Meris Mercury X or Walrus Slöer: Ambient Battle!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2023
- Hey fellow sonic explorers! Today, let's dive into the mesmerizing world of ambient reverbs and compare two titans in the pedal realm: the @MerisUs Mercury X Modular Reverb and the @walrusaudioeffects Slöer Ambient Reverb. What makes these pedals even more exciting? They're both stellar in stereo, creating expansive sonic landscapes that envelop you in a three-dimensional tapestry. 🎶✨
🌌 *Meris Mercury X Modular Reverb: Expansive Sonic Vistas* 🚀
The Meris Mercury X invites you into a cosmic playground of reverberation possibilities, now in stunning stereo. Its modular design allows for deep customization, making it an ideal choice for those who crave sonic exploration in a wide soundstage. From lush halls to ethereal shimmer and so much more, this stereo pedal is a dream for synth and guitar players pushing the boundaries of ambient expression. 🎛️💫
🌊 *Walrus Slöer Ambient Reverb: Immediacy meets Atmosphere* 🌅
On the other side of the ambient spectrum, we have the Walrus Slöer, a pedal that thrives on immediacy and responsiveness, now enhanced in stereo glory. While it may not have the modular complexity of the Mercury X, the Slöer excels in delivering lush, ambient textures with a more straightforward interface, spreading its atmospheric bliss across the stereo spectrum. Perfect for guitarists seeking instant immersive experiences, the Slöer provides a quick route to sonic landscapes that bloom and evolve with every note. 🎸🌈
🔄 *Comparing the Vibes* 🔍
When pitting these two against each other in the stereo realm, it's like comparing the vastness of interstellar space (Meris) to the immersive beauty of a sunset (Walrus), now with the added dimension of a widened soundstage. The Mercury X beckons the sonic cosmonauts, while the Slöer offers a quick passport to ambient realms for those who crave immediate sonic gratification, all in glorious stereo. 🌌🌅🔊
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In the end, whether you're drawn to the modular complexities of the Mercury X or the immediate allure of the Slöer, both pedals stand as remarkable tools in the ambient stereo arsenal. Choose your vessel wisely, and let the sonic journey unfold in breathtaking stereo panorama! 🌌🎸✨ - เพลง
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Great video, very enjoyable. I like the Mercury X so much. Sloer is truly fantastic, because it has no menu diving. Both are great dreams.
Thank you so much! You’re absolutely right! The Slöer is more immediate with no menus to navigate (although I wish all the secondary functions were labeled so I didn’t have to look them up!) The Mercury X is a tweakers dream! Or a fantastic choice if you can only have 1 reverb!
Thanks for watching and joining the conversation! Cheers!
Thank you for that tiny spacious dream!
You are so very welcome!!!
Thank You! Sloer is my next purchase! It has what I've been trying to get with other reverb's. It would be nice to match the Mercury X with my LVX but would spend most of the time trying to get what the SLoer does with ease! I already have the Ventris, NightSky, CloudBurst, H9 Max (and both version's of the Mood) so many option's of type's of reverb BUT the Sloer fit's my ambient fusion direction... Great job showing them both (do what I'm looking for... the textured/musical trail).
My pleasure! Glad it helps. The Slöer is just something special for sure!
Thanks for watching and joining in the conversation!
Wow! you have all those reverbs? I can't buy all of them, but would love to hear your opinion of them comparitively?
Im thinking of mercury x, but also cloudburst.
Some folks just have a “thing”. Maybe your thing is delay. Maybe it’s reverb. Maybe it’s fuzz. That’s the best of it all. It’s all so personal. What do you think might be your thing?
Excellent demo and comparison. Was wondering, at 6:07, why did you have to track the knobs? I thought that when you save a preset on the Sloer, it remembers the knob placement and mode. Not sure you have to manually switch everything back, otherwise, you're really not saving the sound. Just curious.
I did that so you could know where those settings were on the Slöer, in case you wanted to replicate them. You are correct in that you don’t have to move the knobs to use a preset! Great question though!!!
Thanks for the very good comparison ❤
You’re very welcome! These Slôer presets for the LVX are available on our Patreon in our Preset Pack 1.0 as well
Thanks that's the comparation I was waiting for...
So happy to help! Thanks for watching and joining the conversation!
Great video, unfortunately there is hiss in the audio signal, probably from the guitar?
Quite possibly. I’m always working on ways to improve the videos…especially audio wise! Appreciate the notice :)
Thank you!
You are quite welcome! 🤗
I love Walrus and Meris, have five Walrus pedals and the Meris LVX. In terms of sheer depth, I don't think anything can top the LVX/Mercury X (which I plan to get soon). The Sloer (and all Walrus pedals) sounds superb, and has a more immediate hands on approach. The Meris stuff is more for heavy, intensive sound design, which makes it so powerful with an endless diversity of sound. But, you have to enjoy working that way, you can tweak and go using the front panel controls, but that's not where the real strength lies. I love the graphical interface on the LVX/Mercury X, makes navigating the complex structures as intuitive as it could be, BUT Meris just released an Editor/Librarian for LVX that makes intense, deep sound design much much easier (as well as patch organizing/saving/backup). It will be coming for Mercury X in the future as well, they haven't given a time line other that to say it's next.
