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Is this the best delay money can buy!? - Walrus Audio Meraki Analog Delay 

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@mwilkins
@mwilkins 24 дня назад
Wow wow! Your playing is absolutely beautiful! So lovely. I acquired this pedal some time ago and think it is wonderful. I have mostly been using it with a Moog Model D. I plugged my wife's acoustic guitar into it and plucked some notes and it is indeed amazing with the guitar. Makes me want to learn to play the guitar just so I could make these sounds all day long.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 23 дня назад
Thank you kindly 🙏🏼
@ptl79
@ptl79 Месяц назад
I sold an old 24v DMM maybe 15 years ago for a third what i could buy it back for now. So i ordered one of these to restore balance to the universe. and 15% off thanks Walrus and for this nice sounding and well edited demo.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors Месяц назад
Thanks! Yeah thankful to still have a proper dmm in the collection but this one has all the modern creature comforts I could want.
@gair1944
@gair1944 9 месяцев назад
Sounds very organic and sweet! Nice demo. Thanks
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
glad you dig - thanks for watching!
@kentonschroer2347
@kentonschroer2347 9 месяцев назад
I think chase bliss has this one. I am in love with stereo like everyone. But the tonal Recall and specifically the Thermae are the best analog nastiness I’ve ever heard.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
yeah I think if you're going for "nastiness" this probably isn't your bag. ha. The CBA stuff definitely brings its own unique quality. Thermae has some magic up its sleeve. But both are mono.
@LoVeAmBiEnT
@LoVeAmBiEnT 9 месяцев назад
@@AmbientEndeavors my opinion, and I own several stereo delays honestly mono delays seem to sound better for ambient purposes cutting through stereo reverbs which is just allowing the reverb to breathe instead of absolutely everything being in stereo
@LoVeAmBiEnT
@LoVeAmBiEnT 9 месяцев назад
Thermae is the absolute best in my opinion
@FakeGlasses
@FakeGlasses 9 месяцев назад
Chase bliss pedals always disappoint me, and the tonal recall is not stereo. The suhr discovery is a great monk analog delay. The strymon Brig is a great option for a more affordable stereo ‘analog’ voiced style delay, but it’s dsp based. For me, the meraki takes it. I wish it had midi presets is my only gripe.
@MrFuzzleupagus
@MrFuzzleupagus 9 месяцев назад
I am interested in this delay and may pull the trigger to purchase one soon. Thanks for the helpful demo!
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful :)
@rodd1000
@rodd1000 9 месяцев назад
It’s definitely one of the most musical delays available. More so than the Boss DM imo. Really is lovely. Great demo.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
thanks for watching! I too fell in love with the lush repeats and modulation, and the way it stays fairly subtle and very musical like you say.
@OliverEvergreen
@OliverEvergreen 9 месяцев назад
I always preferred two separate mono delays for stereo setups. At this moment I use two rubbernecks which are extremely pleasant to play with. I also used two thermaes, always synced and subdiv'ed with external gear. You won't get ping-pong this way and you also won't get series mode, but you'll get much more tweakability for each side. And don't get me started about synced thermaes' sequencer in a parallel loop.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
I mean that does sound like a lot of fun. and a headache for us that aren't so technically inclined to set up all the external control and routing ha.
@OliverEvergreen
@OliverEvergreen 9 месяцев назад
@@AmbientEndeavorsa piece of cake with devices like Disaster Area Smartclock Gen3 + two regular mono cables to send tap-tempo. Also a good investment to sync everything midi-capable up. I'm pretty sure you don't think it's that complicated as a gear channel owner :)
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
@@OliverEvergreen ah yeah tempo syncing is simple enough. You'd be surprised how averse I am to midi tho ;-)
@d4r0xx0r
@d4r0xx0r 4 месяца назад
YES - this IS the best analog delay money can buy. I am lucky enough to have one! I bought it for my synthesizers, and the sound of my Kiwitechnics "Matrix"-modded JX3P through the Meraki delay is, quite simply, the stuff of legend. Nothing can stand as a serious competitor here, the Meraki wins.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 4 месяца назад
It really is a fun one!
@stevestoutmusic
@stevestoutmusic 9 месяцев назад
Sounds awesome buddy!!
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
thanks Steve!
