The best Habit for Beginners on the Meris LVX
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- This is the best Habit for Beginners on the Meris LVX. The Meris LVX is far from a simple pedal to use but thanks to its user interface there are some simple hacks to accelerate the speed that you can master this beast.
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Hey- thanks for making this video. I’ve had the LVX for awhile, but I really haven’t fallen in love with it. I sat down with the LVX yesterday- after stumbling into your video, and made a rad preset, gained better understand of how to operate it, AND wrote a rad song around the patch I built (my band confirmed they dig the song ideas so far). So yeah- thanks man! Appreciate this video a lot.
Just rewatching some of your videos in anticipation of the Mercury X and I stumbled onto this gem.
Thank you for such high quality content, Nick! The algorithmic gods need to push this content to the top when people are looking for LVX tutorials!
Ah buddy thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. It’s things like this that make me want to keep making more of the in depth content breaking down gear like the LVX
I got mine coming in, I'm really pumped now after watching this video.
Amazing! Try this
ruclips.net/p/PLh7GPJ8-iusn-EPK7mz1JoHz0qoEAKxdN&si=cFHuro46NtV7IRue
@@nickreesyt Thank you
The LVX is a magic machine. I’m running two analog synths through it and it sounds absolutely wonderful. It can do even more with the latest update. I suggest any new LVX owner do a deep dive into it’s massive multi-fx capability by starting with a blank preset.
Psssss don’t tell anyone but I’ve been so busy doing these videos I haven’t even updated it yet. What are you liking about the update?
@@nickreesyt the half speed control from Polymoon, and the ability to assign a single modifier to multiple parameters. There’s other cool features but I haven’t explored them yet.
Hey Nick, this is really (one of) the best demo(s) of the LVX. I learned a lot about the LVX. When it was over, I thought: what, it's already over. I would have listend to you for a whole hour.
This was really an eye-opener. And your video quality with the different angles and views and the lighting is absolutely professional. Great job, thank you very much! 🙌👍👍👏👏
Ah thanks for saying that. I wanted to do something a little different not too many videos out there actually breaking down sounds and working through how to build them
I was a little frustrated with the UI when I got the first pedal. Within a few days I was comfortable using it and now cannot imagine not having it. FWIW I saved and removed all stock presets and built my own from scratch...this was a great way to learn for me. I do use the graphic view, which surprised me, as I thought I would end up using the text view. (Honestly I should try it especially for multi as that structure can be tedious to set up.)
So much to tweak and sculpt, and the results audible and LUSH. Although the Boss DD-500 is very tweakable with assigns, the LVX is easier to get wide stereo spread from...and it has more multi-tap variety.
Having completely ignored the volume pedal preamp, I had no idea you could use it to do tremolo, but that makes perfect sense. Of course the Ring Mod in the modulation section also does tremolo, but it's nice to have that block free for other things.
hey how are you getting on with the LVX?
@@nickreesyt Getting on great! Lately I've spent a lot of time combining it with other stereo stuff to see what kind of mileage I can get. The LVX gets you so far on its own, and sometimes adding more stuff doesn't really seem to add much (e.g. running a huge LVX patch into a big Cathedra setting on the Mercury7 doesn't necessarily give you 'twice as big.') But I have found some analog stereo choruses in front to be really nice. Pigtronix Echolution 2 also seems to add something, the stereo is nice but limited, but the delay repeat texture is different enough from the LVX to complement it well.
The LVX has also inspired me to experiment more with my Boss DD-500, and I've actually gotten some cool new stereo things from the Shimmer and Pattern algorithms, which I haven't messed with much despite having the Boss for years. Some of these patch ideas I may try implementing on the LVX.
Thank you so much for making a mono video of this pedal. No one else has one that I"ve seen.
I’m not sure it was purposeful if I’m honest 😂 but the purpose of the video was more around work flow and how to improve understanding of the UI so it didn’t matter either way really. Thanks for checking it out, hit sub if you want to see loads more on the LVX
This pedal is a beast there is so much you can do with it its intimidating to a lot of people nowhere near as hard as zoia but i still have a ton to discover with it. Love it my favorite digi delay
What do you find intimidating about it Joey?
Nick, this was a hugely helpful video. Aside from the fact that it provides a really intentional approach to working with the LVX, it also helped me quickly build delays--some recreations of things I used on my Eventide Time Factor, others totally new--for a group of songs I'm playing this weekend. You helped me knock out in a couple of hours a group of presets I thought would take me much more time over a longer period to create. Thank you!
