Strymon El Capistan - My 10 Favorite Sounds
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2015
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A demo of the Strymon El Capistan. Just sounds, no talk. I hope you will enjoy :)
Secondary functions:
Sound #1
Spring Reverb 0%
Low End Contour 50%
Tape Bias 40%
Tape Crinkle 40%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #2
Spring Reverb 40%
Low End Contour 50%
Tape Bias 40%
Tape Crinkle 0%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #3
Spring Reverb 0%
Low End Contour 25%
Tape Bias 0%
Tape Crinkle 100%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #4
Spring Reverb 0%
Low End Contour 100%
Tape Bias 0%
Tape Crinkle 0%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #5
Spring Reverb 25%
Low End Contour 50%
Tape Bias 50%
Tape Crinkle 25%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #6
Spring Reverb 60%
Low End Contour 25%
Tape Bias 50%
Tape Crinkle 50%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #7
Spring Reverb 20%
Low End Contour 25%
Tape Bias 100%
Tape Crinkle 100%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #8
Spring Reverb 50%
Low End Contour 50%
Tape Bias 25%
Tape Crinkle 100%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #9
Spring Reverb 0%
Low End Contour 25%
Tape Bias 50%
Tape Crinkle 40%
Boost/Cut - No
Sound #10
Spring Reverb 0%
Low End Contour 25%
Tape Bias 50%
Tape Crinkle 50%
Boost/Cut - No
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I didn't even know I wanted this
The perfect combination between a good pedal and a creative guitar player. Thanx for your art Monochrome Seasons!
Very appreciated Claudio, thank you very much!
I know this is supposed to be a demo, but in reality it is everything I needed after a rough weekend to relax and find my zone again. Thank you so much.
Also, I think I'm going to need a bigger pedalboard because this is wonderful.
These settings are really great. Thank you very much for taking the time to share these.
+David Hrivnak You're welcome !
I love how whimsical this effects pedal sounds.
The clarity seems pretty good!
He’s using more aged-tape settings in the demos so wow, flutter, dropout and reduced fidelity and being introduced to the sound. Turn the Tape Age and Wow & Flutter settings to 0 and it’s very clean and clear with some warmth but doesn’t sound digital, it’s like a brand new EchoPlex or Roland Space Echo. At that point it’d be more like a digital delay with an all tube preamp.
Strymon should pay you a commission, buying it now after your vid, damn.
I should... you should tell them ;)
I bought mine after this video too haha
brett b nice to know, have fun man :)
Agree, I purchased after your vid. It's just better than regular guitar shops out there speaking too damn much. There are so many pedals out there that I wan to get right to the meat of it.
Yes, Your videos totally give me the confidence to lay down the beaucoup argent to buy this pedal.
Great parts that demonstrate the unit perfectly. Hidden parameters shown under SHOW MORE! Not only do we get to relax and pick our favorite delays without lifting a finger, we also get the settings! Thanks
The warmth of the Stryman Delay Pedals are unmatched nobody can touch them
...in the pure digital world, though.
Real analog ones are way more warmer than digital.
Can the people that gave this demo a thumbs down please step up and give a better demo of this pedal?!
On second thoughts, please don’t! Either these people (a) have a problem with their hearing, (b) don’t have the attention span to listen to this long enough, let alone to learn how to craft such beautiful sounds, (c) are so unhappy with their lives they have nothing positive to contribute to any discussion about creativity, or (d) all of the above. But let’s not be angry or irritated by them - I’m only sorry they couldn’t get as much joy or pleasure as I did from listening to every second of this. Thank you Antoine, that was beautiful 🙌
They think it is "download" button!))))))
I sold my Carbon Copy Deluxe today and now looking for a suitable replacement. I think El Capistan is going to fill that spot. Just so beautiful. And this is how review videos should be made by the way... straight to the sounds! Great playing also!
