Did You Know Meris Hedra Could Do This? (IN STEREO - Use Headphones)

[@ejjes]

That might be the dreamiest sound I've heard on KZbin.

[@thepedalzone]

That's awesome to hear!

[@crisepuyao7722]

I owned a Meris Hedra because of your first video about this some years ago, and man, I realized this unit is more than a crazy delay, in fact, is a powerful multi effects unit. If you own the Meris pedal switcher or another midi controller you can have infinite options for a live situation

[@thepedalzone]

Honored to hear that my original demo inspired you to pick it up. And yes, Meris pedals are just so insanely deep. You get way more than you initially think

[@elimilliman8722]

Meris always has another trick up there sleeve. Great tones, my friend.

[@thepedalzone]

They are definitely the magicians of the pedal world. Endless magic tricks in every pedal they make

[@wyoung93]

I’ve almost stopped coming to this channel for the pedals, I just watch for your playing. It blows me away every time. The chords are always so beautiful

[@thepedalzone]

You're too kind. Thank you 🥰🥰😘😘

[@worthmoremusic]

What a cool pedal..... Meris makes some great stuff ! As always thanks for the review. 😉

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

I am lucky enough to have a Hedra. I need to dig it out and crank it up. Thanks for the video.

[@thepedalzone]

Happy the video gave you some new Hedra inspiration. Happy exploring :)

[@mrblablablabla]

I love messing with pedals and use them in unintended ways. Somehow I never thought to try this. Sounds amazing. Cheers!

[@thepedalzone]

Awesome to hear that I was able to give an unexpected take on Hedra with this vid. It really just is an amazing multi-fx unit

[@macvumusic]

Did not expect a Hedra video! It was a great reminder of how lush the stereo sounds on this thing. In my current setup, the Hedra outputs mono, but I'm constantly trying to figure out ways to route it in stereo on my board. I think the problem is how early it tends to sit in most effects chains, so unless your whole chain is stereo or you've got a switcher that can move it around, these stereo options tend to get forgotten. You've motivated me to take another look at my signal chain though. 😅

[@thepedalzone]

Awesome to hear that the video gave you some new ideas and motivation. Meris gear just sounds unreal in stereo :)

[@Hard.Clipping]

It sounds almost impossible. Love it.

[@thepedalzone]

Cool to hear you enjoyed it so much :)

[@davedraws76]

My favorite guitar pedal

[@thepedalzone]

It's just the coolest. Happy to hear you like it so much!

[@regaudieguillaume]

What a stereo surprise!!

[@thepedalzone]

It contains a lot of them. Happy you enjoyed it :)

[@legatomodi3522]

There's a thin line between modulation and delay, and most modulation is dependent on a certain delay whether you can control it or not. A guy I used to watch said named Nick who has scrubbed himself from the net since, he'd say pedals were all doing the same thing electronically just in a different way, and if you get a pedal like the Hydra or the strymon deco (his example was the Thermae and the blooper I think) you can see how other effectively get all the effects possible if you know how to use it

[@scottsweatshirt9753]

His channel was Just Nick Music! Always wonder what happened to the guy. He delivered the goods in a no frills, no nonsense fashion.

[@legatomodi3522]

@@scottsweatshirt9753 correct. It was just nick. He also did a great video about how guitar tone, or someone thinking they have a certain tone, it really don't exist cause so many different variables there's no way to have a consistent tone even playing the same guitar into the same amp over time. I thought it was brilliant but he immediately walked it back after what I assume was some sort of backlash or at least, a great number of people disagreed hard and he changed his perspective on it. His demos were very very insightful and always displayed what made each pedal it's own thing and he'd just by playing the same riff over and over and doing the controls you did really get a feel for how every pedal behaved in action. It wasn't the funnest vids to watch but they were the bar none most informative vids on pedals. He didn't sell you pedals, he simply showed everything they could do

[@punsandriffs]

i got this bc of you then sold it because i couldnt vibe with it but then you upload this and now I want it again.

[@thepedalzone]

Honored to hear that my original demo made you take the plunge on Hedra. I totally understand that Hedra's user experience can be complicated. Far from the easiest pedal in the world. I always approach these machines similar to that of learning a new instrument. It takes time and dedicated practice (although not as much as with learning an actual instrument), and the more you do it, the more your memory and experience turn into muscle memory and you don't have to think about what you're doing anymore, you just do it. But it's also totally okay if you/people in general don't gel with that and just want a more straightforward product that's easier to decode. In my opinion, Meris products are definitely worth the time invested because they just hold so many surreal sounds that are hard to get elsewhere :)

[@napotronix]

How is it that almost every time I watch a Pedal Zone video, my pedal board gets fuller and my bank account emptier? Great demo!

[@thepedalzone]

Hahaha! It must be some kind of magic 🤣 And thank you!

[@marcusstrymon693]

Dont get it mate. The hedra always sounds super great in his videos but its beyond frustrating to set up and use... its also glitchy on the second layer function and to change a pitch you need to move 5 cm close with your eye to actually see what you are switchg to because written so small. I use it for harmonizing only and for octave whammys since everything else was such a pain to set up and I would find myself beyond frustrated. Which knob fiddling normally I like but not like this, not with the second layers gltmitching aro This pedal is an absolute piece of trash, its unusable. Allthough sound quality wise its the best pitch machine... needs anlzher user interface and even if you adda midi switch for freakin 150 bucls u only have 4 ports but then u cant use expression oedal anymore.

[@napotronix]

@@marcusstrymon693 Too late, I actually got it, but I like it so far :) I do have to dive further into it though, I bought the Hedra, MercuryX, LVX and Chroma Console in the timespan of two weeks or so. I have issues.

