Walrus FINALLY did it! Slöer Stereo Multi Texture Reverb | Secret Weapons Demo & Review

You know what this is. Slo(tva) has been a fan favorite reverb since it's initial release several years back and Walrus has FINALLY brought us the Slöer; a massive stereo ambient reverb. And it's great.
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Signal Path:
Origin Cali76
ZVEX 59 Sound
Chase Bliss Gen Loss
UA Ruby
UA Starlight
Walrus Audio Slöer
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro Song
02:41 Review
07:55 Sound Samples
10:32 Decay
13:11 Filter
15:24 Modulation Rate and Depth
18:42 Modulation Waveforms
22:36 Mix
24:30 Wet/Dry Panning
25:58 Width
27:44 Stretch
30:27 Dream (Pad Reverb)
32:33 Light (Shimmer Reverb)
34:50 Rain (Multi Tap Reverb)
39:34 Dark (Octave Down Reverb)
41:26 Rise (Swell Reverb)
Recorded in Universal Audio LUNA
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[@kirkwhitmire7034]

One of the best intros on this channel!!!

[@Bugmihvik]

And outros! 🫨🫀🫸🤛🌘🌛🌠

[@signalpath]

you're like the mark johnston of pedal demos

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Tell that to Brian

[@AmbientEndeavors]

beat me to it.

[@kevinmusso2397]

If Mark say’s “deeply elated” you can bet before you even hear it, “it” is going to be “F I R E”. 🎸🔥

[@post-man23]

Your sound has improved a lot. Not because of gears but your musicianship. Cheers!!

[@TheSkinwizard]

I love when new pedals come out just so I can hear your intros!!

[@rockfusionser]

I bought after viewing another video review so I was doubly excited to know it was on the way after watching your incredibly in-depth review. Well done, the best effect demo I’ve ever viewed!

[@markaustin3959]

Superb video mate and greatly appreciated. Thoroughly enjoyed the intro tune also! Cheers

[@brianmiller3287]

Just discovered, liked, and subbed. Fantastic demo!!! Already have a blue sky, and cloudburst, but I think it's very likely I'm gonna get this. Your demo is excellent. Keep doing what you're doing, the way you're doing it.

[@kengc3]

Came here for a product review that caught my eye, and was absolutely floored by the beautiful intro. Subscribed for more.

[@yohanmcelroy4549]

Great music as always... I remember watching you when you demo the specular tempus...blew me away man...so inspiring 🤘👍

[@sunnyschramm9650]

love the intro song 👍 and cant wait for monday when my slöer will arrive - my synths will love it 🥰

[@joeysong2560]

These intros are just special--wonderful musicianship

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Thank you!

[@scottjennings2942]

This is what I’ve been waiting for!

[@stonehouseguitars3869]

Dude very well played, awesome stuff, loved the dream setting.

[@barrysebastian9584]

I feel very well informed on the operation of this pedal! You did your homework - well done… and, great sound scapes👏😁!

[@ITheFight]

Hey I just ordered this pedal and all thanks to you and your wonderful video. I feel like this Walrus pedal has that vintage gew factor. Thank you so much.

[@anthonyman8008]

I just ordered it! How happy will I be???

[@phillipbland2861]

Great video as always. Im so glad they made this update for the Slo. But am I the only one who thinks it would be nice to have expression pedal control of the "x" control?

[@brianscottmatthews4437]

Superb talent and demonstration

[@user-fi4yd2kf6g]

That intro song is outstanding!!!! Well done

[@TheGreenKingdom]

The intro jam is crazy beautiful!

[@FxBrawler]

Wow, great composition man!

[@josee.martinez5717]

Nicely done!

[@JazzRockFusionSynthesizerMusic]

Just grabbed an open box black style off eBay. Pumped to try it out. Thanks for the great video.

[@eearts]

WOW! Loved the opening!!!

[@LDTU88]

amazingly almost shy and so powerfully wonderful!!

[@BeniRoseMusic]

I’m with you, Slo would’ve been on my board already if it had been in stereo. Very excited to add Sloer.

