Strymon V2 El Capistan & Blue Sky // Pedal Review & Demo

[@viktorstromtsov6208]

Oh god, the demo! Release it already! It’s just perfection 🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Glad you enjoy! It will be for sure in my patreon, I might add it to one of the releases too - not sure yet. Thanks!

[@ericmacdonaldmusic]

Fantastic sounds dude!!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks a lot!

[@christopherjanzen]

Not to detract from the effects demo here, but referencing back to a previous comment I made, I sprung for an OB-6 and hearing this, I’m so happy I did. Can’t wait for it come in!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Hype! Excited for you!! The OB-6 is so incredible sounding, and pairs with these two Strymon pedals like peanut butter and jam :)

[@NikolausBrocke]

What a great dreamy vintage pad intro. Very tasteful editing of the parameter.

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thank you kindly!

[@synthsamuraiproductions]

What a demo brother ! Awesome 👏 🚀

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thank you Synth Samurai!

[@craigturb]

Fabulous, slick demo! And also some great insight into how you personally use these sounds for synth-based productions. Thank you so much for putting it all together and showing off these amazing pedals. I have a BigSky already, but I'm definitely keen on getting hold of this El Capistan pedal to keep it company!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate it. I've done lots of other pedal reviews too, feel free to check out my other ones :)

[@josuaerick9670]

Wow those devices are amazing 🤩

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

They are pretty special pedals! Glad you enjoyed Josua

[@J.DylanMusic]

That demo song goes crazy. Big early Odesza vibes 🔥

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thank you! I know its an old video but the song will eventually get a release in a new form on my Miles Away artist page :)

[@stuartgonsal8443]

Great video. Really helpful. Thanks

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it Stuart! New pedal and synth videos weekly

[@aashiq.a4678]

I Plan to buy these two, I also took a look at the UA pedals (Golden, Starlight, Astra). I want to know which would be best suited for TEO-5/Take-5

[@tomroche923]

Love these!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Much love!

[@Berus7777]

Are the big pedals getting the V2 treatment (eg. Big Sky, Timeline, Volante, etc) or just the smaller ones like these?

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Nothing has been announced other than the 6 V2s they already just released, so not to my knowledge!

[@sarahhey8654]

If you ever get a chance to put your OB6 through an Ultrasheer Reverb / Vibrato....Epic times for sure! ;)

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Ooh haven’t tried that one! Will keep an eye out. Thanks for watching Sarah!

[@Jason_Drums_]

Wow 😃 if only you see my face at 2 17 😂🤩 what an Intro 👌 then at 27.27 😃 reminded me of the first time I hear Soundtrack on the R D50 💥💥💥💥💥 Absolutely Incredible Effects from Strymon 💯👌 and what a Beautiful Video and Demo this is 💯👌 Fantastic 🤩 🙌

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Awesome comment Jay! Hyped you enjoyed, thanks for watching :)

[@Jason_Drums_]

@@MilesAwayOfficial Absolute Pleasure 💯👌 🙏🏼🤩

[@JamesCorbettMusic5000]

I came here just wanting a capistan now I want the reverb also

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

They are a great combo!! I also recommend a first gen Big Sky now that the price has fallen to similar to V2 Blue Sky

[@Berus7777]

Wait... so, the V2 pedals have nothing on the face to indicate that they're V2? You can't distinguish a V1 from V2 based on just looking at them? Am I missing something? (I have a Big Sky Midnight Edition, and was about to pull the trigger on something like a Deco or Ola or Time Line, but now am wondering if I should wait.)

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

The V2 pedals do look different! The El Cap has an extra knob for spring reverb and the Blue Sky has the extremely useful extra new shimmer knob, which allows for tons of new sounds the old one could not do

[@therealliveguy]

Aren’t the V2’s stereo?

[@nickhaldin8674]

Great video as always! Can the el cap still go 100% wet so you can also use it as a tape emulator?

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thank you! Yes! You can use either pedal 100% wet :) the new JFET circuits sound great also

[@nickhaldin8674]

@@MilesAwayOfficial oh nice! Thanks😁

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Besides the tactile interface and live performance considerations, do you find any compelling reason for these over software reverbs and delays?

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Good question! Software reverbs and delays have gotten so good, for example Valhalla. But I do think that they are still just slightly behind the best of the best hardware, but it’s close. The main reason is the tactile hands on feeling let’s you get to where you want to be going much quicker, because you get you play the pedal like an instrument and trust your gut. For example, I’ve always hated getting perfect vocal reverb, until I got my pedals. Now, it’s really easy cause I just close my eyes and twist knobs with the vocal sending to the pedal til it feels right!