Brilliant thanks Scott that was the hope behind shooting the video. Let me know how the gig goes!
@@nickreesyt It went great, Nick. I had nine presets I created, and most of them I created after I watched this. They sounded great and made things go smoothly.
@@Scapeghost that’s great to hear. I haven’t used the LVX in a live setting but will do soon. Reassuring. have you seen how to share your presets yet?
@@nickreesyt I just looked that up! Very cool!
Awesome demo, really appreciate the effort you've put in to showing how to dissect these tones
Thanks Andy…are you mainly playing bass?
@@nickreesyt not these days, I was when I made my RUclips account and still play a decent amount but my pedal addiction is definitely for electric. Why do you ask?
You need to become the Jon Cordy of the LVX. He did tons of amazing Stomp videos and built a killer channel. And I could really use recurring help with this pedal. It’s amazing, but it’s absolutely one of those pedals that you stumble into cool stuff on accident, not necessarily on purpose.
Hey abe haha the Jon Cordy of the LVX. I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not 😂😂 I am a fan of Jon’s a good local dude for sure. what sort of help do you think you need? I mean….there are more LVX pedals on the way
@@nickreesyt not sarcastic at all. This pedal is so deep, it’s going to take months to really get the most out of. As a live player, I rolled the dice and replaced my Timeline with it. There are so many ways to use it, I know I’ll never discover all the tricks and secrets buried in there on my own.
@@jburdsinfuse ah man we have that in common too, I sold the timeline to buy LVX also. I made a video on that here with some sound comparisons
@@jburdsinfuse ruclips.net/video/smeM2YZKxa0/видео.html
…that’s the best way to get to know this stunning pedal…great you using the text view…I find the bubbles a bit confusing…thanks for one of the best LVX videos so far🙏
I started with the bubbles as you call them and then switched, txt view is way easier imo. that's for stopping by, loads more videos like this here on the channel
Really great explanation breaking down the presets. Very good idea to highlight how routing the effects through the dry or wet signal affects the overall sound. Great work! I'm glad I'm skint and not able to buy one.... The kids wouldn't see me for days.
Haha too true doug. I was thinking about you this morning with the snow are you keeping warm or snowed off?
@@nickreesyt it's not settling here, so I'm going out as normal... It's just like cold rain. Which still isn't much fun!
I keep going back to my GFI orca delay because it just sounds so beautiful and it’s very easy to use. With that being said, I think I’m just going to delete all of the presets and start from scratch. This is definitely something you need to spend time with. I know a lot of people were impatient and got frustrated and sold it prematurely in my opinion.
If you need any support with that just let me know
@@nickreesyt awesome. Thank you for that.
Important questions! Hi Nick and to anybody who owns a Meris LVX, I got mine a few days ago and I am starting to dive in on the settings. How come my Meris LVX shows circles type on the lcd screen instead of what is showned here on the video with just words, mine is like circles going around. How to change please? Thank you all
Global settings and txt view. I’ve actually got a a video on it coming out in the next week or two
It is worth mentioning in the description that switching to text view is a prerequisite for following along with this video.
That was really helpful Nick, thank you.
Hey Konrad no worries at all. Have you got an LVX? Anything more I could do to help on another video?
@@nickreesyt I do have an LVX. I'm really curious about how to get the step filter going...
Cheers,
Radkon
@@radkon67 I’ll see what I can do
@@nickreesyt Thanks Legend. Do you have a paypal thing happening? I'm happy to donate.
@@radkon67 no buddy. just tune in here twice a week, maybe sign upto my newsletter and if you’re on IG come say hi. Thanks
Awesome video! I love the lvx but I definitely don't use it nearly to it's full capacity... I have tons of sounds in my head that I can't quite get into the pedal... cool video
Hey! What sounds are you chasing I can chase them for you?!
For keyboard players we completely understand this workflow because synths can get deep and complicated. It's second nature. What I need it for is the CS80 clone and the ring modulator so I'm wondering can I control with MIDI using a CC setting to interact with the ring modulation? I didn't see a CC channel directly for ring mod but can it be assigned to a CC channel. I see several options for Mods in general. Thus I'm thinking whatever Mod you have set that CC channel will control it. So if I assign my aftertouch to that CC channel it should kick in that effect.
