Meris’s new Enzo X is touted as the “polyphonic monster” of synth pedals
Meris‘s Enzo synthesiser pedal has been given a makeover. Enzo X packs its punch in a smaller package; adopting the same design and UI as the company’s MercuryX reverb and LVX modular delay systems, and promises to deliver even more polyphonic power than ever before.
Rammed with five synth modes – including mono, polyphonic and dry processing – as well as 99 users presets and polyphonic pitch detection, Enzo X also offers 6 polyphonic voices available, and they can be used simultaneously.
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As well as being visually inspired by other Meris pedals, the Enzo X also borrows some of Mercury X’s reverb charms. The pedal adopts three unique reverb styles from the Mercury X’s Prism algorithm. There’s also full stereo 2.5 second delay, as well as five modulation types, including chorus, vibrato and flanger.
The Enzo offers five different drives (bitcrush, op amp, transistor, tube, and volume pedal), as well as a slew of oscillators and filters. Users can select between saw, triangle and square waveforms, while there’s also an ADSR envelope generator for both amplitude and filter.
What with the 99 presets and ample features, the Enzo X leaves plenty of room to experiment. But, have no fear: once you’ve nailed your dream synth tones, the pedal thankfully allows you to store your top three favourite presets in a bank.
Meris Enzo X
The pedal itself is kitted out with your standard bells and whistles. You can toy with pitch, level, filter, modulation and preset knobs, while stompable footswitches allow you to hop between banks. On the side, you’ll find your inputs, outputs jacks, as well as five-pin MIDI inputs and outputs. There’s also a usb-C port, but that’s exclusively for firmware updates.
Inside the golden casing of the Enzo X, you’ll find an Analog Devices JFET input section. Meris has also fitted it with an all-analogue signal path and 24-bit AD/DA w/32 bit floating point DSP.
“I always dreamed of releasing a synthesizer,” Meris’ founder, Terry Burton, says. “With Enzo X, we released a fully polyphonic monster that you can trigger with any instrument.”
The Enzo X is available to order now for £619/$599. The first batch is expected to ship out in early March.
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