Frankly,
I'm not a big fan. As background: I use the Source Audio Nemesis (and
Ventris) and I love the Neuro desktop app, which I use extensively.
My board is plugged into my pc and when I record, I'm dialing in the
sounds from the Neuro. My go-to engines on the Nemesis are the Tape
and Tape Noise.
OK,
so first, the Volante, as is always the case with Strymon, sounds
great. No worries there. All three engines are beautiful. And the
controls are fine, good even, (but still no desktop app interface for
deeper editing and saving pre-sets). But as far as the sounds from
the Volante, I believe I can get all those sounds, or close, from the
Nemesis Tape and Tape Noise engines. With the Neuro app, I can dial
in a variety of sound parameters to match (exceed) those of the
Volante: (3 modulation parameters, tape speed, lo-cut/hi-cut,
diffusion, distortion, tremolo, 3 wow/flutter knobs, sweep filters,
pan). I did an A/B test comparing the Nemesis and the Volante, and,
well, to my ears, they are a little different, but I can get almost
all the sounds on the Nemesis. And the Nemesis has sounds the Volante
doesn't. I would call it a draw.
What
I really wanted in the Volante was an improvement of the SOS over the
El Capistan. And yes, it is an improvement. 64 seconds now instead of
just 20. And you can adjust the delay while looping. And that's a lot
of improvement. But frankly, most (except the degradation) of what
the Volante offers in SOS I can do with my looper running through the
Nemesis. And I've watched almost all the demos of the SOS on YouTube,
and most of what everyone is showing is, too me, not musical.
Reversing, and stepping down to half speed, and adding a whole lot of
decay, and switching the delay engines while looping is all a
wonderful technical achievement, but it doesn't inspire me in the
kind of music I'm using it for (ambient guitar soundscapes).
Sorry
to be negative here, and I'm a big fan of the Strymon sound, but this
pedal just doesn't knock me out. If I didn't have the Nemesis (and
use it all the time), I'd love the Volante. If I want 4 or 5 delays
on my board, the Volante would be one of them. I'm going to keep
working with it, but for now, I'm probably going to send it back.
P.S. Update 5/24/2019.... I sent it back to Strymon for a refund.
P.S. Update 5/24/2019.... I sent it back to Strymon for a refund.
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