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VOLANTE

There are several well-established delay pedals in Strymon’s product line. The Brigadier simulates analogue ‘bucket brigade’ delays, while the El Capistan combines tape-echo effects with reverb. The TimeLine provides even more sophisticated retro and hi-fi echo effects, with added modulation and filtering in a larger stompbox format.

The Volante is similarly large, but it offers drum-style echo, along with tape echo and studio-style reel-to-reel tape delay. All the effects parameters are adjustable from the top panel and footswitches provide tap tempo, sound-on-sound, reverse, pause, splice, and infinite-repeat functions.

There are four virtual-playback heads that can be activated/deactivated individually. They can also operate at full or half

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