Hello Son, this is your mom chiming in to tell you I am SO proud of you! All I can say is that finger work is as dextrous as ever, and I couldn't sit still during the show. They must like you those walrus people, for what you did with that thing was nobody's business! Awesome! Just. Awesome.
Xvive and cool audio are making BBDs, and I believe it is the xvive chipset that is the 3005s used in the Meraki. The ones that are out of production are Panasonic MN3005. I think that the last production analog delay pedal to use those was the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo-1100, or the Moogerfooger MF-104M. Most everything that has a BBD in it these days and since about the mid 2000s will be either xvive or cool audio.
If I had not been playing a Matriarch for the last couple of years, I would have passed this one up as it is quite expensive. But, I've come to very much enjoy what are essentially two 104s under the hood, so when this came along I was willing to pay the exorbitant price. It's nice to have that truly fantastic sounding delay on any instrument, or as part of a loop. Worth every penny. (Still, I just wish it had full CV patch implementation; I've gotten a lot of use out of a fully patchable dual-channel BBD)
Man... those first minutes of playing screamed Ayla to me in a great way. Maybe not your favorite genre, but this pedal to me is the perfect tool to make amazing trance music. Fantastic jam, thank you so much.
@@RickyTinez check out Angelfalls, it is one of Ayla's most known and beloved trance classics! With that pedal in your arsenal I'm sure it will give you tons of inspiration for future tracks!
I've been looking at a lot of BBD-style delays lately and this one is "ticking all the boxes", to quote another RUclipsr. The Benson Delay isn't a true BBD but it has a lo-fi sauce to it that I think would sound good on keys.
this really does kinda look like the ultimate option right now. Have you checked out the Dreadbox Raindrops though. Not true analog but it gets some of these types of lo-fi-ish sounds
Seriously.. I was thinking about it today, who there is the one synth person being like “this pedal is awesome.. but put full size midi on it” or stereo inputs and outputs 😂
I love a good analog delay, but it's more important to have usable performance controls and filters. Even the Boss DM-101 fails in this department. The Suhr Discovery is the only big analog delay that's super usable/playable. It has 4x BBD chips which you can degrade as much as you want by stretching it to over 2 seconds. Big display. Dedicated knobs for HPF/LPF/LFO. You get all the wow/flutter from the LFO, and everything's MIDI controllable, but MIDI doesn't hijack the speed. It has separate division buttons if you want MIDI time sync. Other boutique pedals add a bunch of extra features but they screw up the basics. The Zen Delay and the Benidub Echo might be digital delays, but they're really good because they also have analog HPF/LPF. If I don't get that I'd rather just have another DM-2W or another nice crunchy 12-bit '80s pedal. When I see a pedal like the Meraki I'm thinking... Yeah it's stereo, but I can get two DM-2Ws and make a stereo ping-pong and it's still half the price of this thing! The Zen Delay is still the king of $600 delays. I'd happily pay $1,200 for an analog Zen Delay with hopefully a little wow/flutter LFO and CV for the filter.
I just discovered this pedal exists, and now I want one, especially after hearing it with synths. I also have a Matriarch and love its stereo BBD delay and would love this to use with my other synths.
Oh my god finally. I have been designing a stereo BBD to replace the one I lost on the Matriarch, because there was nothing to meet this small need in the market. I can't believe it's here finally. THANK YOU, GOOD SIR!!
There are some really cool pedals coming out these days. I have two bucket brigade analog delays, both mono. One is a vintage MXR green pedal that is over 40 years old and the other is a Maxon AD900. This one is pretty amazing. Crank that feedback to the max! Haha. The pedal circuitry should be self-limiting and make that pleasing analog delay sound that you can play with the time/frequency controls.
Walrus knocked it out of the park with this pedal. I still want to buy the Boss DM-101 for BBD delays, but i honestly think the Meraki would be the better option for me due to it being fully stereo. Both are amazing! Tough to choose
hey dude, how'd this handle line level? were you turning things down a lot or is there enough headroom to handle it? also super impressive how you build these tracks on the fly btw.
