Meris MercuryX Modular Stereo Reverb Demo
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One year ago, Meris turned my sonic world upside down with their modular stereo dream delay LVX, and now they’re ready to do it all over again with LVX’s reverberating partner in tone, MercuryX.
If you're unfamiliar with how this pedal operates, then I recommend you check out my Meris LVX demo. It goes deep on how the menu system works. WATCH IT HERE: • My first 4 days with t...
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CHAPTERS:
Intro 00:00
Ultraplate and Cathedra speak 00:41
Ultraplate playing 01:03
Cathedra playing 01:39
CXM modes speak 02:31
Room playing 02:43
Plate playing 03:14
Hall playing 03:50
New modes speak 04:57
Spring playing 05:05
Prism playing 05:53
Gravity playing 06:53
Pre-delay speak 07:59
Pre-delay playing 08:30
Outro Speak 10:18
MercuryX Composition 11:07
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You breathe life thru our pedals. Thank you Stefan for everything. 💙 We're so happy to release this to the world.
With your creations, even the dead people want to play. 🤣🤣🤣 You're changing the world of music.
And thank you for all of the inspiration. My mind just explodes with ideas and newfound excitement every time you bring a new dream machine into the world. MercuryX rules!
LVX should be pronounced Lux? Or am i wrong? Regardless great artist and product.
I'm convinced and inspired. Just purchased the LVX and Mercury and am now awaiting delivery. All aboard, the Meris train, Woot Woot!
So grateful for your approach to sound. I won a Meris pedal on Reddit years back. Y’all asked everyone what drew them to Meris. I chose Nosaj Thing’s session because it showed me how myopic I’d been only using pedals for guitar and bass. I chose the Merc7 which hasn’t left my board unless I’m running it through my Microkorg or an app on my phone field recording in the woods. It’s a pedal that’s so dynamic that it opened my mind to being lawless when starting a song. I’m willing to get weird with any sound that resonates or sounds interesting, whether it be unique a bird I sample or a rhythmic pattern I hear in construction resonating through the walls of my office. Music is more fun when there’s no rules! Trying to save up for a Meris MercX. I think I’ll sell a niche guitar to a new home to speed up the process lol.
Really great to be back with a demo for a new Meris pedal. Their pedals always inspire me unlike anything else, and it was a true honor getting to test-drive MercuryX as one of the first people outside of Meris. If you're into sound designs and creating custom sounds that unmistakably sound like you, then MercuryX is a must-have. Its vast sonic playground unlocked some of the best sounds I've ever heard and created, and I can't wait to dive deeper and make more videos on it in the future. Please let me know what your favorite sound from the demo was, I would love to know
as usually, great stuff! Last piece should be “MercuryX Composition” (not “7”) I guess? Love the Ether Strings on that one!
@@TheGuacamoleXplosion Thanks for the heads up. The Chapter Title has now been changed. And thank you for the kinds words about the demo and the Ether Strings patch. That's one of my favorite sounds as well. Was really happy when I created that one :)
This sounds incredible. Can't wait for a deeper dive video🎉
Killer work dude. Verb sounds great and I love that you’re building full tracks around your parts now. It’s so good.
Hey Mark!!! 🫡
Hey Mark, hope you’ll be coming out with your review of the MercuryX as well
@@chadb1176 nothing planned at the moment (I’m finding out about it at the same time as everyone else) but I am now hoping to. Seems like something truly formidable.
Thank you, Mark! Means a ton to me ❤
Stefan and Mark, the two best in the business. ❤❤
Stefan please release an album of your music! It's sooo good!
The jam at the end was incredible. The pedal is also incredible
Thank you! Means a ton to me that you enjoyed the tune
That jam was freaking epic - insane how that's all from the Mercury X 😮! I would gobble up a whole album of your playing there mate
Thank you, my friend! Means a lot to me. Yeah, MercuryX is a fully fledged multi-effect unit. Way more than just a reverb
Beautiful as always, Stefan!
