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Topic: El Capistan reverb function |
Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 3 Apr 2015 9:07 am |
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There is a nice sounding built in reverb, controlled as a secondary function.
I thought I had seen a video demo in which there was a reference to (but not an actual demonstration of) using this reverb, stand-alone, with no delay.
But if it can be done, I sure can't figure out how. You can disable the reverb but disable the delay? How?
Has anyone found a way, or might I just be mistaken about being able to do this? |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 3 Apr 2015 12:32 pm
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| "Single Tape Head" with "Mode A" and the "Time" knob all the way left gives you the shortest repeat possible. If you crank up the reverb there are no detectable delays as you turn up the mix. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 3 Apr 2015 12:45 pm
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| Yes, Brett. There it is! Thank you. |
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Ian Sutton
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 3 Apr 2015 1:06 pm
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Be careful, that's a gateway to a Strymon Bluesky!
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Some gear. |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 3 Apr 2015 1:06 pm
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You bet man. I figured this out one time when I showed up to a gig with an amp without reverb and just the Capistan pedal.
The only thing I don't love about the El Capistan is that the reverb is an internal function that gets more intense as you turn up the delay mix. It's defaulted to about 20% when you fire up the pedal, which (if you forget about) can cause too much reverb if you already have it in your amp or another pedal; especially if you're cranking up the mix for longer, more pronounced delays - which I usually like to turn the reverb down for.
Turning off other reverbs and dialing in the right amount on the El Capistan (with delays) sounds pretty amazing though. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 3 Apr 2015 1:36 pm
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One of the first things I did when I fired it up was to disable the reverb. It was not what I had this pedal for. The delay is so good that I often don't use any verb at all with it. But it's there if I want to add some. And now I can do the reverb alone too. I like the versatility (and quality) of having a Holy Grail available inline, after this, but it is an old unit that has reverse polarity and the power supply adds some whine noise to the signal so it is off the board.
One odd comment on their website is that the default setting of the reverb is 0%. This is clearly (I think) not the case. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 4 Apr 2015 4:22 am
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Final note---I had written this same query to Strymon at the same time as posting here yesterday. Their response (great customer service!) was exactly the same formula as Brett's, here. No, you cannot disable the delay (aside from full bypass) but these settings get you close.
IMO the results, if cranked very wet, big ambience, is a tiny bit multi-tap-repeat sounding, compared to the smoothness of the Grail. At normal non-soundscape reverb levels it is quite ok. |
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