Thanks, those were some nice settings. I like the way you used the wobble $ flutter vs the tape age. Thanks again.
monochrome your videos are always so well done and inspirational to listen to. i know you are showing your favorite sounds on the pedal but your choice of notes and chords are always a pleasure to hear. great job. i actually bought one of these pedals last week, mostly because of what i heard in your video.
Wow, thanks so much! :)
First one is incredible... Plzzz don't remove this video. This is perfect reference for all guys seeking for illusory mood n sound
So happy I found your video man. Bought mine recently 2nd hand. A lot of work exploring this little piece... Loved your playing as well. Congrats!
+Fabio Kasper Thank you man, your comment is very appreciated !
Great sounds, thanks for sharing.
I just bought this partly because of this video. Thanks man!
Ditto Antoine, I dig the sounds you create. In fact, I just enjoy sitting here and listening to them. I also super appreciate your video on how to use the EL CAPISTAN looper function. Your videos are far more informative than anything I found on the STRYMON official website or here on RUclips ...
It's my pleasure, John!
De rien Monochrome !
Ce fût un réel plaisir de participer.
no talking, just play.. THANK YOU!
I never thought I’d say this in regards to anyone’s guitar pedal demos, but you have such a cool sounding voice and accent that I actually found myself missing it here...usually when people talk a lot during demos I fast forward to the tones.
You’re one of my top favorite demo artists and I appreciate these videos as they inspire me to get more out of my pedals! Thanks so much Antoine!
Thanks :) the reason I'm doing my demos as 10 sounds demonstrations is that I kept reading everywhere on other people's demos: "you talk too much, just play the damn pedal". I appreciate your kind comment!
Your channel is great! I checked also your bandcamp, really good stuff..and you did it all by yourself! Huge respect for you!
kroszo Thanks a lot, very appreciated!
Sound #7 is so beautiful, great video! mine comes in tomorrow, I'm excited to get started with it after watching your video.
Have fun with it, this pedal is one of a kind !
Fantastic playing, the #11 sound is so good
I was already interested in the bigsky, and after watching your videos, it became a no-brainer. I feel a similar story is going to be said between this or the timeline. Thanks for the wonderful videos and the incredible music!
Thank you very much Michael!
Stunning pedal and stunning demo
It sounds fantastic, great playing too
Very nice demo. And in stereo! Because this really makes this tape echo stand out from the rest.
Nikolaus Brocke Playing in stereo is a MUST with this pedal ! Thanks for watching :)
I absolutely love delay! I have 3 delay pedals... 1st, Boss DD-7, for basic delays. Think rock crap, spring, slap-back, nothing to strenuous. 2nd, the Strymon El Capistan, which I use either the types of delays with tape degradation, like you hear in this vid (which is great, BTW), or for max time, single C, Frippertronics. This pedal is amazing for stuff like this. 3rd is a Walrus Fable Delay. I'm at a loss to try to explain how this pedal works. Something like 'Granular delay slices fed back upon themselves'... ??? Whatever... it was the pedal that went far to slam home my musical exploration, but only with the El Capistan riding herd with it. Then add in a max DD-7 repeat...? For me, when I combine the three of them and somehow get them to cooperate with each other, the result is amazing. I thought I understood delay timing, ms to beat crap. Nope. Now, I'm just beginning to get it. It's a blast!!
Great sounding pedal; and very cool playing too. I saw one of these babies on Craigslist list fr a great price and wanted to know more about them... so THANKS!
Even your demos are inspiring! Good job bro!
Alexsc69 I try to make demos that are not really démos... much more like musical ideas in a context of a certain pedal !
Excellent demo of the El Capistan my friend!
+undergroundjohnny Thank you very much :)
Beautiful playing!
Thanks so much, now I have to buy one. Sounds so good!
+Marc Rontsch You're welcome, Marc !
