He's TERRIBLE! His sounds R all generic trash, slathered in reverb, though his 'songs' are 'melodically' interesting. He also deliberately WASTES as much time as possible on random 'filler krap' like sitting there playing with the box rather than going into demo about the sounds (like Pete Thorn or similar would do). He also has psychological problems = attaching 'romance' to a dead object. I have some 'nice things' but I would never 'gush' about them with such 'lust'. It's absurd, like 'talking to your shoe collection' =)) Getting all excited about a tiny little screen, smaller than any random cheap laptop for like $30 off Craigslist, & also smaller than most cheap multi-effect pedals, is also silly, & makes him come off like a dork & a shill 4 the brand, like he is getting paid to 'go bonkers' over the device.
Do more in this format! You captured the energy of discovery and if I wasn’t going to buy it before I surely am now. (Of course I was going to buy it.)
Yoooo! Really means a lot to me that you enjoyed the format. It’s always scary to do something new and different, but I’m stoked to hear you think it captures the energy and joy of discovery. That was exactly what I was hoping to achieve with this kind of format. Thank you for watching and commenting. You’re the best ❤️
@@thepedalzone Ditto what he said! I do like the shorter stuff-conciseness is great, especially for showing what the result of a fully developed idea from a pedalcan be-but I feel like this side of pedal discovery is overlooked by most. And it's super helpful to see what we all experience when doing our first deep dive into a new device.
Gonna be honest, I have very little interest in this specific pedal, but I have enormous interest in 45 minute long Pedal Zone vids! Thanks for the content!
YES!!! There is NO ONE better to showcase this amazing pedal than you my friend. Such an amazing demo; really has me wanting to just get lost in the textures.
Amazing Stefan. The pedal sounds great but without you, the artist, it has nothing to say. I can hear your heart in every note you play. Thankyou for inspiring me to stay vulnerable and to always remember to play from the heart.❤️
Thanks so much, Stephan. Your approach, playing, creativity, expression, and attitude is a huge inspiration both on my playing, and my life in general. You are possibly my favourite player at the moment. Thanks for being you, and your dedication to pure expression within wild experimentation. It means more than you could know. Peace always.
Oh my! Thank you so much for that overwhelming act of kindness. You just put a huge smile on my face. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to write such sweet words ❤
While I truly love all your videos, ThePedalZone/new Meris combo is truly the closest I feel to a kid on Christmas. The discovery, and insights, and immeasurable creativity you can concoct with these incredible devices is a testament to the magical era we’re in as far as music-focused tech goes. Thank you!!!
It's a testament to your skill, understanding and creativity that I will always come to The Pedal Zone to hear how a pedal sounds, instead of the manufacturer's own videos. Keep up the stellar work. You are a real source of inspiration 👍
Man, there's no one else I would trust to get my first proper understanding of a new Meris pedal than you, Stefan! This format was super cool - your excitement on discovering what was in the box from Meris was tangible, and contagious! It makes me feel normal when I geek out over my own NPDs as hard as this. I'm so impressed by how you play such cool stuff coming into a demo cold like that! Truly a maestro, Stefan.
Eddie, my dear friend! Thank you so much for this incredibly heart warming comment. Really made my day go from Ok to GREAT. You're the best. Really means a lot to me that you enjoyed the different video format. It was scary to make, but I think it turned out well, and the response from you all has just been so positive and enthusiastic. Makes me feel so lucky to have such a great community to always lift me and the channel up when it needs it the most ❤
I have come back to this video more than 10 times in the last three weeks. This format was incredible! Your composition truly captured the most intriguing part of this pedal, namely the POSSIBILITIES!👏 please please please, this format of exploring and getting to know the pedal together with your audience, was really really good! And WOW what a sound!
This is the most insane delay pedal Ive ever seen. The modular approach is so good, its like the limits have been totally removed from the standard delay pedal.
