The Pros and Cons of the Strymon Deco | Demo & Overview

[@clarencevickrot3531]

Exactly! It's the first OD pedal I've been happy with. It's always on!

[@MattKellyMusic]

It’s tough to get rid of! Thanks for watching

[@ArtNWorship]

Your cinematography is fantastic. Thanks for the great video.

[@MattKellyMusic]

Thank you!

[@Mecawallace]

Believe it or not, the Deco can save presets, you just need Strymon's third party button-pedal which also works with the Iridium

[@MattKellyMusic]

You're right, I didn't even think about that! Thanks for watching man!

[@TheSuperSatana]

Hello, do you know if you an you save only the one pest that you can recall with the favourite switch? Or can you save several presets that you can then recall with a midi controller? Thank you

[@Mecawallace]

@@TheSuperSatana I think with the Deco you can save only one, but there are several pedals you can save multiple with

[@alexwong7]

I love my Deco which I use as an always on low saturation which just serves to really warm up my digital modeller. I do use the double tracker, mainly for adding a little tape warble but sometimes as a delay too. If the delay time could go longer, I wouldn't be considering an El Cap.

[@billa6348]

Thanks for validating the main reason I purchased a Deco today--the mellifluous yet "transparent" and underrated "drive" function. I was going to upgrade the El Cap I purchased about one month ago (argh!) to the new midi-capable El Cap, but since I have the Timeline, El Cap is an always on, set and ignore pedal. So the midi Deco makes more sense. And HEY! Strymon listened to you!! Version 2 comes with midi accessible presets and either tap or midi clock control. One question: Would you mind sharing where in your signal path you have your Deco? I know there are no rules, but since you really, really like the pedal, your experience can help to inform. Thanks, again!

[@APEGO56]

Bravo Matthew, clear, essential...

[@MattKellyMusic]

Thank you!

[@joeurbanowski321]

For presets try using different colors of markers

[@MaximilianMengwasser]

Hey Matthew, nice Overview. You‘re right. An absolutely underrated Pedal. Thinking of getting a second one for my other board. I can‘t live (play) without it. 😄 Keep up the great work! 💪

[@MattKellyMusic]

Thank you! Means a lot. You can’t go wrong with having two decos 😂

[@andremagnani]

You can absolutely use a tap tempo, and the range of lag is much longer when using TT too!

[@jazzercaster4749]

Really? How?

[@ramonrosales969]

What happened here: 4:20. Is like the sound goes and back. Like a complete cancelation. It happens to me even when I put the lag time as chorus…As far as I know, it happens just with the bounce type. “Through zero flange”. Can you please explain me this?

[@jon-erikgretland1776]

Nice job, my friend! One of my favoritt pedals on the pedal board😊

[@MattKellyMusic]

thanks for watching man!

[@ryanholmberg]

I can think of a con. When you use the pedal in stereo (even just the saturation side) the pedal introduces phasing issues. It will sound great in stereo, but if that stereo signal gets summed to mono it sounds pretty bad. Good for live situations, but not ideal for recording imo. Unless you don’t care if it sounds bad on portable Bluetooth speakers

[@MarshallCommaDave]

Interesting thought, that wouldn't be an issue on the 'summing' mode, right?

[@ryanholmberg]

@@MarshallCommaDave if I remember right, it was mostly with the doubling side of the bounce mode, and the saturation introduced a similar phase issue on all modes, but again, only when the pedal is used in stereo. and this isn't just a hunch. I used a Waves phase analyzer plugin to determine this, but only because I couldn't figure out why it sounded so much worse summed to mono

[@jeffpettit1]

So if recording… use plugins instead of the deco?

[@masterofreality230]

I would just love a feedback knob to get more repeats and control of the rate a depth of the modulation, I really love the random modulation on the pedal but more control of it would be killer. You should trade up to the v2, it has midi presets.

[@chrissoto7840]

Do you know if the v2 version has that press and hold flange effect to?

[@scrapkingfilms]

Most unique (vintage) pedal created.

[@joshlawless1022]

2:09 is that just the deco overdrive? Thats a great tone!

[@MattKellyMusic]

@@joshlawless1022 sure is!

[@joshlawless1022]

@@MattKellyMusic well you've sold me!

