Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay Pedal

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

Bring the warmth, movement, and character of vintage tape echo to your pedalboard. El Capistan V2 combines Strymon’s dTape modeling with spring reverb, tape-style sound-on-sound looping, stereo routing, and full MIDI control.

Start with a short slapback to thicken a melody, add wow and flutter for gently shifting echoes, or build layered ambient textures with longer repeats and the sound-on-sound looper.

Three tape machine types

• Fixed: one playback head, with Time controlling tape speed. Modes select short, medium, or long delay, with sixteenth-note, dotted-eighth-note, or quarter-note tap-tempo intervals.
• Multi: two playback heads create rhythmic echoes. Modes select heads 1 and 2, 2 and 3, or 1 and 3.
• Single: a moving record head changes delay time at a fixed tape speed. Modes offer double-speed, normal-speed, or sound-on-sound operation.

Shape your tape echo

• Time, Mix, and Repeats controls cover subtle echoes through saturated oscillation.
• Tape Age adjusts bandwidth from fresh tape to darker, worn-tape tones.
• Wow & Flutter controls mechanical tape-speed fluctuations.
• Dedicated Spring control adds spring reverb without changing dry or echo levels.
• Live Edit functions include Tape Crinkle, Tape Bias, Low End Contour, and ±3 dB Boost/Cut.
• Dedicated Tap footswitch sets tempo. Hold it for infinite repeats.

Sound-on-sound looping

Select Single tape head, Mode C for tape-style looping with instant tape splice and bulk erase. Loop capacity is 20 seconds at slow speed or 10 seconds at fast speed. Tone-shaping controls affect the loop as it plays back and re-records.

V2 features

• Full MIDI implementation via EXP/MIDI or USB-C.
• 300 MIDI preset locations and MIDI Clock synchronization, with sync settings saved per preset.
• Discrete Class A JFET input circuit for touch-sensitive response.
• Selectable relay-switched true bypass or buffered bypass.
• Line-level input mode adds 10 dB of headroom for synthesizers, keyboards, active basses, and effects loops.
• ARM DSP processing.

Connections

• High-impedance TRS input with rear-panel Mono/Stereo switch. Stereo input requires a TRS adapter cable.
• Independent left and right TS outputs. Use Out L for mono.
• EXP/MIDI input supports a TRS expression pedal, MiniSwitch, MultiSwitch Plus, or TRS MIDI connection.
• USB-C for computer MIDI control and firmware updates.
• Dedicated Tap Tempo and On/Off footswitches.

Audio specifications

• 24-bit / 96 kHz A/D and D/A conversion.
• 520 MHz ARM Superscalar processor.
• 32-bit floating-point processing.
• Frequency response: 20 Hz–20 kHz.
• Input impedance: 1 MΩ. Output impedance: 100 Ω.
• Lightweight anodized dark gray aluminum chassis.

Power and dimensions

Requires 9V DC center-negative power, with a minimum of 300 mA. Do not exceed 9V. Power supply is not included.

• Pedal dimensions: 4.5 inches deep × 4 inches wide × 2.4 inches tall (11.43 × 10.16 × 6.1 cm). These are not packed shipping dimensions.
• Designed and built in the USA.

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