4 Unusual Uses for the Strymon El Capistan

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @dmitrymashkov9379
    @dmitrymashkov9379 2 года назад +5

    The pad texture is absolutely terrific!

  • @MadeAirbreak
    @MadeAirbreak 5 лет назад +31

    That ambient pad was absolutely stunning, especially when you pitched up the loop the first time.

  • @phillseagram
    @phillseagram 2 года назад +3

    Pitch shifting a loop!!! Mind blown. Awesome

  • @ManCalledMif
    @ManCalledMif 3 года назад +3

    thanks for the helpful tutorial. 3:22 the blank loop technique is a great feature

  • @Art-zs6sl
    @Art-zs6sl 3 года назад +4

    My favorite pedal in the past 20 years.

  • @pangloss9
    @pangloss9 5 лет назад +7

    Great video! I’ve owned this pedals for two years and I still keep seeing ways of using it that I’d never thought of before. Thanks very much for sharing.

  • @DanielG0m3z
    @DanielG0m3z 5 лет назад +6

    The ambient music was superb!

  • @waynespradley6972
    @waynespradley6972 5 лет назад +10

    This is an awesome idea for a series. I recently found I have purchased additional pedals only to find that I could get that sound from a pedal I already own. I'm trying to develop a deeper understanding of the equipment I own so this series has a lot of value to me. Happy to be a new subscriber and look forward to more entries in this series.

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад

      Thanks mate, much appreciated! After we finish our Ampero series it’ll be back onto some more Strymon pedals in this format.

    • @brmbkl
      @brmbkl 2 года назад

      @@noisetoysimportstv1248 another idea; do these techniques (chorus and reverb) on synth sounds, to show the results on a more continuous tone

  • @Dam-oH
    @Dam-oH 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for that. I like the el cap but there are so many options. I have favourite switch set up for slap back and just set up an echoplex style setting for solos.

  • @michaelmolenda1712
    @michaelmolenda1712 3 года назад +1

    I just bought this based on this and a couple of other videos. Arrives tomorrow and I hope its half of what it seems like - a seriously high quality piece of guitar toy-tech. Can't wait.

  • @JimmyDevere
    @JimmyDevere 5 лет назад +14

    Great video! Please do more like these for the other Strymon pedals and more for the El Cap if you have more ideas!!

  • @Poppaneedsanap
    @Poppaneedsanap 4 года назад +1

    I have 2 of these suckers and have never messed around much with the looping mode. v. cool usages

  • @diamonddad3059
    @diamonddad3059 3 года назад +1

    Awesome stuff. Thanks for the ideas

  • @icecreamforcrowhurst
    @icecreamforcrowhurst 5 лет назад +71

    Are we playing the pedals or are the pedals playing us? Sometimes I wonder.

    • @alexjones4219
      @alexjones4219 4 года назад +12

      A big muff played me and I sharted

  • @Alchemist3333
    @Alchemist3333 5 лет назад +7

    Excellent video! Please do the same with the Big Sky.

  • @sranje3000
    @sranje3000 2 года назад +1

    A friend of mine hooks this thing to a mixer to use it while DJ-ing. Sounds amazing.

    • @johncitizen8828
      @johncitizen8828 Год назад

      Does he just tap tempo, or is there another way to sync?

    • @sranje3000
      @sranje3000 Год назад

      Taps the tempo@@johncitizen8828

  • @LoVeAmBiEnT
    @LoVeAmBiEnT 2 года назад

    Why it’s one of my favorite pedals

  • @christopherfield7732
    @christopherfield7732 2 года назад +1

    I've been wondering if this can do the tape age, wow and flutter effects in real time, not just on the echo... One of your configurations seems to be doing just that?

  • @j.schaefer5622
    @j.schaefer5622 4 года назад

    What a wonderful pedal....and hey I have it. Thank you very much for this demo...

