Front Panel - Strymon DECO User Manual

Deco
- Tape Saturation & Doubletracker User Manual

Front Panel

SATURATION
Sets the amount of tape
drive by adjusting the
preamp gain. At low
levels, a subtle harmonic
enhancement occurs,
increasing the dynamic
compression and
distortion as the knob is
turned up.
VOLUME
Controls the output
volume of the Saturation.
BLEND TYPE
Achieve subtle differences
in tonality and low-end by
adjusting internal phase
and routing.
Sum - Decks are in phase.
Invert - The Lag Deck is
phase-inverted.
Bounce - Right channel
of the Lag Deck is phase-
inverted and bounced
to the left channel input
creating a ping-pong-like
stereo effect, or a double-
repeat effect when using a
mono output.
BLEND
Sets the relative mix level of the
two tape decks.Turn lower to
blend in more of the Reference
Deck, which can serve to tame
your doubletracking effect. Turn
higher to blend in more of the
delayed Lag Deck. At 12:00, both
decks are equally mixed to the
output.
Engages and
bypasses Deco's
Tape Saturation
effect.
Engages and
bypasses Deco's
Doubletracker
effect. Press and
hold to engage the
instant Auto-Flange
feature.
See page 9 for in-depth
explanation of the Auto-
Flange feature.
LAG TIME
Sets the delay offset between
the Reference Deck and the
delayed Lag Deck, creating a full
range of doubletracking tape
effects. Transition from tape
flange on the first half of the
knob, to tape chorus, slapback,
and then tape echo with a
maximum 500mS delay.
Tape Chorus
Slapback
Tape Flange
Tape Echo
LAG TIME
WOBBLE
Adds a random speed
modulation element to the
delayed Lag Deck. At lower
settings, the variations are
mild, covering the speed
changes that a recording
engineer might use to create
time-varying flange effects. At
higher settings the variations
become more extreme.
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