Strymon Deco Tape SaturationTape: The First Effect While modern recording engineers and producers are used to the huge variety of effects options available these days, tape machines were the first devices used in the recording studio as effect processors. From echo and flanging to the warmth and saturation of the actual tape itself, the entire early history of music would sound completely different if these recording decks werent employed in this way. Vintage Soul The new Deco