Ask Strymon: Magneto Four Head dTape Echo & Looper

Strymon DSP and Sound Designer Pete Celi gives a preview of Magneto Four Head dTape Echo and Looper, and talks about why we decided to get into modular.
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[@ludvigstrom]

I'm so glad he got his life together and started producing delay effects instead of meth.

[@spaceman103]

😂

[@zekebeckman]

"Ask Strymon". Great concept for a video series!

[@hutchprod7814]

That last patch was so nice!

[@VisionQuestSound]

Pete! Everyone is so excited about MAGNETO! Great to meet and chat with you at the NAMM show! Keep up the great work. - blessings, philip

[@strymon]

Thank you so much! Means a lot hearing that :)

[@Genshi]

Ok Strymon, I need this! Also, Hi Matt Piper! (I use to work with him back when we worked for M-Audio.)

[@strymon]

😀 Matt is great!

[@aeropilot4419]

Genshi Media Group I knew you would like this 🙂 ... saving my money now

[@RheyneMusic]

Sounds absolutely superb....!!

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

great module!!! I love it. Thanks for that high quality and sound possibilities

[@nectariosm]

Who wants my Rainmaker then? This is the best sounding delay I've heard in euro, congratulations!

[@CesarRomeroTheOriginal]

Pete Celi is a genius!

[@strymon]

That would make Pete blush! But I will say Thank you for him ;D - Angela

[@LeCCComte]

Wow, nice work ! Can't wait to try it.

[@nimmenn]

This is amazing. Will start selling my other delay modules. Congrats on joining modular world, better late than never :)

[@strymon]

Thank you!

[@Dazizinamini]

Love everything about these people!

[@strymon]

😊❤️

[@garaughty]

Truly wonderful, magical stuff!

[@WiredBrain]

This sound incredibly good !

[@Datachrome]

This sounds amazing! I'd love to add it to my arsenal!

[@Robert_Babicz]

wonderful

[@opwave79]

Just saw the video where you played a guitar through this. Sold.

[@strymon]

Glad to hear you liked that video. Thanks :) Look forward to hearing what you create!

[@siasmerkling2011]

wow. i need this in my life

[@JayFrederick]

Strymon is a class act all the way.

[@handsomerube]

Magnificently Neato

[@ayisa001]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't Pete run for president??

[@krowus3833]

Great video!!!

[@knobulism]

QUESTIONS: - Why are the outputs on the left? - Do the pots that have CV control become offsets or attenuators for the CV? Or neither? - Why is there no CV control over the timbre and tone knobs?

[@strymon]

Hello Dysonant! Thanks for checking out our video for Magneto! Here are responses to your questions: - Noise performance was our primary focus when designing the input and output audio circuitry of the Magneto. To achieve pristine noise performance, we decided to group the ins and outs next to each other optimize the circuit layout and grounding. - The pots that have CV control become offsets. We have noted this in the manual for Magneto available in the support section of our website. - Given the size of the module, the knobs, switches, buttons, and CV control that we landed with was a design decision for the user experience we wanted to provide with Magneto.

[@knobulism]

Hi @strymon thanks for the responses. I'm excited to get my hands on one to test it out. I will read the manual, as you suggest.

[@bencook2005]

Hi Strymon ! i have a mageneto , its my first module ! also a mother 32 , dfam and subharmonicon . ., what are the other modules you are using to compliment eachother ?? ! , i noticed a sigal amplifier , clock distribtor , whats the smaller one ? what would you recommend ??! great video , not many tutorials ! thx !

[@kaszaniarz]

sound great, but I really hope there will be V2 version with more CV control...

[@JohnLRice]

Well done, folks! :-)

[@davidsimons1377]

Hi. Its a nice module. I'm really hoping you'll decide to make a Big Sky in eurorack----will you? I admit that someone called Million Machine March has re-built a Big Sky into a module, though I'm not sure if that's a reliable source as it may depend on the whim / time availability of the builder. I've a hunch that a lot of people would be interested, especially if you could V C morph between its modes or something. And it would be official. Thanks.

[@strymon]

Hi David, Thank you for the kinds words. I can't discuss what is or isn't in the works, but I can say we will definitely be working on more :) Thanks!

[@Lorneplumber]

Killed it again

[@joemoe3083]

you da man pete! love your work

[@aero2graph]

Nice one!

[@manfrombkk]

Pre-order means what; as in how long till you can receive one. Does anyone have any idea when this fabulous module will actually be shipping? Within a month, 1 month, 2 months, or much longer. Please someone answer if any one including Strymon knows.....

[@rockrollfan2476]

I'm afraid to see the price tag. Sounds amazing guys. Have you guys thought about releasing a phaser pedal?

[@strymon]

Thanks for the feedback. We don't discuss what is or isn't in the works, but we do get that request a lot :)

[@aeropilot4419]

Von Berendt Rocks ~$600

[@rockrollfan2476]

aeropilot I'm surprised but again a lot of us don't have 600 dollars.

[@aeropilot4419]

I would recommend a Moogerfooger ClusterFlux as a phaser (used, if you want to save some $$)

[@Avim111]

Maybe you can help me I bought the big sky and suddenly I did not get along with him I did a restart and wanted to ask if after that I got all the sounds that came out of the company thank you

[@kintsugiaudio3696]

I AM THE ONE WHO DOES THE LOOPING!!