It's cool but they messed up when they didnt add an effects loop and made it 600 bucks. I have vintage pedals costing thousands and 50+new pedals and dozens more I've built. Some costing even more. But a empress zoia can do literally the same thing if you want. So can a poly beebo Without an effects loop I won't even consider it I wont buy any delay without one these days. I still have my timefactor I mainly use on my main board and a clone of a vintage DMM with a loop. And I have a few strymon delays and some others. Plus an hx stomp. And this is just abusrd price that is really cool but lacking way too much for the price of it. My hx stomp does amazing delays(sure not anywhere near as crZy) but also does any other effect and amp and cab sims etc. My zoia can LITERALLY do anything you could possibly every imagine. If you can dream it it can do it. If it was 500 bucks and had an FX loop I'd buy one but I'll have to pass. I have been wanting the polymoon tho so hopefully the price will drop and I'll snag one. I was hoping itd be a hx effect type pedal with all of their pedals in one. That's I'd pay for and alot. If it could do everything their current pedals do and more I'd be excited. Theres a million incredible delays out there and for the price of this theres better options unless you do nothing but play ambient soundscapes on RU-vid
I love this format all through. More of that please! Hugh bonus: you're child-like (in the best way) excitement and playfulness is so freaking contagious ❤️
I know right? Have had my polymoon for about 8 months, and still discovering new things/ sounds every day. Its SO dynamic; changing one parameter (esp alts) changes every other, in often unpredictable ways (which I love). It’s a wild animal, and takes a lot to tame it, but it’s amazing!
You mentioned this video in an instagram comment and so glad I came here and gave it a full watch. As a basic bitch who has option paralysis and hates menu diving, this really showed how intuitive the UI is and is something I think I could get along with (although I doubt I will go too deep). Thanks for the great video and wonderful tones!
Oh man. My whole thing has been getting stuff that is simple for use live. But this…. This is a game changer on getting exactly what you want. No surprise with Meris.
Well, once you've made your presets, this thing couldn't be more ready to go for live use. I'm definitely gonna be using this live with my band. It's gonna take the place of a lot of the delays that are currently on my board. And yes, this is most definitely another game changer from Meris. They are the masters at that.
They totally did! This device is just a showcase of true sonic artists at work. It's a masterpiece. And thank you for the sweet words about my demo. Really means a lot to me!
One more comment, I don’t think I’ve ever wished that any RU-vid video I’ve watched would ever end But this is a first, I loved every second. You’re right that this is the future of Merris and perhaps other pedal makers as well. I mean this is beyond any delay out there past present or even future. Kudos to you…. I’ve seen a lot of demos for the LVX, yours is tops, the best
You would never say this Stefan because you’re beautifully modest. But you’re a genius. I wish I could get into pedals the way you do. My own neurodivergence makes it difficult for me to remember how things work and organising my work flow. But Meris pedals I have always got to grips with because their interfaces are super simple and intuitive. I hope to get an LVX and see if the enhancements are ones I can make use of ❤
I’ve genuinely never been so excited for a new pedal as I am with this one!! Oh my… can’t wait until stores here in the UK start listing it for pre-order! 😍😍😍
What a great intro. Best advertisement Meris could get. I stopped buying pedals a long time ago but your videos are so inspirational, interesting, sweet and fun to watch that I will probably hang out here until the end of time. The one and only pedal show I still watch.
I am ~7 minutes in and your excitement feels so real and unerehearsed that it’s catching on to me too. Incredible start for the video and I will save the rest for later when I have the chance to hear stereo w/ headphones. Just a wow for the first few minutes and it’s mostly because of how your excitement translates to me as a viewer even via a mobile phone screen. Applause to the sincere, and almost vulnerable, feeling you emit there. Dang, not a lot of gear videos do that. Well done damn it my good sir!
To be in the zone musically is the higher place… And to be filming this yourself, exploring sounds yourself, and as always…sharing with us. A real deep inspiration. I think this was actually ( The Pedal ZONE ) . I love that you are pushing forward into the unknown like this. Thank you! Wow…. THE BEST PEDAL CONTENT
Stefan, I always enjoy your videos, but I particularly enjoyed the 'voyage of discovery' format you've used here. It really felt like we were learning the pedal with you and it is hands down the best media available on this pedal. Your video has taken this from a 'maybe' to a 'definitely' for me. Many thanks.
Stefan. This video is amazing. The pedal is amazing but this risk you decided to take has succeeded incredibly. Please do more in this format. Your creative process documented is engaging, informative, and utterly brilliant.
Honored to hear that you found the video helpful and inspiring. You're gonna have a lot of fun with the LVX. And thanks for the kind words about the video format. Means a lot to me!
I've had this video on repeat since it dropped. You were absolutely the right YT reviewer for this release. This will get a lot of views over the next three months until units start to ship.