There are Xvive MN3005 reissues out, for instance used in Asheville Music Tools ADG. It’s a cool analog delay that I have but it’s mono. Also a special edition they make for the ADG delay that includes an insert loop and CV control. Not MIDI though.
Really inspiring. Made me want to make more deep house, was a huge fan of this many years ago. Now I make most other electronic music. But as I said this really had a vibe I liked. Question of how the first thing you recorded (chord-like) was made, did you add more delay or reverb on the octatrack to get the smooth loop. Or only looped without fx? Thanks for the the dope video and track
I also wish the time knob would jump between time divisions when synced to MIDI, like the Matriarch's delay does. Since it's digitally controlled, implementing that should be possible with a firmware update.
Thanks for the video!! This sounds great!!I have been searching for stereo analog delays for a bitI would tell people to check out the stereo delay by Flower Pedals too.... That is, if you aren't in a rush. It's comes out in February. I am probably buying both. I am an analog delay sucker.(DOD Rubberneck, Chase Bliss Tonal Recall/Thermae) Also, Jackson Audio New Wave is a great stereo chorus.
I enyoyed the music in this episode. Ricky is getting better and better. Nice delay but 600 price tag is based on fact that its the only double analog delay with midi...in few months there will be new rival and the price will drop
You think? I assume there will be some follow upsof other brands in the future, but this a one of a kind right? I've pulled the trigger, gonna try it out, see if i'm getting blown away.
hey Ricky, thx for this amazing video. Can you offer me some lights on how to configure this Meraki wonder to clock sync with my ableton ? I have no clue of how can the delay would pass in "listen" mode...
This makes want a Thermae MK2 so badly! I'm currently using two thermae for foe stereo, and also usually have another thermae to my aux send, Sending midi for time and cc to all three. Doing the tap tempo independently also gives a fun vibe. Sometimes i put the Gen loss mk2 though aux send for that tape sound, then i have a spare thermae. Sometimes i use the decco. This one is really cool, but it almost gives more of a reverb like effect. Kinda like a two in one deal then! Love how the pedal looks, not a fan of that logo, but the pedal has a nice simple design! Stereo and 5pin interface, I really have to look into this pedal, so i can put it after my thermae.
This pedal can do the staccato delays also! I was mainly sending it longer pad sounds so the tails meshed together. - Ive also though about the 2 pedal combo for stereo on other pedals I have haha. Is it a plus that it’s separate?
If i want to just experiment then I don't sync them. Sometimes i sync all three to different speeds to create polyrhythmic delay. Yeah the Mekari looks like a lot of fun, it's pure analog, I'm either gonna get the Mekari, or I'm gonna get the OTO BIM. The OTO BIM is the best of both worlds, it has dark analog plus a 12BIT sample based digital delay, the BIM also gets delay times up to 3500ms i believe. If you have tried the BIM, then how would you compare it to Mekari? I recently got the OTO BOUM, I would recommend try that, works great for you style of making music. I really enjoy your blooper videos. Have a good one!@@RickyTinez
it's a pity that the Boss DM-101 is only with mono input, but it also has 8xBBD. which would you choose, i've been thinking about the Boss DM-101 for a long time, but this video has given me a lot to think about. I don't know what to choose
There are no other real choices for a stereo BBD delay. The only one I had was built into the Moog Matriarch, and nothing else sounds like it...until now. There are plenty of (mono) BBD delays out there, each a little different. The DM-101 is all of those pedals in one, which if you're mainly using for guitar, would be more fitting. If you're after stereo BBD specifically (like I am), this is a no-brainer!
@@RickyTinez Two mono BBDs would get you there…like two of the the Moog MF-1, a beautiful BBD, or whatever your preference. But having to do a manual ping pong, never exactly time synchronized, cumbersome, space-hog and expensive, might cost you about the same as the Meraki anyway!
Ricky, can I use this pedal hooked to my audio interface outputs for mixing? I guess my question is whether it will take +4 dbu line level without distorting
Could you answer a tech question for me? Does the unit sum to mono at any point? Thanks, just curious. I am thinking about picking one up, but my rig needs each side to have a full separate path, no summing.
