Description
Give your sound the smooth and warm qualities of analog tape, along with the enhanced touch sensitivity and playing dynamics that are intrinsic to the inner workings of tape machines. Achieve incredible transparency at low levels, with reduced high frequency spikes and a harmonically rich low end. Turn up the Saturation to increase the amount of tape drive, dynamic compression and distortion.
Deco is perfectly suited for a last-in-chain, "always on" sweetening effect. Everything sounds better on tape. Want to push the limits of tape beyond what was originally possible? Use Deco as a tape-style transparent overdrive—crank the Saturation all the way up to "peg the meters" and gently overload the machine's input.
Go back to the early days of recording studios, where a few creative audio engineers discovered a new world of augmented sound by pushing the limits of studio tape machines. By inventing automatic doubletracking, they introduced echo, flanging, and chorus to the world of recorded music.
Intensify and widen your sound with Deco's Doubletracker controls. Turn the Lag Time to obtain classic slapback tape echo, spacious doubletrack chorusing, and mind-bending tape flanging. Add random modulation with the Wobble control and go from very subtle movement to more extreme undulations—just like having a recording engineer vary the speed of the machine.
Features:
-Detailed recreation of the mechanics and technology of two vintage studio reel-to-reel tape decks and their interactions
-Nuanced sonic delivery of the classic saturation effects of the tape record/playback process
-Simple and intuitive Lag Time knob allows for slapback delays, tape echoes, tape flanging, tape chorusing
-Two Tape Saturation adjustment and tone shaping knobs: Saturation, Level
-Three Doubletracker adjustment and tone shaping knobs: Lag Time, Blend, Wobble
-Three Doubletracker blend types to tailor doubletracked sound: Sum, Invert, Bounce
-Five "hidden" knobs for deep tone tweaking: High Trim, Low Trim, Auto-Flange Time, Wide Stereo Mode, +/- 3dB Boost/Cut
-Press and hold studio-inspired Auto-Flange effect
-High impedance mono input (internal jumper enables selectable TRS stereo input)
-Stereo output
-Two signal routing modes: Standard, Wide Stereo Mode
-Individual Tape Saturation Bypass and Doubletracker Bypass footswitches
-Expression pedal input allows the connection of either an expression pedal (for selectable control over any knob parameter), external tap pedal (for remote time control of Doubletracker), or Favorite switch (to save a Favorite preset)
-Super low noise, high performance 24-bit 96kHz A/D and D/A converters
-110db signal to noise
-+8dBu maximum input level easily handles instrument and line signals
-20Hz to 20kHz frequency response
-Premium analog front end and output section
-Super high performance SHARC DSP in a compact form factor
-32-bit floating point processing
-True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)
-High quality, tranparent Analog Buffered Bypass mode
-9V center negative DC power supply included, 250mA current draw
-Strong and lightweight electroless nickel plated aluminum chassis
-Designed and built in the USA