  • @CarstenGoeke
    @CarstenGoeke 2 года назад

    Very good demo. The pad sound is gold! ✌🏼

  • @AL_1991
    @AL_1991 3 года назад

    loved the 2nd

  • @johncitizen8828
    @johncitizen8828 Год назад

    Maybe I missed it, but obviously you need to select the Analogue ‘trails’ bypass to perform several of these sounds, right?

  • @samcomfort6564
    @samcomfort6564 3 года назад

    Cool ideas. Thanks for the video

  • @davemau5e
    @davemau5e 5 лет назад +5

    Awesome! The Double Tracker effect could have been heard more if you would have connected the pedal in stereo as oppose to a mono output. Great sounds! 👏🏼

  • @javiceres
    @javiceres 4 года назад +2

    What happens if you change tape head while there’s a trail sounding?

  • @MusicFed
    @MusicFed 4 года назад

    Amazing. What a cool pedal and so full of uses

  • @philh27
    @philh27 5 лет назад +1

    Clever and creative. Good stuff!

  • @circuitousvibes5226
    @circuitousvibes5226 5 лет назад

    Lovely demos. Thank you for making this!

  • @bawseeeee602
    @bawseeeee602 4 года назад

    Superb - nothing else to say.

  • @CourneliusX
    @CourneliusX 3 года назад

    Were trails on when you were doing ambient swells?

  • @anthonymclaughlin6164
    @anthonymclaughlin6164 3 года назад

    amazing dude

  • @earfulaudio5199
    @earfulaudio5199 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks man!

  • @Lorneplumber
    @Lorneplumber 5 лет назад

    I bloody love this - excellent - subbed to the channel

  • @Bosumofficial
    @Bosumofficial 5 лет назад

    Excellent video! Thanks

  • @theunfrailhale
    @theunfrailhale 5 лет назад

    way rad. awesome vid, thanks for the ideas.

  • @mateuszbracha3941
    @mateuszbracha3941 5 лет назад +1

    Hi! great video! But when I try to do this ambient texture, I record a sound and then click the bypass button "the sound" stops playing and I can't play on top of the layer. Can you help with that?

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +6

      Oh yes you need to power up your pedal holding down bypass you activate ‘trails’ mode, sorry for the late response! I missed this comment.

    • @mateuszbracha3941
      @mateuszbracha3941 5 лет назад

      @@noisetoysimportstv1248 Oh thank! Now it works, great feature :)

  • @benjaminfrm4618
    @benjaminfrm4618 4 года назад

    Hey men,
    Thanks for the amazing vidéo.
    I had a question, in the « Ambiant pad mod, after recording the loop, you press the bypass button and you still hear the loop... When i do it my loop stop.. When i engage the bypass again i hear it again.
    Did i miss something?
    Thx for your answer and keep going !
    Cheers from 🇫🇷 France.

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  4 года назад

      I can’t remember exactly how to do it but there’s a way to change the bypass mode, just check the manual.

    • @benjaminfrm4618
      @benjaminfrm4618 4 года назад +1

      @@noisetoysimportstv1248 I thx for your answer. So if someone need to know how to change the bypass mode. You just need to press the bypass button few second when you put the pedal on tension.
      Cheers.

  • @Stcprgl
    @Stcprgl 5 лет назад +1

    what is the secondary knobs settings for double tracker pls? thank you

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +1

      Hi Sait, mix and repeats at 12 o’clock and the other three at minimum (counter clockwise)
      Cheers!

  • @afterstars
    @afterstars 5 лет назад

    Excellent

  • @ricklewis5804
    @ricklewis5804 5 лет назад

    I missed what you did around 2:42 to get reverb, your right hand kind of hid what you did and I only saw you turn the knob on the left all the way clockwise then all the way back counterclockwise.

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад

      You’re 90% there man, hold the two footswitches, turn upper left knob to dial in the amount of reverb you want, them let go of the footswitches and adjust the time knob to taste or tap in tempo

    • @ricklewis5804
      @ricklewis5804 5 лет назад

      Noise Toys Imports TV
      Thanks. I already have the TC Electronics triple delay so would the El Cap be redundant or unnecessary? My amps have a reverb feature plus I have other pedals that have reverb.

