The Meris 440 Mic Preamp is a unique boutique 500-Series studio preamp with a difference. With an integrated, pedal friendly built-in effects loop attenuated to guitar-pedal level, means that whatever your mic is recording, you can now use your guitar pedals to add effects to the signal.
Designed to be the ultimate mic pre for guitar, the 440 is just as capable as a mic pre for vocals, percussion and other instruments as it is with handling acoustic and electric guitar transients.
The Meris 440 is designed and built in L.A., California and contains only the highest quality components available today, like legendary Cinemag input and output transformers and hybrid-discrete OpAmps that receive and drive each respective transformer section. These all unite to create highly sought after classic American tone reminiscent of famously popular mic preamps made in the 1970s.
The all-analogue signal path benefits from a customised 4kHz or 7kHz high shelf switch, 20dB pad and full control over the 60dB of gain and output levels. The levels of creativity you can go to with the Meris 440 are only hindered by your imagination!
With immaculate attention to detail, the Meris 440 is solidly built and the front panel controls are clearly laid out and labelled, making it extremely easy to use. Plugging your guitar pedal into the effects loop means you can now add your favourite reverb or delay effects into the signal chain, distortion-free and without the need for any intermediary equipment. The effects loop input also doubles as a super-clean and smooth sounding D.I. for direct recording, adding to its versatility.
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While Meris may be still seen to many as a fledgling company, the industry experience contained within the team spans several decades. Founder Terry Burton and lead DSP engineer Angelo Mazzocco have achieved seminal work at industry leaders Strymon and Line6 respectively. Now add creative director Jinna Kim’s massive branding experience and it’s no wonder that Meris currently make the best looking and best sounding effects in the business.
Whether you’re looking for lush cinematic ambience, otherworldly modulated echoes, bit-crushed arpeggios or pro studio mic-preamps, you’ll find it all in Meris’ spectacular range of compact pedals and 500-series modules.
But that’s not all, with the latest releases of Meris’ Enzo and Hedra pedals, both guitar players and other sonic experimentalists can get all the polyphonic synth and pitchshifting tones they ever dreamt of, from pedals that require no special pickups/connections etc. and all with flawless tracking.
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