Thank you, my friend 😊🙏
Great demo as always! Beautiful sounds. Thanks Meris.
Thank you so much, my friend! Meris created another game changing winner.
WOW! This is a product demo every effects manufacturer should dream of.
Gosh! Incredibly kind of you. Thank you ❤
This is a bad day to have my car fail it's MOT. It's going to be an expensive fix too.
Still, your heavenly (and very intelligent) playing has put me in a state of wonder and awe. I could honestly listen to you play for hours. Especially through this beautiful behemoth of a pedal. Congrats MERIS! You nailed it. Congrats Stefan, you made me smile. ❤️
your demos never cease to amaze me Stefan. incredible arrangement at the end.
Thank you very very much!
Not my cup of mead, but I must admit, the sounds are heavenly. You are the person meant to demo this pedal (?), device, I don’t know what. Thank you.
Good honest comment. Not really interested in another “reverb” pedal in an already flooded market. But great demo
Means a lot to me that you enjoyed the demo, man. Thank you!
Amazing demo, amazing pedal and once again I really love the composition you wrote at the end.❤
Thank you very much! 😍
You did a great job. This is a very inspiring pedal. Blessings to you.
Thank you kindly! 🙏
Very nice song in the end!!! It shows what can be done with just one pedal and a lot of creativity!
Thank you SO MUCH!
Sounds amazing 😊 great playing mate!
Thank you! And yes, this pedal just sounds unreal. So many incredible tones and textures in that blue box of dreams.
Beyond inspiring. This video rocks. Made my music soul feel awe.
I'm deeply humbled by your kind words. Thank you!
I could listen to the final composition all day. Dreamy pedal, amazing demo.
Thank you, my friend. Warms my heart immensely ❤️
Another fantastic demo as always! Loved the little nod to Holy Fawn with that one preset
I'm happy you caught the reference :) And thank you for the sweet words about the demo. Means a lot to me
Stefan as always you portray these pedals perfectly. Amazing
Thanks, man! Extremely kind of you ❤️
Great video, man. Good playing, great sounds, and a nice overall presentation and design. Thanks!
Thank you, man! Extremely kind of you ❤
Your playing is next level. Love all your ambient stuff man. Great demo, this one’s definitely going on my wish list!
Thanks a ton! ❤
Great reverb sounds! The build-up on that outro post rock jam was beautiful.
Means a lot to me that you enjoyed the composition 🙏
What an incredible demo. Nice reverb, Meris and nice music, Stefan.
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Man you blew me away with this demo 🤯 subscribed to your channel immediately. That was beautiful and so inspiring. Thank you for the video! 🤟🏼
Awwww, man. I'm speechless. I hope a humble THANK YOU will suffice ❤
Yes Stefan….great to see you both
And great to see you, Nick. Looking forward to you meticulously uncovering every single thing this pedal is capable of 😊
I got it... Whoa. Your presets are magic man, thank you! Incredible playing as always...Hope things are good with you and your fam!
Thank you! Really stoked to hear you're enjoying the presets I made :)
Phenomenal sounds Stefan!!! What a beautiful device Meris has created. After just a few days of being blown away by the LVX, I can only imagine how good this one is!
Thank you so much! If you like LVX, then you're gonna love MercuryX. That's for sure!
Just ordered this; have been thinking about it a couple months .
Thanks for the demo and inspiration.
Reverb is my favorite effect and Ive been using Strymon Cloudburst for the last couple years. MercuryX has so much more in one unit...cant wait!!
You can tell that your just a genuine young man keep up the good work
Kind of you! Thank you 🙏
awesome..thanks for the heads up! great video, as always!
Happy to hear you dig it
Wow! Great demo, always love your style Stefan. This pedal sounds several steps ahead of anything else on the market.
Thank you very much! Yeah, this pedal is just next level on all fronts.
