Meris HEDRA Full Vocal Demo

Watch LA based singer/songwriter Katrina Cain use the Hedra 3-voice pitch shifter pedal with the 440 Mic Pre to add multiple rhythmic harmonies and textures to her vocal productions.
Rhythm Prism. Hedra is a 3-Voice Rhythmic Pitch Shifter. 3 voices, in rhythm combine with your original voice to create harmonies. Each voice can be delayed and fed back in 4 intricate matrices for either predictable or unpredictable results. Selectable pitch correction, micro tuning, chromatic or key driven harmony, keyboard control, glide, smooth or hard stepping and swell top off the feature list. Hook up an expression pedal directly to the back of the pedal for expressive control or automate with MIDI.
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[@dampamusic3693]

As a singer who use hardwares effects in this "guitar and synth's world" , i felt so lonely until now. i would like to thank you SO MUCH for providing such a good VOCALS ONLY demo (and gear, i go buy it right now).

[@stevehauer1037]

Tv on the radio

[@music-collective]

Amazing voice and excellent demo for Hedra.

[@francismcfadden3305]

This is honestly the best pitchshift algo I've ever heard. Even compared to vsts

[@thepedalzone]

Mind officially BLOWN! 😱😍

[@NoCoverCharge]

i agree 100%

[@bensinger6031]

Woah! The vocoder stuff at the end!

[@jimmatheson9125]

Came to find out about HEDRA pedal, found out about Katrina Cain instead!

[@jimmydenny168]

wow thats awesome. also Meris customer support is exceptional

[@MerisUs]

Appreciate the kind testimony.

[@chesterleaf1663]

Very good pedal and veeeeery good singer!

[@howardanderson3061]

Amazing....beautiful singing! This was so incredible, I'm stunned at the possibilities. HEDRA is on my to get list...wow I love my Enzo. I believe Meris to be THE Cutting edge in sound processing especially in the form of hardware

[@shanemckillop]

one of the best demo videos ever made yall! thank you. Was getting this pedal to use with bass to expand the octave and chordal territories, but hearing this so perfectly put to the test with vocals, I'm gonna have to use this pedal with a mixer so I can run in all kinds of inputs to it! Makes using the pedal and the secondary knobs and functions easy to wrap my head around. Thank you for making a diamond in youtube demo hellscapes.

[@pbellko]

Brilliant demo. Made much more sense than others I’ve seen.

[@theoceanyou9408]

I haven't heard of this midi control capability. Just awesome. Great voice by the way!

[@YehudaKaminsky]

Thank you so much for the video demonstation of the device! You are great performer 🎶🎧🎸🎤😍

[@reheller]

What! You just gave me one more irresistible reason to get the HEDRA! What an amazing box full of magic ...

[@No.0.o.0]

The thing that separates Meris's pitch shifting ( and the Walrus Audio Luminary) Is that it somehow preserves the super high frequencies of pick attack and the breath of vocals.

[@No.0.o.0]

Also the pitch tracking is unreal.

[@NoCoverCharge]

this seems way more relevant for vocals then us lowly guitar players

[@sirTimithiusReviewsProducts]

No Cover Charge Bro, I was literally thinking the same thing!!!😂😂😂😂

[@johnmhuizar]

ThePedalZone's incredible guitar demo might change your mind, Stefan goes waaaay deep with it and makes lots of beautiful music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6jZqoZ-Zb6dj6s

[@conormaloney126]

Sounds gorgeous on synths too - really amazing. I get what you mean, I'm sure there are a bunch of applications for the guitar too. Good demos always seem like they're showing the "right" way to use a piece of gear.

[@Superlover]

sounds absolutely incredible. WANT!

[@DommoDommo]

That dotted eight trick she did with the "do do do do" sounded pretty incredible. 6:06

[@gkiss2030]

I got The Cranberries vibes out of that...awesome.

[@TheEase1]

Can katrina please finnish these songs? Especially the first one ist just incredible. Also i bought the enzo, guess i have to buy this one now.

[@MerisUs]

Thanks for picking up an Enzo!

[@Muovinen]

Finnish is pretty hard. Well, finishing is too.