[@mesmogruvinski]

This will be my tutorial. Mega thankyou, Maestro ❤

[@user-hc5rl2pb8b]

Sound in the end - pure joy🙌🚀🌌

[@bobisadrummer]

The Dark mode is my favorite, loved the Sonar version on the Fathom. Having the dry signal hard panned to one side gives sound a really cool movement. I'm not a shimmer verb enjoyer at all, but turning the stretch down on the Light mode makes it real nice. The Rain mode reminds me of EQD's Afterneath.

[@chrisfass]

I'm very tempted to sell my Slo, Fathom and Aftermath to get the Sloer. Seems it can do a pretty good job of what I use those 3 for all in one box

[@srwaite7]

Was hoping for a stereo version as well 👍🏻 I’ve got a blue version coming this weekend 😎🖖🏻

[@HewittH]

Great, as always.

[@Derrick_Evans]

Reminds me of 28 weeks later soundtrack. Awesome intro track man.

[@sons7429]

For real

[@tuvalpollack5131]

Mark Jónsiton, nice bow work.

[@compucorder64]

You convinced me to buy one of these, sounds awesome. Along with the Guitar Bonedo demo too. Really looking forward to fitting it into a clean stereo Vox AC amp rig. Along with a Soma Cosmos, Mood mk.II, Polymoon and UAFX reverb.

[@TheSalinski]

Nice. I'll have to try this alongside my Walrus R1.

[@chrislink73]

Wow this pedal (black box version) sold out quick! Great demo of it, as always your tones were superb

[@PerishableDave]

Plenty on Reverb for MSRP

[@xsm5525]

they'll no doubt make a 2nd batch to sell, happens all the time with modern pedals now.

[@chinmeysway]

it does look better i think, the non moons version. and i luv the moon!

[@regaudieguillaume]

I imagine Mark, waiting endlessly in his studio: "when is it coming out??! I NEED it to play my style of guitar!" All the people at Walrus: "Guys, let's finally give the pedal to Mark!"

[@markjohnstonofficial]

That’s truer than you think.

[@BrentODell]

I really want a BIG, ambient reverb, and this is certainly on my short-list

[@sonicase]

sounds good

[@tonytaylor5087]

So far I haven’t found anything that beats SLO. I’ve been running a 1’st gen SLO alongside a Slotva to get stereo. Thinking of requesting this one for Christmas 😊

[@TheCyberMantis]

Neunaber Immerse Mk.II beats the SLO.

[@onionheadguy7094]

That reverb just sounds so damn good! It's like moody indie film music in a box

[@mesmogruvinski]

I love your guitar playing. I love these reviews too. Relaxed, thorough and informative. PS Have you heard about the Polyverbs which has IR's to die for.

[@heyheymymind1939]

Reverb is the new overdrive

[@sk8rn8thegr8]

call me crazy but I swapped my big sky out for this for church guitar lol. nothing beats the big sky but man it just lacks that character I want out of my tone. got this one a few days ago and in love with it. messing with the latching dream sound is so cool

[@mainstaystudiosc]

This intro was Holy Fawn asf

[@Space_pulse]

Ooh, this is nice. I have been wanting a nice modern reverb to complement my OTO Bam. I like the modulation a lot.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Ahhh the BAM is aspirational. I have been vying for one for years.

[@Space_pulse]

@@markjohnstonofficial it’s very nice! It’s certainly a particular flavor, but you have a pretty wide range of algorithms to keep it interesting. I think I have had it for about 3 years now and don’t plan to get rid of it anytime soon. It just has so much analog mojo on top of the great vintage reverb alogorithms. Very polished sound. Built in chorus sounds great, too. I just wish you had a little control over the rate/depth of the chorus, otherwise it’s perfect. 👨‍🍳 💋

[@matteogazzolo1]

That decay on Dream mode is stunning...................................................

[@spacenoid341]

Just bought a mercury 7 and honestly I'm considering trading it in for this

[@DurvalLacerda]

My dream would be a *ARP-87 + Fathom* combination. They go together so well.

[@redminus]

Fathom is fantastic. I wish it were in stereo also, but recently I've been making use of the mono by putting it before an Eons fuzz and it sounds wild as hell on every setting

[@stubbulon5]

The rise also had me drifting off on some distant horizon. Stunningly ethereal

[@horizonontheroof]

Never thought I'd say this but I think the slöer is going to replace my dark star😮

[@BobSince1981]

Immediately bought the black version. 🖤🌙

[@xiaoxia5]

is it a solid black, or a chocolate black?

