Strymon Volante User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Strymon Manuals
  4. Music Pedal
  5. Volante
  6. User manual

Strymon Volante User Manual

Magnetic echo machine
Hide thumbs Also See for Volante:

Advertisement

Table of Contents

USER MANUAL

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the Volante and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for Strymon Volante

Summary of Contents for Strymon Volante

  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Table of Contents FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL FOOTSWITCHES SOUND ON SOUND LIVE EDIT FUNCTIONS EXPRESSION PEDAL POWER UP MODES MULTISWITCH PLUS FACTORY RESET MIDI IMPLEMENTATION OUTPUT MODES SIGNAL FLOW DIAGRAM FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS FACTORY PRESET SETTINGS...

  • Page 3: Front Panel

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Tonality TYPE SPEED drum half tape normal studio double REC LEVEL MECHANICS TIME REPEATS ECHO LEVEL playback triplet golden even silver feedback LOW CUT WEAR SPACING SPRING REC LEVEL TYPE Controls the analog preamp...
  • Page 4 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Tonality (cont.) MECHANICS Controls the amount of mechanically related speed fluctuations and media irregularities, including: friction, creases, splices, and contaminants. Set to minimum for a fresh, clean recording medium. Set to maximum for a recording medium that is in need of service.
  • Page 5 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Head Configuration feedback playback Enables or disables feedback Selects which of the individual of the corresponding playback playback heads are engaged head signal to the record head. (GREEN LED ON). PANNING HEAD VOLUME...
  • Page 6 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Head Configuration (cont.) TYPE SPEED drum half tape normal studio double REC LEVEL MECHANICS TIME REPEATS ECHO LEVEL playback triplet golden even silver feedback LOW CUT WEAR SPACING SPRING SPACING Adjusts the spacing between the heads. Turning the knob morphs the heads in between the marked settings.
  • Page 7 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Time TIME NOTE: The delay time Controls the delay time at is determined by a head 4. Heads 1-3 subdivide combination of two proportionately according to the SPACING setting. Turn the knob...
  • Page 8 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Mix ECHO LEVEL Sets the overall delay signal level sent to the output. TYPE SPEED drum half tape normal studio double REC LEVEL MECHANICS TIME REPEATS ECHO LEVEL playback triplet golden even...

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    LINE adds 10dB of clean headroom. • Use INST for guitars or instruments with lower output. • Use LINE for synthesizers, or when placing Volante in the effects loop of an amplifier or mixer, or for guitar rigs with high output levels if more clean headroom is desired.
  • Page 10 • MIDI Program Change (PC) messages to recall up to 300 presets. • MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) messages to control the individual parameters of Volante including all knobs, switches, buttons, and Live Edit functions. • MIDI Clock to sync the delay time with an external MIDI Clock source.
  • Page 11 ECHO LEVEL playback Preset Mode = BLUE: Allows for the selection of up to three presets triplet golden using a Strymon MultiSwitch Plus or 300 Presets by sending MIDI Program Change messages via ¼” TRS MIDI connection. even silver feedback...
  • Page 12 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Rear Panel (cont.) Used for connecting to a computer to control via MIDI. 9VDC LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT INST MIDI IN MIDI OUT LINE POWER Use an adapter with the following rating: 9VDC center negative.

  • Page 13: Footswitches

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Footswitches 9VDC LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT INST MIDI IN MIDI OUT LINE Activates audio processing. Press to engage (GREEN LED ON) or bypass (LED OFF) the effect. Press and hold to activate infinite repeats with oscillation (AMBER LED ON).
  • Page 14 • Press one of the eight playback/feedback buttons to save to the corresponding preset location. • Send Volante a MIDI Program Change message to save to the corresponding preset location. Saving a favorite saves all knob, switch, and button settings, as well as all Live Edit functions and expression control settings.

