Strymon Deco Plugin

Full Description

Create vintage tape effects

Deco's Doubletracker feature is where the magic happens. By controlling the two interactive tape decks, you can achieve a wide range of classic tape effects. From psychedelic tape flanging to gorgeous tape chorusing, syrupy slapback tape echoes, and everything in between, Deco opens up a world of sonic possibilities. By varying the timing relationship between the Reference and Lag decks, you can easily achieve the vintage sound that made tape so iconic. Whether you want to add a touch of nostalgia or push the boundaries of creativity, Deco's Doubletracker is the tool you need.

Smooth and warm analog sound

Experience the smoothness and warmth of analog tape with Deco's Tape Saturation side. This feature allows you to give your tracks the rich qualities of vintage tape machines. With familiar tape compression and saturation, Deco can add depth and character to your audio. The plugin's harmonically rich low-end and reduced high-frequency spikes create a pleasing and balanced sound. Engineers used to say that "everything sounds better on tape," and now you can bring that legendary sound to your music. Whether you want to add subtle saturation and compression or crank up the saturation for tape-style transparent overdrive, Deco's Tape Saturation side has you covered.

Dial in your perfect tone

Deco's Tape Saturation side offers a wide range of controls to help you achieve your desired sound. The Saturation control allows you to dial in everything from light and transparent saturation to smooth and overdriven tape distortion. With an adjustable Volume control, you can balance the final output to ensure your mix is just right. The dedicated Tone knob lets you adjust the frequency response from darker to brighter, giving you even more control over the tone of your tracks. The Voice switch offers two settings - Classic and Cassette - each providing its own unique characteristics. The Classic setting replicates the response and saturation of professional reel-to-reel tape machines, while the Cassette setting emulates the fat and musically compressed tone of high-end cassette tape recorders from the '70s.

Intensify and widen your tracks

Deco's Doubletracker controls allow you to intensify and widen your tracks with ease. The Lag Time control is the key to achieving mind-bending tape flanging, spacious doubletrack chorusing, and classic slapback tape echo effects. By adjusting the Lag Time, you can create a wide variety of tape-based effects, from subtle movement to extreme undulations. The Blend control lets you set the mix level between Deco's Reference and Lag Decks, giving you control over the doubletracking effect. The Wobble knob adds random tape speed-based modulations to the Lag Deck, allowing you to add depth and movement to your sound. Whether you're looking to create a vintage vibe or push the boundaries of creativity, Deco's Doubletracker controls have you covered.

Broaden your sound

Deco's Wide Stereo feature allows you to create a wider stereo image for your tracks. By sending the mono input to both the left and right channels, Deco creates an adjustable stereo spread. The Blend control acts as a pan control, allowing you to adjust the relative levels of the two tape decks. This broadens and intensifies the impact of your tracks in the stereo field, adding depth and dimension to your mix. Whether you want to create a wide, immersive sound or add a touch of spaciousness, Deco's Wide Stereo mode is a powerful tool.

Seamless through-zero flange effect

With Deco's Auto Flange feature, you can achieve a recording studio-inspired through-zero flange effect with a click of a button. This engages a "virtual audio engineer" who dynamically adjusts the faders and tape reels to create a smooth and predictable through-zero flange experience. By adding this effect to your tracks, you can take your sound to new heights and add a touch of vintage charm.

More headroom for better mixes

Deco's Studio Mode provides an additional 10dB of headroom for use in your digital audio workstation. This default setting ensures that your mixes have plenty of room to breathe, allowing you to achieve optimal levels without any unwanted distortion. With Studio Mode enabled you can trust that Deco will deliver pristine sound quality and professional-grade results.

Features

• Refreshingly simple interface to craft tones with ease
• Enhance your sound with the exact response and behaviour of tape machines, producing harmonically rich low-end
• Dial in everything from smooth and transparent saturation to overdriven tape distortion
• Adjustable volume control lets you balance the output of your distortion and saturation levels
• Dedicated Tone knob adjusts the frequency response from bright to dark
• Dual voice Saturation settings include Classic mode, and Cassette mode, an authentic 2-track mastering response and ALC (auto-level control) response with fat and compressed tone respectively
• Independent Doubletracker circuit with Lag Time control to achieve mind-bending tape flanging effects
• Introduce random modulation with Wobble controls to flow between subtle movement to extreme modulation
• Achieve the perfect balance between reference and Lag Decks with Blend control
• Multiple Blend Type switches adjust the phase and internal routing, including Sum where two decks are summed in phase, Invert where the Lag Deck is phase inverted and Bounce where the output of the right Lag Deck is bounced to the left for a ping-pong effect
• Manipulate the delay offset between the Reference Deck and Lag Deck with Lag Time, switching between -.3 to 3ms, 3-50ms, 50-150ms and 150-500ms
• Wide Stereo mode for massive stereo width
• Auto-Flange creates smooth, through-zero flanging effects on the fly
• Engage Studio Mode for an additional 10dB of headroom

Specifications

• Operating system:
  • Mac: macOS Big Sur 11.6.4
  • Windows: Windows 10
• Format:
  • Mac: AAX, AU, or VST3 compatible plugin host software
  • Windows: AAX or VST3 compatible plugin host software
• Processor:
  • Mac: Intel® Core i5 or Apple M1
  • Windows: Intel Core i5 processor or AMD multi-core processor
• RAM: 8GB RAM
• Activation: iLok account and Internet connection for activation
• Product code: 1393-1001