[@unclemarsguitar]

I thought the Alt>Tap function was "Half Speed" for the delay time?! That's what the manual says... How'd you get it to do the "shortest possible delay time"? Either way, yeah Hedra is a crazy awesome pedal. Try ripping a solo with octave-up glissando ("pitch glide"), 100% wet -- I had a few people asking me "what the hell was that?!?" after a gig last night lol. It's Hedra baby!

[@thepedalzone]

Yeah, it halves/doubles the delay range (depending on what you have it set to). So make sure it's set to the shortest delay range, because that drastically increases the fidelity of the delay lines, and makes it easier to nail a short delay tempo via the tap tempo switch that suits the range for chorus.

[@Haze763]

Wow!!!! Brilliant man!

[@thepedalzone]

Thank you!!

[@matteozavattin8414]

AMAZING!!!

[@thepedalzone]

Thank you!

[@matteozavattin8414]

@@thepedalzoneI already have the Hedra in my pedals but I didn't know about this trick! Wow! Thanks

[@N0iseM4k3r]

🤯🤯 really cool!!

[@thepedalzone]

Thank you!

[@therewasascene]

Thanks for sharing! I don’t have the pedal but I like the concept - “check out this thing I discovered” :) Sounds great The harmonics 👌🏼

[@thepedalzone]

Cheers! Cool to hear you like the video concept. I have a couple of these types of videos on my channel already. There's one on the OBNE Dark Star, Red Panda Bitmap and KMA Cirrus as well :)

[@therewasascene]

@@thepedalzone oh yeah! Loved that Cirrus one I remember that now

[@markymark-2]

Amazing! Enzo next??

[@thepedalzone]

Thank you! And that's not a bad idea. Enzo is most definitely a multi-effect in synth disguise

[@_greenkelly]

0:41 reminds me of Tryer You by ASIWYFA, nice one

[@marcusstrymon693]

Had it for a year now, its an absoulte pain for workflow... not even the fact that its incredibly gard to dial in but with the second layer and especially the hold function being pretty glitched sometimes. And then with an expression pedal, god its beyond frustrating. It just wasnt necessary to clamp this crazy pedal into a small formfatctor....

[@joebowbeer]

Thanks. Can the Meris LVX cover the presets in this demo?

[@thepedalzone]

LVX can do a lot of the stuff that Hedra can do. The main difference is that Hedra gives you access to 3 harmonized intervals + your dry sound whereas LVX "only" gives you access to 2 harmonized intervals + your dry sound. Then there's of course some unique Hedra things like the pitch correction/glide and the ability to send MIDI notes to Hedra so you can play it like an instrument. So it all depends on how pitch crazy you are :) If you just need a bit of pitch-shifting and pitch-delay now and then, then LVX will do the job really well. If you want a pitch-shifting/harmonizing monster machine, then Hedra is the way.

[@phantominterrogative]

But can it flange?

[@thepedalzone]

Yeah, it can create flanger-like sounds if you introduce som feedback. You do that by holding down ALT while dialling MIX clockwise

[@digiwaves]

I guess my 73 year old brain couldn’t wrap around the Hedra. I had one for several months and futzed with it for hours and could never get any decent sounds from it. I sold it and now hearing your examples makes me want to try it again. But I won’t buy another. Been playing for 61 years and I’m old school. I don’t want to need an engineering degree to figure out a pedal. 😎🎸

[@johnduval482]

I've had mine for a year & still can't figure out how to get all these sounds as shown here or in the Meris vids. Guess I'm just to old an d feeble minded LOL..but I'm still trying

[@DocTaTech]

Yeah, they made a really horrible interface. It quickly kills the creative process. Nothing is intuitive. No way to know what delay times you land on ect. This is an example of a pedal in need of a display or something to provide feedback of what you are doing. But I guess they realized that people are pretty lost, since you at least can buy a printed description to put on top of the pedal (for secondary functions). I've used the pedal for a long time and still have a hard time dialing in what I'm looking for. Slowly getting better, but it will probably never really become intuitive. A major design flaw if you ask me.

[@imranmuneer1924]

@@DocTaTech you're so right, every few months i keep coming back to it and keep googling how to use it effetively, its incredibly frustrating.

[@s.r.b.4582]

it's a bummer this pedal doesn't have onboard presets (just like eventide pedals). Sold it for this reason

[@JasonBrockStick]

I just got into mid controller's with my board... the MorningStar MC6 and their midibox together- now I have 16 presets for the Hedra and Polymoon and all other Meris pedal! It's giving me even more preset slots on my Mood and Mood MKll as well!

[@s.r.b.4582]

@@JasonBrockStick it's so boring to do it this way

[@JasonBrockStick]

@@s.r.b.4582 You sold due to no presets? It wasn't boring for me! Mind bending learning curve 🥲

[@s.r.b.4582]

@@JasonBrockStick good for you, programming instead of playing isn't my cup of tea :) i got a direct approach of using gear, and live too

[@Timbrrrdoodle]

On the contrary I get really frustrated with this pedal. The hidden functions and button and knob combos make it confusing. It’s hard for me to dial in a sound I like and know what’s going on. Maybe it’s just me 🤷‍♂️

[@thepedalzone]

The user interface definitely isn't for everyone, so it's totally understandable that you don't gel with it. The learning curve is steep, but to me personally, it's not much different than learning a new instrument (although not as time consuming as learning a new instrument). It requires a bit of practice everyday, and all of a sudden things click and turn into muscle memory, and you don't think about what you're doing anymore. You just do :)