Strymon Volante ( STEREO )

Headphones or “decent” speakers are recommended.
The Strymon Volante is a heavy hitter when it comes to delays. I’ve had a lot and I can easily say this is one of my favorites. It does pretty much everything you’d want. 3 different delay types, 4 head recording heads, all the MIDI you can throw a baby squirrel at… and a looper. The modulation is really pretty too! Lot’s to do here so let’s just get to it.
www.strymon.net/product/volante/
0:00 Basics w/ Guitar
1:57 Delay Heads w/ Guitar
4:11 MIDI w/ Synth
5:53 EXP w/ Drums
7:46 Looper Mode w/ Guitar
Gear Used:
Fender Stratocaster
Korg Minilogue
Elektron Model Samples
Empress Zoia

[@jukebox3315]

The thing I love about these videos is they are both informational and a joy to listen to for the tunes!

[@aBunchOfPedals]

Hey thanks! That's exactly what I'm going for, glad you dig em.

[@davemastersmusic]

such lovely sounds. great demo.

[@aBunchOfPedals]

Thanks! Strymon makes some serious stuff

[@WhileWeWereSleeping]

Really nice demo. I love this pedal and can get lost in the sound on sound looper for hours but I got lazy figuring out some of the advance fitters like midi and expression pedal. This made me want to give them a go.

[@aBunchOfPedals]

Thanks! Oh man you totally should. All the MIDI stuff is in the manual, it’s super easy to figure out.

[@WhileWeWereSleeping]

@@aBunchOfPedals thanks for the push. I now have a plan :)

[@danvandal4127]

nice seeing the Zoia used like this

[@aBunchOfPedals]

The Zoia is awesome, super fun to create weird ideas and make them a reality. Best tool I own!

[@ziggyzipgun]

There's a great Zoia patch based on the Volante.

[@brownsparlour9813]

this is such an incredible demo!i love strymon pedals but i just cant afford those sort of price points 😩 it makes me so sad lol

[@federicouffreduzzi2601]

For most of the time i play the looper. Many looper came out in the last year, but this one has a unique flavour cause of the separate settings for the tape age and it's very practical. Just one cons in my opinion: the more the loop degrade, the more lose it's volume. I guess it's the normal behaviour of a tape loop degrade, and it's a choice to make it like that anyway!

[@aBunchOfPedals]

You might be able to change your repeat level for the looper so it doesn't degrade as fast. You hold the feedback button 1 and 4 and then adjust the repeat control. But yea, even my Infinity Loopers degrade when adding new layers. I guess it depends on how you use it. I kind of like the degrading loops if you want to be more involved in the loop. Hahah my only con is that there's no mix knob.

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

@@aBunchOfPedals you can hold the 1 & 4 feedback buttons down and adjust the playback volume with the echo level knob.

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

If you hold down the far left foot switch in Sound on Sound mode it keeps the repeats from degrading. You will know it is in this mode because the light turns red and blinks.

[@federicouffreduzzi2601]

Yeah you can bring down or up the loop! Anyway, i don't think the degrade volume change it's about how many layers you put, it can degrade just with one layer. The crucial function it's the Rec input (like in real tape reel), and the left side of the Volante. It would be have been great to have a degraded loop at a standard volume, or being able anyway to decide. I put a DBA Rooms after that works with dry (so i can boost the loop) and fx, so problem solved for me!

[@WhileWeWereSleeping]

I love how it degrades. I sometimes keep recording for a long time and can boost the volume of the recording after. Would be nice if you had an option to keep the volume while it degrades. But not complaining, such an intuitive great sounding pedal

[@MrNatahi]

I LOVE U

[@aBunchOfPedals]

We are now married. Congratulations.

[@Bairov]

I don't know what I did today but my volante sounded amazing after saving a peset to feedback 4 slot. Afterwards all the presets had a trail of what I played. How do I get this back? It sounded epic 😎

[@kierenmoore3236]

Great demo, thanks! 😎👍🏼 Just two quick questions, please? 1. The Volante isn’t ‘True Stereo’, though … is it? 2. Is it possible to use an Expression Pedal to change from eg unpanned heads, to ping-pong panned heads … ? Thanks! 🙏🏼

[@INTOTHETERROR]

So is this pedal needed if you already have the Soma Cosmos? I'm trying to decide on this or the Cosmos...I know this is more of a delay and the other is a very ambient style machine, but is there a supreme difference?

