About Strymon

Strymon is the studio stuffed into a stompbox. Tape echo that feels like a machine, halls that hang in the air after you lift the strings, an amp at the end of a silent board: this is the brand players buy when they want the sound they heard on the record. They also make VST plugins, so you can use these same effects in a digital recording project. For the full plugin list, see Strymon plugins for your DAW. For the story behind the boxes, read how a DSP giant learned to love analog.

How to Choose

• Tape and echo: magnetic repeats and slap. The Volante, El Capistan V2, or the compact EC-1.
• Reverb and space: hall, plate, spring, or a long ambient wash. The BlueSky V2, Flint V2, or Cloudburst.
• Amp in a box: the Iridium when you want Fender, Marshall, or Vox feel into a DAW or FRFR.
• Modulation and motion: phaser, vibe, or tape-style doubletrack. The Zelzah, Deco V2, or UltraViolet.
• Compression: the Compadre for dual-voice squeeze and a boost when the solo needs to jump.
• Analog-style delay: the Brig if you want dBucket repeats without a tape-machine footprint.
• In the DAW: Strymon VST plugins so you can run these effects in a digital recording project. Start with the BigSky Reverb Plugin or the Echo Bundle (El Capistan and DIG).

Strymon Plugins for Recording

Strymon also makes VST plugins, so you can use these same effects in a digital recording project: halls, tape echo, dual delay, and tape-style saturation, without a pedal on the floor. Drop them on a guitar track, a vocal, or a bus and you get the Strymon sound inside the session. The deep dive is Strymon plugins for your DAW.

• BigSky Reverb Plugin: the big Strymon hall in the mix, for records that need a room that does not quit.
• Echo Bundle: El Capistan tape echo and DIG dual delay together, for repeats that live in the DAW.
• Deco Plugin: tape saturation and doubletrack for width that sounds like a second machine.
• Cloudburst Plugin: ambient wash on a track, for trails that outlast the chord.

Where Most Players Start

• Volante: magnetic echo with drum, tape, and sound-on-sound, the full studio delay.
• Iridium: amp and cab at the end of the chain, the sound of a room without the volume war.
• BlueSky V2: hall, plate, and spring in one box, the Strymon reverb most boards can live on.
• El Capistan V2: single-head tape echo that still sets the bar for wow, flutter, and slap.
• Deco V2: tape saturation and doubletrack for width that sounds like a second machine.
• Zelzah: vintage and harmonic phaser voices, modulation that does not sit still.
• Flint V2: tremolo and reverb together, the amp-style pair a lot of players never unplug.
• Cloudburst: ambient wash in a smaller footprint, for trails that outlast the chord.

Browse the Strymon pedals and plugins below and pick the one that sounds like the record in your head.