A nice and very useful comparison (especially the scatter diagram). The Mercury7's shimmer can be set to be VERY subtle using the secondary function at the Mix control. I've tried all three of those pedals, and by far the best shimmer is the GFI Specular Reverb V3, which has a very subtle blooming shimmer reverb over their base reverb. I like the Mercury7 very much, when used with synths.
All are superb reverbs, but have to say that the best shimmer sound here is Neunaber by a long way. The other two sound like reverb with something added on top, the Seraphim is just a singular beautiful sound. As someone else mentioned, GFI Specular is another contender.
Just wanna say nice demo but definitely would have gotten better shimmer with Merc 7 if you just turned the pitch vector mix down a little (alt + mix). It yields a much better shimmer that way. Even as a merc 7 owner, that nunaber sounds heavenly
Neunaber for the Win here. Sounds Great. I use a Big Sky, and it blows-my-mind . . . everytime. I also like the little MXR ( very underrated ). They all sound really fantastic though. Nice comparison.
Just listening to this comparison, all three of these units can float you to the heavens. I own and have worked extensively with numerous spring reverbs, a Binson tape delay, a 1st generation Boss Digital Delay, and have been eagerly investigating video demos of the recent reverb & delay ambient effects pedal offerings. Though all three of these units have produced lovely sounds, the one which I think would be most useful to me would be the Meris/Mercury 7. It seems to best articulate the individual notes, just to my ears with this video. It's response to my playing touch would be equally important to me, but I suspect the Mercury 7 would have a nice touch response to one's playing as well. A lot of effects can be dazzling to first hear, or to first play with, but can lose their appeal after playing through them for a while. But some less so than others. It's those that I try to seek out.
Mercury7 shimmer is totally different from what I've heard so far. It has a unique glassy high-end tone, works very nice after "normal" Strymon NightSky reverb or something like that. Especially on synths.
okay i see. the mercury doesnt have as much head room as the other pedals. neunaber is fantastic at that. but between the big sky and blue sky, the big sky has more *air* to it.
Wow. Just subbed to your channel. Which is your favorite ambient pedal? Out of all of them including big Sky etc. I need one for my channel and expanding to write more atmospheric stuff. I'm limited to Gt1 and hit a wall. Hahah. Thank you.
been on the hunt for a shimmer reverb and the neunaber seraphim seems to blow every other pedal out of the water. its a specific sound im looking for that so many pedals cannot do.
Yeah, still own the neunaber seraphim in my board! I think i'll compare It with some new models that came out this year from more brand! I've Just tried UAD's pedals (no shimmer available), i was really excited by online demos and reviews but they made me quite disappointed...
@@rowdyruu8275 immerse MK2 should integrate seraphim engine top with some more twickable settings customizable via PC! I havent tried It yet, unfortunatly here in Italy they're easy to get
@@teriakamoto He's used a lot of units, these days he uses Axe Fx a lot for FX. Initially the shimmer fx were created by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois with EMS (AMS? can't recall ...)and Lexicon units inserted in the fx busses of the mixing console (which played a large role too)
teriakamoto the sdd3000 is his delay sound. Not the shimmer sound. I don’t know how he did it but to me the Eventide Shimmer patch was close. The Neunaber sound really nice here. My favorite of the three although maybe not Edge style shimmer.
teriakamoto He also adopted the tc electronic 2290 delay rack in the second half of the 80s I think he recorded Streets and other Joshua tree songs with it
@@CharlieRedWood Lovely sounds! What exactly are the prices of gear you mentioned above? I’m wanting to do some recording myself and was wondering if the things you listed are a must to record on the computer. Thanks!
Great, great job! Just the demo I needed. I have the Mercury 7; do you think the Neunaber is different enough from the Mercury to purchase that as well? I find the Mercury sounds good, but easily overwhelms the guitar, and I dislike the sound of its shimmer and the complexity of all the alt-functions.
@@CharlieRedWood thanks for replying. Yeah Avalanche Run looks interesting as well. The Seraphim was for sale at a much reduced price at Thomann, so I ordered one. Looking forward to trying it. I heard good things about the Neunaber-sound.
I had one for almost a year. Good pedal for what it is. I saved up and got a EHX Oceans 11 and holy shit... The shimmer and everything else is above it's price point. Plus there's no volume drop.
I think the nenuaber has the nicest sounding algo, HOWEVER I feel like the original dry tone is better preserved in the blue sky, and this is huge for me. Because of that I think the nenauber has the nicest shimmer but not necessarily the best tone.
A nice and very useful comparison (especially the scatter diagram). The Mercury7's shimmer can be set to be VERY subtle using the secondary function at the Mix control. I've tried all three of those pedals, and by far the best shimmer is the GFI Specular Reverb V3, which has a very subtle blooming shimmer reverb over their base reverb. I like the Mercury7 very much, when used with synths.
BlueSky just has that sound I want.
Wow the Seraphim is heavenly...
All are superb reverbs, but have to say that the best shimmer sound here is Neunaber by a long way. The other two sound like reverb with something added on top, the Seraphim is just a singular beautiful sound. As someone else mentioned, GFI Specular is another contender.
Just wanna say nice demo but definitely would have gotten better shimmer with Merc 7 if you just turned the pitch vector mix down a little (alt + mix). It yields a much better shimmer that way. Even as a merc 7 owner, that nunaber sounds heavenly
They all sound great. I have a slight preference for the Neunaber but it doesn’t stop me from wanting all of them!!
Neunaber for the Win here. Sounds Great. I use a Big Sky, and it blows-my-mind . . . everytime. I also like the little MXR ( very underrated ). They all sound really fantastic though. Nice comparison.
yes, the MXR one. I'd say it's the second best, next to the neunaber ones.
