I just ordered this pedal. It arrives in a couple of days and I couldn’t be more excited for it. I traded in my memory-boy for it and GC basically gave me $100 for it which is what I paid for it 3 years ago so I basically got the D1 brand new for $100 off!
@@markjohnstonofficial Well deserved, Mark, you are most welcome. I am thinking D1 with the Slö & Neunaber's Immerse MKII and a drive/compressor, and I am off! What do you think of that?
Excellent video, I love your style and taste in pedals. I was wondering about the Bensom preamp, Strymon Iridium and the new Walrus Mako, and you just gave me all that one video. Thanks! I see you are using the Benson as an always on type pedal, it makes me wonder do you still use that EB-10?
The Eb-10 is great and it still ends up on some of my builds but it and the benson don’t have much overlap. I’m more likely to choose between condor and Eb10 in conjunction with something like the benson.
Pair this with W.A. R1, a badass Fuzz and distortion. And that's it. Pedal board done. Exp pedal too actually. Could do anything from Pink Floyd to NiN to Waylon Jennings to Mr. Bungle.
Thank you for the well done review. 2 questions to throw out there: 2. Does the tweak knob allow you to adjust the parameters of each the mod, tone, and age and have them all present to at the same time to any one of the 5 delay types? If you had to pick Boss DD200 or Mako D1, which would it be and why? Much thanks, in advanced!
Great sound! Thx - your video is very interesting for me. Do you play the Benson preamp and the Iridium at the same time (serial)? Isn't it too much? Do you use the Immerse and Mercury as alternatives or at the same time? Thx from Germany.
Absolutely amazing video, Mark. You really highlighted some great features on it, and I’m very pleased you also brought up its quirks. Like the honesty. One question for you, do you feel that it not having analog dry through is an issue, or perhaps a benefit? And, why would they choose to go that route over analog dry through? Running a wet/dry rig could be an issue with latency from digital to analog conversion. I think anyway. Cheers, and thanks again!
walrusaudioeffects thanks for the reply. What does that mean, exactly? (Hope that doesn’t sound negative in anyway, I’m truly curious, because I have say the El Capistan which is analog dry through and goes full wet/dry - I believe anyway!). Perhaps I’m misunderstanding.
If you are running a wet/dry/wet rig you should be prepped for phase inversion already as a bare minimum cautionary measure, with that in mind any theoretical latency from the conversion could easily be solved for. And I appreciate the kind words about the video. I think it's more valuable to discuss quirks and potential issues with a pedal even more so with a pedal like this because at the end of the day I am HUGELY impressed with this one. Even with some drawbacks I still find it to be a killer delay that I enjoy the hell out of and will be using on mono and stereo rigs moving foreword. I hadn't even considered Walrus' reply about using it as the junction point for a wt dry rig but that is actually awesome.
I have this pedal and I found the following problem, every time I edit and save a preset, when I turn the pedal off and turn it on again, the previously saved presets are deleted, can this error be corrected or am I simply not using this pedal correctly? Thanks for the help, excellent video 🙏
Nice video you talk about things we should be aware of before purchasing... Question I am new to playing electric guitar could I get slap back echo from this pedal ?
Cool video. I noticed that you said it’s your favorite “mono delay pedal.” What’s your favorite stereo delay? I would love to have a delay that gives me a nice stereo sound, even with basic delays.
@@markjohnstonofficial OK thanks. I haven't really "jelled" with a delay/looper pedal since I sold my last Boss DD-20 about 10 years ago. Have high hopes for the Eccos, and have one coming next week.
Thanks for the video! I have two questions: 1. Doesn't look like you're going stereo from Immerse to Iridium. Is the second cable hidden? 2. Have you tried delay and reverb after the Iridium? Did you like it better last in the chain? Thanks!
I like using the iridium last for two reasons; 1. I like adding that “amp feel” to my wet effects. 2. I use the headphone jack for setting stuff up and randomly testing ideas so it need to be last. And the Neunaber stuff allows you to run a TRS out of their second output to run single cable stereo. It’s amazing and is a super convenient way to get to TRS stereo in pedals like the Meris and Strymon pedals.