Watched Meris' instructional stuff before this, super deep, ability to modulate at diff points, change structures...etc. So deep like you said, a modular ambient sound design system. Look forward to seeing more of what you do with it!
You are selling this pedal much better than Meris did. It is taking every fiber of of my being to not get it at the moment as i have other priorities at the moment. Edit as i am watching, some settings on LVX i can do with the Strymon Nightsky and some other pedals combinations. However, it is an epic pedal. The big plus, no alt knob settings for once!!
the intro track is awesome - you've done a great job in showcasing the excitement and capability of this pedal - would love to see another one 5 months into ownership
Thank you so much! LVX is just mind-blowing. And sure, a follow up video could be fun. The pedal has received some big updates since I received by demo unit, and I've made a bunch of new fun presets, that could be cool to show
Clearly inspired by an amazing product. Basically why I'm here. Your videos never fail to inspire me to buy Meris products. In a year filled with flagship delays this one looks the most forward thinking. Time to max out the feedback and figure out how to get this pedal on my board.
What would you recommend as other ‘flagship delays’? I have the Timeline, Belle Epoch Deluxe and Halo, and was thinking of getting this, but it looks very complex and mainly for ambient noodly stuff (not my thing)
Man you absolutely killed this demo. Best video I’ve seen about this pedal so far. I was clueless what it was or how to use it before watching this video, but now it makes so much more sense to me.
The pitch shifting menu diving is exactly what I wanted from Meris. Their Hedra sounded amazing, but was so frustrated by not being able to accurately dial in sound on that pedal that I bought and sold that pedal twice. Sounded amazing, but just couldn't easily set it up. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Being able to see all the parameters they give to all their pedals under the hood blows me away. This pedal is incredible. I can't believe they've built something like this. I can't wait for this to ship late Summer. Cheers Stephan. Great sound design, and playing as always
Fantastic vid Stefan, what a brilliant idea for a format. On the strength of your first impressions i've pre-ordered my LVX. It'll be the perfect delay pal for my Raster (bought after your pedal of the year vid).
I get the impression that this is Meris stepping into the territories of Hologramm's Microcosm. Since its limited avaiablity and sort of "one-of-a-kind" pedal status, its great to see another company step into this "big-box-with-screen-that-can-turn-your-two-notes-into-an-angelic-choir" segment. REALLY cool pedal;
oh man - I could listen to albums of your pedal demo's. Staggeringly beautiful, creative and show the best side to every pedal, always. Bad for my GAS though 🤣
Dude!! Great video as always! I'm at a loss for words man! I already have 4 of their pedals (thanks to you btw) and now this seems to have rendered all of the other pedals inert! What a magical moment!!
Thank you! Really happy you liked the video. There's definitely overlap between LVX and the rest of the Meris lineup, but it far from renders them inert. I personally think that its Polymoon and Hedra that have the most overlap with LVX. The ones with least overlap are Mercury7 and Enzo.
@@thepedalzone does the LVX do everything the Polymoon can do? Your Polymoon demo was INCREDIBLE!! Would having them both on the same board be redundant?
Great episode for your first long format !!! I could easily watch more of these! And as always your playing is amazing and high lights the best of what this machine does! Meris has taken things way next level!
Im completely in love with the sound at 35:40 "REV TAPE" it litterally gave me goosebumps ! well id say this is Stefan Gear CLASSIC ! the polymoonish - Looper - sequencer - Octaver Delay Modulation blisscombination , makes the combination an instant classic - and with an Empress Reverb or a Specular Tempus Verb or Mercury Verb - its just a Phantastick unit - could this pedal be a MicroCosm Killer !? Stefan , your knowledge and playingstyle is alwayss a treat ,- and i am b-b-blown by the versetility of this pedal ... BRAVO Meris !
Thank you! That really means a lot. I was really worried that everybody would find the format too far removed from the typical identity of the channel, and that you all would find it too long and boring. So it's truly comforting to hear that you enjoyed it. I'm really pleased with how it turned out as well, but change is always a bit scary 😊 Thanks again! Made my day ❤
LOL at around 27:40 "And that sounds STUPID COOL!" hahahaha we all had a moment with you after that demonstration of the "pre-" application of the effects... This has the potential of being a standalone monster.