I agree! Both companies are great!
Once you get familiar with way the LVX and Mercury X work, it becomes second nature. There’s so much they can do!
Great comparision, thanks. I have the Mercury X and the LVX, and I've ordered a Slöer. I cottoned on to the LVX very quickly, but like a lot of "multifunction" pedals the presets aren't great... you really need to jump in and tweak... and as a *reverb* the Mercury X is the same... I find it is it real work to get reverb sounds that I love. And none of the great non-ambient sounds that I get from the UAFX Golden have yet been bettered by the Mercury X, but I'll keep at it. I also really like the tacticle aspect of the Slöer, and the sounds are magnificent with little mucking around.
I think you did a nice job trying to cop the Slöer presets on the Mercury X, but the EQ is different and timbre is more metallic sounding... not sure you can precisely EQ that out or not. Still on the shelf about the Mercury X as I wrote although the feature set is terrific.
The best way I’ve found to “EQ” either the LVX or MercuryX is by using the filters.
With both the LVX and MX I find myself only using presets I’ve made. I’ve cleared out all the rest. Nothing against them, they’re just not…mine, you know?
I’m really enjoying your videos, thanks for your efforts. Production quality and content are top notch. I’ve recently added both the LVX and Mercury X to my guitar board. Couldn’t be happier with both. I already have the Mercury 7 and Polymoon on my synth board so I guess I’ve become a Meris junkie without knowing it!
Why thank you so very much for the kind words! It means a lot 🥹
You know, I can think of worse things than being a Meris junkie. The LVX and MercX are simply magical!
Do you have any tips for creating the pad that you’re using at the start of this video? I’m trying different things and can’t get there. Thanks!
@johnboston666 on the Mercury X?
@@thepedalcollaborativeYes, thanks.
@johnboston666 I used Cathedra, Ultraplate, and Prism for these settings. Start with one of those, turn Freeze on (under the Dynamics category), and turn the Hold modifier to be latching and assign it to control “DYN - FREEZE”
Your videos are very helpful, thanks!
Do you have a UAFX golden reverberator? Would like to see you try and dial in its plate and hall settings on the mercury x.
I don’t have a Golden, but if you send me one I’d happy to do one ;)
Sounds like a lot of folks are interested in that one though!
Really nice. Do you have presets uploaded anywhere??
Not as a SysEx file, but I made a video with those settings here. Should have all the settings in the description. If not I can add them!
th-cam.com/video/kPX33br848E/w-d-xo.html
I have a few reverbs but Tbh,the reverb on the Mood 2 is right up there with these pedals,I think its overlooked because of all the huge amount of stuff it can do like looping etc...
I really love the reverb on the Mood! You just gave me the idea of trying to create the Mood reverb on the Mercury X! I know what I’m doing tonight! 🙌
@@thepedalcollaborative Can't Wait 🙂
@patrickr6505 stay tuned! 😎
@@thepedalcollaborative did you do this :)? would love a video / tutorial on how you create the mood mk2 reverb on the mercury x
@tendingtropic7778 I made this video!
th-cam.com/video/kk9ovzopFzM/w-d-xo.html
Can you make the sound of the patch exactly the same of the sloer in the Mercury X?
Hard to say if I can get it EXACTLY the same. They are quite different in their approaches and even in their fidelity. The Mercury X has more headroom too. So while not exact, quite close I think
I’m a bit confused. Setting to “no dry” is quite different from the walrus on “full wet”, without killing the dry, no?
I’m not 100% sure what you’re asking, can you say more?
I may have been using those interchangeably, and in this case (between the Mercury X and Slöer) I think that’s ok. “No dry” = “full wet”.
However I could be wrong, and in some cases, when the analog dry path stays analog and isn’t converted to digital, it would be a different thing, no?
Maybe I’m confusing things more. I hope not. 😂
Thanks for watching and asking your question!
I would love to see if the Neunaber Illumine and Mercury X can be similar. I have not heard anyone try to make the W3T algorithm on anything. If any pedal can get close, I think it might be the Meris.
More comparisons please. SA Ventris, Empress Reverb, etc.
Great video!
I would love to do those comparisons for you and anyone else interested! I’ve never had the privilege of using the Illumine or Empress. I had the Ventris but found the UI a bit too cumbersome for my tastes.
If I get any of those though somehow I’ll make sure to make another video!