No, but when I run wet dry wet you are already planning for phasing issues with no matter what delay and reverbs I run ive got a phaser inverter that I check after I’m set up. The D1 wasn’t any more or less of a factor than any other delay I would use.
How do you encounter playing with the pedal live ? I seem to have a little bit of an issue trying to change the presets within one bank.maybe it's just my feet lol
Currently running a similar setup, just bought a tapestry VP, learned that they are made in my hometown, but wondering why is it between your dry and wet effects, instead of in the front or at the end?
Volume pedal after drives means my gain staging is always consistent and I am only changing volume. Volume pedal before wet effects means that I can roll back my volume without abruptly cutting off my reverb and delay trails
@@markjohnstonofficial Thanks for replying, I will try this out, for the record, I am loving this walrus D1 delay, and just ordered the goodwood audio splitter/phase inverter. Loving the long content videos so far.
Hey Mark! I’m a newb and I’m just wondering how you dial in the tempo (18:50) where the light goes 1, 2, 3, pause... then back again? Do I need MIDI to get that kind of tempo pacing? Or is it just coz you’re dialed into the dotted 8th tempo?
I honestly have never noticed that. My assumption is that it’s a product of the shutter speed on my camera and the refresh rate on the LED not aligning. But honestly I have no idea.
I have a question, maybe stupid: if I put this pedal after a mono chain, and use the mono input, the manual says in this case the pedal will act in dual mono, if, eg, going out to a stereo reverb. Does this setup will compromise the dual stereo mode and be less "bouncy" in the stereo field?
Hey man... This pedal is on my wishlist... I have an empress echosystem and a polymoon... would you say I could come close with those pedal to what this one does... ?
Yeah you’re fine. The EchoSystem does everything and does it well. It’s a fantastic pedal and the Polymoon has incredible stereo; above almost any other delay pedal.
Does this thing have trails? I definitely need that in a delay pedal! And how does preset switching working on the pedal? I know you can cycle between the three levels of groups (A, B, C) but does clipping both buttons at the same time cycle between levels 1,2, 3 or A, B, C?
You can switch tails on and off. It is described in the manual. Switching: The Mako D1 has 3 banks (A, B, C) with 3 presets each (Red, Green, Blue). The banks you can choose by the toggle switch. You can switch through the presets by pushing both TAB and Bypass.
3 presets that you cycle around by pressing both foot switches at the same time (the right led goes from blue to green to red to tell you which preset you are on) and there’s an A | B | C switch to give three different sets of presets. This means you can have 3x3=9 settings stored without using midi.
Is it possible to run two pedal chains into the mono inputs and then the outputs going to two different amps? I'm not looking for stereo, just interested in using the one delay pedal for two different pedal chains going to two different amps.
a true bypass switch from mono to stereo will decrease the current in your signal in half which will decrease volume and alter tone significantly and also add significant noise
My main concern with this pedals it that they've gone too far with the compact enclosure. Those footswitches look like they're very tightly spaced (same thing with the JHS and ealier Walrus Audio delays) and I could easily see that being a problem in a live setting where you migh turn it off when attempting to set the tempo or vice versa. And probably even worse on a dark stage.
It’s possible that my bias comes from a LOT of stage time with Chase Bliss pedals but I don’t ever quite seem to have that issue. Besides, I almost entirely use midi to bypass and control tempo these days so the pedal is more of a brain and less of an interface for me.
The flanged repeats on the eccos is very unique. I would say it has a sound not found on other delays. The mako is more versatile and a very powerful for the footprint. Not sure I’m hearing anything distinctive about it though. Depends if you have other delay pedals IMO
Hey there! So ran into a problem. . I'm plugged into my amt preamp mono...then mono out to the D1... Then stereo out of the D1 into a stereo Reverb then into two amps... Why is it when I bypass the D1 pedal.. It plays out of left amp only (my reverb remains stereo. .. I put another stereo delay in the chain (switched the D1 out) and the signal played out of both amps when new delay was bypassed. So I can't bypass this pedal when running in stereo. Am. I missing something? Thnk you!!!!