Loved the nod to Holy Fawn in the composition at the end 😉
Happy you caught the reference 😊
The number of drastically different transformations in this is wild. Love that lo-fi modulation - just wow.
Thank you, my friend! Means a lot to me. And yeah, the sound design possibilities with MercuryX are mind-boggling.
I saw this new meris pedal drop, and immediately checked for a demo from you. They go hand in hand. And I can think of no one better to showcase this pedal. Props👍
Gosh! Thank you so much! ❤
This sounds like it’s everything I dreamed it would be! Putting my M7 up for sale LOL! Also your best demo ever, which is saying a lot
This is most definitely a dream machine. Infinite possibilities within it. And thank you so much for the sweet words about the demo. Incredible to hear you think it’s my best one yet. Means a lot ❤️🙏
Your playing + Meris pedals = *chef’s kiss*. You always bring such amazing sounds out of their incredible pedals. I’d almost convinced myself I didn’t NEED this one, but then this video… *adds to cart*… 😅
You're making me blush here. Thank you for all the kindness 😊❤
Dude what in the world....I loved your LVX video (thats what made me pull the trigger on the LVX) but the composition at the end of this is outta control. Seriously inspiring! Wow.....wow wow wow....now I'm gonna have to go buy a Mercury X!
I'm deeply humbled and honored to hear you enjoyed this demo and the LVX demo so much. Means a ton to me that you find them inspiring and helpful. Makes all the work worth it 😊
Ordered from Meris as soon as I got the email. When I got the LVX I literally said I’ll buy the big box reverb without question.
Awesome to hear. You're in for a wild space ride
I stayed for the song. Awesome as always!
Happy you enjoyed the composition. Means a lot 🙏
You nailed the Holy Fawn tone so well. Bravo!
Awesome to hear you think so. Love that band!
Absolutely outstanding!!!! I think this is the best reverb I’ve ever heard!!! Honestly I’ve been playing since 1978 too. This pedal sounds truly fantastic!! Great demo and playing too, bravo 👏🏻 sir
At the moment I’ve got Space, H3500, CXM, I’ve always been a huge fan of Eventide. I’ve owned a couple Strymon pedals but am not particularly fond of the user interface that’s all. The so sound fantastic though. I not tried the Ventris but have the Nemesis whiz is also a keeper, one of the best interfaces too, as is the CXM.
Reverbs have come on in leaps and bounds over the last 15 years. I’ll bet this one will live in the hall of fame for some time to come though.
@@user-zv7lm8uk7hyes I’ve had it for over 11 years now the whole pedal is really amazing. The new H90 is another amazing pedal.
I’m not surprised the Mercury X sounds this good or that Stefan would use it effectively. But this was a very efficiently structured demo, and the exact introduction to this I was looking for.
One surprise for me was how easy it was to get straightforward delay out of…it’s as if Meris is compensating for the lack of predelay range on the original M7.
Lofi mod sounds great, like a cleaner cassette mod from the LVX - some overlap but still lovely.
God damn it Stefan I’ve only just upgraded to the Empress Reverb and now you do this to me
I'm "sorry" 😂❤
The pedal is extremely impressive but it's overshadowed by your extraordinary compositional skills and guitar playing. I had to watch the end twice because the first time I zoned out and was just enjoying the music while ignoring the text.
Wow! …. I’m speechless, man. Thank you so much. Put a lot of work into that composition, so it warms my cold Scandinavian heart to hear that you enjoyed it so much ❤️🙏
Chills... Meris, u've done it again...
They most definitely did! Happy you enjoyed the ride ❤
And here I was about to get an Eventide Space... Meris, The Pedal Zone, you’ve done it again 🥂
Thank you! You're gonna have a blast with MercuryX
Nice! Put on a 4K screen saver on my other computer while listening to this!
It's grand slam one after the other for Meris but what to say about you ? Your music is developing so well. You really know how to dive where the pedals expresses themselves through you. The final part was otherworldly. I know Mercury is fantastic but i really wished they would come out with the Enzo expansion... I do pray for it to be the next on the line. hats off Stefan !