0:00 - 1
0:53 - 2
1:41 - 3
2:14 - 4
3:02 - 5
3:45 - 6
4:34 - 7
5:18 - 8
6:07 - 9
6:47 - 10
7:34 - 11
I think i messed up somewhere lol
I once had an annotation saying: ''And one more, because this pedal is awesome!''. But now annotations are discontinued by RUclips, so I look like I'm really bad at maths :-)
@@AntoineMichaudGuitar So the secondary setting are for 1-10? Do you still know what the secondaries were for the other one? Great tones by the way, I'm using this as a refernce for tweaking my own delay sounds!
2&7 ❤️
2&4
As great as these pedals are, I think the fact that you are such a great guitarist makes them a lot more convincing.
Sido Wright Thanks for the great compliment :) I'm flattered !
I wish you could do all pedal demos. Fantastic, no talking, settings for each sound, great riffs. 👍🏽
Thanks! I have done a fair share of them, but am doing less pedal demos than I used to. Still, there are about 60+ demos in this same style in my playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLoSMy0IpftFIPQlkhE2CYhuPZywsF0gRt
Absolutely brilliant
I'm seriously just listening to this and mellowing out while I work
Beautiful demo! :-)
You just can't go wrong with Strymon pedals!! Nice demo!
Timothy Buss Totally can't go wrong, it's true :)
+Monochrome Seasons you can't!!! I got the DIG delay and it's just beautiful.. I want to buy this one also, but saving money...
Nice :) Take the time to fully discover your pedal and shape your own sound before buying another one. I have the El Capistan since 2 years and I am still discovering it... Amazing pedals !
+Monochrome Seasons no doubt about that, these pedals have incredible and a lot of features. Nice demo and real good sounds. Cheers...
Stuff sounds amazing man.
Beautiful demo
Watched first time for the demo, second time for the music.👍👍
Thank you sir, means a lot!
Thank you very much for this vidéo :)
😃🧘🏼♀️❤️🌈 Beautiful sounds. Loving the pedal and the expert guitar skills.
Inspiring playing. This is my favorite delay pedal also!
Nathan Shafer How can this not be every guitar player's favorite delay pedal ? ;)
Monochrome Seasons I think it will be considered a classic one day
Thanks for this, I have an old WEM Copicat I bought over thirty years ago but it's been away for repair for months now. Bought a Strymon Flint last year and seriously tempted to go for one of these
+Ghostweasel If you like the Flint, you can buy this one without hesitation ! Same outstanding quality :) I know it's not the same effects, but still.
+Monochrome Seasons Arrived today and I'm never leaving the house again ;)
Awesome :D strymon
Tasteful playing, good echomachine. thanks ✌🏻
that is beautiful
Just Beautiful!
Thanks man :)
久しぶりにエフェクター欲しくなった！ありがとうございます。
What’s your chord progression for that last setting? It’s gorgeous and reminds me of water levels in Mario.
Sounds awesome!
+beephouse Thank you, man :)
Great demo
Great help since I'm
just getting mine!
+MrMongo321 Great :)
Such beautiful sounds.
I bought this pedal after watching you play.
Had to save up for a few months.
Congrats and have fun with it!
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to know this incredible band - Mystery ( the silent scream is maybe the best song I ever heard )
+Dusk Profound Wow, that's awesome ! Did you discover the band because of what I played in this video ? or for my work with them ?
+Monochrome Seasons because of what you played in the video , great video by the way!!
Finally somebody who gets it. We want to hear the very best sounds out of a pedal, not a bunch of talking. And most other guys seem to demonstrate the ugliest sounds possible and don't even realize it.
Antoine, someone said you can't go wrong with a Strymon pedal, but I think it is quite the other way around, you can't go wrong with such a splendid and soulful musician....
That has to be the best compliment I ever received. Thank you, Magnus!
@@AntoineMichaudGuitar My pleasure.
Can you get an analog sound from the el capstan? I love my brigadier sound but the different tape heads are appealing on the el capstan.
thank you !!!
