Strymon Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Presenting the all new Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine pedal. Sounds From The Expanse. Create instant retrofuture atmosphere with evocative vintage delay tones. Activate your imagination with evolving ambient echoes and warm, organic feedback with just the right amount of grit. Sculpt your soundscape in real time as the Strymon Volante becomes an extension and expansion of your musical instrument. Infuse your pedalboard with stunning vintage vibes that resonate and inspire. Delivering truly exceptional sound quality and intuitive playability, the Volante is designed to radically enhance the sonic expressiveness of your pedalboard. Featuring magnetic drum echo, tape echo, and reel-to-reel studio echo, Volante is a stereo multi-head delay that also offers a looper and vintage spring reverb, with powerful sound-sculpting controls for limitless sonic possibilities. To capture the nuance and complexity of classic tape and drum echo machines, every last magnetic delay system attribute was relentlessly studied and faithfully recreated. From the sought-after natural saturation and soft clipping of magnetic media when driven hard, to hands-on real-time controls for mechanics, wear, head-spacing, and low cut, Volante instantly adds tons of vibe to your sound. Volante provides the full experience and sonic attributes of iconic multi-head echo machines. At the center of Volante’s control surface are four delay playback heads with individual feedback, panning, and level controls—delivering unlimited creative options right at your fingertips. All of this range allows the creation of complex rhythmic patterns as well as reverb-like atmospheric textures. Magnetic drum echoes are famous for their warmth and for their harmonically rich and saturated sounds. This is due in large part to the many tube stages present in the most sought-after units. There were tubes in the input buffer, the signal mixer, the record and playback amplifiers, the tone shaping circuit, and the output mixing circuit. Every sonic aspect of Strymon's favorite drum echoes has been meticulously reproduced within Volante. Dial in any possible sound from the full range of the best vintage drum echo units in conditions ranging from fresh-from-factory to road-worn classic. Each head’s playback level can be set for full volume, half volume, or off. Independent of playback level, you can switch each head in or out of the feedback circuit. You can even switch heads into the feedback circuit that are not activated for playback. All of this control allows the creation of interesting and complex rhythmic patterns as well as unique atmospheric delay textures. Multi-head magnetic media delay machine providing four playback heads with individual feedback, panning, and level controls Processor-intense algorithms deliver meticulously nuanced recreations of vintage magnetic echo systems (drum echo, tape echo, studio reel-to-reel echo) Dedicated control over echo machine tone and media: Low Cut, Mechanics, Wear Input Record Level for clean reproduction to warm, fat saturation Independent Spring Reverb Sound on Sound looping mode with reverse, pause, splice, and infinite repeat functions High impedance stereo input Stereo output Input Level switch allows for both instrument and line level signals On, Favorite, and Tap Tempo footswitches Expression pedal input allows the connection of an expression pedal, external tap pedal, 1/4″ to MIDI cable, or MultiSwitch Plus. Full featured MIDI in/out supporting MIDI CCs, program changes, and more USB jack for controlling MIDI via computer Analog dry path for a zero latency dry signal that is never converted to digital Premium JFET analog front end Ultra low noise, high performance 24-bit 96kHz A/D and D/A converters provide uncompromising audio quality Super high performance SHARC DSP 32-bit floating point processing 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response Audio Input Impedance: 1M Ohm Audio Output Impedance: 100 Ohm True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching) or selectable transparent Analog Buffered Bypass Strong and lightweight anodized olive green aluminum chassis 9V DC power supply included Power requirements: maximum 9 volts DC center-negative, with a minimum of 300mA of current Dimensions: 4.5″ deep x 7″ wide x 1.75″ tall 114.3 mm deep x 177.3 mm wide x 44.5 mm tall Designed and built in the USA