The Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine is a powerful echo box that packs three magnetic delay types—drum echo, tape echo, and reel-to-reel studio echo—into one super intuitive, stereo effect. Also packed into the pedal is a looper and a vintage spring reverb, giving players even more options for tone-shaping.

The pedal is based around a "multi-head" layout which allows you to control the level and feedback for each of four individual tape heads for an exceptionally detailed and realistic tape experience. A Record Level knob can increase the gain of the JFET preamp for a wide range of organic-sounding saturation tones, much like the fabled preamp section of the EP-3 Echoplex.

Also onboard you'll find controls for variable head spacing, panning for each tape head, three speed settings for the playback of the delay media, and a "wear" knob to control the amount of noise and saturation on the delay track. This being a Strymon pedal, you'll also find stereo ins and outs, MIDI and USB ports, and selectable Instrument and Line input settings on the back of the box.

This is a unit for players looking for nearly unlimited sonic possibility, with emulations of the vintage Binson Echorec, Roland Space Echo and Echoplex, and studio tape machines, all in a compact form factor with modern functionality.