Meris MercuryX: Make Anything Sound Cinematic and Beautiful

[@MerisUs]

WOW. This is the most well composed, organized and comprehensive demo we've seen. Really well done. Thank you Miles!

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you so much! You have truly created such a special reverb here. It genuinely inspires me so much, and it was wonderful composing music with it.

[@kalaniandthekompany]

⁠@@devinbelangermusicagreed. So nice. Used it on my little cover of Benson Boone’s song and it’s subtly beautiful 😊

[@stuartdennis8506]

The sounds at 6:10 are so beautiful

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@andreievkalupniek5717]

Thanks, such an organized demo with great sounds and good taste! Just a joy to hear. I am between the CXM1978 and the Mercury X - you are making me lean towards the Mercury X.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thanks so much for listening! More demos soon :) you can't go wrong with either of those pedals, but if you have any interest in designing your own reverbs, MercuryX is night and day with how powerful it is

[@ktreier]

Best demo of this pedal I have seen.

[@thestever]

the jumpshot bank you hit in the 13th or 14th rack was awesome. i love this format! i feel like i learn so much hearing a pro's thought process.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@The_Sonic_Oasis]

I know this is about the reverb pedal, But damn!!!! Your synth collection is something else 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@The_Sonic_Oasis]

You know life is great when you're using an analog synth as midi controller to play a Piano sound.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thanks so much! I've put a lot of thought and time into this set up to make it as inspiring as possible - bought and sold a lot of synths to find the perfect combo. Stay tuned, I'm working on a studio tour video!

[@Livguava]

Incredible demo! That song was beautiful.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thanks so much!!

[@tomroche923]

Always making beautiful music my dude

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you man!

[@AdamPearceMedia]

For reall

[@softbytesunlimited]

Listeners says, it's just another music, but the work and effort of the music producer to create music is mind blowing. Nice content for today's video my friend 👍 ❤ Btw, I just want to ask if you can use that pedal to a guitar?

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you so much! And yes, the pedal works great with guitar as well :)

[@softbytesunlimited]

@@devinbelangermusic Wow! That's awesome, thanks for replying 🙏

[@Jason_Drums_]

Hi Miles 👋 Hi Ruffles 👋 well you did say grab the tissues for this one 😮 What an Intro ❤ and as Meris say the best Demo of this Incredible Effects pedal 💯👌 🥁this was beautiful 🙏🏼 😍 🙌

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you so much man! And yes team Ruffles for every demo 😊

[@alienlovearts]

Amazing demo. Can firmware be updated?

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you! Yep, Meris pedals do updates over USB port.

[@unlimitedcosmicspeed]

Excellent production and content! Subbed. 👏🏼🫡

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thanks for the sub! And welcome :)

[@AdamPearceMedia]

Love this, and Ruffles :)

[@devinbelangermusic]

Ruffles gang!!!

[@jmaccess]

Nicely done. I was surprised you were not using the interface with the circles (the graphic view). You do not like it?

[@devinbelangermusic]

That view is great! I prefer filming videos with the text view just cause I feel like it shows up easier to read for viewers on the camera I have, but I use the bubble UI often too!

[@Tim.Traveler]

Can we download any of your presets? I love the Pitch preset you made

[@devinbelangermusic]

when they make the editor available I might do a preset pack if there's enough demand!

[@Tim.Traveler]

@@devinbelangermusic if it’s easy enough can you tell me the settings for that pitch verb?

[@aftonVsTheDragon]

@milesawayofficial Great vid! Does this sum the stereo in? If I were to use a Walrus Meraki before it, would I lose the stereo field I built?

[@devinbelangermusic]

Great question, I am not 100% sure but I believe some algos do, some algos don't. If you find out exactly this answer, mind replying here so others can see?

[@deckling823]

how does it compares with the eric nightverb?

[@Iamirxclej]

Much love ❤

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@M0N0KIRA]

How do you feel this compares to the new BigSky MX?

[@devinbelangermusic]

Big Sky MX review coming soon! Mine arrives tuesday!

[@lecanardaimeLAKland]

Beautiful 👏🏻👏🏻

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you for watching!

[@JohnTrueKeys]

Beautiful work! Question for you - I'm considering picking one of these and possibly the LVX too. How much EQ/Compression/Mixing/Other plugins are you using to get to the final mix of these demos? They sound amazing, super polished, I just want to know how much you're cleaning up mud and build up to show the potential or if the polished sound is really coming from the pedal and source sounds.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you John! I way more time on sound selection than on mixing after the fact (i.e. making sure my OB-6 patch is perfectly dialled, making sure the EQ on my Rhodes is right), but I don't really EQ the pedals that much. HOWEVER, I run them as sends out of Logic, so they are getting sent the nicely mixed content to begin with. All I really do to the Meris Send Channels is 1073-highpass filter em and sidechain a bit. You will likely have to mix much more if you are just recording unmixed instruments into them. The one mixing plugin I do put on every channel though is Soothe2, I did a video on it, its a cheat code. Hope that helps! And stick around the channel for more demos and creative videos this year.