Thanks for the demo. I’m trying to decide between this and the DIG. They both sound great so it’s a tough decision.
I’ve had my Boss DM-2W for a year now and I’m burnt out on dark analog delay.
Which one of these would brighten things up?
Thanks
Ahhhh man 4:34 my favorite!!! Made me all squishy inside. Great demo!!!
I like this pedal, I own one by myself, but man your chord arrangment is phenomenal!
+lookforguitar Thanks so much man ! I really want to make my pedal demos for the music. People don't care what the knobs are doing, they want to see in what way the pedal can inspire them to play some great music :) at least, I think !
Can't agree more!
How bad did we wanna hear "Run Like Hell" at 5:17??
I think that was the copyright free version he played :)
This is the one, I m ordering
Catdammit this pedal sounds unbelievable!
so beautiful, your playing and your settings ! ... your video made me to really love this delay , now I want this pedal ! ...
Thank you so much :) it's a great pedal, for sure !
welcome, I also saw your BigSky Reverb video with those 30 minutes of wonderful playing, you are a blessed and gifted guitar player - I have the new Boss RV-6 and it is a great pedal somehow very close to the Big Sky - I love so much the reverb and delay pedals , Strymon has great products ... you really know how to use them to create music ! ... :) much love and peace from Transylvania ! ... Claudiu
I'm blessed to have you as a listener too, your words are very appreciated !
@@AntoineMichaudGuitar I own now, after two years since I wrote you here also the El Capistan and the Big Sky ... for sure, these pedals will be with me as long as I live .... Blessings, my friend Antoine ! ...
how are you doing that sound on sound 9? are you turning your volume down and turning it up at the end of those riffs?
Awesome demo, even almost four years after!
I know, that's crazy, it's already been that long... thanks for watching!
Hi Antoine, love the video. Such expansive and beautiful soundscapes. May I ask, on one of the last examples, (at 6:12 and 6:15) you produced a kind of feedback sounding note - Is this from using harmonics and easing in the volume with the guitar pot or a volume pedal? Or is it from using this with a combine expression pedal somehow? Can you please explain what that’s from? Just love it 👍
Hey Stephen! Yes, it's just harmonics faded in with my guitar's volume knob. Your first instinct was the right one!
Hi there! Amazing video dude! So nice of you sharing all those fantastic sounds.
I'm about to buy these pedal but I've read that it has some issues on the dotted 1/8 setting (which I think is the "fixed - B" mode) when you tap tempo.
Did you have any problems with that so far?
+Marius Söderström Never had any issues with it ! What do people say ? Does it not adjust the tempo in time with the footswitch ? I have to admit I don't use the tap tempo that much, but when I do, all is ok with it !
Just downloaded your album. I was researching this pedal before buying it and came across your profile. It sounds like you use it in your song "A path of white clouds"
I have to say I downloaded your album and will be listening to this on my way to work tomorrow! Thanks for the great demo video of this pedal but thank you even more for your great music.
RUclips GO DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND LISTEN TO THIS GUYS MUSIC!!!!
Looks like its in your song "Lonely Under the empty Sea" too. This album is incredible!
I use it almost everywhere as a ''always on'' delay, it's just getting part of my sound! And thanks so much for taking your time to listen to my music! I love when people go beyond my demos and appreciate the music :)
So how does one get dotted 1/8 on this? You obviously have several settings with that feel.
Nice!! What are the speakers or amp you are using here?
nice riffs
What's the main setting that drives that twittery sound at 1:55? I'm referring to that twisty sound that has a borderline vocal quality to it. If I were to visualize it, it sounds like tiny whorls forming in water and spinning into smaller and smaller circles until spun out of existence. That is a very eerie yet pleasant sound.