@yohnsvain9651
@yohnsvain9651 9 месяцев назад
Wonderful presentation, very well done, thank you. Not that it would have been my first choice, but wouldn’t have minded just 60 or 90 seconds of some gain traveling through it. Just to see if the repeats start to fizzle, etc. Man this thing sounds good, and I can see where the control layout would quickly become quite intuitive.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
Hey thanks for the feedback - noted! Thanks for watching :)
@shaunmacey6137
@shaunmacey6137 9 месяцев назад
Another nice intro tune!
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
Thank you! :D
@FakeGlasses
@FakeGlasses 9 месяцев назад
I have the Meraki and the dig v2 and they’re a match made in heaven. Don’t even need a reverb.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
man I bet that pairing sounds fantastic!
@sons7429
@sons7429 9 месяцев назад
I wish I could afford one! It seems great
@jtanaka2
@jtanaka2 4 месяца назад
Sell anything you can to get this, worth every penny
@eyesintheskies
@eyesintheskies 7 месяцев назад
2x original roland space echos would be the ultimate😮, but the meraki is pretty special!
@AVCOME
@AVCOME 24 дня назад
Hi, see this pedal more and more, suppose the Meris Lvx at the same price is the one to buy, suppose to be the best delay on the market. What is your impression of the LVX VS MERAKI
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 22 дня назад
man , they're completely different animals. Meraki is classic analog delay , in stereo , with some lovely modulation. Simple and approachable with a WYSIWYG interface. LVX it a rabbit hole of digital reverb sounds and a "create your own adventure" of tones with a pretty intimidating interface IMO. Kinda depends on what you're looking for!
@AVCOME
@AVCOME 22 дня назад
@@AmbientEndeavors looking for the best versatile and sounding delay . I am pretty sure i found it for reverb with my new Mercury X. Now looking for the best Delay. I presently own Timeline and Eventide h90
@eyesintheskies
@eyesintheskies 7 месяцев назад
Trying to decide between this & just sticking with my stereo digital delay & getting the analoger adg-1 🤔
@athomeontwo
@athomeontwo 9 месяцев назад
The DM101 is great especially in Dual Mod stereo. The Walrus has some interesting differences. The DM101 can do multi head style though, if you want mojo and Binsonesque sounds in an analog delay that is hard to beat. In any case, too bad, the Joshua came out I’m not really interested in my analog delays at the moment
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
Haha totally - I have a Joshua coming and am quite excited for that one, although admittedly not really an avid digital user. Gonna need to deep dive the compare/contrast with my DM101 & Meraki sometime soon.
@dingbatjack1234
@dingbatjack1234 9 месяцев назад
@@AmbientEndeavorsI want to see this comparison! Also can the Meraki do line level signal? I can’t find that anywhere
@starshineraiser6729
@starshineraiser6729 3 месяца назад
The price is fair. However, is there anything that sounds close to the fidelity level but with less features? I want the sound but I don’t need all the studio tech.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 3 месяца назад
if you need stereo, there really aren't *many* to choose from. If you can deal with mono, check out (or hang tight for) the Bondi Art Van - it'll be out..soon? ...and sounds fantastic as a longer-delay time analog delay with modulation.
@starshineraiser6729
@starshineraiser6729 3 месяца назад
@@AmbientEndeavors I don’t use stereo. I’m two pedals in front of my Princeton, that’s it.
@oneandonlyarajivp
@oneandonlyarajivp 9 месяцев назад
This is such a cool video. Once it goes to your Ruby in stereo, how are you listening to it after that? Does that go to your mixer, panned left and right? Or headphones somehow? I'm trying to figure out how to be abel to listen in stereo. Thanks
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
Thanks ! So , it is going out of the Ruby in stereo to my interface (now a UA Apollo Twin) and being captured in my DAW Reaper. From there I monitor it with L and R hard panned on studio monitors. For listening you'd just need headphones or stereo speakers attached to your computer.
@oneandonlyarajivp
@oneandonlyarajivp 9 месяцев назад
@@AmbientEndeavors Thanks for the response. Makes sense. I am hoping to simply listen to L and R in my studio monitors without going through the computer - trying to away from the computer as much as possible. Thanks
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
@@oneandonlyarajivp ahh I see, yeah air pods / headphones or somehow connecting your phone to speakers would work. Usually you need at least an interface or mixer to get you from pedals to speakers.