[@jazzercaster4749]

Has anyone found a delay pedal that does the deco 2 repeat delay type thing that sounds as good as the deco? I've tried and so far for those who like a subtle delay the deco is the best around.

[@ronsolo_]

I would not say the Deco is a subtle delay. Yes it only has the 1 to 2 repeats, but I found that I had to move the blend knob almost all the way to the saturation side (about 9 o clock or lower) in order to get 'subtle' repeats. In other words, the repeats are super bright and have to be tamed by dialing in more saturation side of the deco. So not much of a subtle delay!

[@wulf67]

@@ronsolo_ ...but you WERE ABLE to get subtle repeats...so yeah, a great subtle delay.

[@mikeferris408]

Thank you 👍

[@TheFlutecart]

I send stereo DI to the board from my stereo tube rig. It get's dicey with hard panned stuff. But hard pan does sound great with my cabinets close by in stereo as they are. It's the flange effect I'm after, the Catalinbread Zeropoint does it pretty dang good but this this Strymon Deco creature is now programable via TRS midi in v2. Maybe I should mic the cabs and keep them close? Expe$ive.

[@MattKellyMusic]

Very expensive… hahaha I think the deco is really cool. Would love to get my hands on one and compare

[@TheFlutecart]

@@MattKellyMusic It's all so complicated. I need the arena with full sound for a week to experiment. Or just piss the neighbors off. Meh..let'em eat fish heads.

[@andrewcleggguitar]

Great video 😊just subscribed

[@MattKellyMusic]

Thanks for watching Andrew and Welcome!

[@doubled5383]

Thanks for the demo. Where do you put in signal chain ... do you use other overdrive, if so, do you put Deco before or after? Do you run Deco in front of amp or in FX loop, etc. Just curious there are a lot of uses for this.

[@MattKellyMusic]

For me, I put it as the last OD on my pedal board, then my reverb and delays. I do use the dumble drive and that goes before the deco. My entire pedal board also goes through the FX loop. Hope this helps man!

[@tendingtropic7778]

@@MattKellyMusic cool, since you use drive. I only use saturation and the double tracker, so its at end of chain. good to experiment with both!

[@fo76]

had it, sold it, bought it again...

[@josephpickard3108]

I just want the left hand side of this in a pedal. Nobody seems to even get close to it

[@GeoversePR]

Try the geckoplex

[@robertsimpson5801]

… other than the v2 coming out! 😂😂

[@koski666]

There is one preset you can save with the Favorite feature. I agree that having several presets would be great, but at least I can save my favorite sound, that I can recall whenever I want.

[@MattKellyMusic]

Maybe in the future with an updated deco 🤔🤔

[@Zilmayjaink]

Hey guys, hehehe well there's a Strymon Deco V2 out now 😏

[@smalltown4855]

a gigantic birds foot in a hollowed out moon

[@CP-mt1st]

The eclipsed ostrich rises during the blood moon sanctuary

[@peterbaillif4607]

Bros got the upside down creme brûlée in a shot glass for the tone??😂

[@MattKellyMusic]

I honestly don’t what this means but, respect

[@lambdaman3228]

During your "no talking" demo, there is a mystery object next to the pedal. Im sure its not a mystery to you, but it is to viewers like me and this guy above. It does look a little like an upside down shot glass filled with some kind of dessert.​@MattKellyGuitar

[@Vladtheimpaler5211]

Deco v1 is perfect as is.

[@TheOnlyGuitarFather]

El cap is better

[@ColinDaviesGTR]

Its different

[@adamkrauss303]

Should make clear upfront whether this is V1 or V2. Thanks.

[@Edu_987]

Dont be lazy. Google it. Its clear he’s using v1

[@soofitnsexy]

u drunk???

[@adamkrauss303]

I know the answer in my sleep, but suggesting for others viewing who may be “drunk” or too lazy to google.

[@AdventuresinBackpacking]

Again, how would it be the fault of the content creator if the viewer is too drunk or too lazy to Google it or see the obvious aesthetic differences?​@@adamkrauss303

[@thommccarthy1139]

The cons are that it's digital and will eventually die like all digital devices.

[@smalltown4855]

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof

[@michaelogden5093]

What's boof.

[@socksincrocks4421]

The pedal uses DSP... all that needs to be said. Might as well use a UAD plugin instead.

[@shckltnebay]

Wow tell us you havent tried one without telling us