Walrus Audio SLÖ Multi-Texture Reverb | Reverb Tone Report

[@dunebillydave222]

I never cease to be amazed at how you find such perfect musical vehicles for demonstrating a given pedal's attributes. Somehow in a very small window of time, you learn, understand, and seemingly master a pedals major functions and then put together these cogent and eloquent demos. I really don't know how you do it, Andy. No one else's videos get to the core of a pedal the way you seem to.

[@Ben777-x]

Well said

[@JF-em6hr]

I'm glad Andy shows love for Reverend guitars. They are underrated.

[@brandoncostner7437]

And yet overpriced

[@T-Hawkeyes]

Andy usually sounds like Andy. Today he sounds like Bill @ Chords of Orion.

[@edadpops1709]

Yea love that guy

[@rickc2102]

No volume pedal for swells, though, but of course this pedal will do that for you automatically.

[@JonathanKillstring]

Sir Davos of Ambient is a good dude to sound like!

[@5882300rickroll]

@@JonathanKillstring Lol. Have a bowl of brown for me!

[@mrfrontranger7911]

Bills ok for sure

[@saintsithx]

dear Andy, i appreciate a lot this demos, but im bankrupt, so please, stop being the best seller in the entire world, greetings from Chile.

[@e.paradigm7415]

I heard that! Lol

[@ryanwhitley5427]

Me: Finally, my board is complete! I'll never buy another pedal! Walrus Audio: Hold my beer....

[@thaddeusfields4360]

Ryan Whitley I have a Matthews astronomer 2 so I’m good, but this is a cool pedal for sure.

[@jakehahn2457]

Ryan Whitley same

[@paulieBMX]

So true it hurts.

[@aaronsmithey4044]

Yup.

[@veerchasm1]

No more beer holding

[@TheRWE12]

Love my Slo. And Andy is one of the most tasteful helpful demonstrators on KZbin. Bravo.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Regardless of how awesome this pedal may sound, Andy could make virtually anything sound good - even a rubberband on a matchbox! ;)

[@air9music]

Dark Side of Synth that would be incredible to listen to 😂

[@mrfrontranger7911]

that's why we keep pressing

[@Dam-oH]

I’d buy that matchbox

[@matttorres8921]

Pretty sure Andy invented the rubberband on a matchbox.

[@air9music]

I think I'll need a separate pedalboard exclusively for Walrus Audio effects.

[@coopergiesen2643]

that’s what I’m thinking! I’m looking at 3 of their other pedals aswell

[@jarrod9052]

I wish they’d make stereo out for this pedal . I don’t need stereo for my guitar but it’s a must for synths

[@dennisristow2102]

Totally agree. I know there are stereo delay, chorus and reverb pedals, but it would be nice to have a dedicated pedal that did nothing but stereo-ize the image without adding too much color. Then you could at least add that pedal to the end of a chain. Sort of a stereo width adjusting pedal for DI recording (or synth recording.) Sometimes I don't want a modulated chorus or delay effect or more reverb coloring the recording tone. I just want a stereo spread like some of the plugins I have that modulate the eq and phase enough to widen the mono signal without throwing off the comb filter phase too much. Waves makes a good plugin in VST. Is there a pedal out there that does this?

[@MissYaBigMan]

@@dennisristow2102 The TC Mimiq seems to be what you're looking for.

[@dennisristow2102]

@@MissYaBigMan My first impressions is, yes this is along the lines of the VST plugin. I'll have to explore it further to see what kind of frequency phasing this has, thanks.

[@paulfox1020]

yeah, the “mimiq” has proven indispensable to create “stereo like” imagery

[@ikesours6558]

Stack it with a stereo verb for MORE!!!

[@dangallagher0072]

This pedal is its own instrument!

[@karltadena5236]

that headstock is sick

[@Matthew-ez4ze]

Wow! And I thought, how could another reverb pedal be interesting? Sounds great!

[@elistewart8665]

I can't wait to get this and pair it with my electro harmonix canyon delay 😍

[@raleighdentcompany]

Over here waiting for Andy to come out with a signature pick in the shape of a fingernail.....

[@1Capnjazz]

That sustain is nice.