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +1

      Personal opinion (and this is me speaking from being a Strymon customer) I would get rid of the TC and replace it with an El Cap and never look back. Horses for courses though, that’s just my preference.

    • @ricklewis5804
      @ricklewis5804 5 лет назад

      Noise Toys Imports TV
      Thanks. Too bad the el cap doesn’t have a third switch that does what holding down both switches does. That should have been a no brainer for the Strymon engineers. You are getting some nice sounds out of that box. The el cap and EHX Mel 9 are due to arrive today. Guess I’ll keep both.

  • @johnbagnato3761
    @johnbagnato3761 2 года назад

    why dose my loop stop when I hit bypass

  • @jokkolorise
    @jokkolorise 4 года назад

    Beautiful. When I try the ambient pad, the loop volume keeps increasing when the repeats are on maximum. Probably something simple I missed? Thanks!

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  4 года назад +5

      I think it might be the secondary function boost under the mix knob, if that’s set past 12 o’clock it will add boost each time the loop progresses.

    • @marijnstam7374
      @marijnstam7374 4 года назад +2

      The reason I believe this happens is because the delay starts oscillating at maximum repeats. You can hear this when you use a short delay time and have the repeats set to max, it will increase in volume and start oscillating out of control. The same thing happens with the ambient pad when you have the repeats set to maximum, it's just that the process takes longer since the delay time is so long.

    • @igorbroeckel279
      @igorbroeckel279 Год назад

      You need to set the secondary function of the repeats (bias) to max

  • @depotgear
    @depotgear 5 лет назад

    Great demo, thanks!!

  • @middle_pickup
    @middle_pickup 4 года назад +1

    When you're playing with the SOS mode and you turn the time knob how are you matching the pitch to your next chord so perfectly? Does the time knob only let you speed up the playback of the recorded loop at speeds producing musical intervals?

    • @riffswamp
      @riffswamp 4 года назад +2

      i think it doubles the speed so it pitches it up exactly an octave \m/

  • @JimmyDevere
    @JimmyDevere 3 года назад

    What chord prgressions were you playing for this demo?

  • @josephboudreau8794
    @josephboudreau8794 4 года назад

    SOLD. Take my money!

  • @mataneshel1744
    @mataneshel1744 4 года назад

    When in pushing bypass in the pad all the loop dont continue have a idea why

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  4 года назад +2

      You need to swap the El Cap from true bypass to buffered bypass, I forget exactly how to do that but if you grab the manual online you’ll find it, pretty sure it’s some sort of combination of things while powering up.

    • @samueldominguezlorenzo5734
      @samueldominguezlorenzo5734 4 года назад

      Unplug power supply, press bypass and hold it while you plug it back again to go to sound on sound mode

  • @rishpanjeet7479
    @rishpanjeet7479 2 года назад

    I simply cannot decide bw this and the DIG - despite them being so different.

  • @neoaureus
    @neoaureus 4 года назад +1

    You should score the next A) David Lynch B) Abel Ferrera C) Wim Wenders or D) Werner Herzog film... haunting beyond belief the minor 7th 9th or 11th or suspended or diminished or augmented wonders you play.... very sad though why ?

    • @mes252
      @mes252 4 года назад

      Unbedingt

  • @dalewetzel773
    @dalewetzel773 4 года назад +1

    They need to add expression pedal control for time adjustment

    • @ShiningTrapezoid
      @ShiningTrapezoid 4 года назад +1

      You can assign the expression pedal to any of the controls

  • @kimgaugemusic
    @kimgaugemusic 5 лет назад

    great demo - love that features of this pedal. Since it's 9 years old as you say, do you know of any other pedal that has these features?