[@andrew_franz_noise5903]

I'm not a vocalist but this video gave me a huge push to buy Hedra! Months later, I still come back to watch because these sounds are just awesome. Have you released any of these tracks??

[@jeyfey23]

I want this pedal sooooooooo bad 😭😭🙌🏿

[@erwinm187]

what a demo! what a performance!

[@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf]

This was incredibly inspiring

[@Loosie_fur]

I need. NEED THIS!

[@andrewdaigneau7322]

Legend is that the Meris Hedra is actually Jacob Collier trapped inside a box...

[@user-th6rh8zp3t]

got the whole squad laughing

[@mrpagliero]

yup ,this is spectacular

[@LeeDaHitman]

Great Demo I want this

[@-vb-1592]

Masterful!

[@TechnoShamanism]

brilliant pedal, brilliant voice! Chapeau!

[@henzo6455]

so bloody good when that beat kicked in oh my dayssss!!!

[@csmaksai]

Wow! Well done! Congrats! 👍

[@eternity9099]

This is really sick.

[@paulborovay]

Unreal demo and voice. What a talent

[@ingreynelg]

I was just looking for a good review about Hedra (my new toy on it's way) used with strings then your video appeared in autocue, I am so glad it did. You did an excellent work Katrina!

[@westonmohr374]

HELL YES

[@robst247]

Wonderful & inspiring work!

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

So is there a complete song of this? That first harmony sounded awesome

[@fjurden]

Very intrigued by the sounds @7:40. how does that actually work? Is it that the korg is sending only midi notes to the hedra about which pitches (no audio from korg)? i think you're only playing 3 note chords, so each keypress is a CC# that triggers hedra?

[@christopherpederson1021]

Meris are the best

[@rdean150]

This video sold me on the Hedra. Its pretty incredible. My one complaint - how many of the core, critical functions are hidden in unlabeled alt controls. If I have to reach for the manual every time I want to use a piece of gear, that gear has a habit of collecting dust.

[@MerisUs]

Hedra's ALT controls are very easy to remember once you dive in. They're assigned to be related to their top layer control. For example, the ALT control for each pitch knob is that corresponding pitch's time division for the delay. The ALT for the Key knob sets the scale type. The Mix knobs ALT control sets delay feedback. Once you dial in a few settings and spend a little time exploring, remembering the ALT controls is easy.

[@mattwalsh9413]

amazing

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

That sounds awesome!

[@whatsupchicken]

I am in Love!

[@Hello-gx5cs]

You blow my mind!

[@instantjake]

The Messina for everyone else!

[@tortillaman2491]

If you turn the mix knob up all the way, does that turn off the original, dry signal? That way, for recording, you can put the new harmony on it's own track.

[@MerisUs]

Yes, turning Mix completely clockwise will take out the original dry signal and you'll only have the wet/effected signal. You can also set our pedals to Kill-Dry, which is helpful for using them in sends or busses and for creating an independent track.

[@janhenckell4178]

Do not try and bend the theremin, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no theremin

[@1_of_4]

Damn that’s rad !!

[@JohnLRice]

Nice! 👍

[@batmosh1522]

question for Katrina and Meris- it seems like in the first example at around 1:20- she is getting more than a 520ms delay. How? I cannot get my hedra to do this.

[@detrechter5416]

Wicked demo! What kind of device do you need to control the Hedra with a midi keyboard?

[@oO5Dynasty]

Just a quick question, will a new version of the Hedra be coming out?

[@farvezafridifaizurrahman6980]

Is it just me or do I want to see Justin Vernon of Bon Iver to use this, so so so badly? I really want to see what he can do with this pedal.

[@hjr2450]

Demos without guitars or blues are always the best.

[@conormaloney126]

Do you guys (Meris) happen to know if the way Katrina is using the Hedra is predicated on forming a chord around the note she's singing? Like, if she slightly altered the note she's inputting to the dry signal, would that throw the harmony off? I've just ordered a Hedra by the way haha, really looking forward to it!

[@MarkyGoldstein]

Nice

[@zaxai]

This was craaaaazy! WTF!