  • Page 15: Sound On Sound

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Sound on Sound (SOS) Press and hold TAP to enter and exit SOS mode. The ON LED will illuminate AMBER when in SOS mode. The functionality of all the footswitches changes when in SOS mode, as described below.
  • Page 16 Press splice once more to effect. clear the recorded loop. (TAP (AMBER ON LED) LED off) NOTE: Volante can adjust the Pause Ramp Speed, SOS Repeat Level, and the SOS Loop Level independently. (See page 18 for details.)
  • Page 17 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Sound on Sound (SOS) (cont.) How to record a loop. Press and hold TAP to enter SOS mode. Press TAP (splice) once to start recording. (TAP LED will flash AMBER) Press splice again to close loop and start playback.

  • Page 18: Live Edit Functions

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Live Edit Functions FAVORITE Volante provides a way to adjust several playback settings that do not have a dedicated knob pause or switch. In order to access these functions, feedback press and hold FEEDBACK buttons 1 and 4 together while turning the assigned knobs.
  • Page 19 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Live Edit Functions (cont.) RESPOND / IGNORE MIDI EXPRESSION Turn the LOW CUT knob to select whether Volante will respond to MIDI Expression CC #100. ON LED indicates selection. 9VDC LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT...

  • Page 20: Expression Pedal

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Expression Pedal Setup Use a TRS Expression pedal to control the knobs of Volante. Configure the EXP jack for Expression mode. (See page 11 for details.) Connect the Expression pedal to the EXP jack of Volante using a TRS cable.
  • Page 21 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Expression Pedal Setup (cont.) Set the knobs the way you would like them to be in the HEEL position. The feedback buttons will now flash RED. Rock the expression pedal forward to the TOE position and all the playback buttons will flash GREEN.

  • Page 22: Power Up Modes

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Power Up Modes Global parameters and functions can be accessed via a power up procedure. All power up functions persist through power cycles. SPEED • Start with the pedal unplugged. Press and hold the TAP...
  • Page 23 MIDI messages that are sent out of Volante. Through = AMBER: Incoming MIDI messages are sent out of Volante without additional MIDI messages generated by Volante. Off = RED: No MIDI messages are sent out of Volante. TYPE SPEED drum...
  • Page 24 Send MIDI Program drum half tape normal Change On = GREEN Only messages generated by studio double Volante’s UI are sent out of REC LEVEL Send MIDI Program MECHANICS TIME REPEATS ECHO LEVEL playback Volante MIDI OUT port. Change Off =...
  • Page 25 SPILLOVER OUTPUT SUM ON/OFF Press the FEEDBACK 2 button. Press the FEEDBACK 3 button. Enabling Spillover automatically puts Volante into Buffered Sum the output signal to Bypass mode. mono. Use LEFT OUT for summed mono signal. Persist On = GREEN...

  • Page 26: Multiswitch Plus

    NOTE: The Speed and Transport mode controls work in both SOS and Normal operation. NOTE: When in Transport Mode, engaging the infinite function on MultiSwitch Plus while Volante is in Normal operation will provide circular repeats where audio in the delay line will infinitely repeat maintaining a static volume without oscillation or degradation.
  • Page 27 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MultiSwitch Plus (cont.) Press and hold the A footswitch on MultiSwitch Plus when connecting the TRS cable to MultiSwitch Plus for Preset mode. Preset Mode Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 (onboard presets) (playback 2)

  • Page 28: Factory Reset

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Factory Reset Restore the pedal to factory default settings. Press and hold Release the footswitch and turn the the ON footswitch TIME knob from 0-100% and back during power up. two (2) times. The FAVORITE LED...