[@BobSince1981]

​@@xiaoxia5It looks solid black to me. It's also a little bit smaller than I thought it would be.

[@ambientnightsph]

The rain mode reminds me of the eqd afterneath :)

[@chinmeysway]

great enthusiasm. may i ask, in this context what the stereo canvas pedal does for things? thanks! just so curious about that one too.

[@Evy-1988]

just bit the bullet and ordered a SLO (the little one) during this demo

[@caseyrobertson3840]

Great demo as always! ... and beautiful Les Paul!! What are the specs on that?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Historic ‘59 reissue. Borrowed from a friend and I am endeavoring to never return it

[@caseyrobertson3840]

@@markjohnstonofficial Lol, I don't blame you one bit! What a beautiful R9! Thanks for sharing.

[@xiaoxia5]

as far as fun factor goes, which would you buy first, the Slöer, or the Nocturnal from Collision Devices?

[@tendingtropic7778]

it sounds good! but already own a cxm1978 and mood MK2.....overkill? (never enought reverbs haha)

[@lesstearific]

❤‍🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brucesuitt993]

I really wish this pedal had presets. There is so much that you can do with it from song to song (or even within a single song) that makes manual adjustments painful. Beautiful pedal!

[@markjohnstonofficial]

There are presets. I should have covered that, but like with the Slotva it’s based on there are three presets that can be saved and recalled.

[@brucesuitt993]

@@markjohnstonofficial Awesome!

[@travisthornton1792]

Would you get this or the Cloudburst? I have a Strymon Volante, a Caroline Météore, and an EQD Afterneath and would maybe move the Afterneath to make room for one of these two.

[@tendingtropic7778]

is this most like hall / plate or room reverb?

[@jasonhudson73]

MIDI will be in their next version I betcha

[@AmbientEndeavors]

no way you got one too? did NOT see that coming.

[@wordofmouth7679]

Violin bow sales going through the roof after this one. 😂

[@DanFlashes99]

is this still built around the Spin FV-1 chip like the old Slo?

[@Stboser]

You really need to consider doing a masterclass in music production… every time I watch/listen to an intro I’m inspired to run into battle/take the dogs for a walk

[@jihc]

hermoso

[@xsm5525]

imagine this pedal with a chase bliss MOOD and/or Microcosm. you could probably make about 12 Ambient albums in a year.

[@compucorder64]

Yip, or Soma Labs Cosmos, Mood mk.II and this, you could make 50 albums in a year, and take 2 weeks off for Christmas, or mastering :)

[@wavertone]

i'd make an album a day.

[@doriginal69]

All it needs now is expression control on all their pedals + midi

[@tonesleuth69]

Hopefully they release a Slöest and it has inbuilt expression input haha

[@markjohnstonofficial]

I think it would have to be the slöerist

[@r.llynch4124]

Sounds lovely BUT I don't understand why pedal builders are not using MIDI like the Illumine Reverb for example or at least one TRS controlled jack to change from preset to preset.

[@mohantyjams6031]

My god. Sounded straight out of a post rock album

[@exterC0ffx]

Dark dark dark the reverb to me was overcome, regardless of it being in stereo.

[@musiccreation1198]

Meris LVX + Slöer + shrooms = :)

[@mesmogruvinski]

PPS. It's Polyeffects VERBS.

[@chinmeysway]

Link to the pedal would be neat

[@jaysgood10]

Wow. Look it up. .

[@brianmiller3287]

Dumb question: other than color, what is the difference between black/blue?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Just the color

[@brianmiller3287]

@@markjohnstonofficial Thanks!

[@pythontok4192]

This vs big sky?

[@sk8rn8thegr8]

just swapped out my big sky for this pedal. big sky is objectively better but they are such different pedals its hard to compare. this one has lot’s of character, and the reverb sounds are more unique and cool. however, if you play live a lot and don’t like messing with knobs, it might be a little annoying. big sky has the versatility and can cover every base super well. I am a little frustrated with the lack of versatility this thing has when it comes to live playing, but it makes up for that with it’s crazy modulation and unique sounds. TLDR: big sky if you need versatility and really good, easy-to-access sounds. sloer if you want crazy ambience, unique reverbs that you wont find elsewhere, and tons of modulation options.

