This thing unbelievable. I just got in one of these pedals. All these years later, still the best sounding and most versatile chorus I have ever heard. I have tried it before and after distortion and it shines with either. Simply astounding. The envelope mode is a lot more playful/useful than expected. Kudos to Strymon! Over a decade later and still killing it!!
This video closed the deal for me and I have never looked back! 40+ years of playing nothing touches this chorus...it literally does it all. Absolutely beautiful!
Hey Strymon, I enjoyed speaking with your team at Winter NAMM but not quite as much as I enjoy my El Capistan & Ola LOL... I absolutely appreciate your obsession for making mega quality audio tools for nuts like me... Keep it up!!
Going to the store today to order one. Love my Flint and El Capistan (the Tap Favorite is a must, like having two El Caps), the sounds are amazing. And the customer support with these guys is super helpful and kind (thank you so much, Chris G.!). The tone @ 2:06 reeled me in!
Multi mode is amazing!!! Hey, Strymon, have you ever think about producing even smaller sized more compact versions of your pedals? I'm sure something like Mini Ola or Mini Sky pedals will be awesome and will turn into bestsellers.
I just bought one of these and I am stunned by how good it is. I've had a few great choruses in my life including a very nice made in Japan JC 120 head in the 80s. Since that time I've tried to find a great chorus pedal that can come anywhere close but it hasn't happened until I hit this pedal. And it has a ton of variation that goes way beyond anything I've seen before. Extremely high-quality and I love it.
Which model Agile is that? I've been considering picking one up for a while, but the price is so low I wasn't sure it was actually a high quality guitar. It's cool seeing someone at strymon play one though!
Hi Strymon so I had an idea ever since the first time I heard this pedal. That was a while ago so I hope I'm remembering this correctly. You can get some very wobbly chorus sounds on this pedal, and with ramp mode you can gradually increase the chorus into crazyland if you so desire. If I remember correctly the ramp is activated by holding down the foot-switch, and deactivated when you lift off of the switch. So I'm wondering if it's possible to have an almost immediate ramp time so that you could go from dry signal to outlandish chorus and then back to dry signal again just by holding your foot down and then lifting it off. For what I have in mind (split-second changes) this would be more fluid than having to tap on and then tap off the effect. It sounds really good! Thanks
Thanks for checking out the Ola! The RAMP setting is designed to work in a press and hold the BYPASS switch manner, so there is a very quick initial delay before the effect comes on. However, if you have the RAMP SPEED set to 100%, the effect comes on almost immediately (my guess is roughly 50ms).
I would loved to have a level knob since the the effect tends to get everything wider and a little louder so when you turn it back off your tone kind of decreases
Hello everybody. I play with an acoustic guitar ( Gibson J45 rosewood...) does it works as well than an electric guitar ?? Meanwhile this chorus sounds Like a miracle in my ears !!!! Jp
Hello everybody. I play with an acoustic guitar ( Gibson J45 rosewood...) As it works as well than an electric guitar ?? Meanwhile this chorus sounds Like a miracle in my ears !!!! Jp
Great video, great tone, and by all means this is entirely constructive criticism: Vary your playing! Most guitarists hear a G going to a Cadd9 and they want to take a nap! This would greatly improve the quality of the videos. Thank you strymon for making great pedals!
lol, same exact thought with my bigsky not sure how to get a bad sound. strymon products are really worth the money. i just hope that the build quality specially electronics will last for a long period. hard to buy another one if it gets broken.
This thing unbelievable. I just got in one of these pedals. All these years later, still the best sounding and most versatile chorus I have ever heard. I have tried it before and after distortion and it shines with either. Simply astounding. The envelope mode is a lot more playful/useful than expected. Kudos to Strymon! Over a decade later and still killing it!!
This video closed the deal for me and I have never looked back! 40+ years of playing nothing touches this chorus...it literally does it all. Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you :)
i like this guys as a demonstrator
I bought this unit, Best Chorus I have ever owned...the sound is amazing and in real life has such clarity.
Hey Strymon, I enjoyed speaking with your team at Winter NAMM but not quite as much as I enjoy my El Capistan & Ola LOL... I absolutely appreciate your obsession for making mega quality audio tools for nuts like me... Keep it up!!
Thanks so much for visiting us at NAMM and thanks for the great comment! That makes our day :D We will definitely keep it up!
The best Chorus I have heard since the 80s with the Trichorus.
One of the better pedal reviews I've seen....well done.
6:26 setting sold me. In edition to the hi-fi multi chorus you get a great lo-fi seasick warble. Great range!
Going to the store today to order one. Love my Flint and El Capistan (the Tap Favorite is a must, like having two El Caps), the sounds are amazing. And the customer support with these guys is super helpful and kind (thank you so much, Chris G.!). The tone @ 2:06 reeled me in!
Thanks so much for the kind words. Look forward to hearing when you get your Ola :D
If you're playing in chorus mode, and step on favorite, is the "favorite" setting also in chorus mode, or can it be saved in vibrato mode? Thanks
It can be saved in vibrato mode :)
@@strymon great - thanks
Multi mode is amazing!!! Hey, Strymon, have you ever think about producing even smaller sized more compact versions of your pedals? I'm sure something like Mini Ola or Mini Sky pedals will be awesome and will turn into bestsellers.
