The 1. 0 Best Delay Plugins In The World. Delay is one of those effects that can often form the basis for the whole sound of a track it can turn regular synth or guitar riffs into intricate arpeggiated patterns that would seem impossible to program or play manually and not forgetting that the whole Dub genre owes much of its sound to the skeletal and stripped down track arrangements treated with healthy doses of spacious analogue delays. Of course, delay also has many more subtle uses in a mix, particularly when used in conjunction with other effects reverb, distortion, pitch modulation etc. Delay also comes in a variety of different flavours depending on which technology is used to create the repeats. So, in case you ever wondered why vintage delay units are so desirable, and why we would want to model them in modern plugins, read the brief history below. You might then see the Top 1. Delays below that in a different lightDelay A Quick Pocket History. Tape delay Prominent during the late 5. The principle behind a tape delay is pretty simple. Inside the large casing theres an intricately coiled tape loop that can run uninterrupted through the machine i. On the front of the machine the tape runs through several recording and playback heads or taps., and the delay times are created and adjusted by physically moving the heads forward or backward. For instance, by increasing the distance between the record and playback heads, the delay time would increase accordingly. Because of the essentially mechanical nature of the processing, there is always a certain amount of wow and flutter read incidental, uncontrolled modulation of the sound as the tape loop goes around. But before you write off tape delay as being unpredictable and old fashioned, you should know that it is precisely this organic, musical effect on sounds that makes tape delay so revered even today. The aural results of these small mechanical variations range from subtle random phasing to flanging and chorus type effects, and it is these tiny imperfections that can bring the sort of life to effected material that straight digital delays simply cannot recreate unless they are modelled on vintage delay algorithms, more of which later. Game Of Thrones Cartea there. One particular model, the Roland RE 2. Space Echo, has become a staple in pretty much every forward thinking studio of the 7. Lee Scratch Perry, King Tubby and the other dub innovators, to Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, The Clash and, famously, Radiohead. Analogue delay Analogue delays were introduced in the 7. However, analogue delays didnt really sound like tape delays. The output of the delay is much more lo fi, especially as delay time is increased the delays tend to quickly degrade over time unlike tape delays, which were closer copies of the original sound. This was generally considered a downside at the time, and when perfect digital delay appeared in the 8. But since then, as with tape delay, analogue has found its place in the musicians toolbox, because of those limitations that turned out to be defining characteristics. Some classic examples of analogue delay units and guitar pedals are the Electro Harmonix Memory Man, Boss DM 2 and DM 1. Moog Moogerfooger MF1. Digital delay With the advent of digital delay units in the 8. Oxford Type3 EQ curve which offer proportionalQ, often considered the most musical EQ curvetype All bands can overlap fluidly without the static. These top producers, musicians, mixing and mastering engineers, DJs, remixers and sound designers use Waves plugins and instruments in the studio and live. Avid Pro tools 11 WIN. The most powerful digital audio workstation just got more powerful. Pro Tools 11 redefines professional music and audio production for today. Now, some people say digital delays are cold and lifeless in comparison with tape and analogue types, but the thing to remember here is that every tool has its own characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, and digital delay is no different. For more electronic or dance styles where hyper accurate tempo synced delays are important, digital accuracy is great. SoundToys-Native-Effects-Latest-Version-Download.jpg' alt='How To Run Pro Tools 9 Without Ilok' title='How To Run Pro Tools 9 Without Ilok' />And with huge delay times and great sound quality, digital delay can be inserted into a large string of other effects, leading to that many more creative options, without suffering quality loss. Again, Boss pedals are favourites, particularly the DD 3 and DD 7 in the studio, the TC 2. TC Electronic became something of an industry standard digital delay. Of course when it comes to plugins, theyre all digital but its useful to know the background of those plugins that are modelled on old tape or analogue hardware, so that you can make more informed creative decisions when youre mixing, and find the best tool for each situation. PSP 8. 5This delay plugins origins can be traced back to the classic Lexicon PCM 4. PSP. But this version takes everything quite a bit further someone said its like a pair of Lexicons on steroids, with enhanced filter and reverb sections, and a rather innovative built in sidechain feature that allows you to duck the delays around an external key source if you want. This is great if highly compressed sounding, rhythmic effects are your thing, and makes a welcome change from the usual go to tempo synced delay effects. Perhaps the only downside is the slightly cramped interface, especially compared to some of the other plugins featured here but the sound and overall flexibility of the PSP 8. Chilkat Software Keygen Crack. Cat Et Software Free Download here. Top 1. 0 regardless. BUY NOW via Plugin Boutique. Ohm Force Ohmboyz. My personal favourite, and the go to delay plugin in my collection. Ohm Force are one of the most fun and slightly madgenius audio software companies around and all their plugins are great by the way, check them out if you havent already you can follow the link just below. This thing has a character all of its own, with just the right number of controls and parameters to make some really complicated or extreme effects very easily, but it also possesses the subtlety and musical tone that makes it easy to fit into tracks. BUY NOW via Plugin Boutique. Soundtoys Echo. Boy. Echo. Boy is the sort of plugin you end up putting on every channel when youre mixing a track it does some of the best emulations of vintage delay units, but it also has its own distinctive sound and control set which make it one of the best go to plugins of any kind around. As we mentioned in the recent update to our 1. Best Reverb Plugins article, its algorithms can be happily pressed into reverb and other ambience duties as well. As we also noted here, Soundtoys have just released the long awaited new update to their entire plugin range, Soundtoys 5, so theres never been a better time to invest in the Echo. Boy magic, along with all the other superb effects. Highly recommended. BUY NOW via Plugin Boutique. Waves Super. Tap. Waves Super. Tap. Super. Tap comes in 2 and 6 tap versions this refers to the number of discreet delays you can send the signal through, enabling you to build some really complex delay patterns panned and modulated all over the place with an easy and fun graphic slider for each tap. Not exactly a go to delay then, unless youre making trance music or something else thats requires a lot of really intricate and modulating delays. However, when youre looking for something thats easily and so visually tweakable, Supertap is always a good place to start. Ive also used this plugin for sound design work for films it has a vector graph for placing each of the delays in space i. Can be a bit extreme for films outside the sci fi genre though BUY NOW via Waves. Also see Super. Tap is one of five great plugins included in the Waves Musician 1 Bundle. Fabfilter Timeless 2. Everyone loves Fabfilter plugins, both for the sound and also for the simple but inspiring interfaces.