Mooer R7 Multiverb

The Mooer R7 Multiverb is a mini-format digital reverb pedal from Mooer, part of the company's New Micro Series. It squeezes seven reverb algorithms into a compact enclosure, covering the ground from traditional room and hall sounds to more ambient textures, and each of the seven modes has its own storable preset¹.

The Mooer R7 Multiverb is a reverb pedal in a tiny enclosure that hardly takes up any space on a pedalboard². Reviewers have described it as a fully-fledged reverb workstation and an extremely versatile reverb stompbox at a low price².

A compact reverb with seven modes

The R7 packs seven types of reverb effects, from the "Church" to the "Cave"³. The seven modes are Room, Hall, Church, Cave, Plate, Spring and Mod⁴. Delicious Audio found that with seven different reverb sounds the R7 "caters for just about every ambient need", and noted that "the Mod mode can get pretty dreamy"².

Each of the seven sounds has its own preset, giving the player seven modes and seven presets in one tiny enclosure that hardly takes up any space on a pedalboard². The R7 differs from the A7 Ambience announced earlier in 2020 in that it leans toward more traditional reverb effects⁵.

The controls

The R7's reverb sounds are controlled by level, decay and pre-delay knobs, plus a dedicated high and low-cut EQ⁶. The Pre-DLY knob controls the amount of the reverb's pre-delay, the gap between your dry note and the onset of the reverb⁴. You can then go into deeper tweaking of each effect with the Decay and Pre-Delay controls¹.

The built-in trail function can be switched between normal mode and "Trail On" mode, so the reverb either stops with the bypass or fades out naturally after you switch the pedal off³. Delicious Audio described this as a trail on/off option².

The R7 and its X2 version

In August 2021 Mooer announced an expanded X2 Series version, the Mooer R7 X2, alongside the D7 X2 delay⁷. The R7 X2 takes the format of the R7 mini-multi-reverb and expands it inside a compact case, gifting it with twice as many ins and outs, modes and footswitches⁸.

The R7 X2 combines Mooer's algorithms from the A7 Ambiance and R7 Reverb pedals⁸, with 14 reverb types: the classic Room, Hall, Church, Cave, Plate, Spring and Studio, plus modern ambient modes including Mod, Reverse, Wrap, Shake, Crush, Shimmer and Dream⁹. Its 14 sounds are represented by seven LEDs, divided into conventional (yellow LEDs) and ambient (purple)¹¹. Both pedals feature a Trail On mode for adjusting how the reverb fades out⁷.

The X2's controls add a Mix knob and a Save button to the high cut, low cut, decay and pre-delay knobs, along with infinite and bypass footswitches⁹¹⁰. In the spring reverb algorithm, the Pre-Delay knob controls the length of the spring instead of pre-delay¹⁰.

What reviewers said

Gearnews found the R7 handled the practical side of reverbs well:

Delicious Audio called the R7 "an extremely versatile reverb stompbox, and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg either!"². Guitar Pedal X, rounding up stereo reverb workstations, called the R7 X2 "a fantastic and really powerful Stereo Reverb Workstation, particularly as this form factor"¹².

MusicRadar's review of the R7 X2 found it "competitively priced, stacked with 14 high-quality sounds with storable presets from a compact form", calling it "a serious stereo reverb pedal" that covers all bases from everyday ambience to super-dreamy soundscaping, and noting that every setting can go fully wet¹⁰. The same review positioned the X2's bigger reverbs as a cheaper and more compact alternative to the Electro-Harmonix Ocean Machine, especially if you have delay covered elsewhere on your pedalboard¹⁰. Guitar World's review agreed the X2 offers plenty of versatility¹¹¹³, though its budget-reverb buying guide gave usability three and a half stars, finding the LED system clunky and not very intuitive while still packed with superb reverbs¹³.

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