Yeah I had the same prob so what I did was use a double male ts (in left/right to D1) to female ts adapter and plugged in like that no more prob when pedal was bypassed because even tho I switched from the default mode when powering on the pedal it didn’t matter what I did still only left side coming out till I engaged the pedal
@@zachvargas122588 so out mono from my preamp pedal.. Using a mono to L/R TS cable into input 1n2 on the D1? And I have it on the blue light dsp bypass mode. Walrus responded and said that I just had to switch bypass modes to the dual mono but none of them worked.
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Matty Elemental Sound LA Either one of those options will work depending on how exactly you want to do it or what options of cables you have, so from your preamp send you can use the Y adapter ts male to dual female, plug two cables or patch cables into female ends and run it to the input of your D1 L&R, or use the Y adapter dual male ts, plug into the input of the pedal (D1) L&R, then plug the send of your preamp to -> the female TS of the Y adapter. Your Local Music store might have these options but be sure they are TS not TRS, for most situations that is what you need some pedals require trs to ts but I’m sure in your case it’s TS to TS or (mono to dual mono)
Hey ! I am currently building a board. Im looking for a delay and reverb set up. I’m between get two GFI systems (one for delay and one for reverb) or the walrus audio D1 and Meris Mercury 7. Which set up do you recommend in your opinion?
Depends on what you need. If you need a bunch of reverb algos and a bunch of stereo delay options, GFI. If you want a couple killer sounds with a sacrifice of some versatility features for that, go w the Walrus M7 combo. Depends on your needs
terrible demo-- too much talking -- only played one type of phrase over and over -- never moved the time knob - this pedal can do such much more -- get a pro guitarist to demo it -- and stop talking !
Wow, just stumbled upon the channel, absolutely an amazing player. Love the studio set up you created look forward to seeing more content'
I typically hate a lot of talking, but you speak with passion about the pedals. Very good review.
I just ordered this pedal. It arrives in a couple of days and I couldn’t be more excited for it. I traded in my memory-boy for it and GC basically gave me $100 for it which is what I paid for it 3 years ago so I basically got the D1 brand new for $100 off!
Same here. Bought to replace a memory boy deluxe
peace be with you amigo. Your demo is heavenly
Got the R1 last week and cant wait for the D1 Version 2 with USB for Firmware-Updates :-)
Where did you hear about a V2?
Hey! What's the difference between Version 2 and 1?
@@yurakolesnikov9725 USB so you an firmware upgrade. The presets sound a bit different. There's also a stereo width adjustment.
@@justfortierToo late, I've already bought and sold this useless piece of metal
Very nice tones and paying! This one’s at the top of my list for all the reasons you’ve mentioned. Packs such a punch! 🥊
It really does. It’s got a lot going on for the size and the format. Killer pedal.
Mark, what a delightful video! IMHO, one of the finest you've made to this date. The tone is superb. I am seriously interested, thank you very much!
Man that is very kind of you. Glad you enjoyed it. The D1 gives me very high hopes for Walruses new lineup.
@@markjohnstonofficial Well deserved, Mark, you are most welcome. I am thinking D1 with the Slö & Neunaber's Immerse MKII and a drive/compressor, and I am off! What do you think of that?
@@michalmikolajmaslowski3994 I think that would be a killer set up.
Note that the reverse mode's wet signal will always have reverse + non-reverse. You can't get rid of the non-reverse one.
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So good brother! Always such a pleasure listening to your well thought out and usable demos!
So glad you found it helpful
Sure the pedal is sweet, but tone of that Harmony and your hands are dreamy.
Wowowow love your vids but this one is just SUPER splendid.
Excellent video, I love your style and taste in pedals. I was wondering about the Bensom preamp, Strymon Iridium and the new Walrus Mako, and you just gave me all that one video. Thanks!
I see you are using the Benson as an always on type pedal, it makes me wonder do you still use that EB-10?
The Eb-10 is great and it still ends up on some of my builds but it and the benson don’t have much overlap. I’m more likely to choose between condor and Eb10 in conjunction with something like the benson.
Love this. Very Tycho.
VERY TYCHO.
Awesome demo. Great playing.
Pair this with W.A. R1, a badass Fuzz and distortion. And that's it. Pedal board done. Exp pedal too actually. Could do anything from Pink Floyd to NiN to Waylon Jennings to Mr. Bungle.
