Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo Pedal

Description

Strymon's El Capistan dTape Echo pedal is the perfect choice for anyone who wants the natural warmth and sonic idiosyncrasies of real tape delay, but doesn't fancy calibrating and maintaining analog tape technology. By harnessing the impressive power of an entire SHARC DSP chip, Strymon's dTape algorithms bring to life three classic tape machine styles. With ten totally tweakable parameters at your fingertips, El Capistan is a creative musician's best friend, and bonus features including onboard spring reverb and a sound-on-sound looper provide a staggering range of time-based effects.
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Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo Pedal
Tape Echo Emulation Digital Effects Pedal with 3 Tape Machine Emulations, 10 Tweakable Parameters, Onboard Spring Reverb Emulation, and Sound-on-sound Looping
Strymon's El Capistan dTape Echo pedal is the perfect choice for anyone who wants the natural warmth and sonic idiosyncrasies of real tape delay, but doesn't fancy calibrating and maintaining analog tape technology. By harnessing the impressive power of an entire SHARC DSP chip, Strymon's dTape algorithms bring to life three classic tape machine styles. With ten totally tweakable parameters at your fingertips, El Capistan is a creative musician's best friend, and bonus features including onboard spring reverb and a sound-on-sound looper provide a staggering range of time-based effects.
Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo Emulation Pedal at a Glance:
Three classic tape machine emulations
Easy access to 10 effects parameters
Strymon: a philosophy of quality
Three classic tape machine emulations
Rather than emulating specific tape delay models, the Strymon El Capistan emulates three classic tape machine technologies, providing you with your choice of a single fixed-head and variable-speed motor, multiple heads and a variable-speed motor, or a sliding head and a fixed-speed motor. There are also three modes for each machine type, which let you switch delay time ranges, select active tape heads, and access sound-on-sound looping. When you add in the El Capistan's parameter controls, you get the kind of sonic flexibility Sweetwater tone tweakers love, allowing you to dial in vintage sounds like Echoplex or Space Echo emulations, or come up with entirely new analog delay sounds.
Easy access to 10 effects parameters
With 10 easily accessible parameter controls, Strymon's El Capistan is one of the most tweakable delay pedals to hit the market. Between the Time, Mix, Tape Age, Repeats, and Wow & Flutter controls, it's easy to dial in a full range of echo effects and character. By depressing both footswitches, you can access another deeper layer of parameters, including Tape Crinkle, Tape Bias, and Low End Contour, as well as a lush Spring Reverb and a +/- 3dB Boost/Cut function. Cooler still, you can hook up a footswitch to instantly recall your favorite settings, and when you plug in an expression pedal, you can take over any parameter on the fly.
Strymon: a philosophy of quality
Strymon pedals are quickly becoming an industry standard in professional-quality effects. They're dedicated to offering exceptional customer service and, in their own words, making "gear that sounds better than anything you've ever heard." This California-based company uses only the highest-quality components and powerful processors in their pedals. And each design offers more tweakable parameters than meets the eye for fine-tuning your tone. This construction and sound quality is the reason Sweetwater is impressed with Strymon, and why you find their pedals on the pedalboards of professional musicians around the world.
Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo Emulation Pedal Features:
Powerful tape echo emulation pedal lets you craft a wide range of classic delay effects
dTape technology uses the full power of an entire SHARC DSP chip for maximum authenticity
Choose from 3 tape machine styles: Fixed, Multi, and Single, each with 3 operation modes
Get extra creative with the onboard sound-on-sound tape looper
Shape your effect with 10 parameter adjustments on 5 easily accessible knobs
Fill out your sound with lush and detailed onboard spring reverb
Take control of any parameter via any standard expression pedal
Connect a footswitch to instantly recall your favorite preset
Choose between true-bypass and trails operation
Craft your ideal tape echo effects with the Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo!
Specification
Detail
Pedal Type
Tape Echo
Reverb/Delay
Delay
Analog/Digital
Digital
Inputs
1 x 1/4" (switchable to TRS stereo)
Outputs
2 x 1/4" stereo
Other I/O
1 x 1/4" (expression)
True Bypass
Yes, Switchable to Buffered
Power Source
9V DC power supply (included)
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