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks for compliment! The only pedal I can think of that will probably rival the El Capistan is the new Volante, there are other great delays with loopers but nothing that can compare closely to the El Cap specifically IMHO.

    • @kimgaugemusic
      @kimgaugemusic 5 лет назад

      I've done a lot of searching and I can't find anything that does what the el cap does. The Zvex Instant Lo Fi Junky comes close to the el cap's wow and flutter but it's mono and the tape crinkle is not quite as good. The el cap really is special in that regard. The other one that has a really great tape sound is the Warped Vinyl, but that's mono as well - I think the same guy designed both. @@noisetoysimportstv1248

    • @jumpingman8160
      @jumpingman8160 5 лет назад

      Echosystem

    • @kimgaugemusic
      @kimgaugemusic 5 лет назад

      @@jumpingman8160 I'll check it out, thanks!

    • @bentrisshaw
      @bentrisshaw 5 лет назад

      David I own the Echosys and the El Cap, while the Echosystem is brilliant it still can’t do the same sort of looping stuff as the El Cap. Two incredible delays though.

  • @Jason-to5cs
    @Jason-to5cs 5 лет назад

    I can't get it to loop. What am I doing wrong?

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +4

      Hi Jason, hope this helps.
      Both toggle switches down.
      Set repeats to max
      Mix somewhere between 12 o’clock and max and other settings to taste
      Make sure you’re not in bypass
      Press Tap to start recording
      And tap when you’re done to end the loop length
      Everything from there will be layered
      Let me know how you get on!

    • @TerenceHillDesigner
      @TerenceHillDesigner 3 года назад

      @@noisetoysimportstv1248 hi there. I just watced your video right now and I was trying to emulate your SOS pad but I must be doing something wrong, because as soon as I Bypass the pedal, the looping stops and it ends being silent...

    • @AIRthatBreaths
      @AIRthatBreaths 3 года назад +1

      @@TerenceHillDesigner You should have the El Cap in “Trails” mode so it doesn’t cut off when bypassed.

    • @TerenceHillDesigner
      @TerenceHillDesigner 3 года назад +1

      @@AIRthatBreaths Thanks Dylan, it's working just fine now! \m/

  • @aryasevenfold
    @aryasevenfold 5 лет назад

    Genius 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @rickfrancismusic
    @rickfrancismusic Год назад

    Great demo man. Thanks for sharing. Your ambient pad sound belongs at Hillsong. Just sayin'... Peace.

  • @shckltnebay
    @shckltnebay 5 лет назад

    Did this come out before the Timeline? Imagine if you had an expression pedal?

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +2

      Yes a couple of years before the Timeline. I should do a part 2 with Expression, there’s a bunch of things you can do 👌🏼

    • @shckltnebay
      @shckltnebay 5 лет назад

      @@noisetoysimportstv1248 I have the Timeline and its missing a bit of the magic the El cap has

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +1

      Yes the Dtape algorithm on the Timeline is a little less characterful. Have you updated your timeline firmware ever? I know there were a few updates along the way that added some more of the El Cap mojo back in.

    • @shckltnebay
      @shckltnebay 5 лет назад

      Noise Toys Imports TV thanks I have. V. 1.8 I think. It’s pretty good maybe the reverb is missing?

    • @noisetoysimportstv1248
      @noisetoysimportstv1248  5 лет назад +1

      Yeah that spring does add that little bit of extra magic

  • @Wooburnmusic
    @Wooburnmusic 2 года назад

    I can't imagine taking a gig out with Johnny b Goode and rocking all over the world based on what I have heard here not to mention the dopey noises, probably best for making dopey noises at home ?

  • @橋本絵莉子
    @橋本絵莉子 4 года назад +3

    When it would be called El Comandante I would buy this one, but not like that.

  • @lukesandroni3436
    @lukesandroni3436 5 лет назад

    Wow sold. Bahahaha

  • @nickseckler
    @nickseckler 4 года назад

    I've always thought the l looks like a lowercase e. "Ee Capistan"