Alternatives to Strymon Deco VST?

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I tried the demo version of Strymons Deco and I like it a lot. It is a very musical sounding VST, with a very smooth saturation. It sounds great on drums and guitars and probably a lot more instruments. But before pulling the trigger on this one I would like to know what alternatives there are to the Deco. After all, in essence it is just a tape saturator + doubler. Are there plugins that do a similar job?

Thanks.

P.S. I just realized that the Valhalla delay has drive + doublers so that might work; will try that tonight.

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Well, you need some kind of saturation/drive, together with some wow & flutter, a bit of short echo/delay.

A few that come into my mind.

AudioThing - Reels
Wavesfactory - Cassette
AberrantDSP - SketchCassette

So basically anything thats similar to those, which should be quite a few. Maybe you already got one of the best solutions with Valhalla - Delay.
Another awesome one and maybe not so obvious would be ToneBoosters - ReelBus.
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U-he's Satin can do very similar. Throw it in delay mode, mix in some dry signal, adjust the speed, distance, and wow and flutter controls. Adjust low/hi cuts to taste.

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Satin, also very good suggestion.
You can be creative in any right place on Earth, and not only in the wealthiest cities. Bring the world feelings from everywhere, and not only feelings of capitalistic or jail environment.
― Aleksey Vaneev


https://linuxdaw.org

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