I can't say this with 100% guarantee. but I'm 99% sure it does not sum to mono. UNLESS flipping the switch into "Series Mode" which then the left repeats feedback and then get pushed into the right delay line as well. But Parallel mode they'er independent, ping-pong independent but feed backing into one another repeatedly. Hope this helps!
I USED to think stereo was overrated until I sampled sounds into the Digitakt and Octatrack.. when my wild Oberheim pad got squished into mono I had my aha moment hahaha
Hello Son, this is your mom chiming in to tell you I am SO proud of you! All I can say is that finger work is as dextrous as ever, and I couldn't sit still during the show. They must like you those walrus people, for what you did with that thing was nobody's business! Awesome! Just. Awesome.
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Ricky’s Mom’s name is John? Ok, ok, I can dig that.
Is this an AI shitpost lol
Xvive and cool audio are making BBDs, and I believe it is the xvive chipset that is the 3005s used in the Meraki. The ones that are out of production are Panasonic MN3005. I think that the last production analog delay pedal to use those was the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo-1100, or the Moogerfooger MF-104M. Most everything that has a BBD in it these days and since about the mid 2000s will be either xvive or cool audio.
If I had not been playing a Matriarch for the last couple of years, I would have passed this one up as it is quite expensive. But, I've come to very much enjoy what are essentially two 104s under the hood, so when this came along I was willing to pay the exorbitant price. It's nice to have that truly fantastic sounding delay on any instrument, or as part of a loop.
Worth every penny.
(Still, I just wish it had full CV patch implementation; I've gotten a lot of use out of a fully patchable dual-channel BBD)
I picked up the pedal on release for my guitar based lo-fi ambient experiments but watching it slay on electronic musc is mind blowing.
Man... those first minutes of playing screamed Ayla to me in a great way.
Maybe not your favorite genre, but this pedal to me is the perfect tool to make amazing trance music.
Fantastic jam, thank you so much.
Whoa, never thought of that! Id have to check them out
@@RickyTinez check out Angelfalls, it is one of Ayla's most known and beloved trance classics!
With that pedal in your arsenal I'm sure it will give you tons of inspiration for future tracks!
I've been looking at a lot of BBD-style delays lately and this one is "ticking all the boxes", to quote another RUclipsr. The Benson Delay isn't a true BBD but it has a lo-fi sauce to it that I think would sound good on keys.
this really does kinda look like the ultimate option right now. Have you checked out the Dreadbox Raindrops though. Not true analog but it gets some of these types of lo-fi-ish sounds
Absolutely love Walrus Audio's pedals. They all sound amazing on synths
Seriously.. I was thinking about it today, who there is the one synth person being like “this pedal is awesome.. but put full size midi on it” or stereo inputs and outputs 😂
Just got one delivered last week 👍🏼beautiful sound!!
Wow dude - that was an awesome demo. Your Octatrack skills are top tier. I hope that track gets finished. Good stuff
As someone who got to test this through its making, you’re using this as I’d always hoped it would be used! 👌
This thing sounds absolutely awesome. Finally a great analog stereo Delay.
Came for the guitar application of the Meraki, stayed for the awesome grooves. Nicely done man, so smooth
Thanks for your time!
It's nice to see someone approaching the use of delay in making music in a similar way.
Wow this sounds incredible, thanks for sharing! Am I right that there's also loads of reverb on your piano? Either way, love it! 🙏❤
this sounds crazy, it might have to be on my wish list!!
I love a good analog delay, but it's more important to have usable performance controls and filters. Even the Boss DM-101 fails in this department. The Suhr Discovery is the only big analog delay that's super usable/playable. It has 4x BBD chips which you can degrade as much as you want by stretching it to over 2 seconds. Big display. Dedicated knobs for HPF/LPF/LFO. You get all the wow/flutter from the LFO, and everything's MIDI controllable, but MIDI doesn't hijack the speed. It has separate division buttons if you want MIDI time sync. Other boutique pedals add a bunch of extra features but they screw up the basics.