@oneandonlyarajivp
@oneandonlyarajivp 9 месяцев назад
Fair enough. Can I ask you about the Ruby in stereo. Is it true stereo? Is it not just the same amp and reverb ran on each side? So why run that in stereo?
@RiverLionn
@RiverLionn 9 месяцев назад
ayy fellow Minnesota resident 🤝
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
hey! thanks for stopping by :)
@HardyNahtal
@HardyNahtal 9 месяцев назад
Try the flower pedals stereo delay!! It's coming out in February
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
yep! I have that one in the studio already :x
@HardyNahtal
@HardyNahtal 9 месяцев назад
how? Are you friends with Matt?@@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
@@HardyNahtalhe’s has some out to demo folk like myself :)
@HardyNahtal
@HardyNahtal 9 месяцев назад
Are you in NYC? @@AmbientEndeavors
@davidcunetta4081
@davidcunetta4081 9 месяцев назад
I’m sure this in stereo into the CXM1978 would be glorious!!!’
@onenotesolo256
@onenotesolo256 9 месяцев назад
Can confirm that to be the case. Also utterly epic in stereo into the Poly Verbs.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
wow yeah I bet that's fantastic. Trying to get my hands on a Poly.
@tacdoc8736
@tacdoc8736 9 месяцев назад
It sounds good, looks great, and seems well featured. I just don't know that you're getting anything of substance here that makes it worth $100 more than the Boss DM-101, which is also stereo with 8 BB chips and has a really well done WYSIWYG UI for a great variety of sounds without tons of tinkering... while it still gives folks who are into MIDI and presets all the options they want.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
totally. I think that's the ONE (correct me if I'm wrong) comparable in the market. I have that one too, both were comp'd by the companies (full disclosure) ...the DM101 is MONO in, which is a knock IMO. Both sound really good, although I'd give the edge to the Meraki in true analog warmth and character. I also think the stereo dimension and what you can do with unique modulation control of both sides is a cool perk of the Walrus. I do not believe the Boss unit runs MN3005 chips, fwiw. Both fantastic options, and as you note, there's a price trade-off as well.
@SoulGook
@SoulGook 9 месяцев назад
I think being able to go stereo in might be worth the $100 difference in certain signal chains. The other comparable unit is the upcoming Flower Pedals Dahlia. Analog delay, stereo in and out, fully MIDI controlled (unlike Meraki's partial MIDI), normal pedal footprint, but probably only 4 BBD chips (they haven't released specs, but delay time is ~half that of Meraki).
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
@@SoulGook Demo forthcoming for the Flower too - I have that in. I'll try and delineate it eloquently in the video, but yes there are some noticeable contrasts between the Flower and the Meraki (including max delay time) ; the Meraki IMO warrants the uncharge. I think there are perhaps contextual advantages for the Dahlia, but there's a good bit that Meraki excels in that I think makes Meraki an "if money is no object, go with this one" pick.
@SoulGook
@SoulGook 9 месяцев назад
@@AmbientEndeavors I mean, you made it sound good enough that I’m tempted even though money is very much an object 😂
@kentrey
@kentrey 8 месяцев назад
I guess it comes down to me selling my LVX for this?
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 8 месяцев назад
Maybe! Pretty different beasts, but both pretty impressive. I know I’d pick Meraki in that showdown.
@kentrey
@kentrey 8 месяцев назад
@@AmbientEndeavors good to hear. I have the Sloer and Cloudburst to fill the ambient gap without the LVX
@josephballew
@josephballew 6 месяцев назад
At this price point, there should be 4 presets.
@Grant_Ferstat
@Grant_Ferstat 9 месяцев назад
So, I'm wondering about mono applications. Is there still value in this delay for folks like me who are pretty much always using a single amp live?
@pigonthewing1
@pigonthewing1 9 месяцев назад
I asked Walrus Audio if both delays sum to mono and here was their answer: "No, they are true stereo so they are totally independent. For mono, you’d just run into the left channel."
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
thanks for chiming in! Yeah it would seem overkill to *me* to spring for this if you're not using stereo; there are a few more mono analog delay options out there that are great and some with unique feature sets too that might get a look along with or instead of Meraki.