Gotta have at least 1 modulation pedal in that chain
Thank you for the well done review. 2 questions to throw out there:
2. Does the tweak knob allow you to adjust the parameters of each the mod, tone, and age and have them all present to at the same time to any one of the 5 delay types?
If you had to pick Boss DD200 or Mako D1, which would it be and why?
Much thanks, in advanced!
On the list. Another great pedal for ambient stuff is the boss sy-1. Use that w this delay, and some nice reverb.... Add looper. 😍
Oh there is a new king now..Red Panda Raster V2 🎸
i was thorn between this and the gfi orca.. for a mono pedalboard for a solid couple of presets.. but this has so much caracter and variety..
awesome as always.... can you make a video on the polymoon?
Hey Mark，thank you. Love you music and video . You Mic is audio technica 2035?
How do you compare this to the tone and quality of a dd500. It almost cost the same where I am from...
wondering this too...seems like dd500 might be more tweakable...but wonder how the sounds compare with this!
Great sound! Thx - your video is very interesting for me. Do you play the Benson preamp and the Iridium at the same time (serial)? Isn't it too much? Do you use the Immerse and Mercury as alternatives or at the same time? Thx from Germany.
Nice demo! Would you share you opinion of what to buy between specular tempus and mako d1?
Absolutely amazing video, Mark. You really highlighted some great features on it, and I’m very pleased you also brought up its quirks. Like the honesty. One question for you, do you feel that it not having analog dry through is an issue, or perhaps a benefit? And, why would they choose to go that route over analog dry through? Running a wet/dry rig could be an issue with latency from digital to analog conversion. I think anyway. Cheers, and thanks again!
This allowed for us the pedal to do a full wet/dry mix.
walrusaudioeffects thanks for the reply. What does that mean, exactly? (Hope that doesn’t sound negative in anyway, I’m truly curious, because I have say the El Capistan which is analog dry through and goes full wet/dry - I believe anyway!). Perhaps I’m misunderstanding.
I think this is actually a benefit for parallel loop users.
Drivez Insane ah. Makes sense now. So full wet in one channel of my signal blender from OBNE type thing? Blend in what you need/want?
If you are running a wet/dry/wet rig you should be prepped for phase inversion already as a bare minimum cautionary measure, with that in mind any theoretical latency from the conversion could easily be solved for.
And I appreciate the kind words about the video. I think it's more valuable to discuss quirks and potential issues with a pedal even more so with a pedal like this because at the end of the day I am HUGELY impressed with this one. Even with some drawbacks I still find it to be a killer delay that I enjoy the hell out of and will be using on mono and stereo rigs moving foreword. I hadn't even considered Walrus' reply about using it as the junction point for a wt dry rig but that is actually awesome.
I have this pedal and I found the following problem, every time I edit and save a preset, when I turn the pedal off and turn it on again, the previously saved presets are deleted, can this error be corrected or am I simply not using this pedal correctly? Thanks for the help, excellent video 🙏
Great video! Could you share pls, what's the difference between old and new versions of Walrus D1?
Awesome demo! Does this pedal trail when you bypass/switch off?
You can switch tails on and off. It is described in the manual.
Nice video you talk about things we should be aware of before purchasing...
Question I am new to playing electric guitar could I get slap back echo from this pedal ?
Yes. Any delay pedal can do a slap back delay
The fact that you can have such great tones and the majority of your Eq knobs are at noon hurts my brain
How would you say the tape setting on the D1 stands up to the el capistan?
Haven't ever played an El Cap so I can't speak to that
@@markjohnstonofficial we need to see you do a demo on that 1000% man
Cool video. I noticed that you said it’s your favorite “mono delay pedal.” What’s your favorite stereo delay? I would love to have a delay that gives me a nice stereo sound, even with basic delays.
Empress Echosystem
Great work Mark. Wondering if you have had a look at Keeley Eccos by any chance?
I’ve seen some clips that I’m way into but I haven’t played one yet.
@@markjohnstonofficial OK thanks. I haven't really "jelled" with a delay/looper pedal since I sold my last Boss DD-20 about 10 years ago. Have high hopes for the Eccos, and have one coming next week.