That’s such an interesting perspective about workflow for synth players vs standard guitar players.
Just landed at my door excited to dig in
Hey man that’s amazing, I’ve got more LVX videos going live this month keep an eye out I think they’ll help you get to grips with pedal. Let me know how you get on, connect on IG if possible
@@nickreesyt I am old and don't do the IG thing.
Since it has midi in/out, it would be so cool if it had a software interface like some pedals do.
I agree....hopefully Meris are working on something like this
Hello Nick, you are doing an excellent job in explaining and making it easy to understand.
Have a brief question:
I own the microcosm Hologram....
It seems this pedal is a bit similar.. what is your opinion on this....? Am I right or very much mistaken?
Many regards from Chris Bunch of flowers music RUclips
thanks Chris...I am a big fan of the microcosm too....they are very similar but also very different imo. I just shot a video comparing the LVX and microcosm in terms of some of their settings, make sure you turn notifications on so you don't miss that one, out in may. very interesting.... would you find it interesting if I did more comparisons between the two?
@@nickreesyt Hello Nick, thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate. Yes it would be great to have more clarity on this issue and the different between the two pedals.
Many thanks and regards. Chris
@@chrisbunchofflowersmusic ok Chris. I have done one like I said but I will definitely go back and do more in depth videos comparing the two now you have mentioned it. Thanks for the idea let me know if there is anything else you think I could be making videos around
awesome!
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Well, another name for this pedal is "Light" and I think is the most correct and intended by the company. It is pronounced "LOOKS". The "V" in Latin is "U" and it is pronounced in English like the double "O". It means "Light". The letters can be numbers too, which would be "55".
damn that's interesting thanks for sharing
Where was this video 3 weeks ago? 😃
Haha love it
Are you in stereo?
I hope so
i like your videos . i subscribe
Thanks so much happy to have you along for the ride
What a maddening pedal! I almost feel Meris is competing for the most misleading user interface possible. For example, the majority of your demo was with a multi-pitched delay. That’s great. But a swell will be wanted by very nearly zero users. So where is this control? Why, it’s buried in a menu of course. What menu? Well, we are in Graphic Mode where there is nothing graphic anywhere in sight, so no help there. Text Mode, likewise is designed for minimum understanding, so no help anywhere. With all those display chops, I’d think Meris could produce graphics and text that actually tell the user at least something about the signal flow. You have unlimited time to experiment, right? Actually… no I don’t.
I tried to understand why you would not show the quickest way to toggle the swell on and off, before it occurred to me you couldn’t find it either. Such a dominant parameter of a preset needs to be identified all the time. Meris begs to differ, building a stylish user interface rather than a pragmatic one. The dancing circles fail to relate in any way to what we hear & how we can change it; just the important stuff. This design failure runs through their entire product line, which share absolutely spectacular sound quality with utterly inscrutable controls. There lies the maddening part. Clearly, a brilliant engineer came up with the algorithms and major attention has been paid to sound quality. Now they need to place an ad for a heuristics specialist. If they don’t know this yet, the marketplace will be happy to educate them.
Haha thanks for your comments. The UI is majorly divisive but honestly I love it. but yes I did spend time getting used to it and understanding it u tilt was second nature. It’s also consistent with the Mercury x.
@@nickreesyt Nick, I have to thank you for having an open mind about my comment. The sound of the thing is absolutely miracle level, and that made me perhaps a bit over-critical. I’m glad you took no offense, none was intended. I hope they also keep an open mind because applying user input CAN make a product so much stronger. All the best to you in this holiday time! Peter.
I have mine listed on reverb. I spent too much time creating sounds and not enough time creating music with sounds
Interesting Michael. Don’t you feel like now you created some awesome sounds that are saved up the workflow for creating music will be a lot quicker?
@@nickreesyt I have spent hours with it and understand it pretty well. It does have cool sounds for sure. I find it hard to get many of them pleasing to the ear and musical. I didn’t find the presets to be useful for the most part but I think I’m just more of a simple delay kind of guy. Maybe I’ll give it more time. The dampen and ramp features on the update helped a bit.
Hey Michael how did you get on with it? I would agree that if you are just after a simple delay then the LVX is definitely overkill
Cool pedal. But I could not get it because of how ugly it is.
I know. It's dumb. But it is what it is
Beginners are not gonna buy a $599 pedal! You can buy a whole all in one multi fx for that price
The LVX is kind of that yeh….