Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology.
In this episode:
Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Terry Burton and Angelo Mazzocco, two of the co-founders of Meris.
The two met during their early days in Line 6, with Terry later launching Strymon, and then joining forces with Angelo to launch Meris.
In the show, we discuss their founder stories, their approach to product development, insights into the challenges of hardware and DSP, the state of the market and the challenges of being a music gear company in the US right now.
To learn more about Meris, visit: https://meris.us/
Chapters:
00:00 Preview
01:05 Intro
02:15 Terry and Angelo's backgrounds
04:30 Line 6 days
08:27 How Angelo and Terry work together
11:00 How ideas are developed
14:07 Chase Bliss sponsor segment
15:00 How DSP algorithms are created
17:50 Building the hardware for Angelo
21:40 Same hardware repurposed (Empress example)
23:25 Story of the CXM1978
24:56 Prism algorithm in the Mercury X
26:11 Coming up with factory presets
28:50 prEDITOR software development
31:00 Not wasting prototypes (Ottobit X)
31:30 New product ideas
33:14 Designing products that last a long time
34:30 Current challenges in the US
38:40 Angelo's tips for learning DSP development
43:20 Mercury 7 development issues
44:48 Spin FV-1 chip overview
46:44 What most concerns Terry and Angelo
48:00 Friends with 'competitor' pedal brands
49:04 Favorite Meris pedals
50:55 Most underrated Meris pedals
52:05 Top three effects pedals of all time
54:20 Community questions
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