[@mattg9169]

Sounds like Cocteau Twins and others from the 4ad label. Drone reverb. Very cool

[@grumpyoats]

I got mine yesterday! I love this thing

[@thepiperofsimms9974]

Always an excellent display Andy. That Reverend is sweet. Hope UR good Andy...THX YumaAZ

[@mprater86]

The Suboctave Reverb with the fuzz pedal sounds so sick :D Like Blade Runner type tone/vibes.

[@DelScully]

totally imagine this with a sustainer pickup or ebow

[@neilpatrickhairless]

@@DelScully Everything in my body wants to hear this thing in a power metal lead context with a sustainer and a Boss CH-1

[@sennstrato7281]

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[@darkblades1201]

That start? FUCKING. SUPERB. Like holy shit. Literal chills. Kinda wanna hear the terminator theme with that

[@lockeempty4333]

if this pedal had presets it would be so awesome... cant imagine going thru the secondary functions of the knobs in a live setting :/

[@MrGilMoNayO]

It's called a stompbox.

[@bluepedalsrock9271]

Wish granted! They made the Slövta pedal.

[@Jaundice__]

Man you really made that thing sound nice.

[@joshuastaats1508]

I miss potent pairings :/

[@weloveug]

Me too! But, we sort of get one at 0:26 with the Pelt fuzz

[@coopergiesen2643]

This dudes sick af

[@XhopebringerX777]

I see Andy and I click...

[@dntinpalevo]

The only downside I found is at 06:06 When he pressed the sustain, the pedal sustained the chord BUT from that point on, the guitar had no sustain. Any other notes which were played AFTER the press of the sustain button, lacked sustain, and were plain.

[@bleakstreak4978]

True. However that's only a problem for the endless sustain tap function. Not key for me. But yeah That' was kinda lame

[@UncleBillyBob732]

You should also have a delay running if you're a true gazer.

[@Wheel333]

Love the sustain, Lushgasmic. 🙏❤️🙏

[@sennstrato7281]

I have it. Great pedal. Very nice sounds.

[@anthonyfesta1224]

I just bought one Yesterday.

[@sassycat]

Yeah, I need to get this.

[@heythere160]

Any suggestions of a more affordable alternative, but similar to this pedal? Thank you!

[@rickc2102]

Well, lookie who's back!

[@headfonic7750]

You have great knowlwdge here.

[@SteffeLindmanMedia]

SLÖ means, dull or slow in Swedish :-)

[@winstonsmith8236]

"dull" is definitely what I'm hearing....I still love you Andy... been a while since Walrus had anything captivating or unique..just my take

[@walrusaudioeffects]

Also translates to "Drowsy"

[@danforesman2627]

SL and then a little guy with his mouth blown wide open because he just found the Holy Grail of Reverb pedals for someone who hates to have a pedal board and needs one pedal to do some serious damage.

[@yeahrightbear8883]

Sounds nice but you could probably do the same thing by splitting your signal into wet and dry and adding an octave to your wet signal. Then throw in a little slow chorus for that out of tune sound. Might end up with some interesting results.

[@joshuadavison267]

You actually did a great job of selling this pedal by saying you could achieve similar results with more steps and equipment.

[@yeahrightbear8883]

@@joshuadavison267 I just meant that if you already had a reverb and an octave pedal (which a lot of people do) then you might not have to spend another 200 bucks. Plus your signal would be in stereo and I don't think this pedal offers that.

[@MusicFillsTheQuiet]

It would be similar, maybe. I'm curious if they have the sub-octave feeding back into the algorithm, or if it is going straight out, at the end of the circuit.

[@_kylestarr]

Is that No Knife in the ‘rise’ mode?

[@jonelordieta7573]

Does anyone know which model Reverend Andy is playing here?

[@alexbreyer6921]

It tells you right in the description.

[@savannahm.3210]

The chord progression you're playing here (2:51-3:10) sounds like "Under Your Spell" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from their musical episode. Instantly pinged something in my brain. Anyone know the chords being played?

[@releaseme7554]

Wow I'm curious what fuzz pedal that was in the beginning

[@aladinhellchicken7994]

Fender "The Pelt" ;)

[@Diax1324]

I'd kill for a stereo version

[@james9789]

Save a life and buy 2

[@noisevoyager7307]

it kicks in at 4:20

[@jaimeuranga6295]

Which one would you prefer, Fathom or SLO and why? Help...

