5 Reasons Why I Love the Strymon Volante

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

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[@Michael_Is_Avg]

I had a pretty nice pedalboard, but sold it when I switched to being fully kemper. I missed having pedals all these years, sold that all, and now building a pedal. The El Cap was an absolute favorite of mine back then, and I regretted selling it for the timeline, as I didn't really enjoy tweaking menu's to get the sounds I wanted. As I'm looking to get my next delay, I originally was leaning towards the el cap, but with this thing as an option now, I'm definitely leaning more towards it!

[@jimmannella2291]

Late to the party. Volante on the way. Excellent video as always 👍😎

[@philspill6854]

Finally ordered one and now I wait till Wednesday!! Can't come soon enough

[@TonyMurnahan]

This is my favorite demo of this pedal. Kudos!

[@empathysgone96]

3 dimensional is the word I’ve been looking to describe this pedal! I bought the timeline and didn’t feel that way about it. Now contemplating on selling it and buying the volante.

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

I think you might have answered your own question regarding your Timeline vs. Volante internal discussion. Cheers :-)

[@empathysgone96]

Antoine Michaud 🙏

[@SandauxBeats]

Awesome, man! By the way, I noticed that in looper, the recorded sound you put wasn't in "ping-pong" delay. But when you're putting another looped sound on top of it, it was kind of like in stereo ping-pong delay. I thought that once you put a kind of stereo delay on the looper, it will still sounds the same in stereo while looping another and another and another.

[@alexmurphy5289]

This sounds absolutely incredible. I saw the new space echo was $400 and I still think this would be the better choice. New DL4 looks cool too but this is next level

[@kylebichler2258]

Just got mine and it’s welllll worth it. If ya love tape delay, then this is your pedal.

[@anonymousguy7723]

Because of your video, I ordered one on eBay and I’m waiting for it to be delivered. Thanks for an honest review.

[@JohannesBurghart]

awesome covered features :)) thnkas antoine!

[@JollyWillard]

Nice playing! Really beautiful stuff. Your progressions resolved nicely. Melodic structures went interesting places with musicality. I have had my Volante for a couple of months and still working on mastering the pedal. Thanks for the lesson!

[@jeffreygrantsr4525]

I appreciate the great offer and of course would love to win, however, I still will purchase one if I don't win. You are a great person to show any pedals functionality and various sounds. You were born to instruct!

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

Awesome :-)

[@AlabasterSmudge]

I completely agree with you!

[@agerven]

Can only agree here: this is THE pedal, really. Good video Antoine, with clear down to earth explanations. Hope that some will now dispose of their El Capistan at an acceptable price, I'm looking for one!

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

I will never part with my El Cap even with the Volante out there :-)

[@shckltnebay]

Havent seen much of a drop in price!

[@agerven]

@@AntoineMichaudGuitar Perhaps the MIDI and preset will draw me over the edge!

[@LavinGuitars]

Damn I know I will be if I don't win this one ha ha! Ambient Goodness!

[@agerven]

@@shckltnebay Sadly. El Capistan owners seem to have a real bond with their device.

[@smellytele9629]

I love mine as well. I'll be ordering a Morningstar MC6 midi controller to use with it and my Mobius very soon. Those two pedals together can create some really cool and unusual sounds. Thanks for the vid!!

[@JoseGutierrez-bz1bo]

Smellytele where you able to control the Volante with the MC6? Im trying to do the same thing except with a Volante and a Blue Sky.. any tips?

[@perryguitar1]

I would love that one beside My El Cap…

[@DirtyMikeTM]

Strymon makes it hard on us guitar players and put out multiple pedals of the same effect. Education and knowledge is the key

[@TheFarout69]

Explains all the used Timelines on Reverb and Ebay. I got my Volante last year, new from Sweetwater, and I can't imagine my main board without it. I run a DOD Rubbernecker on my small board. It's pretty good too if you like a dirty modulated repeats with tap tempo. No midi and mostly analog on the little board! Midi controller is the key to live times with Volante. It's one of my favorite all time pedals. Others on that list are my Deja-Vibe and Silver Lake Reverb. Hardwire Supernatural is a keeper too, great buffers on that for long cable runs to the rig. Some pedals wont do that well, but that's when Volante shines again. GREAT line level buffers for the end of the signal chain. It's top notch, real gear for real musicians. Made in USA, like much of the finest gear in the world market.

[@AdrianWhyte]

Hey Scott, you would be the man for me to talk too! I’m trying to choose between the volante, a memory man tt550 and a dod analogue rubberneck. I love how the memory man and rubber neck have their own gain/drive, the rubberneck I think has the most pleasant repeats but the volante here shows incredible versatility. I haven’t pulled the trigger on any of them because I have an el cap, a timeline and dm2. You can see I’m a delay nerd.. mainly for slap back (you should check out my video on the timeline and dm2) so.. You seem to have a few great pedals, what do you think of this predicament?

[@AdrianWhyte]

Oh and I do find that delays can suck out of the main signal, the el cap is probably the worst for that, one of the reasons I am drawn to analogue delay with a drive option

[@dannymc8449]

You should also try the UA Starlight, it has that same Mechanics and Wear option 👍

[@bryanmojica]

Hopping to win that effect..