Just listening to this comparison, all three of these units can float you to the heavens. I own and have worked extensively with numerous spring reverbs, a Binson tape delay, a 1st generation Boss Digital Delay, and have been eagerly investigating video demos of the recent reverb & delay ambient effects pedal offerings. Though all three of these units have produced lovely sounds, the one which I think would be most useful to me would be the Meris/Mercury 7. It seems to best articulate the individual notes, just to my ears with this video. It's response to my playing touch would be equally important to me, but I suspect the Mercury 7 would have a nice touch response to one's playing as well. A lot of effects can be dazzling to first hear, or to first play with, but can lose their appeal after playing through them for a while. But some less so than others. It's those that I try to seek out.
That Mercury 7 though...😍
Mercury7 shimmer is totally different from what I've heard so far. It has a unique glassy high-end tone, works very nice after "normal" Strymon NightSky reverb or something like that. Especially on synths.
gonna have to try that
The Album leaf riff. Nice ❤❤
I love that song!
okay i see. the mercury doesnt have as much head room as the other pedals. neunaber is fantastic at that. but between the big sky and blue sky, the big sky has more *air* to it.
6:08 Rip headphone users
I know.. I did this to show this annoying issue..
Great video, just made a joke haha. Enrolled on the channel. (translated by google translator)
Wow. Just subbed to your channel. Which is your favorite ambient pedal? Out of all of them including big Sky etc. I need one for my channel and expanding to write more atmospheric stuff. I'm limited to Gt1 and hit a wall. Hahah. Thank you.
thank you!
currently my favorite FX chain is: carbon copy into el capistan into neunaber seraphim!
i like neunaber sound : ) is good very good
Awesome man …lgreat job keep it up
is it just me, or Neunaber was the least harsh and the least like a steel drum band and most like a choir or a church organ?
That's it, you got the point
I agree!
It's the best dialed in here f
You have to say how you got your guitar tone. your clean is so crisp. what gear/software do you use?
been on the hunt for a shimmer reverb and the neunaber seraphim seems to blow every other pedal out of the water. its a specific sound im looking for that so many pedals cannot do.
Yeah, still own the neunaber seraphim in my board!
I think i'll compare It with some new models that came out this year from more brand!
I've Just tried UAD's pedals (no shimmer available), i was really excited by online demos and reviews but they made me quite disappointed...
@@CharlieRedWood nice dude; I just ordered mine off reverb. Super stoked
@@rowdyruu8275 immerse MK2 should integrate seraphim engine top with some more twickable settings customizable via PC!
I havent tried It yet, unfortunatly here in Italy they're easy to get
Seraphim *shimmer* sounds like a 5 Million $ produced U2 Album. The others sounds like guitar pedals...
Beautiful sound... 😍
damn very musical.
Which shimmer pedal would you recommend for U2-like sounds?
Personally, I fall in love with the neunaber seraphin!
For U2 delay you use what Edge used, a Korg. They made a pedal for a while recently (2014) SDD3000 or whatever and it nailed his sound.
@@teriakamoto He's used a lot of units, these days he uses Axe Fx a lot for FX. Initially the shimmer fx were created by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois with EMS (AMS? can't recall ...)and Lexicon units inserted in the fx busses of the mixing console (which played a large role too)
teriakamoto the sdd3000 is his delay sound. Not the shimmer sound. I don’t know how he did it but to me the Eventide Shimmer patch was close. The Neunaber sound really nice here. My favorite of the three although maybe not Edge style shimmer.
teriakamoto He also adopted the tc electronic 2290 delay rack in the second half of the 80s
I think he recorded Streets and other Joshua tree songs with it
Why not just have them all on at the same time
Wow beautiful tone may I ask how you achieved it?
it's a Fender Telecaster 60th anniversary MIM with "Marco Ferrari" pickup into UAD Apollo Twin with Friedman BE100 simulation
@@CharlieRedWood thank you😌
@@izlakev3273 you're welcome 😊
@@CharlieRedWood Lovely sounds! What exactly are the prices of gear you mentioned above? I’m wanting to do some recording myself and was wondering if the things you listed are a must to record on the computer. Thanks!
Would you be able to share the alternative settings on the mercury 7?
I'm sorry
I've sold the mercury7 several moth ago
Great, great job! Just the demo I needed. I have the Mercury 7; do you think the Neunaber is different enough from the Mercury to purchase that as well? I find the Mercury sounds good, but easily overwhelms the guitar, and I dislike the sound of its shimmer and the complexity of all the alt-functions.
It's a hard choose, I finally kept the neunaber and I've add the Avalanch run for longer tail and higher mix, perfect for drones!
@@CharlieRedWood thanks for replying. Yeah Avalanche Run looks interesting as well. The Seraphim was for sale at a much reduced price at Thomann, so I ordered one. Looking forward to trying it. I heard good things about the Neunaber-sound.
I have the Avalanche Run too. Seriously fun reverb with Delay! I want either the Merc7 or Ventris though too.
neunaber is more balanced & organic.
For me, the best is Fluorescence shimmer reverb TC electronic
I had one for almost a year. Good pedal for what it is. I saved up and got a EHX Oceans 11 and holy shit... The shimmer and everything else is above it's price point. Plus there's no volume drop.
I think the nenuaber has the nicest sounding algo, HOWEVER I feel like the original dry tone is better preserved in the blue sky, and this is huge for me. Because of that I think the nenauber has the nicest shimmer but not necessarily the best tone.
Nuenaber is more immersive
Yeah! I love It!
Something about the Mercury 7 just sounds out of tune. I owned it and couldn't ever get over it.