video,youtube_link,musiccaps_caption,youtube_published,youtube_channel,youtube_description,musiccaps_names,musiccaps_aspects,musiccaps_author,youtube_id,musiccaps_rowid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ON0Ixrr9s&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Strymon El Capistan vs. Real Tape Delays: Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ON0Ixrr9s&start=30&end=40""}","The low quality recording features an electric guitar melody playing. The melody fades out in the beginning and it starts playing again in the second part of the loop, where it has an echoing effect on. It gives off psychedelic vibes. The recording is noisy and in mono.",2010-11-12T16:54:12Z,DemolitionColorScheme,"This is the first clip / video in the 'Strymon El Capistan vs. Real Tape Delays' series. I don't own an El Capistan myself, but a guy I know, Wouter (WtrPlyr), and I got together to set up this concept and compare some of the tape delays I have to the El Capistan, which is a tape delay modeler/emulator (a very nice one and the best out there, in stompbox format, that is).

We used the DigiTech JamMan Stereo and recorded a dry loop every time and routed that through the El Capistan and the RE-501 - both of them were in a true bypass looper (RJM Music Effects Gizmo).

You be the own judge of which one you prefer. I, personally, prefer the RE-501, which is one of my favorite tape delays. I prefer its natural modulation (I don't mean the Chorus, to be clear) and its reverbish character. I find the El Capistan to be a little muffled and dark, in comparison. But hey, that's my taste. I still really enjoy it and I might pick one up in the future.

Hear the El Capistan vs. the Maestro Echoplex EP-3 here:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXLu_qlrsJQ

Hear the El Capistan on its own here:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCy7MxS1QWE

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Gear used for recording:
- PreSonus FirePod
- Ableton Live 6.01
Plugins:
  - Guitar Rig 4 (2x Twin Reverb models)
  - PSP Master Compressor

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Gear used:

Guitar:
- Fender '08 California Series U.S.A. Stratocaster
[Fender Tex-Mex Pickups]
.010 Fender Bullet String (tuned in drop C# / Db Tuning)

Signal Chain:
- DigiTech JamMan Stereo
- RJM Music Effects Gizmo*:
FRONT IN - BUFFER IN - LOOPS IN
::LOOP 1::
- 70ies MXR Dyna Comp Block Logo (Script innards) (modded: power input, white LED)
::LOOP 2::
- Strymon El Capistan
::LOOP 3::
- '76 EHX Electric Mistress (modded: true bypass, green LED, calibration, volume drop mod, level/mix knob, power input)
::LOOP 4::
- Maestro Echoplex EP-3 / Roland RE-501 (switched)
LOOP 1-4 OUT - G-SYSTEM RIG IN:
- t.c. electronic G-System [4-cable method]
::LOOP 1::
- Keeley C4 Compressor
::LOOP 2::
- Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret [18V]
::LOOP 3::
- EHX Deluxe Memory Man [modded: true bypass]
::LOOP 4::
- BOSS RV-5
::AFTER THE G-SYTEM INSERT SEND::
- t.c. electronic Nova Drive NDR-1*
EFFECTS GIZMO CLICK IN - EFFECTS GIZMO CLICK OUT
- Into the PreSonus FirePod

* = (connected to the G-System with MIDI - MIDIman Thru 1x4)

Various:
- 2x Burkey Flatliner SIX (power supply) (one for each separate rig)

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More info on the total gear [for all you gearheads]:
- http://guitargeek.com/chat/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100652

All mods by Technophobia Analog Audio Solutions:
- http://technophobia.co.nr/

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For info on my music projects, see:
- Arafúra:
http://www.facebook.com/ArafuraMusic
Ambient / Dream-Pop / Shoegaze / Post-Rock

- IZAH:
http://www.IZAHband.com
Post-Metal / Sludge / Post-Rock / Noise","[""Echo"", ""Guitar"", ""Music"", ""Musical instrument""]","[""low quality"", ""mono"", ""noisy"", ""fading out"", ""electric guitar melody"", ""echoing effect"", ""psychedelic""]",4,76ON0Ixrr9s,812