The Zen Delay and the Benidub Echo might be digital delays, but they're really good because they also have analog HPF/LPF. If I don't get that I'd rather just have another DM-2W or another nice crunchy 12-bit '80s pedal. When I see a pedal like the Meraki I'm thinking... Yeah it's stereo, but I can get two DM-2Ws and make a stereo ping-pong and it's still half the price of this thing! The Zen Delay is still the king of $600 delays. I'd happily pay $1,200 for an analog Zen Delay with hopefully a little wow/flutter LFO and CV for the filter.
Don’t know what you’re doing, but man that sounds good. Gonna watch it again. So sweeet
I just discovered this pedal exists, and now I want one, especially after hearing it with synths. I also have a Matriarch and love its stereo BBD delay and would love this to use with my other synths.
I believe this is the finest analog delay ever created. Gimme gimme. I need. I need.
Oh my god finally. I have been designing a stereo BBD to replace the one I lost on the Matriarch, because there was nothing to meet this small need in the market. I can't believe it's here finally. THANK YOU, GOOD SIR!!
Yea I was surprised as well, a ton of digital options but none analog like this with midi sync
There are some really cool pedals coming out these days. I have two bucket brigade analog delays, both mono. One is a vintage MXR green pedal that is over 40 years old and the other is a Maxon AD900. This one is pretty amazing.
Crank that feedback to the max! Haha. The pedal circuitry should be self-limiting and make that pleasing analog delay sound that you can play with the time/frequency controls.
Wow man…that one sounds great. I don’t do pedals…I might with this one. Liquid audio!
Walrus knocked it out of the park with this pedal. I still want to buy the Boss DM-101 for BBD delays, but i honestly think the Meraki would be the better option for me due to it being fully stereo. Both are amazing! Tough to choose
Really great video. Reminds me of some of the tracks id hear on the first GU mixed!!
This is what it's all about right here
Damn I reeeeeallly enjoyed this one!
Thank you Marc!
“ i’m not clipping anywhere, it’s the pedal clipping around … “ Oh really ? 😎😂
so lush! love it Ricky
Man wow, now I want a new delay pedal
hey dude, how'd this handle line level? were you turning things down a lot or is there enough headroom to handle it? also super impressive how you build these tracks on the fly btw.
There are Xvive MN3005 reissues out, for instance used in Asheville Music Tools ADG. It’s a cool analog delay that I have but it’s mono. Also a special edition they make for the ADG delay that includes an insert loop and CV control. Not MIDI though.
Sounds absolutely terrific! Now dm-101 has some serious competition here.
Really inspiring. Made me want to make more deep house, was a huge fan of this many years ago. Now I make most other electronic music. But as I said this really had a vibe I liked. Question of how the first thing you recorded (chord-like) was made, did you add more delay or reverb on the octatrack to get the smooth loop. Or only looped without fx? Thanks for the the dope video and track
Ricky, the Ashville Music Tools ADG-1 SE is mono but also sounds amazing.
Asheville Music Tools
@@asynchronicity thanks.
I also wish the time knob would jump between time divisions when synced to MIDI, like the Matriarch's delay does. Since it's digitally controlled, implementing that should be possible with a firmware update.
Yea, hopefully it can be implemented! The switches help. But I want more than just 3 options per side
Came for the pedal, stayed for your work flow.
Boss was like "boohoo synth players, who needs full stereo analog delay anyway" then Walrus was like "throw me a fish and hold my tusks".
Im sold. Sounds great in my car.
Oh a rare Friday Ricky? Edit: "Sysex Dude" would be a great merch piece
Haha! Not a bad idea 🤔
Man that track is juicy as hell !! Ouuf ! ❤🔥
Thanks for the video!! This sounds great!!I have been searching for stereo analog delays for a bitI would tell people to check out the stereo delay by Flower Pedals too.... That is, if you aren't in a rush. It's comes out in February. I am probably buying both. I am an analog delay sucker.(DOD Rubberneck, Chase Bliss Tonal Recall/Thermae) Also, Jackson Audio New Wave is a great stereo chorus.
Is the Meraki a limited release? I hope not. Finally some made a stunning stereo analog delay.
