Image unavailableDarkpalace Studio - Parrot
Creative three-band delay with independent timing, panning and effects per band, plus saturation, pitch shifting, modulation and MIDI tracking.
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Image unavailabledBdone - Wasser
Multiband delay that splits audio into frequency bands and lets each band have its own delay time for rhythmic and experimental effects.
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Image unavailableDusk Audio - Tape Echo 2
Space Echo-style tape delay and spring reverb emulation with three playback heads, wow and flutter, tape ageing and tempo sync.
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Image unavailableSixth Sample - Deelay
Creative delay with multiple modes, diffusion, modulation and distortion for everything from conventional echoes to reverb-like and experimental effects.
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Image unavailableTrebless - Tesseract Echo
Four-head tape delay and reverb with per-head controls, feedback drive, stereo modulation, ducking and MIDI-tuned Karplus-Strong synthesis.
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Tuğrul Akyüz - TugPhonon
Experimental rotating tape delay with eight independent playback heads, per-head filtering, modulation and physical-modelled resonators for creative sound design.
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Electronik SoundLab - Voltus FX
gritty multi-effect plugin that combines vintage BBD delay, heavy dual-stage saturation, analog-style modulation and filtering to add dark lo-fi warmth, chaotic echoes and raw hardware-inspired character to your sounds.
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Overload Audio - Echodude BBD-150
vintage bucket-brigade echo delay plugin that recreates the warm, driven and unstable character of classic analog delay units, with saturation, modulation, clock artefacts, stereo processing and self-oscillating feedback.
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Image unavailableTiagolr - Sirial
rhythmic delay plugin that lets you create detailed multi-tap delay patterns using 16 serial delay lines, with stereo taps, feedback control, modulation, reverse delay, ducking, ping-pong movement, damping, saturation and diffusion.
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Image unavailablevoidDSP - Echo1
flexible stereo delay plugin with two independent delay lines, syncable timing, shared feedback, auto-panning, chorus, phaser, reverb and filters for creating wide rhythmic echoes and animated delay effects.
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Image unavailableGS DSP - Quantum Delay Lite
a vintage-inspired stereo delay plugin with deep modulation, filtering, and flexible timing controls for creating everything from warm tape echoes to evolving, experimental delay textures.
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Image unavailableSmiarx - ÆLAPSE
a delay and reverb plugin combining tape-style delay with spring-inspired reverb, perfect for everything from subtle guitar ambience to dreamy pads and dub-style echoes.
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Soft Loop Audio - Harmonic Echo
a generative MIDI delay plugin that transforms incoming notes into evolving, scale-aware melodic sequences that automatically harmonize within a chosen key.
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Image unavailableSinevibes - Skew v2
non-linear reverse delay effect plugin that slices incoming audio into tempo-synced reversed chunks and warps their playback speed for pitch-bending, tape-rewind, and rhythmic glitch effects.
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Image unavailableTiagolr - QDelay
dual stereo delay that packs deep, EchoBoy-style features like ping-pong, swing, pitch shifting, saturation, modulation, and tape-style wow and flutter into a fast, no-nonsense workflow.
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Image unavailableZak Sound - Echowaves
stereo delay that uses a one-knob, randomised engine to quickly dial in everything from tight echoes to lush ambient textures.
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Witch Pig - Apocalypsis
Combines delay, reverb, pitch shifting and distortion, with an input-driven pitch envelope.
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Image unavailableDaniel Gergely - Spirals
Pitch-shifted echoes and shimmer reverb with diffusion, filtering, dual delay lines and freeze.
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Witch Pig - Starscraper
A stereo micro-pitch effect paired with reverse delay, feedback and wet/dry controls.
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Image unavailableSonimus - DelaySon
A tape-inspired delay with controls for rhythmic echoes and analog-style coloration.
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Image unavailableLunacy - HAZE
Blends chorus, phasing, reverb and spectral dispersion for widening and atmospheric processing.
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Image unavailableSaschArt - multiDelay
A filtered stereo/ping-pong delay with up to three additional serial delay stages.
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Image unavailableTiagoLr - TIME-12
An envelope-based delay modulator for stutters, tape stops, glitches, reverse playback and pitch effects.
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Image unavailableTritik - Tymee
Delay with tap tempo, downsampling and a resonant low-pass filter.
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10 pluginsThe Sample Flipping Toolkit
Chop, stretch, pitch and rearrange your samples into something new.
Explore collectionDust, Warmth & Wobble
Tape colour, sampler grit and pitch drift for sounds with a little history.
Explore collectionSoulful Keys
Characterful pianos, electric keys and organs, with tremolo to bring them to life.
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10 pluginsMake Your Drums Knock
Shape the attack, add weight and glue your drums together.
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10 pluginsOdd Ingredients
Unusual instruments, unexpected textures and effects for your next happy accident.
Explore collection10 pluginsSpace & Atmosphere
Build depth and atmosphere with echoes, reverbs, granular textures and evolving pads.
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