[@jamesraward]

Having the same challenge here - fathom seems like a reverb pedal, this sounds more like a sound maker

[@liquid7315]

So no matter what algorythim you choose it will remeber the modulation unless you change it with second function? So if I go to dream, then hold bypass and choose sine it will be a dream with sine... if I then choose rise algorythim, the sine will remain, right? it will remember modulation until you change it , no matter what algorythim you choose, right? I'm a bit confused...

[@FancyMayo]

Yes. But the function of the sustain does change. I will also say that the warped sounds are subtler or more potent on certain settings but not much

[@caseypardue6548]

so when you change the modulation waveform, it will apply that setting to Dark, Rise and Dream? I guess im getting confused because they use the same toggle

[@JohnWWarrenGuitar]

Having a hard time deciding between Walrus Audio Slo and the EHX Ocean's 11. (Maybe both?)

[@basslizard6733]

Get this one

[@doppelmeyer]

Dunno if you decided yet, and I’ve never played this walrus one, but the EHX was a big disappointment for me, and this is coming from an huge EHX fan with 4 other of their pedals having a permanent place on my board. It always sounded kind of too digital and it was difficult to achieve the sound that I wanted. I think EHX are great at innovation (& fuzz) but when it comes to more “traditional” effects they can tend to drop the ball I think

[@JohnWWarrenGuitar]

@@doppelmeyer Thanks. I actually did get the Slo, and it's pretty nice. (Featured in a video lesson/article I did that has just been published by Acoustic Guitar magazine: acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-using-effects-pedals-with-acoustic-guitars/ Also, I recently received the Walrus Audio R-1 High Fidelity Stereo Reverb, which is killer!

[@philmichaels9364]

Hey! I’m in doubt here! SLO. Fathom and ocean 11… now this R1…. What’s your thoughts

[@JohnWWarrenGuitar]

@@philmichaels9364 I recommend the R-1. It is stereo, for one, and has more options than the SLO.

[@SunnyBear]

I get why everyone just pretends it's a normal O but the Swedish letter Ö is actually pronounced kinda like the E in SERVE or the I in STIR.

[@bobfountain8435]

So. Slurr?

[@Ori0987]

@@bobfountain8435 Sloueh

[@davisnin]

More like the u in uhh.

[@epiiggy]

What is the intro song please ?

[@RayzaEFC]

Probably something Andy made up

[@e.paradigm7415]

Trying to decided whether I should get The Walrus Slo or The Cosmonaut V2. Anyone care to share their thoughts?

[@nicknickson3650]

Cosmonaut is a reverb delay, Slo is just delay but it also has a swell mode. I love my Slo. The Dark mode is one of the best things I've ever used, and you can change which modulation type (3 types) you want to use by holding the on button and flicking the mode switch to which modulation you want. The dream mode on the Slo is also super nice, but the Dark mode is so perfect that I think I'll use it forever. It adds so much to solo guitar playing.

[@coryphillips6029]

Question: does this pedal have a hard cut off? say you're in rise mode, just play a very saturated chord, does the reverb effect ring out and finish or is it cut off by turning off the pedal? Asking because i have a Caverns pedal and i like it but turning it off mid effect is a hard, noticable cutoff ... Hope that makes sense, thanks for any help!

[@mckenziestrib9187]

Yeah it does. It doesn’t come set that way but there are directions for how to get it in the right mode.

[@runninglate4374]

I am wondering, how does it sound with a acoustic guitar? Can it be used for that too with great sound?

[@cyb3r3vil30]

Got a nine inch nails sound going Likes it! TFS

[@winstonsmith8236]

if you're looking for NIN, i just got a Fairfield Circuitry Randy"s Revenge Ring Modulator-- that thing is NIN in a box

[@richardlamonica7671]

Is there any technology reason why this pedal can't be used on a bass?, thanks.

[@binface9]

What with the letter ö and all, is the name of this pedal meant to sound like "slow" said with a Yorkshire accent?

[@rickc2102]

It'd be closer to "slur."