Thanks for the video! I have two questions:
1. Doesn't look like you're going stereo from Immerse to Iridium. Is the second cable hidden?
2. Have you tried delay and reverb after the Iridium? Did you like it better last in the chain?
Thanks!
I like using the iridium last for two reasons;
1. I like adding that “amp feel” to my wet effects.
2. I use the headphone jack for setting stuff up and randomly testing ideas so it need to be last.
And the Neunaber stuff allows you to run a TRS out of their second output to run single cable stereo. It’s amazing and is a super convenient way to get to TRS stereo in pedals like the Meris and Strymon pedals.
Does the Dual setting also work if we are mono? Do we get both delays in a mono signal? Thanks!
Hi Mark! I prefer to run wet/dry/wet and know you run that way as well. Did you run into any phasing issues since the D1 isn’t analog dry through?
No, but when I run wet dry wet you are already planning for phasing issues with no matter what delay and reverbs I run ive got a phaser inverter that I check after I’m set up. The D1 wasn’t any more or less of a factor than any other delay I would use.
How do you encounter playing with the pedal live ? I seem to have a little bit of an issue trying to change the presets within one bank.maybe it's just my feet lol
I use the Morningstar midi controllers for basically 100% of preset management across all my devices.
Currently running a similar setup, just bought a tapestry VP, learned that they are made in my hometown, but wondering why is it between your dry and wet effects, instead of in the front or at the end?
Volume pedal after drives means my gain staging is always consistent and I am only changing volume. Volume pedal before wet effects means that I can roll back my volume without abruptly cutting off my reverb and delay trails
@@markjohnstonofficial Thanks for replying, I will try this out, for the record, I am loving this walrus D1 delay, and just ordered the goodwood audio splitter/phase inverter. Loving the long content videos so far.
Hey Mark! I’m a newb and I’m just wondering how you dial in the tempo (18:50) where the light goes 1, 2, 3, pause... then back again? Do I need MIDI to get that kind of tempo pacing? Or is it just coz you’re dialed into the dotted 8th tempo?
I honestly have never noticed that. My assumption is that it’s a product of the shutter speed on my camera and the refresh rate on the LED not aligning. But honestly I have no idea.
I appreciate it man! I’ve only ever seen one other video of the D1 that did the unusual blinking. Great review btw! I did get the pedal lol
I have a question, maybe stupid: if I put this pedal after a mono chain, and use the mono input, the manual says in this case the pedal will act in dual mono, if, eg, going out to a stereo reverb. Does this setup will compromise the dual stereo mode and be less "bouncy" in the stereo field?
Hey man... This pedal is on my wishlist... I have an empress echosystem and a polymoon... would you say I could come close with those pedal to what this one does... ?
Yeah you’re fine. The EchoSystem does everything and does it well. It’s a fantastic pedal and the Polymoon has incredible stereo; above almost any other delay pedal.
Your doing fine. Top notch gear.
Have you checked out Revelation v2 pedal from Jetpedal? I really want to hear your opinion!
I actually helped w beta testing the v2 and I’ve got two of them. It’s a killer reverb. I’ve been meaning to showcase it somewhere.
Mark Johnston Would you put it on to your board instead of other reverb pedals yoo have? Just being curious.
Does this thing have trails? I definitely need that in a delay pedal!
And how does preset switching working on the pedal? I know you can cycle between the three levels of groups (A, B, C) but does clipping both buttons at the same time cycle between levels 1,2, 3 or A, B, C?
You can switch tails on and off. It is described in the manual.
Switching:
The Mako D1 has 3 banks (A, B, C) with 3 presets each (Red, Green, Blue). The banks you can choose by the toggle switch. You can switch through the presets by pushing both TAB and Bypass.
I’m really tempted...but how easy could be change between settings without midi?
Juri it has presets.
3 presets that you cycle around by pressing both foot switches at the same time (the right led goes from blue to green to red to tell you which preset you are on) and there’s an A | B | C switch to give three different sets of presets. This means you can have 3x3=9 settings stored without using midi.
Is it possible to run two pedal chains into the mono inputs and then the outputs going to two different amps? I'm not looking for stereo, just interested in using the one delay pedal for two different pedal chains going to two different amps.
