Empress Echo System with Synth Sounds

[@tradewhales9170]

Just brilliant

[@am5790]

the best echo pedal and +

[@MrSpock]

Awesome sounds, wow!

[@MadelnMachines]

All you need is a 909 and you've completed dub techno. Really nice sounds. I'm currently looking at things like the mooer ocean machine, empress echo, strymon timeline and eventide delays.

[@reginaldbraithewaite5833]

Do you prefer pairing the BigSky with the Echo System or the TimeLine? Also curious about the pairing that reverb with the Dark World and Volante. The BigSky and Echo System seem compatibly expensive sounding. I'd be curious to hear glitchier analog-modeled fare.

[@sbookholt]

I've tried, but often it is too much combining the two imho. Maybe as sends on a mixer but I often prefer 1 pedal per channel

[@alternatingbitmusic]

I'm really torn between this and the Strymon El Capistan. What I'd like to know is do you feel the TAPE mode of this is at all any competition with the Strymon or is that an area that the Empress just sort of covers, but not with enough color /degradation, warmth & smoothness like the Strymon can do? From your demo it looks like the Empress' version of tape degradation is just noise. Thanks

[@sbookholt]

I have the magneto to compare it with, which is based on the capistan. I feel the empress has alot of character and much more different modes, but if it's just the tape algo, the strymon wins to me

[@alternatingbitmusic]

I kind of had a feeling that was the case... I'm so close to pulling the trigger on the El Cap then I hear your demo of those dub chords taking me into dublivion and my jaw drops. I like this Empress for the variety and how I could just take ONE pedal for a live show and have all the FX I need, but then again I typically prefer to have separate items for specific tasks and the more that gets packed in the closer it gets to being an iPad lol... that's just the weird way I think. However if I were to ever consider using either pedal as a looper the Empress wins, hands down. I saw a guy demo the looper function and it is insanely clear and simple and I like how it has a light for each "track".... the El Cap also has looping features but are much more hidden. That said, I already have two looper pedals as it is lol.

[@MadelnMachines]

There was a video I saw comparing the fulltone tte and a bunch of tape delay pedals including the el cap, echoplex and bell epoch. You might find that useful

[@sentokan]

Great! Is there a better dual delay pedal for synths out there? How u sync it to tempo without midi the Echosystem?

[@sbookholt]

Not that I know of 😄 I sync it with a midi to jack adapter. They are a bit hard to find but only cost a few dollars / euros. The echosystem supports full midi

[@sentokan]

@@sbookholt Thanks a lot!!

[@FleshyTemples]

Thank you for this! Just ordered one based on your illustration. Question: to get that stereo ping pong did you input a stereo signal? Or did you get those ping pong effects with just a mono source?

[@sbookholt]

Cool congrats with the purchase! The orange cable is the only source here, which is mono. Most modes generate a great stereo field based on mono signals.

[@neofelisherod2947]

what are your thoughts of the empress volante? I am having a difficult time truly picking a delay for my analog setup. Jeeze apart of me wants to get a re20 or this echosystem

[@sbookholt]

I have not owned a Volante, but there seems to be a comparison vid on the two: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKuQm3V7ec6tjZo

[@neofelisherod2947]

SB-SIX ah I missed that video I my searches. thank you do you use the midi control functionality

[@jeremyh.7139]

Interesting to know which synth do you use? A4?

[@sbookholt]

Jeremy Larsson Its the novation peak for this demo

[@jeremyh.7139]

whats the Elektron for then? Its OT?

[@sbookholt]

Jeremy Larsson Its the digitakt, but not in use here

[@alyeska4226]

How does this compare to the Intellijel Rainmaker?

[@sbookholt]

Couldn't be more different 😄 the only thing they have in common is that they can both do delays

[@adrianschinoff2896]

Great demo! what are you using for the midi cable?

[@sbookholt]

Adrian Schinoff Thanks! Its a midi to jack adapter, something like this: tinkersphere.com/audio/788-midi-to-1-4-adapter-5-pin-din-to-stereo.html

[@adrianschinoff2896]

Thanks!

[@mougabo]

can you recreate a ping pong delay with this?

[@sbookholt]

Yes ping pong is one of the digital algorithms

[@aknekd]

Is it running thru Big sky then ? Impressive sounds /...

[@StefanBookholt]

No this is just the empress in this vid.

[@_0O0O0O0_]

that high pitched sound throughout the video is super annoying.