sounds.
I have this reverb on my paddleboard. Sure, it does some pretty amazing and luscious reverbs. What I like about it most, is the brilliant ‘always on’ plate reverb sound. It also has MIDI selectable presets. Why do so many reverb pedals leave midi out?
Very lush sounding tones 🤤
I've got the Meris Mercury 7 on my board with a Boss RV-500 a Source Audio Collider and a GFI Specular Tempus. I'm worried if i switch them all on at once with maximum reverb it will create some sort of black hole sucking all life into the vortex.
Play it out of a fender twin reverb 😮
If I didn't have a GFI Specular Reverb V3 I'd want this.
I still kinda do want this but the $ is out of my league atm. Cheers for the excellent and straightforward demo.
Great video brother! Its good to know the alt functions. I appreciate it!
I use this bad boy and also have a revelation v2 by jet pedals that I think you would enjoy
I was convinced i was gunna get the revelation for a while but have since leaned towards the Meris. Which one do you like more?
Will I understand it if I haven’t seen the first 6?
No, you need to have had an experience with Uranus 6 to fully grasp the Mercury 7
I had this problem with the film "12 Years a Slave". Those first 11 must be essential viewing.
Don't even get me started with 2001 a Space Odyssey
This Squier sounds great!
Hi John Nathan, great demo, i’m found of reverbs and hesitate between this one and the source audio ventris. Please can you tell me which pickups do you use in this demo ? Thanks
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If I didn't have a specular tempus I would 100% own a M7.
Might miss the spring a bit, but who needs spring when you have a cathedral?
That is LUUSH! Beautiful stuff John. Gorgeous Pedal, yer playin' ain't half bad either ( say's me -the random youtube commenter who can barely play Mary had a Little Lamb )
I think that meris makes amazing stuff sonically, but wish that had more features , especially with the mercury 7. But sonically its in the topper sure. Id say the best sounding reverb out is the empress reverb , then the rooms reverb , this this one or the specular Tempus
Oh the Neunaber Immerse Mk 2 or Neunaber Illumine is up there too bro.🤘
Thank you for this awesome video! I finally bought the M7 and i love it.
One question: the decaytime at the octave down setting seems to be significant shorter than at „off“ or compared to the other pitch settings. Did you experience the same? Is this normal or perhaps a malfunction?
I have the same issue did you find a reasons?
@@noahgotlibowski1343 Hey Noah! I contacted Meris and they answered instantly and very kind btw. I was told that it might seem to be a shorter decay because of a perpetually downshifting of the reverb in octaves. So it’s getting faster below a hearable frequency and is harder to hear. That makes sense and i noticed the downshifting but i wished it would stay longer just one octave deeper like the slö does.
„What you can do is increase the Lo Frequency, decrease Hi Frequency, and increase the Density (alt function) to amplify the octave down.
It also helps to play around with the Attack, Predelay and Modulate knob to get bigger sounds.“
I am wondering that nobody in the demos and reviews talks about this issue.
Hope that helps. What do you think?
My question for you with this pedal is do you feel you are gaining anything in ease of use ? What with the alt button etc, is this something you could see getting enough out of down on the floor within a pedalboard - or is it something you’d want up on your pedal holder all the time? Similar experiences with the iridium which is undoubtably faster to dial in, or would you be just as fast dialing in on HXStomp for example ?
I'm going to need to experiment with some helix verbs to see if I can get close enough. Matching reverbs seems to be pretty tough for me!
Neunaber " immerse " has a fantastic array of verbs for a great price.
Agreed..I have the Immerse Mk 2... beautiful and 8 glorious algorithms...
Sounds great! Eric Klein of Line 6 said a few years ago that this is the one to beat.
I recently got the CXM 1978 which is ridiculous money, but it’s also done by Meris and sounds really great. I wonder how much overlap there is between these two.
Yes! I was reading that very thread today!!
does the CXM have much modulation? Thought it was fairly clean sounding reverb?
@@DelScully It can have a ton of modulation if you want it to with the mod button.
Best reverb pedal out there by a mile.
I have gone through most reverbs out there. Red Panda Context V2 , Strymon Blue Sky, Night Sky, Big Sky, Flint, Specular Tempus, Empress Reverb, Walrus Slo and Rooms... Rooms and Blue Sky are my favorites out of these so far. I have a mercury 7 on the way and am hoping this can top these.