Thank you so much, man. Really kind words from you there. Appreciate it ❤ And yes, an Enzo-style pedal in this format would be an absolute dream. Keeping my fingers crossed for that as well 😊
This makes my Reverb Nerd side go crazy! Fellow Reverb nerds UNITE!! 🤓 Great video Stefan!
We need a reverb nerds club. Slogan. Banners. Hats. And somewhere to meet up where we can nerd out on all of our reverb pedals :)
@@thepedalzone count me in!
I knew you had one of these early:) since day 1 u inspire me
Awwww, gosh! Thank you so much ❤️
That lead line sold the pedal instantly, very beautiful track.
Awww, man! THANK YOU ❤️
Had been thinking about the CXM78 for a long time….always thought it was too expensive - now this is a must have. Amazing and beautiful demos. I may be selling my Night Sky…
Thank you very very much! Yeah, you get insane value for the money with MercuryX. It commands a high price, but the features, sound quality and customisability you get are just out of this world and fully justifies the price.
Dude, that jam at the end reminded me so much of Caspian. It was definitely feels city!
Honored to hear it reminded you of the legendary Caspian. One of my all-time favorite bands ❤
Beautiful sounding reverb.
Happy you like it. It's just a mind-meltingly beautiful pedal
I'm on day number.....who knows, actually....of binging your pedal demos. And obviously you're the best demo-er on TH-cam, hands down, no comparison, but.....I think you're my favorite guitarist???
I keep coming back to certain videos, not because I wanna learn more about the pedal, I just wanna hear your jam again! Stefan Fast pedal demos are my favorite genre lol.
Intersteller demo
Just sublime
Thank you very much! 😊✨
Wow wow..mindblowing pedal
Yeah, it's wild. Happy to hear you like it :)
Yikes this video is going to cost me a lot! Great job mate, amazing sounds. Not sure there's anybody better to demo massive ambient pedals.
Awwww, man! Thank you so much. Warms my heart immensely ❤️🙏
That composition at the end was like the love child of Holy Fawn and Møl and i love it!
That child needs to be loved, cherished and guarded at all times. Two of my favorite bands right there. Honored to hear that my tune transported you to their amazing sonic universes.
Loved your playing on this one. In the context of the music, the grainy and compressed voice audio sounds like a transmission from an interstellar space voyager sending a message to his loved ones back home...
Thank you so much! I love to hear about the sci-fi voyage my music transported you to
Dope Demo brotha!!
Thank you!!
Dude. Awesome pedal and you wear my Pillars shirt 😅 I absolutely love this band
Pillars are amazing! Awesome you’re into them as well 😎
Absolutely stunning. Really a pretty decent value considering the CXM algo's are in there and how much that one costs... As many others have stated you are perfect for this type of demo!
Thank you so much! Yeah, this pedal does command a high price tag, but it is fully justified. What you get for your money here is absolutely insane. This is not just a reverb. It's a fully fledged modular multi-effect system.
@@thepedalzone totally agree. Thinking about selling my merc 7 to get one honestly.
I join other commentators in praising your playing skills. I have been a Mercury 7 owner for a long time and am very satisfied with this pedal in every aspect, except for the pitch shifter (upper octave) sound. I notice that in this device, the sound is much less metallic, but still not very pleasing to me, although the equalizer section and the presence of an LFO filter sound promising.
P.S: Speaking of the LFO, I especially liked that sound.
Thank you for this video, Stefan! Thank you for what you do!