[@alexisduffo3922]

4:13 rck! can i made a track with ?! :)

[@DroneCorpse]

Oh my fucking God

[@Cantrip1957]

Is there enough signal with just eg a dynamic mic running into it. Without a pre amp or mic boost? Sounds beautiful!

[@MerisUs]

The signal from a mic is very low. We used our 440 mic pre in this demo. www.meris.us/product/440-mic-preamp/

[@simaojoseph]

Do you do workshops?

[@011001er]

Seems a little fiddly for live use in low light with the double functionality. Perhaps it'd be too big to have a switch and knob for every function, would be nice tho, to see exactly what it is doing on the interface tho. Would be great for strings.

[@mattderose7506]

can anybody advise as to whether the xlr to 1/4" cable without a preamp that she suggests will work with a condenser mic? what about phantom power? the hedra won't provide that, right? would you have to use a dynamic mic?

[@Huginn1000]

same question!

[@dudeseriously79]

Not really happy lyrics at all but that pedal is something else.

[@gkiss2030]

Would you recommend it for a bass/baritone male singer as well? I am on a hobbyist level, when it comes to singing, but would love to have one of these tools.

[@MerisUs]

Absolutely, Hedra will work perfectly with any vocal type and range. Hedra doesn't change or adjust formants so it will work the same with every voice.

[@gkiss2030]

@@MerisUs Thank you! I got the recommendation for Hedra from a local artist I am a fan of! He surely knows, how to pick the best tech for the job!

[@francismcfadden3305]

@@MerisUs It doesn't change formants? That's crazy impressive. How does it keep pitchshifted version's timbre intacted so well?

[@jeffhogsten1373]

The people who give thumbs down need to be arrested. Lol

[@ppilasiewiczz]

💙🎶🔥🎹

[@ryanwalker7150]

What is the name of that last song???

[@MerisUs]

These were all original songs/examples written only for this demo

[@DerekTorsani]

I don't understand what is plugged into what? Your mic (assuming XLR) is going where, via what connection? Then what happens?

[@MerisUs]

Hey Derek, The mic is plugged into our 440 Mic Preamp. Hedra is plugged into the 440's send and return. The 440's output goes to the interface.

[@DerekTorsani]

@@MerisUs but the preamp only has 1/4in so do you have a converter from the mic XLR to 1/4in?

[@alexeyt2084]

what if I don't have meris pre amp? how can i workaround 48v phantom power? that is the only thing that stops me buying hedra. plz help.

[@jetstar7]

You could consider a JHS Colourbox 2?

[@benjamincoggins6568]

Just use a dynamic mic. Next!

[@robst247]

Entrancing

[@dedidude220]

damnnnnnnnn

[@liamhebden8857]

1:51: shut up and take my money

[@javiceres]

Please MERIS, I've got one question. Can you get 1040 mSecs of total delay time? i ask since the manual states that Tap's Alt Function "enables the delay to run at half speed" BUT also that "Total available time for the two Series delay modes = 520 msec. For the Two Dual delay modes = 260 msec" Thanks a lot for your work and your time.

[@mattderose7506]

can someone comment on whether there's an issue with phantom power using a condenser mic without a preamp? the hedra doesn't provide it, right? would you have to use a dynamic mic?

[@soundbidness5959]

You would definitely need to go through a separate preamp or interface that has 48v phantom power first, then connect a cable from the preamp or interface output to the Hedra. Mono out on a preamp or left and right monitor out on interface. I saw some specific Y cables for this on Meris website that should allow left and right output on interface to go through Hedras stereo input.

[@Huginn1000]

@@soundbidness5959 Thank you!

[@ndavies8]

Oh boy, my wallettt

[@mozadak]

Get out of here... this can’t be...

[@synergy9268]

marry me

[@vicesquadpunk]

Fantastic demo, although I can’t believe it…. There’s actually autotune on her speaking voice!!! What’s that about???

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Great pedal... average blah voice...

[@Роман-э3р]

Such a quiet voice sounds awful. Is it ASRM or what.

[@MerisUs]

A little harsh. Good luck with that vibe.

[@goeatsomelunch]

@@Роман-э3р Hey bro, what are you actually even talking about tho