hkh said:
http://www.strymon.net/products/elcapistan/
Is the ultra capable of doing stuff like this? more tape-like delays?
I'm bying the pedal anyway, but the ultra needs a proper tape delay
The axe-fx can do tape delays and a lot of the el capistan. The only problem is you are going to be using a delay, feedback send/return, eq, maybe synth for white noise, modulation settings, and drive maybe. It's all a bit much for one effect.
The el capistan puts it all in one great sounding package, with the controls to easily control:
fixed, multihead, single sliding head
Time, Mix, Tape Age, Repeats, Wow & Flutter
Tape Crinkle, Tape Bias, Low End Contour, Spring Reverb, +/- 3dB Boost/Cut
Sound on Sound mode with instant tape splice and bulk erase.
All the parameters are easily tweaked. Trying to get the same is tedious and a lot of work on the axe-fx. Plus it takes a ton of blocks.
The axe-fx could really stand a dedicated tape delay.
I am going to be doing a comparision of tape delays
Fulltone tube tape echo
Echoplex EP-3
Strymon El capistan
Eventide Eclipse tape delay preset
Guitar rig 4 tape delay
M13 tape delays
et al