[@KrisMWest]

"The possibilities are endless" yet not making a manually set 'loop fade' option available in our Timelines!!!??

[@bugeats]

At 3m22s you can see some kind of Strymon prototype module in his rack. External line level I/O?

[@strymon]

That is a prototype amplifier/attenuator module we put together for incorporating guitar level signals with our eurorack test setups. We have a newer version of that we showed in our NAMM skiffs and we plan to have these available sometime in March.

[@robertsyrett1992]

GOD DAMNIT! I just bought El Capistan. Seriously though that sounds utterly amazing, I know already I must have this.

[@Lainer1]

Can this be used with a Moog Grandmother? It's a ​semi-modular. I would imagine I could do the same using what's available on the Grandmother? Right?

[@strymon]

Yes, you can feed the signal from the Grandmother into Magneto as the synth level signal should be adequate. You will still need a Eurorack case and power supply for the Magneto in order to house and power it up.

[@TheFuzzay1]

Guitarists, wave goodbye to Strymon 👋🏽

[@strymon]

We won't be leaving guitarists at all. We all can have fun together 😀🎸🎹

[@TheFuzzay1]

As a guitarist, I sure hope so! :)

[@dagoelius]

I see it as another tool to expand my guitar sounds possibilities.

[@GuitarAnthony]

Well, hope Disney/Marvel Comics doesn't sue over the name.

[@seanchud]

that was my question on instagram. they are very protective of their names. a tiny, local, unknown band i was friends with got a cease and desist from them for using mickey on their shirt. I don't even know how they caught wind of it.

[@fapkin5590]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetomotive_force is what it's named afterpretty sure

[@toranamunter]

Disney has no claim on the word magneto

[@johnayres2303]

itsinmynamechap I have a 66 year old motorbike that has a magneto.

[@nofriendtojesus]

The Walter White of music

[@SoundProvider]

oh want!

[@blerkh]

In their whole ad campaign they really seem to want to avoid mentioning that there's no tape in this unit and it's all DSP.

[@blerkh]

hevquip Perhaps you're right, but it still seems to me like this campaign is trying to obscure that fact. As if calling a digital device a "Four Head Tape Echo" and avoiding the terms "emulation" or "modelling", etc. is gonna magically convince their customers that perhaps they ARE playing with a real tape echo machine. Near the top of the web page it just says “Magneto is a stereo multi-head tape delay…”, no qualifiers. And just in case anyone doesn't already know, there is a real, albeit severely overpriced, eurorack tape echo: T-Rex Engineering's Replicator module.

[@philoupaulo]

Could it be able to do Frippertronic ?

[@timbeneton8068]

can I connect a mono source to Magneto like mic or guitar and jam on the fly or loop it and play on midi keyboard?

[@strymon]

You can connect a synth level signal into Magneto's inputs to use its effects. Guitars or microphones have a very low signal level compared to synth level, so you will need something like our AA.1 to amplify your signal to feed into Magneto. There is no way to use MIDI directly with Magneto, but you can record a sample and trigger its playback with the RESTART transport CV. The SPEED knob/CV can be used to change the pitch of the sample playback.

[@telkmx]

brillant

[@wackenthaljef]

Magneto is the most fantastic fx module in all modular world,because it has all in one...even its around 650 euros its not expensive regardin what you can do with it;..you can do what you want.I have a lot of fx pedals,but i dont use it no more...Magneto is even more powerful than MI.Clouds....You can buy it with confidence...i can tell.( sorry 4 my english)

[@strymon]

Thank you Jeff :)

[@flynn_22]

Aaahhh! Are strymon making pedals for synths now

[@mezzafinook]

Flynn Hanbury Tenison this isn't a pedal

[@mano123456]

Their pedals already work great with synths actually. My Big Sky and El Capistan are amazing... I have some demos on my channel with my DX7 and also my SIDstation. Take care

[@christopherpederson1021]

Holy shit

[@jamesl5944]

Strymon, you living in Ma heead

[@lwpweb]

in eurorack setup the powerswitch should be on top and not a side. so you cannot place it versatile

[@taylerthompson7559]

holy shit everything is going eurora\ck

[@cophyor]

All hail heissenberg!

[@els1f]

Oh my god 😨

[@RickJando]

Aw Jesus,more dopey noises ! WHAT DOES A GUITAR SOUND LIKE THRU THIS UNIT !

[@strymon]

Hi, You'd probably enjoy this video more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqGypqiCndKer6c

[@kingtrance6826]

Heisenberg

[@ieroen]

SAY HIS NAME

[@gylp2]

this gays is mind blown

[@CliveBarnesMusic]

I have two pedalboards, 90% of both are Strymon. I'm a massive fan, but is it just me or are they become stale..?

[@rkharper]

First?

[@faxmurder]

I would like to know what is the 2 others gears in the setup with the mother 32 ?

[@strymon]

We used these skiffs at NAMM as our demo setups. Along with the Magneto and Mother-32, there is a 4ms Quad Clock Distributor, an Intelligel Mult, and a prototype of our own upcoming AA.1 Amplifier/Attenuator for integrating guitar/instrument level signals and connections with your eurorack devices.

[@santinogonzales3720]

wonderful