This is excellent...A great format going forward..I'm imagining an Enzo synth type pedal in this format with tons of different synth sounds and effects..
My mind is exploding just at the thought of a big box Enzo. That would be my dream device for sure. Can only imagine where they could take their synth machine with this new enhanced DSP processing and UI design.
@@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup It surely is coming.. only a matter of time..As much as I love the Enzo it really only has a couple of core tones with various filter options.. Imagine the Enzo in this format.. multiple core sounds and modular synthesis parameters..It would be revolutionary...
Great demo man , it seems the pedals are evolving to do more of the playing for you nowadays . In future you probably hit one note and a pedal will spit out a song with riffs all mastered and polished with effects. Crazy times .
Very good, Stefan, you deserve the accolades written here. As an experimenter with guitar effects and synths since the seventies, your clarity and patience and skill permeate these expositions well. Your multidimensional approach reminds me of exactly how some of us who have always been into tweaking make this even more enjoyable to watch and investigate these wonders from the 21st century... after all these years. Thanks. Cheers all and stay creative!
Yeah, that's one of my favorite sounds as well. I imagined it in my head, and brought it to life within 5min on LVX. That pedal is just brilliant. And yes, the screen is really great!
great job guy !! incredible pedal we are on 21TH century !! I've got Strymon and eventide FX this LVX is incredible !! cant wait !! Meris said stand-by out of stock many month !!! argghhhh
Looks like Meris' version of the line 6 Helix! As soon as Meris announced I started checking your channel for a vid! Loved the review! After I get the Enzo definitely gonna buy this one out! Keep it up man! 🔥💜
Stefan I think I could hand you a defective Nutribullet and a few days later you would have used it to write something wonderful. Thanks for what you do.
DO MAKE SAY THINK shirt?! dang, some hot shit right there! I didn't want to like this pedal but your excitement about it has won me over... maybe this is the one stop-shopping-do-it-all ambient pedal I had hoped the Microcosm was.
DMST rules! One of the best live shows I've ever been to. Honored to hear that my video was able to give you a fresh perspective on this pedal. It's just wonderful.
Bravo Stefan I am always impressed by your talent to sublimate the potential of the material that passes through your hands, I have long wondered which meris pedal I should take first, but with this one I think the answer is obvious
OK, it’s a done deal….I’m getting this amazing pedal. It’s really more of a delay/effects/looper work station. Really really cool, I’ve been wanting to get a new delay and there are a lot of stunning delays out there but not like this great video. I always love anything you do.
From a synth/music production noob to an obvious guitar/music master: please don’t tell me that the six million dollars I’ve spent on iOS and Mac plugins just got upended by a $600 pedal. Even if it’s true, just whisper in my ear and lie. (Well done, sir - fantastic demo. I think I may have just picked up my first h/w fx box. Cheers!)
Thanks, man! Deeply honored to hear that you actually read that column. It's hard to gage interest in stuff that appears in printed media. But it was really fun to make, so I'm happy that somebody read it and found it inspiring
@The Pedal Zone thanks dude I wish I could afford to myself some of the amazing pedals you play. I'm really taken by mxr poly blue, but with the cost of living crisis here in the UK I have prioritise between keeping warm or eating!
Blown away with these quality testing-demo-reviews after coming across Boss SY-1 vid. Release an album and I'm buying cause the tones I've heard you push so far have sent me to another place - very Mike Oldfield brand of brilliant. Keep up the awesome work mate👍Cheers from 🇦🇺 Subbed
Wow. You set the bar for pedal reviews, and your newly discovered format is a pure delight to watch. I knew I was going to get this pedal regardless, but this review only adds to the anticipation. Any chance you could post some synth and or piano running through this modern marvel? Thank you!!!
dude your emotional, passionate love of pedals is inspiring. Reminds me of how I was with my first pedals mid-1970s, that feeling the first time one heard what a Small Stone, delay, fuzz etc. did to the mono-syllabic voicing of one's electric guitar. Watching your vids reminds me to relive (make that "revive") that stoke for pedals, even at my age. Thanks for that, man.
One day I will definitely get one of these LVX pedals .... but not this year unless I win the lottery! This format of video works really well, and you should definitely consider doing this again for some future pedals. And I really enjoy how you find different parts to play for each preset, or react to each preset to play something that works wonderfully. Thank you!