Great stuff Enrique-love the channel
Thank you! Good to see your comment again :)
Great vid, thanks man! It would be WILD to have your UFO engine sound fed into the Tricerachorus….! CHALLENGE!
Ricky "I'm holding out to get paid more for a Digitakt II video" Tinez...
that shit ain't cheap ....wooooo
I just bought a Walrus Sloër. Another delay that sounds awesome with synths. This one has got my attention though.
That’s a reverb isn’t it?
you should be releasing this track!
I enyoyed the music in this episode. Ricky is getting better and better. Nice delay but 600 price tag is based on fact that its the only double analog delay with midi...in few months there will be new rival and the price will drop
You think? I assume there will be some follow upsof other brands in the future, but this a one of a kind right? I've pulled the trigger, gonna try it out, see if i'm getting blown away.
@Dolle_Man write how you feel about it. I'm very curious about your thoughts.
@@Judasz696 Will try to get back at ya! Perhaps I make a demo video about it like I did with the DBA rooms pedal
@@Dolle_Man would be great! Cheers!
GOSH DOUGLAS that was hot (@20:00), I got chill bumps!
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The texture at 15:00 sounds a bit like This Hmming Raverie by SHXCXCHCXSH. Watery and beautiful !
Hyped by this video, then realized it was sold out everywhere Whats should I do now Ricky?
sick textures
Could you do a video with this pedal combined with your Finegear Dust Collector? Do some dubby house music.
hey Ricky, thx for this amazing video. Can you offer me some lights on how to configure this Meraki wonder to clock sync with my ableton ? I have no clue of how can the delay would pass in "listen" mode...
Rarely do I immediately buy anything based off a video (especially after my disappointment with the zen delay), but I had to with this.
That mouse pad is cool! Where can i get it!?
Not bad... not bad!
It’s giving Men I Trust vibes
Oooooo love them!
So curious how vocals will sound going thru
sick jam
Thanks! ❤
Damn for this price id be going DM101 every day
Wish I could merge this pedal with the Ninjatune Zen into one super pedal :)
So quality really does cost is what I have learned
Would love to see what you could do with something like the TC Electronic 2290p dynamic delay!
Oooo id have to check that out! Ever heard of it, thanks for sharing
This makes want a Thermae MK2 so badly! I'm currently using two thermae for foe stereo, and also usually have another thermae to my aux send, Sending midi for time and cc to all three. Doing the tap tempo independently also gives a fun vibe.
Sometimes i put the Gen loss mk2 though aux send for that tape sound, then i have a spare thermae. Sometimes i use the decco.
This one is really cool, but it almost gives more of a reverb like effect. Kinda like a two in one deal then! Love how the pedal looks, not a fan of that logo, but the pedal has a nice simple design! Stereo and 5pin interface, I really have to look into this pedal, so i can put it after my thermae.
This pedal can do the staccato delays also! I was mainly sending it longer pad sounds so the tails meshed together. - Ive also though about the 2 pedal combo for stereo on other pedals I have haha. Is it a plus that it’s separate?
If i want to just experiment then I don't sync them. Sometimes i sync all three to different speeds to create polyrhythmic delay. Yeah the Mekari looks like a lot of fun, it's pure analog, I'm either gonna get the Mekari, or I'm gonna get the OTO BIM.
The OTO BIM is the best of both worlds, it has dark analog plus a 12BIT sample based digital delay, the BIM also gets delay times up to 3500ms i believe. If you have tried the BIM, then how would you compare it to Mekari? I recently got the OTO BOUM, I would recommend try that, works great for you style of making music. I really enjoy your blooper videos. Have a good one!@@RickyTinez
it's a pity that the Boss DM-101 is only with mono input, but it also has 8xBBD. which would you choose, i've been thinking about the Boss DM-101 for a long time, but this video has given me a lot to think about. I don't know what to choose
There are no other real choices for a stereo BBD delay. The only one I had was built into the Moog Matriarch, and nothing else sounds like it...until now. There are plenty of (mono) BBD delays out there, each a little different. The DM-101 is all of those pedals in one, which if you're mainly using for guitar, would be more fitting. If you're after stereo BBD specifically (like I am), this is a no-brainer!