[@atlasstrengthandpower1636]

would love to win this.

[@SareemOne]

Hey Antoine thanks for the video - I love my Volante and my El Cap too! I agree with you 💯 about your comments about both. One question I have is to do with the Volante SOS mode. Once I enter it, i don’t know how to exit it again. Do I need to power it off each time?

[@MrClarkio]

Nice video, thank you. Can't ever really imagine needing 64 seconds of loop time mind, could make for a rather overlong open mic slot. When it comes to looping I'm more of a lock it and go type of person. Seeing as how you have the el cap as well, if you just wanted a good tape echo for playing live in a band with which would you choose?

[@kylebichler2258]

Volante has 8 built in presets. With more and better accessibility via midi.

[@anonymousguy7723]

Dude, I’m on Craigslist right now trying to buy one...

[@MrRobbwallace]

These pedals have been out awhile--I wonder why we don't see more of them on people's pedalboards?

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

For the same size, you can get the Strymon Timeline which gives you way more flexibility, options and presets. Or you can get the Strymon El Capistan which is smaller and can get close to the Volante. That's probably why!

[@MrRobbwallace]

@@AntoineMichaudGuitar I really like your videos!!!

[@richietownsend6737]

Volante may also be option overload for some. It could either inspire or overwhelm the user.

[@marcusstrymon693]

I know, I have enough delay with timeline, but I am also a bit of a strymon collector and I think volatne just sounds the best ever in terms of raw delay.... I am more of a reverb guy (using nightsky and bigsky a lot) - would I really benefit off the volante? Many times I don't even put timeline to its full potential. I would not be able to sack timeline bc filter, trem, ice and reverse delay are very distinct nice delays I love to use. On the flipside, volante is fast to set up and you can play around with rhytmics a lot more on the fly without ever going into menues.... It sounds outstanding and the possibility to add heads on the fly is truly one of a kind. It is just as intuitive as nightsky, which I love over the bigsky for its tweakability especially when live looping through it... Goddamn, is this a case of GAS or would I benefit off Volante... Since I am moving out from home into a flat, I will not get new pedals anyway in the near future.... However, I will get a Meris Hedra for sure, which is a pitch shifter delay and can be used as a normal delay.... Volante still necessary then? And above all, is it fun enough then to justify buying it? or is it GAS? thanks and also nice video

[@suqies]

you ever stakc this with other pedals ?

[@aaronsanchez93]

Can volante do dotted 8ths!?

[@JUNO-69]

Yes any delay can. You just have to tap in the correct beat division

[@zaffrolumpkins]

1st head is sixteenth, 2nd is eigth, 3rd is dotted eighth and 4th is quarter note

[@aaronsanchez93]

@@zaffrolumpkins yeah I ended up buying it 2months ago and figured it! It’s a great pedal!!

[@shckltnebay]

I prefer the TRS inputs on the small boxes, with EB flat cables its much nicer using one cable instead of two to connect them

[@empathysgone96]

hey buddy would you say the mechanics knob is the same as modulation

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

Yeah, pretty much!

[@fabedoya]

Volante or timeline? I just can put on one in my board. Help me 😅

[@TheTinMan123]

Awesomely great pedal , if this had the led and preset features of the Timeline it would rule the world 🌎

[@qing4487]

How's the weather over there? i hear it's much hotter than ever before

[@geluix69]

Hey Antoine tu vien de quelle coin ? Montreal ?

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

Oui!

[@shanewhite3820]

Wasn’t aware of the panning option..first video I’ve seen of this feature being demoed...being a big fan of ping pong delay, having control over the individual heads AND placement of the delays is a godsend, just haven’t seen anyone else doing it..looks like I’ve finally got a replacement for my “getting by” setup of using my old Akai Headrush and trying different routing options into my Damage Control Timeline. Cheers for the video Btw, have you seen/heard the Echotopia by Crazy Tube Circuits? Well worth a mention, would be a very close 2nd to the Volante - warmer more agreeable sound (my opinion lol) although not as versatile..

[@sebastiancastillo3560]

Nice ❤️

[@EeroMartinez]

Hoping to win the giveaway. Great vid!

[@llwonder]

Would you recommend the volante over the timeline? These two pedals are very appealing to me given the amount of versatility they offer. The timeline seems like the only delay pedal I'll ever need, but I think I'd primarily use dBucket and dTape, so I don't think it makes a lot of sense to buy it. Hard tp decide.

[@mmhcreates]

If having more hands on control over the tape delay functions appeals to you, then the Volante is probably the best pick. Otherwise the Timline seems to do every delay well. I do not own either. But I am most drawn to to the Volante, also considering the Magneto.

[@joshcapuano6879]

Will you be getting rid of your el cap then Antoine?

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

Never!

[@donaldswan1587]

Can anyone tell me if its as difficult to use as the Timeline?

[@shckltnebay]

Tape age knob? Any type of high filter at all?

[@philippevleminckx2607]

Indeed : frustrating.

[@station2station544]

great video. informative! Thumbs up post contest.

[@sandb1867]

Good demo, if not gushing.

[@XPJV]

There's lot more then 5 reasons why I like the "timeline" much more.