I really love the Walrus Slo, I wish that one had a stereo option!
Don't forget the Neunaber Immerse Mk 2 or Neunaber Illumine... majestic..
What did you think of it?
How did you end up liking the mercury 7?
What were your thoughts on the merc? We wanna know!
Nice, I have this on my board in the loop of my hx stomp its a fantastic sounding reverb and has a ton of range for 2 types of reverb. I agree with you and others the shimmer pitch seems off but im not fussed i don't like shimmer reverb much i like the pitch down if im going to use the vectors. I also have the meris polymoon before the mercury 7 and i would say its an incredible delay but its taken me ages to get to grips with it. Its a lot more complex with its different combinations of delay modulation, if you do try it i find the dimension (delay smear) dial is pretty important to tame it with guitar when using the more crazy sounds with it. It can accomplish some pretty interesting reverb/delay sounds that you cant really get anywhere else.
I use both a mercury7 and an afterneath as an early chain mono into late chain stereo on the m7
Also the pitch vector does blade runner sci fi really well but does not sound natural at all, so is not for everyone
Also I think overall, the pedal excels best on synth
I have a Slotva I was thinking of doing the same thing with. Slotva up front and M7 at the end. I had an afterneath years ago, great pedal and maybe more suited to start of chain reverb?
@@bep86 id recommend trying the slotka first and seeing if it works for you since you already have it. The reason I like afterneath first is it can do long but subtle trails that can enhancs my middle of chain fx like mod and also do shoegazey stuff going into either my big muff or longsword
I Can t not make my choice between the M7 and the S.A ventris or collider,has Anyone ever had the opportunity to compare them?
Don't forget the Neunaber Immerse 2..
Yes, I've had the M7 and the Collider. M7 was beautiful and top of my list. The lack of built-in presets is annoying but there are ways around it. Collider is high quality but less inspiring - also had some weirdness when switching betwen presets, and unexpected behaviour when trying to match levels between delay and reverb. Maybe the Ventris is better because it's trying to do less.
If you genuinely need a variety of high quality reverbs including spring, then get the Source Audio. But if you want just one exceptional reverb to get lost in, the M7 is perfect.
Top tip though, the max. decay is reduced when you use the pitch vector, so I always used it without for really big sounds.
Oh man.... so lush.
Sounds very nice indeed. I think 16 available presets is an curious choice - I guess many owners will never use them at all, but for those that do, its not really enough. How do you think it stacks up against the NightSky?
The night sky has a lot more features but as far as just the straight reverb sounds go, this one takes it. It’s so forgiving and you don’t have to be good to use it, the pedal is an instrument in and of itself. It never gets muddy unless you want it too and the swell is the best I’ve ever heard. The night sky is one of my favorites and I’d pick the M7
@@elijahsnider4345 This is useful, I have a Night Sky and its okay, I was looking for a verb that can do nice deep sounds but also get spacey.
@@michaelbreach5862 this one is definitely for you then. If this is in your budget then I would also recommend the empress reverb.
@@elijahsnider4345 I had the empress reverb and ended up selling it to try some other reverbs. Might be time to revisit though.
BigSky was my favourite until I got this. Just my 2 cents.
What was it that changed your mind to the M7?
"So the Mercury 7 made most sense, given that it..."
is their only reverb and an Ottobit Jr wouldn't tell you much. :P
I'm using polymoon and I threw away my bluesky.
"threw away" 8-(
@@CitizenOfEverywhere seems rash...could have at least donated it to a shelter
Polymoon. Now. You're Welcome. Hope You are well. Goodbye.
Which one?
@@johnnathancordy the meris polymoon. It’s a great delay!
An amazing reverb with a dogshit 'shimmer' setting. Nice demo though!
It's not just me who didn't dig it then?
@@johnnathancordy IMO the 'Ionosphere' reverb on the Kemper is the best shimmer reverb out there. Smooth, not abrupt and tracks really well.
Maybe it sounds better when swelled in? I don’t like these pokey shimmers either.
Another great shimmer is from the Neunaber stuff, the new Illumine is great! Neunaber reverbs do their own thing, better than anything I’ve used for not losing clarity in a densely set reverb.
nope, sounds kind of . . . buzzy?
@@venemataylor it has that metallic vibe, but also to my ear the pitch is screwy