[@aBunchOfPedals]

I have no idea. You’re better off just watching a ton of other videos

[@marcusstrymon693]

One thing I wonder, which I also read on forums: Is the Volante also a stereo delay when only using 1 head? People in Forums said no and that the Timeline is by far superior regarding stereo when only using 1 head in volante and that volante only creates stereo when using the ping pong panning. To my ear it sounds like that is not true, it feels like some subtle stereo fx going on... To my ear the volante sounds more realistic as well. At least that would fit the bigsky/nightsky comparison... To my surprise, nightsky dense without any mod and glimmer felt a lot more realistic than any bigsky algorithm.... I have a timeline allready but this pedal.... I cant stop thinking bout it... its unique. Just not sure if I could justify another delay pedal... Timeline has to stay for me, its a nobrainer. Thoughts?

[@StavK]

The Volante manual mentions that when not panning the heads, there is quote “a psychoacoustic stereo effect” applied.

[@marcusstrymon693]

@@StavK Jup. Have it since decenber and its true BUT the newer big box units volante and nightsky are not as broad as bigsky and timeline

[@StavK]

@@marcusstrymon693 👍

[@kierenmoore3236]

Volante is NOT a true stereo pedal, no … the two inputs are immediately summed to MONO 🙄, before that (now mono) input is processed by the pedal, then split to be output from the two (‘stereo’) outputs …

[@marcusstrymon693]

@@kierenmoore3236 I know... its like that for most pedals anyway. But I found that its not such a big deal, for stereo looping I use timeline

[@sph33_]

Love this pedal. I know a lot prefer that el cap but I kept the volante. I just wish it had a separate crinkle control like the volante. The looper on it is perfect though. Super intuitive.

[@aBunchOfPedals]

I never even tried the El Cap before. I always wanted to but it was just one of those things I never got around to. Lot's of delays floating around this house lol.

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

I completely agree with missing the crinkle control from the El Cap. It’s the only drawback I have come across with the Volante. Was hoping they might add it as a secondary feature to the mechanics knob.

[@sph33_]

@@WhatsUpWhitey Same. At this point, I don't see it happening unfortunately. To me, everything about the volante is as good as or better than the El Cap I had except for that crinkle control. That's ok though, the Volante looper is much better for me and that makes it a better overall choice for me.

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

@@sph33_ the ability to select the multiple playback heads are by far my favorite feature. You can get awesome percussive repeats or make it really wash out for some ambient playing as well.

[@rod_andrade]

Is this good on bass guitar?

[@aBunchOfPedals]

It is! I had a bass section all ready to go but the video was getting a little long. Hahaha figures the one time I leave bass out, someone asks. But yea dude, it sounds just as good!

[@rod_andrade]

@@aBunchOfPedals Lol. I always watch your videos (I really appreciate this channel). I´m a bass player, so... :P

[@aBunchOfPedals]

@@rod_andrade Damn, sorry dude. I usually try to incorporate bass for you guys :). Don’t worry, the video I’m working on now will have bass just for you!

[@rod_andrade]

@@aBunchOfPedals Thanks a lot!!! 👍👍

[@MatthewHyatt]

Can I borrow it!? lol.

[@aBunchOfPedals]

Of course! I just need your fingerprints, blood sample, social security number and first born child.

[@MatthewHyatt]

@@aBunchOfPedals Crap. I don't have a first born. Let me go find a hooker. Thanks for your generosity!

[@danthreepwood2760]

Awesome demo & nice humour mate! ps: birthday parties at the junkyard are the best because everybody gets a free tetanus shot 💉💉💉

[@aBunchOfPedals]

Everyone loves the junkyard ❤️

[@thiskingbusiness]

Such boring pedal. Disaster transport SR shits all over it. Thank you for the videos though, always helps me decide whether or not a pedal is worth my time of day.

[@aBunchOfPedals]

All my good pedals wear diapers in the house.

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

@@aBunchOfPedals 😂😂😂