[@alexbreyer6921]

SLÖ means, dull or slow in Swedish

[@binface9]

@@rickc2102 yep, that's what I was getting at

[@mateoh.3735]

Must have.😳

[@anthonyfesta1224]

If you were to put this in front of a stereo pedal what type would you recommend. Such as Delay, Chorus ect?

[@stolencoats63]

Sounds sick in front of my Julianna!

[@BourbonnaisParkour]

This vs Dark World?

[@onekidneystan4330]

if Plini doesn't own this pedal I'll be surprised

[@TheColoradohans]

Did he wind a knob with his foot?

[@julianhyde1645]

What’s that first song?

[@boonatuna]

what was the first song?

[@JuanArias-xr6je]

this one or a supernatural digitech?

[@nicknickson3650]

both are really nice. Really tough decision actually. I prefer the Slo for the dark mode personally, but the Supernatural is really nice. Also the Digitech Polara is also really good.

[@GoldenLionCarpark]

4:20 - a more ambient No Longer Making Time?

[@jordandavis7467]

What is the crunchy synth effect you used 2nd half of the intro?

[@barbieredskin6245]

Jordan Davis fuzz

[@jordandavis7467]

Name of the fuzz pedal?

[@buffalothebison4850]

@@jordandavis7467 Fender The Pelt. It's in the description of the video.

[@simonthan407]

Second song?

[@patchoulicyanide]

First song?

[@patchoulicyanide]

Third song?

[@martinmusiet9780]

I can feel it in my wallet its gonna hurt

[@snakebone9039]

What's the chord at 5:20

[@thomasraven]

I like it but I don't think it's different enough to make me ditch my Polara+Freeze combo.

[@Blacktarprophecies]

I swear I heard an inter arma riff in the rise part...

[@westonshumaker6231]

Is it analog or digital?

[@Juliana_So_Unique]

Use your brain.

[@nicknickson3650]

Just ordered one. Don't fall for the EHX Oceans 11 meme. don't get me wrong I love EHX, I have a pitchfork on my board, but the oceans 11 is like the fast food of reverb pedals. Yes it has decent options, BUT the sounds are very fake sounding. If you want reverb go for something quality, otherwise you really miss out on that true reverb feeling. At LEAST get a Boss RV6 instead of an Oceans 11.

[@Topsy_Krett]

Lovely effect but they lost me at 2:42 as I heard the pedal cutting lows as it was kicked on. Don't mess with my dry signal.

[@alexbreyer6921]

I'm not feeling this one. A few of the sounds were interesting, for sure, but it just doesn't seem like go-to reverb sounds are readily available for breaking out in a jam. You'd more have to dial in something and compose to it. That makes it an expensive wall to climb for a guitar accessory.

[@deldia]

Go listen to Rabea's demo - it's much better.

[@DJMikeron]

7:26 oh yes mmmmmm

[@tbplayer7885]

slö =\= slō

[@rickc2102]

slö = slœ

[@marcmorgan2731]

Can you say "ambiance?"

[@RawadAMassih]

This or Fathom?

[@pugnaxisaurus]

I’ve got a fathom, and I get similar tones but that’s because I also pair it with a chorus, univibe, and onboard spring reverb and tremolo. Haven’t gotten to play it yet, but it reminds me of the OBNE Dark Star in that it does this big ambient thing very well, but might not be as useful at more subtle, generic reverb that sort of gently fills out a tone.

[@lavitroladeldiablo]

7.25 minutes waiting for a Cocteau Twins guitar wink....but nah. Nice one, anyway

[@leof3450]

I am the Walrus Googoogoojoob

[@Brayden329]

Someone talk some shit about this pedal. I'd like to see the used price drop.

[@Wheelfish]

I didn't know Judd Apatow played guitar 😋

[@jmsamborski]

Way too complicated, and annoying blinking light. Pass.

[@wiishopwednesdayrecords2959]

FFS just play a Fender

[@sassycat]

Not a Reverend fan I take it?

[@ilikecorn500]

Sassy Cat They were probably referring to the Suhr

[@wiishopwednesdayrecords2959]

@@sassycat i was referring to that cheap and shitty suhr

[@sassycat]

Understood.

[@joshuabenton3785]

eat a snickers, you aren't you when you are hungry

[@simonthan407]

First song?

[@simonthan407]

Third song?

[@065kunal]

Simonthan he is just playing , improvising