Strymon Volante Demo + Developer Interview

[@christianwheeler8386]

Thanks for going beyond the gear. The people behind it are just as fascinating if not more so. Not to mention they deserve the credit.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you! I couldn’t agree more.

[@barrybrown5]

One of the coolest demo's you've made! Nice work. Veldig fint

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks a lot mate! Hjartleg takk.

[@TheSlowGrowth]

I love your interviews for the fact that you stay away from specsheet facts and focus on the backgrounds and details. Talking to the actual developers is always super interesting, because they often are super passionate about their work and don't just repeat PR phrases.

[@gitsloth1]

Absolutely love this pedal. Thanks for the interview - Pete has ears of gold!

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks. Yeah, ears of gold, and a brilliant mind. It was truly lovely meeting him. I’m so glad I got the chance to talk to him.

[@natdadd]

Wonderful to hear from the DSP guru at Strymon. Great interviewing as well, you really connected, and got him to reveal a bit of his creative process and thinking. Also as always, loved hearing you play as you coax interesting sounds from whatever gear you touch. Thanks Cuckoo.

[@Aggersborgdnk]

Thanks for a very interesting interview.

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks mate! You're welcome.

[@jarikoskenniska299]

Best of the world reporter has done it again, Thx for your genuine interview skills. Seems like this Volante does it all, ...your Jam, sounded like perfect chill-step track!

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you!!

[@samuelpeinado1267]

I must say that i truly enjoy your interviews this NAMM2019. You seem more relaxed that other interviewers. More conversational. I'm sure some viewers will disagree and prefer videos that just get to the facts/sounds/specs/prices/whatever. I can read a spec sheet off the website. Thanks for the excellent videos!

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much! This is stuff I’m super interested in. To talk about the journey of how this stuff springs to life. Specs will certainly be available in a document somewhere :)

[@agecicco1]

What a beatiful pedal. I have the blue sky only because I can't afford the Big Sky. I have a feeling Volante will also be out of my reach. Great video again Cuckoo! You are super talented and in tune.

[@tommywarisnaked7625]

Pete aka Heisenberg

[@dcashley303]

Didn't realise he did all the DSP, wow, hardcore stuff but it always sounds so effortless and amazing.

[@jmproductions59]

Yes, brilliant but humble man. Hats off ... (pretty nice guitarist too!)

[@jszack]

Great interview & improv/demo! Thanks for posting. I was testing the Volante with my bass guitar last night and it's magical, indeed.

[@buyukberber]

Beautiful, thanks to both of you!

[@TomAndreen]

The Volante sounds absolutely beautiful! Such a great demo and interview! But more than anything I'm now 100% convinced that I need an OP-Z.

[@truecuckoo]

Haha thanks mate! Yeah it was a fun combination with the Z and the Volante.

[@TomAndreen]

A perfect fit! Is the output from the pedals going straight to the camera/recorder or do we hear it through the guitar amp? It just sounds so good!

[@BrunoWiebelt]

thank you for this uplifting moment

[@truecuckoo]

I think we both share the uplifting moment. It was beautiful to meet with Pete. 🙏🏼

[@BrunoWiebelt]

peace ;)

[@NutritionalZero]

sounds lovely.

[@truthseeker3907]

Thank You Cuckoo and Keep up the Good Work! :) Thumbs up Indiana USA.

[@Muovinen]

Got a nice fan meeting like vibe out of your conversation ;) Also, the demos were super helpful because I'm looking to upgrade my delay department for both guitar and synths! The Volante goes on the list with Nemesis and Polymoon to name a few contestants.

[@user-th6rh8zp3t]

you should look into the echosystem as well

[@Lazulz]

Oof that's Really bringing life to your OP-Z performance brother.

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks!

[@joewhy]

Aww yeah! ✌️🐸👍 Those plucked string tones on the op-z sound great, and you play them well! Great jam, man.

[@SkySplitterInk]

Its pretty amazing to think what it is to create something like an individual reverb, this man produces the worlds that our music (and more) live in. And I don't own Strymon, Im thinking Valhalla, Soundtoys and Blackhole.

[@jerem680]

This was Amazing

[@mgscheue]

Excellent! Love these guys.

[@dliciouscrabmeat6355]

ive been waiting for someone to use this with synths

[@benlogan100]

Nice electronic piece at the end

[@hujuu]

Sole DSP programmer/sound designer? Holy shit.

[@kabood777]

just awesome!

[@Dolle_Man]

Its kinda creepy that all the gear I research, the gear that I crave, has your hands or footprint on it haha. 80% of my gear, has a in-direct link association with Andreas a.k.a. True Cuckoo. Where heading for 2022 and here I am again, following your old traces 🕵 X Dolleman

[@TheSlowGrowth]

BigSky is just amazing. You can drown stuff in ridiculous amounts of reverb with this box and yet it always manages to sound amazing. With many other reverbs, it quickly becomes a muddy, ugly mess and that never happened to me with the BigSky. I would totally love to know what they did to achieve this, even with my EE degree (and some specialization in signal processing) I can't tell for sure what is is they're doing differently.

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah I know! It’s amazing! I have a suspicion that one key to that might be that they might be pushing levels that are in the reverb away when you feed it with new audio levels. If you have it at infinite, it would make sense that it becomes muddy, but it doesn’t. It sounds as the reverb tail is very aware of the incoming audio levels somehow, and let incoming high audio levels take priority. This is just pure speculation however.

[@RundFyrkant]

8:32 smalltalk done, sounds trough Volante

[@maxencelefebvrehauguel1425]

One of my favorite Jamuary ! Damn, add a strymon pedal to anything and it's sounds automatically beautiful ! It's almost cheating.

[@adamjudy2766]

Awesome pedal

[@Dt3kno]

Very nice cuckoo!!

[@Xenious]

Excellent jam demo, as a guitarist (who also has an OP-Z) I'm curious how you deal with different impedences expected or if the pedals have line level inputs?

[@VictorRoysynth]

That's how you demo a pedal! amazing

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks mate!

[@spiltyak7477]

Can you get him to say "'I am the one who knocks"

[@patricknecighi1227]

I allready own the Bastl Thyme. Does it make sense to also get the Volante?

[@truecuckoo]

I don’t even have to think for a second to say that there’s virtually nothing that compares between the world of Thyme and Volante. Bastl really loves the quirky low bit degradation stuff, and the sequencer is making it really quirky. The Volante comes from a totally different place as you could hear here, especially when Pete was performing. If you want booth, you’re probably really into delay, and then you’ll have two awesome tools that are very different I’d say. If you NEED them both is a totally different question though 😅

[@patricknecighi1227]

@@truecuckoo Yeah...that's the point...do I need both...do I need all the new stuff, the new synths, the new effects...well, I guess maybe...that's life of a synth addicted freak. 😂 Thanks for your opinion. That's exactely what I was thinking. 😉

[@injra9929]

Volante would go dope with my Eventide Space🤗🤗 it is happening😉

[@alexandrecamilleri8640]

What's that "shark" you speak about? Can anyone provide insight?

[@TheSlowGrowth]

It's a type of signal processing chip. Basically a small computer with a instruction set specialized to audio processing tasks.

[@alexandrecamilleri8640]

Thanks for the informations man

[@alexhakkah]

Tell me this isnt Mono

[@truecuckoo]

It’s stereo

[@theguyguy3528]

Mind if I plug in... Bam.. Nice!

[@truecuckoo]

🙏🏼

[@HerrmannHinz]

u like these eh? :D i do.