[@JohnTrueKeys]

@@devinbelangermusic Sweet thanks! That makes sense. I'm not a big fan of soothe personally but we all solve those frequencies in our own ways haha. Your stuff sounds great so clearly you're using it well lol. Makes sense that the tones are processed before the verb to keep it all clean, that's my ITB workflow. I'm looking to get some pedals again for live performances and more hands on in studio inspiration outside the DAW and the new Meris ones might be beating out just buying a stack of Strymons again lol.

[@Xaelrik]

Hey! First, thanks for your videos! I plan to buy the LVX, Mercury X and an enhanced Enzo if it come out later. I'm also very interested with the Boss Slicer SL-2. Do you think it's worth it and an interesting add-on for the meris to get synth/electro/futuristic sounds or lvx, X and Enzo are enough? Thanks in advance :)

[@devinbelangermusic]

Hey late reply! I personally am not that interested in the Boss Slicer (your milage may vary) because I produce hybrid in the daw/with pedals. There are a ton of really cheap plugins that do what the Slicer does and since its such a clock/midi dependent effect, there's not really an advantage imho of having that effect in pedal form. If you are in logic, the stock Step FX plugin can do the same thing. For non-clocked or granular stuff, the LVX granular engine outclasses the Boss Slicer too!

[@Xaelrik]

@@devinbelangermusic Great, thanks :)

[@DymovMac]

Does it sum the input signal to mono or process it as true stereo?

[@devinbelangermusic]

I’m actually not sure sorry!

[@malikdavis6091]

Yo bro I love your page and everything you do sonically and as a musician. I have the hydrasynth and even though I love the onboard effects, I'm looking for some pedals to compliment my synthesizer. I'm looking for a delay delay reverb course in distortion pedal do you have any suggestions

[@devinbelangermusic]

Thank you so much! Late reply, I missed this but I highly recommend either this, Walrus Sloer, Strymon Night Sky, or Empress Reverb for verb. For delay its so hard to recommend as there are so many types, but my 3 faves are Chase Bliss Thermae (mono), Walrus Meraki, and Meris LVX.

[@loweroctaves]

Awesome 🔊✨✨✨ thank you for this review! I just ordered hologram croma console but really thinking I should have got this instead. If you only had one choice of the meris mercury x or the meris lvx which one would you choose? Thanks!

[@devinbelangermusic]

That one looks cool too! I may try to review it in the future. But for me personally, the Meris workflow and algorithm quality is just perfect for me. LVX vs Mercury is a video I might be doing in the future, as I've gotten questions, so stay tuned - but I would personally say it just comes down to whether you find yourself preferring delay or reverb as a starting point more.

[@loweroctaves]

Thanks for the info! I love the Lvx and options it has but want to play with the x first before deciding. I’ll definitely check back to see that vid. Thanks for the great reviews✨

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@loweroctaves my pleasure! Going to aim to post the comparison early-mid December so if you can wait til then, make sure to check it out before deciding :)

[@ArT.of.Self-Destruct]

I cannot choose between an H90 or a combo Meris Mercury X/LVX 😖 if anybody can help..

[@devinbelangermusic]

I haven't used the H90 unfortunately but it does look great too. For me personally, something like the H90 is a bit easier to replace with plugins though, I love the creativity of the X pedals. Also, Meris' algorithms are so good. Can't go wrong with either! New Big Sky MX looks great too, I've got one coming for a video pretty soon.

[@ArT.of.Self-Destruct]

​@@devinbelangermusic Thanks a lot for the answer, appreciating a lot 🙏 Maybe the 3 units would be awesome combos but meh... lot of $$$ for the 3. I'm doing darkwave/dark synthwave, weirdy dark ambiant and bit of indus (congrats for your motorsynth video btw 😉). I have beautiful delay on my matriarch but need a gear for every others synths. Maybe I'll start with the h90 for all-in-one + portability. All the best and thanks for all your great works here 🤘

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

Why does every single gear demo have plants in it?

[@devinbelangermusic]

Why not? Haha

[@tuanmatheus3167]

Hi❤

[@devinbelangermusic]

Welcome!

[@joegrant413]

Need more cat appearances!

[@devinbelangermusic]

He's been back recently !!

[@bjornekholmeriksson5080]

First watched in 1.32 speed and was like "WTF is this??.. worst crap ive heard..." (facepalm)

[@meatmeep3462]

That’s some terrible music.

[@HiLoMusic]

Terrible comment from a terribly vapid moron.

[@chambre466]

should I guess your birth year? easy, 88

[@chambre466]

me, I ll use the slot 77

[@devinbelangermusic]

you are quite a bit off! I'm not that old, I'm a 90s kid!

[@chambre466]

Aye. Sorry man, just commenting :)@@devinbelangermusic