Im guessing those are rare/expensive? Or would 2 for mono be a pain? I guess you’d lose on routing options like the ping-pong/parallel and midi
@@RickyTinez Two mono BBDs would get you there…like two of the the Moog MF-1, a beautiful BBD, or whatever your preference. But having to do a manual ping pong, never exactly time synchronized, cumbersome, space-hog and expensive, might cost you about the same as the Meraki anyway!
Doesn’t handle line level well. You would need a reamp box and then maybe a DI.
Very cool bro
Thanks Ian!
Hi Ricky. Can you do Octatrack Blackbox comparison? I look everywhere including Google but in vain 😐 Regards ✌️
Fire 🔥
Do you prefer this or the Erica Zen Delay?
There is a free plugin that has some cool stuff its called Deelay
sick track. love it
Such a dope pedal, but the price point is def steep O.O guessing it might have something to do with all those chips xD either way thanks for the vid!
Hahah! Yea I said the same thing, like oh wait.. there’s a bunch of stuff in here 🤣
Just when I think I have my GAS under control, yo go ahead and do something like this🤣
PS: my wife wants a word with you
Beware, Ricky can make a delay pedal the most desirable object in the universe, just ask all the Zen Delay customers he created ;)
luckily the zen delay can change timing while MIDI synced 🙂
Haha im thinking of comparing the 2.
That was literally my first question to Walrus Audio when they hit me up. “How’s it compare?”
jeeeeeeeeeeez nice
So…it takes line level too?
What are these transparent cables, please?
Ricky T where is your other octatrack?
In its box :) good eye!
I would like pedal to have a baby with 4ms Dual looping delay. oh yes
There not vintage chips they are re-created,made by behringer and xvive
Ricky, can I use this pedal hooked to my audio interface outputs for mixing? I guess my question is whether it will take +4 dbu line level without distorting
I want to say yes.. it was taking a pretty hot line level from my Audio interface in this video. But I'm not sure!
@@RickyTinezthat helps! I wasn't sure how your audio path was like. So in this video the Meraki was being fed from an audio out of your interface?
it is noisy ?
Making me wonder how a piano would sound through a Moog Matriarch stereo BBD
ADG-1/SE, Sending V2, DM-101, Meraki- some really heavy BBD hitters coming out in the recent past. Big box Deluxe Memory Man is still the king tho
600? That's too many clams, for THIS walrus...
Roland pooping the bed relentlessly right now 😂. Good job Walrus!
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Could you answer a tech question for me? Does the unit sum to mono at any point? Thanks, just curious. I am thinking about picking one up, but my rig needs each side to have a full separate path, no summing.
I can't say this with 100% guarantee. but I'm 99% sure it does not sum to mono. UNLESS flipping the switch into "Series Mode" which then the left repeats feedback and then get pushed into the right delay line as well.
But Parallel mode they'er independent, ping-pong independent but feed backing into one another repeatedly.
Hope this helps!
sorry but I'm sampling the chords in the beginning
Cool!!! 👍 (is that plant on the logo a Tequila Agave? 🚬🤪)
Haha! Didn’t even think of that
someone just did what the delay machine didnt do.
What?
my question exactly@@jaysgood10 hahaha
I still prefer Xaoc Sarajewo
He's gonna pronounce it wrong the entire video isn't he? It's Meh•rock•kee and of Greek origin.
Ok then, t1mehrockson
I hope the pedal maker doesn’t pronounce it the wrong way
Whoa google has an “American” pronunciation the way I said it haha. Maybe the Greeks had an Alabama accent?
Hero or jy-row?
lot's of hum and noise...
sounds good 600$ good no
If the Thermae didn't exist I would get this. Stereo is overrated imo
Bold statement but I respect it
Yeah the thermae is one of a kind, but imagine feeding the pitch into this ping pong
I USED to think stereo was overrated until I sampled sounds into the Digitakt and Octatrack.. when my wild Oberheim pad got squished into mono I had my aha moment hahaha
Nah.. stereo is king..