Deco Tape Saturation & Doubletracker pedal - In Depth Demo

Strymon Co-Founder and Sound Designer Pete Celi takes you through an in-depth look at the sounds and inner workings of Deco Tape Saturation & Doubletracker. Learn more at http://strymon.net/deco

TAPE SATURATION DEMO:

0:09 - What is Tape Saturation?
0:46 - Tape Saturation range and examples
3:09 - Responding to dynamics
4:21 - Deco as an "Always On" effect
4:54 - Lower output pickup examples
6:21 - Responding to dynamics with lower output pickup

DOUBLETRACKER DEMO:

7:03 - What is Doubletracking?
8:07 - Deco Doubletracker controls
8:43 - Lag Time range and examples at 50/50 Blend
11:25 - Blend at 100% examples
12:17 - Tape Flanging examples
15:50 - Tape Chorus examples
17:58 - Slapback Echo examples
19:46 - Tape Echo examples

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Our journey begins with the early recording studios of the '50s and '60s. The introduction of reel-to-reel tape machines and the creative engineers that used them brought on some of the fattest sounds imaginable. These early machines really were the first effect pedals—they just wouldn't have fit on your pedalboard!

From the inherent warmth and luscious tape saturation—to the forgotten art of how these machines were manipulated—they are capable of creating a huge range of beautiful, distinctive, and enveloping sounds.

Deco brings this original inspiration back, giving you these vintage tape effects from the earliest recording studios, right on your pedalboard.

Deco's Tape Saturation smooths out your sound with familiar and delicious tape compression and saturation, while fattening it with subtle tape-driven transparent overdrive. The Doubletracker provides the power to shift your sound in many ways, easily allowing you to achieve syrupy slapback tape echoes, psychedelic tape flanging, and gorgeous tape chorusing sounds.