[@aquaticborealis4877]

@@MilesAwayOfficial If they had reverb and delay in one pedal I would consider getting one.

[@MrSpock]

Absolutely incredible sounds and overall production quality! Seriously. I’d suggest a different thumbnail as something about it didn’t give me the impression these were the new pedals and I scrolled past it so many times. I realize it says “new” in the thumbnail and title lol but “PEDALS” is really the focal point of the thumbnail and the rest of the info didn’t cut through during scrolling.

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks for the suggestion, appreciate that! I have a video on the new Walrus LORE pedal coming friday so stay subscribed for new gear videos :)

[@tonilattuca6329]

hello ! I love your videos thank u, Can I ask u a question? Im thinking to buy my first 2 pedals, im a melodic techno producer and I have many synths like subsequent 37, E7 gs music, DFAM, deepmind 12… I think about reverb empress for reverb. do u think is a good option?? and for delay/echó what do u recommend??? thank u bro, greetings from arg

[@tonilattuca6329]

sorry I forgot, I like epic arps and agressive leads ha ha

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks for watching my channel! Empress Reverb is a great choice. Did you see my reverb and delay pedal shootout videos? They should help you with recommendations! For delay I love Meris LVX or Polymoon, but Empress Echosystem is great too. Watch these videos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH_JpYiBmN-MeMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/raqacqF_ptuKe8k

[@tonilattuca6329]

@@MilesAwayOfficial thank as always, and thanks for your content, it helps us a lot. im going to investigate your videos, greetings bro !!!

[@sebadrum16]

This video is driving my GAS off the charts.

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Haha 😂 sorry about that, they really are great

[@royrmatthew834]

Hi sir…really appreciated if you can show us how to connect/link the pedal in stereo to the keyboard. 😢

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

You just need a Stereo 1/4 inch TRS to dual 1/4 inch cable. Go out of both stereo inputs on your synth into the single TRS stereo input on the pedal and make sure the stereo switch is checked

[@royrmatthew834]

@@MilesAwayOfficial Thanks sir.. God bless!

[@royrmatthew834]

@@MilesAwayOfficial 2 set needed?

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

@@royrmatthew834yes if you want to record it into an audio interface

[@prizmprty6479]

How do you have these set up with your DAW in this video? Are you just running the OB-6 into the Strymon's then into the Audio interface? So glad you can MIDI clock sync these v2 versions to a DAW now. Always loved my El Cap v1 but sold if off because of that. I'll be getting both of these. Thanks for the great demo!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks for watching! For your question, I run a virtual stereo output out of my UAD Apollo interface so that I can use my pedals as a 100% wet send from my DAW. That’s how every sound you heard in the demo song including the Kontakt banks and my drums were processed with the pedals!

[@Matt-Horizon]

Damn, never thought i needed the Capistan. I own an OB-6 and it's begging me now to buy it. Was actually looking around for strymon deco video's. By the way, how do you record your synths? Do you record them with all the effects on it?

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks for watching! It's a match made in heaven :) if you buy it, please use my affiliate link in the description so I can continue making more of these videos! Your question: I either record direct, OR usually I run a virtual output from my Apollo as a bus send from Logic into the pedals, then record them 100% wet, so I can use my pedals on anything in my DAW like vocals, soft synths, vsts, etc

[@Matt-Horizon]

@@MilesAwayOfficial Thanks for the answer! Will definately think about it.. So if i'm correct, you send a signal out from your DAW to the line outs from your apollo into the pedal? And back into the apollo again? That's why it sounds so clean.. damn. I have to try it out with my reverb pedal aswell. Do you also use an additional ad/da converter for more inputs over Adat?

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

​@@Matt-Horizon sorry about missing this Matt! Bingo. That's exactly my workflow, it's really like having pedals as a send bus inside your daw, so sick. No additional ad/da converter as I have the apollo x16. I just never do more than 2 stereo pedal busses as sends at a time. Did you end up grabbing either of these or something else?

[@Matt-Horizon]

@@MilesAwayOfficial thanks!

[@TheNamrebug]

Too many amazing pedals! What would u chose between echo system or the el Capistan v2? Love your content!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

great question. If you want weird experimental/noise, go Echo Dream 2. If you want something that will sound beautiful on literally any source and work in more situations, then El Cap 100%. The fact it's stereo too is the best. If you buy it please use the affiliate link in this description :)

[@TheNamrebug]

@@MilesAwayOfficial Thanks for your answer. I’m in awe at your talent and expertise. Admiring from Montreal!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

@@TheNamrebug Thank you so much! I just posted a new video on the Prophet 6 you might like too :)

[@nikolazimmermann8547]

Brillant

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Thanks for watching as always!

[@morten1]

30:40 🤤