Thank you so much for the kind words about my playing. It goes straight to heart ❤ In regards to the pitch-verb/shimmer effects, then you can sculpt them to your heart's content if that's what you want. You have multiple Filter and Dynamic options to soften the frequency content of the pitched effects, and you can place the different modules wherever you want in relation to the reverb. So you can place them before the reverb, after, in the feedback loop, on the dry signal or pre-tank. Endless customisation options in this thing :)
Oh yeah, this thing sounds phenomenal. I been using the tonex X-SPACE for about the past year and it has amazing reverbs that are very customizable, but i think this thing just has a few more tricks up its sleeve. I dunno if its worth switching or not, im sure this is crazy expensive, but they do a great job. I like ambient reverbs a lot, and the X-SPACE is full of them, but this one sounds even better.... at least online.
It's amazing
Glad you like it! 😊
Nothing short of amazing. You make great music you should be touring the world. Would love to see you play if you ever come to Los Angeles. Also definitely gonna pick one of these up.🔊✨✨✨
Awwww, man! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Man. I had to stop watching pedal review videos ….. and enjoy everything that I have, which is a handful and an ambient lovers dream set up for sure …..very happy. …..but honestly I do love your channel. I love your playing and I love everything about the videos you make. Between my cloudburst, and Night Sky I have all the Reverb I’ll ever need. But if I didn’t have those petals, then this would be something I would look at.
Means so much to me to hear you enjoy the way I demo pedals. Thank you! And yeah, you're definitely covered nicely on the ambient front with the pedals you already have. But I hope you get the chance to try a MercuryX at some point at least. Think you would love it. It covers so much sonic ground.
Looks and sounds mega 😍😍😍
Happy to hear you like it. Mega is definitely a very apt description of this magical device
Geez man, that composition section...so good🔥To quote the great Wayne and Garth, "We're not worthy. We're not worthy."
You're too kind. Thank you very very much ❤
Oh. My. Absolute. Goodness. Gracious. Me. What a jam.
Awwwww! Thank you! ❤❤
@@thepedalzone a masterpiece of how to make something that’s sounds superb but also demos what the pedal can do.
Sounds truly great. Really nice to have a stereo trem to use with my vox. Apart from the reverb, the filter is it's other killer feature. Stereo trem is so useful too AC30S1 doesn't have a trem, and no spring either. And it's hard/impossible to really control/sync built-in stereo amp trem. Trem on one side only can sound nice, but it loses some drama/depth. Using with bass, filter with expression pedal is cool too. A system like this controlled by expression and midi can do so much. It's almost a one stop shop, except maybe to add a good clean opto comp and flexible drive/fuzz before it. And those are not the most expensive pedals to have to add. I'll be keeping my UAD Del-verb for it's stereo spring, I prefer it's more realistic spring algo. It's DMM and tape algos are great to have too.
The best pedal for a reverbs👍💪👏
It's definitely up there amongst the very best. Definitely the best for sound designers
This dark beauty almost know what chords will you lpay before even you know them! 😃
It definitely feels like a symbiotic experience to play this magical device
Yes!!It's obvious my wish of EnzoX is imminent 😀
Seems like you and I have the same wish. A synth pedal in this format would be absolutely monstrously epic 👾
@@thepedalzone I know Stefan..it would(will😉) be fantastic and the synth Pedal king 🙂
Says something about the quality of Meris that my first thought upon seeing this was "oh no, how am I gonna save up for this." even before hearing it!
Spot on! They are really bringing some special creations into the world
So now this is THE most powerful reverb, combining the m7 and cxm1978 + 3 algorithms. Copies the same micro tweakability as the LVX. Meris and chase bliss to me personally are the leaders of innovation to push the industry førward. The second the LVX released, I knew I had to see it's cousin. Choosing a reverb pedal has been the most difficult choice for me, and now I can finally be rest assured there's no more competition to worry about. Now combining both meris workstations, with a zoia, gen loss mk2, and a tensor, as a keyboard player, there's almost no other pedals I could possibly ask for. Reverb was the final piece of the puzzle. Maybe chase bliss will have another out of this world release as they usually do, but other than a CB Blooper which my akai mpcx primarily takes the role of, this is a serious next generation breakthrough of power and flexibility. The true question is, will another pedal be released in this format?? What category of FX can they shatter the limits of next. Whatever it is, you know when a third X pedal does release, its going to be another forced purchase if you have the money to buy it.
