Meris releases LVX firmware update v1.1.0

March 14, 2023 · 1 sources

Meris released LVX firmware version 1.1.0 on March 14, 2023, the company's first update for the delay pedal. The maker described it as its "1st and significant LVX firmware update" and said the download is available from the LVX product page, with installation instructions in a READ ME PDF included in the zip file¹.

The update adds a Damping control for the delay types. At zero, Meris says, Damping is the original LVX voicing for all types. For Digital, the maker says the control darkens repeats; for BBD it alters the filter structure around the bucket brigade clock, with no clock noise present at 100 percent damping; and for Tape it changes the filter structure and ages the tape for darker timbres¹.

Other new features include a Half Speed Delay parameter for all structures and a Hold Modifier that lets the current preset footswitch control a parameter when assigned, with a Hold also triggerable over MIDI (CC 118). Expression parameters can now be controlled by other modifiers through new Source parameters, allowing up to seven parameters to be assigned to a single modifier. Preset naming gains Character Delete and Character Insert (C3 to delete, C1 to insert) and a Full Name Clear that erases the name when C1 is held in Save As View. New MIDI commands enter and exit Tuner mode (CC 117) and send a Tap press (CC 99)¹.

The update also lists enhancements and bug fixes, among them a new taper for Analog Mix to better match the DSP Mix taper, faster digital potentiometer transition time for patch switching, improved phase synchronization in Mono Mode for delay types and note division changes, and a reversed Delay Multi Structure Pan control to correctly match left and right. Meris also expanded CC data for the Looper Half Speed / Reverse switch, so data below 63 toggles Half Speed and data of 63 or above toggles Reverse, and added a new Factory Reset View with Start and Cancel buttons¹.