  • Page 29: Midi Implementation

    - MIDI BANK 1 = PRESETS 128-255 - MIDI BANK 2 = PRESETS 256-299 Volante always powers up in MIDI Patch Bank 0, so if you plan to stay within the first 127 presets, simply send a standard MIDI Program Change message to load a preset.
  • Page 30 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MIDI - Specifications (cont.) MIDI CC NUMBERS PARAMETERS RANGE NOTES Bank Select (1=studio, 2=drum, 3=tape) Type Echo Level 0-127 Rec Level 0-127 Mechanics 0-127 Wear 0-127 Low Cut 0-127 Time 0-127 (even=0, triplet=34, Spacing 0-127...
  • Page 31 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MIDI - Specifications (cont.) PARAMETERS RANGE NOTES Head 1 Pan 0-127 Head 2 Pan 0-127 Head 3 Pan 0-127 Head 4 Pan 0-127 Head 1 Feedback Off/On 0, 127 (0=off, 1-127=on) Head 2 Feedback Off/On...
  • Page 32 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MIDI - Specifications (cont.) PARAMETERS RANGE NOTES MIDI Expression Off/On 0, 127 (0=off, 1-127=on) MIDI Clock Off/On 0, 127 (0=off, 1-127=on) Echo On/Off 0, 127 (0=off, 127=on) Reverb On/Off 0, 127 (0=off, 127=on) Footswitch On...

  • Page 33: Output Modes

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Output Modes Depending on how you have Volante connected, the signal routing will be as follows. MONO IN - MONO OUT Mono signal (e.g. a guitar or pedal) connected to LEFT IN. Dry signal goes from LEFT IN to LEFT OUT. Processed signal path shown in diagram.
  • Page 34 RIGHT OUT PROCESSING PROCESSING PREAMP PREAMP LEFT IN LEFT OUT EFT OUT RIGHT OUT Set OUTPUT SUM ON/OFF to On – MONO SUM in Volante’s Power Up LEFT IN RIGHT IN PREAMP PREAMP Modes. (See for details.) page DELAY STEREO...
  • Page 35 LEFT IN and RIGHT IN, is summed to mono, and then sent PREAMP PREAMP to LEFT OUT. RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT PREAMP Set OUTPUT SUM ON/OFF to On – MONO SUM in Volante’s Power Up RIGHT IN Modes. (See page 25 for details.) LEFT IN...

  • Page 36: Signal Flow Diagram

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Signal Flow Diagram Below is a schematic representation of Volante’s signal paths. SPEED MECHANICS & TYPE DISCRETE VARIABLE GAIN JFET PREAMPS TIME & SPACING RECORD OUTPUT HEAD WEAR INPUT LEFT SOUND ON SOUND REVERB LOW CUT...

  • Page 37: Features And Specifications

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Features • Multi-head magnetic media delay machine providing four playback heads with individual feedback, panning, and level controls • Processor-intense algorithms deliver meticulously nuanced recreations of vintage magnetic echo systems (drum echo, tape echo, studio reel-to-reel echo) • Dedicated control over echo machine tone and media: Low Cut, Mechanics, Wear •...
  • Page 38 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Specifications Input Impedance 1M Ohm Output Impedance 100 Ohm A/D & D/A 24-bit 96kHz Max Input Level +8dBu Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz Signal to Noise 115dB typical DSP performance 1585 MegaFLOPS Bypass Switching True Bypass...

  • Page 39: Factory Preset Settings

    Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Factory Preset Settings Preset 1 (playback 1): Middle In Preset 5 (feed TYPE SPEED drum half tape normal studio double REC LEVEL MECHANICS TIME REPEATS ECHO LEVEL REC LEVEL MECHA playback feedback LOW CUT WEAR...
  • Page 40 Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Factory Preset Settings (cont.) Preset 5 (feedback 1): Tape 123 TYPE SPEED drum half tape normal studio double PEATS ECHO LEVEL REC LEVEL MECHANICS TIME REPEATS ECHO LEVEL playback feedback ACING SPRING LOW CUT WEAR...

  • Page 41: Warranty

    In no event will Strymon be liable for more than the amount of the purchase price, not to exceed the current retail price of the product. Strymon disclaims any other warranties, expressed or implied.

Table of Contents