Thanks for watching and joining along
Thanks for the demo! Great tones! Owned the SLOER for a bit, added it to my TONEX rig. The sounds are absolutely stunning, unfortunately, I could not get rid of digital clipping from the SLOER. Played my rig through a few different systems, and had the same issue, no matter what. Put the SLOER in different places within my chain, as well. Had to have the SLOER effect volume down so low, that you could barely hear the effects, and that was the only way I could get rid of the digital clipping. Sold it and purchasing the Mercury X now. Own the LVX and that is an incredible unit, just on its own!
Oh man that stinks! I love how the LVX & Mercury X have the ability to change from line level to instrument level!
And yeah! The LVX covers so much ground!!!
Nice video. Could you do setting on Mercury to get the dark and Rise setting of the slöer.
Hey thanks! Once I get the Slöer back from my buddy I can.
I didn’t initially do those settings because the Dark is (simply put) the opposite of Light, with an octave down and not up and since the MercX does Light you just change the octave in there to get to the Dark territory. I know, an oversimplification.
The Rise setting would use the Auto-Swell feature in the Dynamics block on the MercX. Not necessarily a simply one to recreate, but Rise isn’t one I connect with which is why I didn’t make it.
That said, I can add it to my list :)
@@thepedalcollaborative ok thanks. I made an auto swell on Mercury which is really Nice. With the Dream setting on Mercury I have Bad treble resonance, like dissonance. I don't fix it.
@thestrummingcorner3322 ok if the treble is harsh, try adding a filter to cut some of that out.
Great video!
Just got the Mercury X! Could you, somehow send me your settings? I really love the Slöer too, have it here too, but it's very hard for me to get close to those sounds with the mercury. Thank you!!!
I certainly can! I can make a video going over the settings and that way you can access them!
please do! What I've noticed is that the Slöer seems more "moody" and "emotional" than the Meris. Do you feel the same? The Meris sounds almost clinical.@@thepedalcollaborative
@THOMANDTHEWOLVES very good descriptions, and yes, I note those as well. I find the Slöer to be more immediate, but the Mercury X to be more specific in its tweakability. Also, the Mercury X is more “hi-fi” than pretty much every reverb I’ve out it against…but the same can be said about the Meris LVX. Not a bad thing at all!
Cool! Yes. Man I just signed up for the Chimera Benson Plugin Trial. It sounds sooo darn good. Damn. Sounds extremely authentic. I like it a lot better than my Dream 65 by UA. Pity they don't have a Benson pedal....Watched you how to video on the Mercury X earlier too. Now I finally know what's happening! Cheers...@@thepedalcollaborative
@THOMANDTHEWOLVES so happy these videos are helping! Yes the Benson plug in is amazing!
As for the Mercury X…it can do so much! Many more videos to come for sure. 😎
Now the million dollar question is reasoning as to choosing one over the other the other
So the answer to that question is going to look different for every single one of us, and there's no wrong answer either! If you were to want a reverb with a couple presets, simple and easy controls, and something only in the ambient reverb category, I'd say the Sloer. If you wanted a one-size-fits-all reverb that gives you the ambient sounds as well as the classic reverb sounds with lots of tweakability and presets and midi, then the Mercury X all the way!
Another way to look at it is to determine what elements are most important. In these categories, here's who I think wins.
Presets: Mercury X
Smaller Footprint: Sloer
Ease of Use: Sloer
Unlimited sound options: Mercury X
Midi: Mercury X
Price: Sloer
Warmth: Sloer
Fidelity: Mercury X
If it helps to know which of the 2 I kept, I sold the Sloer to a buddy...
@@thepedalcollaborative great points!!! I love meris and their customer service which is why I have been a fan. But I have to admit I get option paralysis fairly easy lol! Recently I became if fan of walrus for the same reason, and well I’m a sucker for the little “I love you “ insert they include in the pedals. Yup I guess good advertising works. I need to be more patient with the mercury x for sure . It does sound great out the box but I can’t help but think about a combination of the golden reverberator merely for its natural sounding verb and the sloer. Probably GAS talking hahahaha
@empathysgone96 GAS or practicality. Not everyone needs all the options on the MercuryX. Not everyone will utilize it to a greater potential. If I only wanted a specific reverb sound I’d hunt for the best of that one sound. I like the MercX (and LVX) because it’s Sound Design territory and that excites me…but I spend more time creating sounds than playing live. I’m perfectly ok with that.
And yes, the customer service for Meris AND Walrus is top shelf! Liam, the bloke in the Walrus Polaroids has called me before to check in on my purchase. I has star struck! 😂 Jinna @ Meris is equally as amazing.
While neither of those companies asks me to make videos, I’m happy to highlight and focus on them because I know they take care of their customers 😎
@@thepedalcollaborative yes sir! Have an amazing day.
I did! Hope the same for you :)
Too bad the sloer pedal doesn’t have presets, that’s not a deal breaker though. One to check out is the original Wet reverb
The Slöer does have 3 presets you can save to!
I haven’t tried the Wet but I’ll keep an eye out for one!