Keep in mind many people using this for things other than guitar forget (or are unaware) to adjust the default filter settings to the full range options. I keep a Deco on the output of my DT and MPC for glue and overdrive with the option of throwing a very playable chorus/flanger/delay on when I want.
This replaced an Analog Heat for me with no ragerts. No brainer pedal for me.
Ah interesting. Some opinions from the other side 
used MK1 Heat 
VST plugins 
Yep, when I first got it I loved it, and thought it sounded kinda fucked up.
Once I adjusted the filter to taste itās become a staple of my sound and performance.
Wicked fun twisting knobs on the deco, sounds amazing on vocals/vocoders.
Just smidgen of Saturation gives it just enough character that Iād hate to not have one anymore.
I forgot that the USB port on the Syntakt canāt act as host so Iād need to use a computer as well to send midi from the Syntakt to Deco. Thatās a bummer. I guess Iāll have to use my Squarp Hapax instead when it finally arrives.
This just arrived today. I first tried hooking it up to the Micromonsta 2 and thought it sounded good. But then, I tried it on the master out of the Syntakt with the cassette algorithm and became overly excited. I absolutely LOVE this algorithm on the whole mix.
It reminds me of a mixture between the SP303 vinyl sim comp and the OP1 limiter. Iām going to end up parking it on the master with the cassette algorithm and not doing much else with it lol. Iām ok with that.
I certainly was ok with it for a loooong time.
I have the older Deco though, they sound amazing.
Iāve got it on a send these days though.
Itās definitely become a staple of the sound I am going for.
That set up looks NiCE!
feedback mixer saturation, field recorder compressionā¦ wut Do po ppl use 4 āheatā??
edie: poor mans deco is a mid fi tape fuzz
Well that is exciting. Can wait for mine to arrive!
Any other v1 to v2 users pick one up yet? I love my crusty beer stained v1 (got it used at a GC for $120 about 3 years ago in itās current condition. Itās ugly but the innards are all fine ). Iām very curious how the cassette algo sounds on synths/drum machines etc.
Hereās a demo of the Strymon Deco V2 with some Dub Techno and Ambient patches. Synths used: Twisted Electrons MEGAfm and SH-01a. Maybe you find it useful.
Iāve had a Deco for years that I got from a friend and always used it quite subtly. I found myself looking at some lofi pedals lately (like the Shallow Water), and decided to see what I could do with the Deco. I have really been missing out by not messing with the hidden high and low cuts. There is some magic in there if you want those really nostalgic tones.
The settings I dig for this are: high and low cuts all the way to the right (maxed), middle position on the toggle, the blend knob all the way to the right, modulation all the way up, and the time knob somewhere between 11:00 and 2:00.
I also found a strange pedal order that worked out well.
UAD Dream -> Deco -> Volante (Reverb up quite a bit on on the Dream and off on the Volante as strange as that sounds)
Sounds like a weird order, but surprisingly super nice having the spring reverb going into the modulation on the Deco, and having the whole thing with a bit of tape delay.
Iāve always found the Deco quite tough to fully wrap my head around because it can do so much, so I thought Iād share.
Strymon kind of gets viewed as pretty vanilla these days since there are so many boutique things out now, but I find their stuff is actually really classy. The Deco was so ahead of its time.
The pedal is now available in plugin.
Hope it sounds better than it looks.
Hi, Iāve got the Deco V2 recently and use it on synths, e. g. Bassline DB-01. I love that sound ā¦
Deco V2 is set to mono in and line level input. FW is version 1.22 from September 2023.
My question regarding the Wobble (LFO) effect on the lag time:
While the YT demos with guitars show a noticeable effect on the lag after turning the wobble knob there is only a marginal effect in my setup.
First I thought the wobble knob might be defective but I can use it flawlessly to switch the Stereo Width Mode (a Live Edit function) on and off.
Whatās your experience with synths? Does your Deco V2 behave similarly?
Still in love with my Deco V1 after all these years.
Anyone have any experience with the plug-in version? Curious to know how it goesā¦
I donāt use mine in wide stereo mode, but it might be the case that wobble doesnāt really do much in the wide stereo mode (I canāt remember). Try in the regular mode and compare. Also check where the blend knob is set. All the way to the right is where the wobble is the strongest i think. Sum, invert and bounce also affect it I believe. Try those settings and compare with blend all the way to the right in non-wide mode.
I have Deco V1. Although almost every function is pretty subtle (I like that way) with blend and wobble at maximum in bounce setting when you are not in the studio wide mode, the vibrato is very, noticeable.
I have the plugin and think it sounds really really good!
Donāt have experience with the hardware but do use it alongside the Analog Heat in processing signals and find it to be really useful in achieving a sound really quickly that I canāt do so easy on the AH.
@JacopoAcquafresca and @DimensionsTomorrow
Thank you for your suggestions.
For me wobble didnāt work well together with the DB-01. Everything else worked very well though.
Then I connected the Deco V2 to my Volca FM 2 and there wobble effects are very noticeable.
My lessons learned: Again some synth / pedal combos work better than others. That will be never a boring game. 
Edit: Of course I will continue to use the Deco together with the DB-01 but with lesser expectations to that wobble.
Folks with the V2 Deco - how are you controlling it with MIDI? It has a non-standard 1/4 inch TRS MIDI input - does that just mean I can use it as a 3.5mm MIDI port with a 3.5mm to 1/4 TRS adaptor (like for headphones) to interface with my other DIN MIDI and 3.5mm MIDI gear? Or does it really need you to buy some extra Strymon MIDI dongle to access MIDI through that port? Does it conform to TRS-A or TRS-B MIDI? Iām not so interested in using MIDI over USB.