That Agile...always impresses
You're God damn right.
LOL hahahhaha
I just bought one of these and I am stunned by how good it is. I've had a few great choruses in my life including a very nice made in Japan JC 120 head in the 80s. Since that time I've tried to find a great chorus pedal that can come anywhere close but it hasn't happened until I hit this pedal. And it has a ton of variation that goes way beyond anything I've seen before. Extremely high-quality and I love it.
Thank you so much for sharing your kind comment! Please let us know if you post any videos with your Ola.
great sound,what pickups do you use?
Which model Agile is that? I've been considering picking one up for a while, but the price is so low I wasn't sure it was actually a high quality guitar. It's cool seeing someone at strymon play one though!
Pete is playing an Agile AL-3000 model with swapped out pickups. GFS Fat Pat in the bridge and a Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck.
Hey, what’s the deal with the analog dry on this since it’s a modulation pedal? Does it convert the whole signal to digital?
On the Ola pedal, the there is no analog dry signal for the effects. The entire signal is processed when the effects are engaged.
nice review, beautiful sounding guitar,
Is it a truebypass pedal? Does it have a stereo output?
I wanted to say that I love my Iridium and I want to know if the Ola can recreate the classic TC Electronic SCF?
@Halchemist15 Hey there, this is an Agile Les Paul copy.
what kind of les paul type guitar is that? Who made it?
It is an Agile guitar.
www.strymon.net/taking-a-look-at-the-agile-guitars-of-strymon-demos/
Hi Strymon so I had an idea ever since the first time I heard this pedal. That was a while ago so I hope I'm remembering this correctly. You can get some very wobbly chorus sounds on this pedal, and with ramp mode you can gradually increase the chorus into crazyland if you so desire. If I remember correctly the ramp is activated by holding down the foot-switch, and deactivated when you lift off of the switch. So I'm wondering if it's possible to have an almost immediate ramp time so that you could go from dry signal to outlandish chorus and then back to dry signal again just by holding your foot down and then lifting it off. For what I have in mind (split-second changes) this would be more fluid than having to tap on and then tap off the effect. It sounds really good! Thanks
Thanks for checking out the Ola! The RAMP setting is designed to work in a press and hold the BYPASS switch manner, so there is a very quick initial delay before the effect comes on. However, if you have the RAMP SPEED set to 100%, the effect comes on almost immediately (my guess is roughly 50ms).
strymon Awesome, thank you. I realize I could have worded that much better, since my question was as simple as that.
These pedals sound awesome! Wow!
I would loved to have a level knob since the the effect tends to get everything wider and a little louder so when you turn it back off your tone kind of decreases
not a chorus fan at all but something about strymon just makes everything sound good!!!
beautiful chorus sound
anyone else appreciate how good that Agile AL-2000 sounds? :)
Hello everybody. I play with an acoustic guitar ( Gibson J45 rosewood...) does it works as well than an electric guitar ?? Meanwhile this chorus sounds Like a miracle in my ears !!!! Jp
@bolomsa You are correct... we'll work on some more Orbit videos soon!!
You can save one favorite setting (preset) on the Ola pedal.
Nice demo & sounds
Nice... Hearing this makes me want to start a Cocteau Twins tribute band!
@OswaldAndTheMouse For this video we're using a Damage Control Demonizer tube preamp.
Can you save the presets? So yes, how much presets can be saved?
I've still a TC Chorus from the 80's ... built like a tank ... but sorry to say ... it's like a toy against this ... Ooolalaaaaa 😁!
You could explain to me how you connected the pedal ? Tks !
For this video, we used a Damage Control Demonizer Preamp => Ola => stereo into audio interface for recording in Pro Tools.
Tks so much for reply !!!
Can I do something like tri chorus?
We've never compared it to any other specific pedals, but you can use the multi type chorus which is a threephase multi-delay-line.
Sounds fantastic. Want a plugin like this
What amp is he using?
Own a flint,you guys are geniuses
Thank you so much! ☺️
Great review walter
reisenberg on the guuitar?
Hello everybody. I play with an acoustic guitar ( Gibson J45 rosewood...) As it works as well than an electric guitar ?? Meanwhile this chorus sounds Like a miracle in my ears !!!! Jp
Damnnnnnn the sound at 4:00.. expensive pedal but the best chorus I've heard
Jonathan Grove dimension c sounds better my dude
Bullish!t
Johnny Flyy not sure who this is a reply to lol
Woow!! I need one on my board
Tenho, ótimo pedal.
Darn, Killer Tones!
Give one to burgs to demo :) Although these demos are amazing, it would be interesting to see someone else's point of view/recording setup
A sweet sound！
Remember my name!
Great video, great tone, and by all means this is entirely constructive criticism: Vary your playing! Most guitarists hear a G going to a Cadd9 and they want to take a nap! This would greatly improve the quality of the videos. Thank you strymon for making great pedals!
Gabriel Sanchez yes and no....the worst is some whacko showing off their guitar “skills” in a pedal demo.
If Walter White had study Sound Engineering instead of Chemistry...
7:34
Chorused Walter White
Can you get a bad sound out it? LOL
lol, same exact thought with my bigsky not sure how to get a bad sound. strymon products are really worth the money. i just hope that the build quality specially electronics will last for a long period. hard to buy another one if it gets broken.