Strymon Deco Tape Saturation and Doubletracker

Full Description

A pedal for all

The Deco effects pedal produces vintage tape effects, similar to ones of tape machines. Create interesting and unique sounds. The pedal has been designed with a single input and stereo input, with just a flick of the jumper inside your pedal and a TRS splitter cable to plug left and right into the pedal. The Deco is also capable of being used with your studio setup, with its studio mode allowing it to be used with hotter input signals. It can be used with DAWs, mixer inserts, line level synths, and hot effect loops in guitar rigs.

Vintage harmonics

This pedal’s saturation delivers overdrive-like effects, offering a boost in your tonal richness and volume. By using its saturation control, this pedal produces subtle tape saturation and compression to a transparent overdrive. Taking inspiration from old style tape machines, Strymon have made their tape saturation smooth and warm to recreate how old tape machines sounded. Perform dynamics with the touch sensitive and a harmonically rich low end.

A variety of controls for a versatile sound

This model comes with five control knobs and a three-way switch. Alongside the control knobs, there are also secondary controls that can be accessed by tapping and holding both bypass switches and then turning the controls. Its saturation control dials in the amount of saturation the drive has, whilst its second function is high trim that manipulates a shelving filter to tailor the high frequencies. With the blend control, you can mix the level of the two decks, alongside offering a double tracker boost/cut.

The switch under the blend offers three types of blends. Sum means that the decks are in phase, invert ensures that the lag deck is phase inverted, and bounce means that the lag tape is bouncing from left to right, creating a ping-pong effect. The lag time control sets the delay between the two tapes, with its second function offering an auto flange time, setting the seeping time for the press-hold auto flanger. The volume controls the output level of the reel-to-reel decks, alongside a low trim to control the high pass filter to tailor the low frequencies. Finally, the wobble control adds random speed modulation to the delay, whilst its second function is a wide stereo mode that generates a wide stereo image.

Specifications

• Product Code: DECO
• Power: 9V Centre-Negative
• Current Draw: 250mA
• Inputs: Jack, Expression Pedal
• Output: Stereo Jack
• Blend Types: Sum, Invert, Bounce
• Controls:
  • Saturation/High Trim
  • Blend/Doubletracker Boost/Cut
  • Lag Time/Auto-Flange Time
  • Volume/Low Trim
  • Wobble/Wide Stereo Mode