@onenotesolo256
@onenotesolo256 9 месяцев назад
If you have a box like the Goodwood Audio Output, you can sum to mono for one amp and still get both delay lines, albeit slightly diminished in impact. I use this as a ‘Plan B’ for gigs where I can’t use stereo, or when I want to run wet/dry.
@joseph_lacy
@joseph_lacy 9 месяцев назад
could you compare it to a Keeley Halo?
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
never played the Halo - looks cool! I think it's quite a different beast in terms of circuitry and design. Almost certain it's not analog. Might have to track one down !
@onenotesolo256
@onenotesolo256 9 месяцев назад
Halo amazing but more pristine / digital sounding (not a criticism), has presets (Meraki doesn’t); Halo a bit fiddly for tap tempo unless you use remote tap…..which unfortunately means you can’t use the remote jack for EXP wet mix is a v useful feature of the Halo that the Meraki can’t do. Meraki sounds sensational in stereo, quite nice mono. Halo happy either way.
@rgoring81
@rgoring81 9 месяцев назад
That graphic almost looks like a bit of a nod to the analogman ardx20..? maybe just coincidence.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 9 месяцев назад
some similarities in color and layout yea, interesting observation!
@onenotesolo256
@onenotesolo256 9 месяцев назад
Good shout! Especially as one of that delay’s selling points, with the Amazeo, was tap tempo for analog delay. I never bonded with the ARD but the Meraki has been on the board since it arrived
@O.W_Films
@O.W_Films 6 месяцев назад
But does it oscillate?
@lapk78
@lapk78 4 месяца назад
Yes, it oscillates.
@batflash
@batflash Месяц назад
The only catch is that after 30 seconds of bypassing (with trails enabled), the oscillation cuts off because the pedal engages a relayed bypass. You'd have to put this in its own loop that allows for trails. 😢
@middle_pickup
@middle_pickup 6 месяцев назад
Bruh how can you afford all this gear? I count at least 12 amps in that room, and all those pedals. wtf
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 6 месяцев назад
I got rich day trading bitcoin a few years back. 📈 No but for real, it’s been slowly amassed over the last 15 years, and much of it comes in in exchange for video content work these days.
@joeymc5272
@joeymc5272 6 месяцев назад
Hey man you do some the best stereo mixing ive heard from content creators. Mark johnston next. I don’t want to ask for all your secrets but i have a similar rig to yours but dream instead of ruby. Do you mind if i ask what kind of post processing your doing for your mixes or these videos? I assume uad plugins if your using an apollo. Any plugins in general that help you get that really wide stereo field by chance lol?
@svenrustempasic8332
@svenrustempasic8332 8 месяцев назад
If outputs do not have their own independent dry/wet pots going from KILL DRY to FULL DRY gradually, than this is NOT a Stereo pedal. And these outputs do not have that very important option. This pedal is going to put the DRY signal always on BOTH outputs, Left and Right, meaning that DRY sound is going to be in the CENTER. For example, guitar amplifier is going to always be infront of a kick drum, center. This is done by designers who are not musicians who actually play on live stages with a band, so they do not know how STEREO FIELD is created.
@AmbientEndeavors
@AmbientEndeavors 8 месяцев назад
Can definitely confirm it WAS designed by musicians.
@signalpath
@signalpath 8 месяцев назад
Nothing about this makes sense. First, to say that the recorded guitar would come through center assumes 2 important things. 1, that the guitar is hard panned, and 2. that both channels are set perfectly equal in both dynamics and volume. Rarely, if ever, does guitar remain hard panned and even volume in live or studio environments. Demos and gear videos are an interesting microcosm for this, but rare in the broader world. Second, if you need to place your stereo guitar in a psychoacoustic space, there are many, many methods for preventing that 'down the center' perception you're describing. Bring the pan in a bit, lower one side or the other, EQ one side differently to the other to create differences in perceived dynamics, compress differently to create real differences in dynamics. Just because you, the musician, can't control the end result of how your performance will be captured, interpreted and reproduced, does not mean that the features you're describing are necessary or even relevant to the idea of something existing as a "stereo" device. If the first place you're going is to your pedalboard to manipulate the sense of space in your mix, it's probably worth spending time understanding the art and science of mixing deeper
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