[@jaysgood10]

⁠@@sk8rn8thegr8you wrote all that. What is TLDR?

[@AObando2002]

Jimmy Page goal... achieved. Sounds insane!!!!

[@amsterdamned6209]

The modulation speed is fixed huh? Nah it sounds too smooth for me anyway, strymoney eventidish.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

It’s not, we demonstrate how to change mod speed in the video

[@amsterdamned6209]

@@markjohnstonofficial Alexander Space Force ❤❤

[@amsterdamned6209]

@@markjohnstonofficial The modulation speed is fixed!

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Wild that I have to say it again; the modulation speed is NOT fixed. The depth control has a secondary control that changes the speed of the modulation. It’s in the manual and we demonstrate changing it IN THIS VIDEO.

[@GarryHuta]

Damn. A Bow on a LP. I don't think that's ever been done on youtube.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

If someone else was making a guitar with he right shape and curve for a bow I might endeavor to be a bit more adventurous

[@AmiliaCaraMia]

Sigur Ros 🙌

[@theouterplanet]

I like my women like my reverb…wet and full of shimmer

[@jst601]

No midi, no expression pedal? No thanks.

[@anthonyman8008]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHLQqpprd9Brlassi=8iB4dqoI0-lAg_fS

[@anthonyman8008]

Goodwood audio will mod it with a midi 😊

[@dasczwo]

lets boykott any digital pedalmaker who puts out a DIGITAL mono pedal in 2023. cmon, flying cars. while your at it: 3,5mm midi. CV. you are selling us. the same lame dsp computer with a couple of buttons and switches running a nice plugin. cmon. slöer: might be the 10th dsp pedal on the board. Price is nice. Not going over 400 just becaus its stereo... double sound, double price. you hear me TE, Eventide?

[@markjohnstonofficial]

I don’t have opinions nearly this strong. Not everyone wants stereo / midi (hell, I DONT want 3.5mm midi I want 5pin or I want TRS at the smallest), and I care more about builders and DSP engineers getting the sound right and then working out their feature set as a secondary thought. SLO and Slotva are great if you want mono, limiting for me because I usually want stereo reverb but again, we have the luxury of choice for a reason.

[@iosifkalpaktsoglou2045]

No fx loop, no purchase.

[@markjohnstonofficial]

@@iosifkalpaktsoglou2045 see that couldn’t be less important to me. Different stokes, etc etc

[@iosifkalpaktsoglou2045]

@markjohnstonofficial Exactly. For example I don't care about stereo or midi [ at least not currently ],whereas fx loops is what I'm looking for in pedals, reverbs and delays especially. Good codes are rare but the inclusion of an fx loop can turn any poor reverb algorithm into something very decent. Filters do the trick.

[@signalpath]

@@markjohnstonofficial you definitely have opinions this strong

[@brianmcbride6874]

Except you took an ambient reverb and turned it into an aggressive dude indie rocks track. And, I'm sorry, but you're playing with the faders too much, not letting the pedal breathe. I support this channel but sometimes you're doing too much but each to his own I guess. Sometimes you do let a pedal do it's thing too which is why this is so baffling. It's just a youtube channel so I shouldn't be too bothered but I was generally interested in hearing your take on this much anticipated pedal. Sorry.

[@AmbientEndeavors]

"it's just a KZbin channel so I shouldn't be too bothered" there it is.

[@pascallefebvre9968]

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[@christopherecatalano]

Fantastic demo. I particularly love your application the different modulations in conjunction with sustained and very ominous decays. Worth the price of the pedal to have that for me. I have to see if I can make more sense of how the modulation works out on the Night Sky. For me, these types of pedals almost always work most effectively on the cleaner, more reflective playing. I would love to see more time based morphing of parameters built into reverb, delay, and distortion pedals, randomized sequencing of various setting changes. Even something like the simple randomization that happens on the Shallow Water. Keeps me guessing. The sonic equivalent of getting a reflex check done on the knee by the Doc's rubber mallet...🥸

[@benjaminthancock]

best intro yet

[@bryan3409]

coooool another boring reverb.

[@jaysgood10]

You’re fucking boring. .