So when I hit my amp selector pedal, depending on which line I'm going through, each chain will receive delay for that particular chain and amp?
a true bypass switch from mono to stereo will decrease the current in your signal in half which will decrease volume and alter tone significantly and also add significant noise
I assume you dont find the lack of analog dry through an issue????
Well I got one and it does sound great but im not sure if the quirks are worth it
This or a Keeley Eccos?
Secret weapon? Well i can’t think about the more obvious, lol!
My main concern with this pedals it that they've gone too far with the compact enclosure. Those footswitches look like they're very tightly spaced (same thing with the JHS and ealier Walrus Audio delays) and I could easily see that being a problem in a live setting where you migh turn it off when attempting to set the tempo or vice versa. And probably even worse on a dark stage.
It’s possible that my bias comes from a LOT of stage time with Chase Bliss pedals but I don’t ever quite seem to have that issue. Besides, I almost entirely use midi to bypass and control tempo these days so the pedal is more of a brain and less of an interface for me.
I have size uk 15 shoes and I’m clumsy as…buttons close together are a no go for me hahaha…Pedal sounds fucking great though
@@markjohnstonofficial midi dude
So - should I get Mako D1 or Keeley ECCOS? Any advice appreciated! : )
Mako. And while you're at it, get the Mako R1 also. Best 2 pedals around. And look how much space you save.
The flanged repeats on the eccos is very unique. I would say it has a sound not found on other delays. The mako is more versatile and a very powerful for the footprint. Not sure I’m hearing anything distinctive about it though. Depends if you have other delay pedals IMO
What kind of trs splitter are you using into the strymon I'm having trouble finding one that works
I got mine from Analog Endeavors
@@markjohnstonofficial Is it one TRS to two TS or are they all three TRS
TRS to dual TS
@@markjohnstonofficial Thank you so much!
Hey there! So ran into a problem. . I'm plugged into my amt preamp mono...then mono out to the D1... Then stereo out of the D1 into a stereo Reverb then into two amps... Why is it when I bypass the D1 pedal.. It plays out of left amp only (my reverb remains stereo. .. I put another stereo delay in the chain (switched the D1 out) and the signal played out of both amps when new delay was bypassed. So I can't bypass this pedal when running in stereo. Am. I missing something? Thnk you!!!!
Yeah I had the same prob so what I did was use a double male ts (in left/right to D1) to female ts adapter and plugged in like that no more prob when pedal was bypassed because even tho I switched from the default mode when powering on the pedal it didn’t matter what I did still only left side coming out till I engaged the pedal
@@zachvargas122588 so out mono from my preamp pedal.. Using a mono to L/R TS cable into input 1n2 on the D1? And I have it on the blue light dsp bypass mode. Walrus responded and said that I just had to switch bypass modes to the dual mono but none of them worked.
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Either one of those options will work depending on how exactly you want to do it or what options of cables you have, so from your preamp send you can use the Y adapter ts male to dual female, plug two cables or patch cables into female ends and run it to the input of your D1 L&R, or use the Y adapter dual male ts, plug into the input of the pedal (D1) L&R, then plug the send of your preamp to -> the female TS of the Y adapter. Your Local Music store might have these options but be sure they are TS not TRS, for most situations that is what you need some pedals require trs to ts but I’m sure in your case it’s TS to TS or (mono to dual mono)
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That opening sounds like a Tycho song
Hey ! I am currently building a board. Im looking for a delay and reverb set up. I’m between get two GFI systems (one for delay and one for reverb) or the walrus audio D1 and Meris Mercury 7. Which set up do you recommend in your opinion?
Depends on what you need. If you need a bunch of reverb algos and a bunch of stereo delay options, GFI. If you want a couple killer sounds with a sacrifice of some versatility features for that, go w the Walrus M7 combo. Depends on your needs
At a certain point you’re an effects player more than a guitar player
Yeah that’s kind of the idea.
terrible demo-- too much talking -- only played one type of phrase over and over -- never moved the time knob - this pedal can do such much more -- get a pro guitarist to demo it -- and stop talking !
Lol ok doctor.