USER MANUAL
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Table of Contents FRONT PANEL 3 REAR PANEL 6 FOOTSWITCHES 8 SOUND ON SOUND 9 LIVE EDIT FUNCTIONS 11 EXPRESSION PEDAL 12 POWER UP MODES 13 MULTISWITCH PLUS 15 FACTORY RESET 16 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION 17 OUTPUT MODES 19 SIGNAL FLOW DIAGRAM 21 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 22 WARRANTY 23 pg 2
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Tonality REC LEVEL Selects between SPEED three available half magnetic media types. normal TYPE drum tape studio Controls the analog preamp gain of the signal fed double into the processor. When turned up, fat and saturated signals are sent to the record head.REC Turn down for LEVEL MECHANICS TIME ECHO LEVEL drum: Steel wire spinning platter.REPEATS Atmospheric playback cleaner delay signals.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Head Configuration feedback playback Enables or disables feedback of the corresponding playback head signal to the record head. Selects which of the individual playback heads are engaged (GREEN LED ON). PANNING HEAD VOLUME Turn the TIME knob while pressing and holding the individual feedback buttons to adjust the panning for each playback head.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Front Panel - Time and Mix TIME Controls the delay time at head 4. Heads 1-3 subdivide proportionately according to the SPACING setting. Turn the knob to the left for shorter delays and to the right for longer delays. Delay time ranges vary by selected speed setting. NOTE: The delay time is determined by a combination of two factors: the distance between the record and playback heads and the speed of the media. The distance is determined by the TIME knob.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Rear Panel INST/LINE Switch MIDI IN Sets the input level to the effect processing. Setting to LINE adds 10dB of clean headroom. Full featured 5-pin DIN MIDI input. Provides support for receiving: • Use INST for guitars or instruments with lower output. • MIDI Program Change (PC) messages to recall up to 300 presets.
TYPE half normal double drum tape studio Rear Panel (cont.) REC LEVEL EXP MECHANICS silver LOW CUT SPACING LEFT OUT INST ECHO reverse LEVEL golden TIME triplet silver ECHO LEVEL golden even To configure the EXP jack, press and hold the TAP button FAVORITE while powering up TAP USB Volante. Turn the ECHO LEVEL knob RIGHT LEFTOUT IN RIGHT IN EXP LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT to MIDI IN MIDI OUT pause select the mode. The current mode will splice be displayed on the TAP LED.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine INST LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT USB EXP 9VDC MIDI IN MIDI OUT Footswitches LINE ON TAP Activates audio processing. Press to engage (GREEN LED ON) or bypass (LED OFF) the effect. Press and hold to activate infinite repeats TYPE with drum oscillation (RED LED ON). tape Sets quarter note delay time for Playback Head 4. The TAP LED will flash to indicate the delay time in quarter notes.
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. ON SPEED Press ON (reverse) momentarily to reverse the playback of the Sound on Sound looper.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Sound on Sound (SOS) (cont.) How to record a loop. 1 Press and hold TAP to enter SOS mode. 2 Press TAP (splice) once to start recording. (TAP LED will flash AMBER) 3 Press splice again to close loop and start playback. (TAP LED solid AMBER) 4 Press splice again to stop loop playback and delete loop.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Live Edit Functions FAVORITE Volante provides a way to adjust several settings that do not have a dedicated knob or switch. In order to access these functions, press and hold FEEDBACKpause buttons 1+ and 4 together while turning the assigned knobs. playback feedback MIDI CLOCK SOS REPEAT LEVEL Turn REC LEVEL knob to have Volante sync with MIDI clock. ON LED indicates selection. Off = RED (default) Turn REPEATS knob to adjust.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Expression Pedal Setup Use a TRS Expression pedal to control the knobs of Volante. 1 INST LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT EXP USB MIDI IN 9VDC MIDI OUT LINE 2 Connect the Expression pedal to the EXP jack of Volante using a TRS cable. 3 Press and hold feedback 2 and 3 buttons for one second until all the buttons are flashing GREEN. RITE se Configure the EXP jack for Expression mode. (See page 7 for details.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine TYPE SPEED half normal double drum tape studio Power Up Modes REC LEVEL MECHANICS TIME REPEATS playback ECHO LEVEL triplet Global parameters and functions can be accessed via a powergolden up procedure. All power up functions persist through power cycles. silver LOW CUT SPACING even feedback WEAR SPRING silver SPACING • Start Press and hold ON with the pedal unplugged.
TYPE SPEED drum tape studio Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine REC LEVEL MECHANICS half normal double TIME REPEATS playback Power Up Modes (cont.) silver LOW CUT SPACING triplet golden even feedback WEAR SPRING ECHO LEVEL silver SPACING • Start Press and hold ON with the pedal unplugged. FAVORITE TAP USBthe pedal by the TAP footswitch and then power LEFT OUT RIGHT LEFTOUT IN RIGHT IN EXP LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT INST reverse connecting the 9V power cable.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MultiSwitch Plus 1 Configure the EXP jack for MultiSwitch Plus mode. (See page 7 for details.) 2 Connect the MultiSwitch Plus to the EXP jack of Volante using a TRS cable. INST LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT EXP USB MIDI IN 9VDC MIDI OUT LINE 3 Press and hold the A footswitch on MultiSwitch Plus when connecting the TRS cable to MultiSwitch Plus for Preset mode.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Factory Reset Restore the pedal to factory default settings. 1 Press and hold the ON footswitch during power up. ON LED will blink RED. INST LEFT IN 2 RIGHT IN LEFT OUT Release the footswitch and turn the TIME knob from 0-100% and back two (2) times. The FAVORITE LED will change from AMBER to RED at the extremes of the knob range. All the footswitch LEDs will blink RED to indicate that the reset is taking place.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MIDI - Specifications MIDI PATCH CHANGES Volante contains 300 preset locations, numbered sequentially from 0-299. Because MIDI Program Change messages have a maximum number of 128 (0-127) the presets are grouped into three MIDI patch banks.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine MIDI - Specifications (cont.
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.
LEFT IN PREAMP LEFT IN STEREO PROCESSING LEFT OUT RIGHT OUT Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine LEFT IN RIGHT IN LEFT OUT PREAMP PREAMP Output Modes (cont.) LEFT IN DELAY PROCESSING RIGHT OUT DELAY PROCESSING STEREO PROCESSING LEFT IN LEFT OUT PREAMP STEREO IN - MONO OUT (SUM MODE) LEFT OUT PREAMP DELAY PROCESSING STEREO PROCESSING LEFT OUT LEFT IN OUT OUT Stereo signal connected toLEFT LEFT IN RIGHT and RIGHT IN.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Signal Flow Diagram Below is a schematic representation of Volante’s signal paths.
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Features • Multi-head magnetic media delay machine providing four playback heads with individual feedback, panning, and level controls • Input Level switch allows for both instrument and line level signals • Processor-intense algorithms deliver meticulously nuanced recreations of vintage magnetic echo systems (drum echo, tape echo, studio reel-to-reel echo) • Expression pedal input allows the connection of an expression pedal, external tap pedal, 1/4” to MIDI cable, or Mu
Volante - Magnetic Echo Machine Strymon Non-Transferrable Limited Warranty Warranty Strymon warranties the product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years from the original date of purchase when bought new from an authorized dealer in the United States of America or Canada. If the product fails within the warranty period, Strymon will repair or, at our discretion, replace the product at no cost to the original purchaser.