The main setting I tried to show here was the Tape Crinkle. It is maxed out at 100% and I had to put down some other settings at zero (Tape Bias, Reverb, Tape Age, Wow & Flutter), so the Tape Crinkle really steals the character of the repeats. That's what you refer as "twittery'' or ''twisty'' :)
Thanks, just subscribed. I thought the Möbius was my favorite Strymon pedal but this one just took its place. Have you ever tried the El Capistan on vocals?
Thanks for subscribing :) Never tried it on vocals, but I don't see how this could not be a good idea!
What is the difference in between chorus and delay ?
First 30 seconds of video is sounds like delay to me..
Sweet!
Incredible! Your playing first and foremost, the pedal second. I run an MXR Carbon copy but I think it's getting sold VERY soon if you catch my drift. lol Thanks alot for this video, it's made my decision for me.
Thanks a lot Alex!
Are you using secondary functions or is this just with stock settings?
Please, please work the chords/pattern from Sound #5 into a track someday. The transition from the palm muted pick into the ringing strings is sublime. Thanks once again for sharing.
Don't worry, I never run out of ideas ;) thanks man!
mmmm.........almost want one now. Nice vid
TheResonating Sorry to give you the GAS !!!! Thanks ;)
So can you get straight delay from this pedal without the reverb? I can't find any demos without reverb.
+PedalHead Of course you can, you only put the Reverb knob at 0% by pushing the two knobs. I only used reverb on half the sounds in this video ! (Sometimes the echos and the modulation are so lush and ethereal it seems there is reverb, but it's only delay!)
Btw, any demos for solo
Playing?
What amp are you using?
Cool sounds! I have a volume pedal- is that the same thing as an "expression" pedal? In other words, can I use my vol pedal to speed up the Time for example? Thanks!
+biffbyford Thanks ! And no, your volume pedal cannot do the same thing as an expression pedal, it can only control the volume while the expression pedal can be assigned to many other parameters. So technically, an expression pedal could be assigned to the volume, which is confusing, but it can be assigned to other parameters as well. A volume pedal strictly controls the volume! Maybe a dual Volume/Expression pedal exists, I have not made my research yet ;)
Thanks for this! I just got the El Capistan and I'm a bit intimidated as to where to start, as I'm used to more carbon copy style 3 knob all analog delay pedals. This is helping me figure mine out, though!
+MrDT543 Glad I can help ! You can try to set every knob ''off'' or ''flat'', and turn only one knob at a time to hear what it does. Even all the secondary functions are easily distinguishable, in my opinion, you just have to take the time to learn what they are :)
How does it compare to the carbon copy?
@@jpfan1992 "murder" comes to mind lol
Awesome
Whats the song that starts around 6:09? Feel so familiar?
Steve Hackett and Gerry Leonard feels in your sound.
Hi... Great demo.. Are they all locked in as presets
What is that swelling at sound 9? Is that made by the pedal after playing those licks?
No, I'm doing some swells with my guitar's volume knob after each lick. Sorry if it was misleading!
Hey bro, right now I have this kind of problem, I can get an El Capistan for half the price of a Timeline, would you go for it or save for the time line?
I had both, and the El Capistan was my favorite. It just has a special flavour and tone that the Timeline doesn't have on the dTape mode. That being said, if you want more versatility and need a lot of presets, the Timeline is for you. It all depends on your needs and what it will be used for. But if you ask, the El Capistan wins it for me for the sound itself!
@@AntoineMichaudGuitar its obivous cause they need to sell both
Hey,l in the sound #9, there's a little fade-in chord after you play, are you using a volume pedal, or is it the effect itself?
+Iván A. I was using my guitar volume knob (so no, this is not the effect itself)!
Can you use this on the xzone 96 with viny
Thanks for the showcase of this pedal! I was wondering, how did you make this sound at 6:11? :)
This sound isn't all produced from the pedal. After each phrase, I roll off and on my volume knob on my guitar to cut the attack from the guitar! Thanks man :)
do i detect a "the Verve's first works" vibe here?
Thanks, Nice Demo!
+Schellbones You're welcome !