@@meatmeep3462 it's a reverb not granular, just get a zoia.
@@meatmeep3462 your instrumental skills are trash and so is your creativity because you're too scared to learn to make your own patches because ooooh super complex and scary.
@@meatmeep3462 the only people who die over granular are those who like playing one note at a time
Just wow!!❤
Thank you very much!
Dang it... of course this thing sounds fucking incredible. I already drool over and envy the LVX everytime I see some that has it. Man... maybe one day I'll get to actually touch one of them. Damn.
@@user-zv7lm8uk7h Shit... is that true? Not being an ass or whatever. Honest question
Ordering one today direct!
Thanks for supporting Meris. They are an amazing group of people 🙌
So killer!!
Thanks, buddy! Means a lot ❤
Finally! 🎉
Yes!!!
just when I think "all I really need is a basic reverb..."
Well done.
This one will give you basic as well as otherworldly customisability. Best of both worlds :)
Great!
Cheers! 🙏
Fuckin pretty awesome! Your playing is KILLING! And great pedal of course)))
Oh boy! Thank you so much!
Bravo 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wow on all accounts!
Wow indeed. So much epicness in one single box
DAMN. there went X amount of $. Fantastic. I knew it was coming, didn't think it'd sound this good.
Happy to hear the pedal was a positive surprise to you. It sounds absolutely immense!
beautiful! great job!
Thank you, my friend ❤️🙏
I loved your review so much I h I bought it but the presets don’t match yours, did you program your own plate and hall on banks 42 and 49 in the demo. Please do another tutorial video on how you get those setup?
Great sounds! Do you often use different guitar tunings for your videos?
I would love to hear this paired with a synth!!
Sure you can find several synth demos out there. All Meris pedals sound majestic on synths :)
Incredibly sounding pedal! So nice playing.. 🙌 How does the spillover work? Is there spillover between presets, regardless of the algorithms chosen?
I would very much appreciate a video where you show and talk through creating some sounds with it too.
That's definitely in the pipeline for the future
As an owner and daily user of the M7 and the CXM 1978, I’m feeling conflicted on what I should do. Would you sell either/both of those to primarily use the mercury X? I didn’t get along with my LVX because I just hated the menu diving - ended up selling it. But I’d be open to it a bit more for reverb, as that’s my favorite effect to tinker with.
Great video! May I ask where the drum loops in the intro track come from? Would love to get them, just what I’m looking forward r for a track. Thanks !
Thank you very much! I'm using EZdrummer 3 by Toontrack. Can't remember if the grooves I used were from the post-rock or post-metal expansion packs. But I use those two quite a bit.
I have been waiting for this pedal to exist since the LVX last year..awesome demo. Question- will your presets be available on the unit or on Patchstorage like the LVX?
Thank you so much! 3 of my presets will come pre-loaded in the pedal. But I'll make sure to get the rest onto Patchstorage ASAP :)
Like Britney Spears, you did it again Stefan! You have the skills to show the best each single pedal can offer. But with this ultra sophisticated sonic machine, even me, one of the worst guitar player on earth, can make a song with three notes.
Love you dude! Greetings from Mendoza, Argentina! 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks, man! That means a lot to me. Making music isn't as much about skill as it's about ideas and actually executing those ideas. What I love about pedals like MercuryX is that they put new ideas in my head every time I turn them on, and I'm sure that MercuryX will make your mind explode with creativity as well ❤
@@thepedalzone 🙏🙏🙏
I think this pedal was made just for you.
I definitely feel a connection between MercuryX and me ❤
This is an awesome pedal. It would be perfect for Ethereal Goth/Wave music. Reminds me a bit of a more ambient The Eden House.
Happy you like it! It would definitely excel at dark ethereal goth textures