Spaced Out is an slick, ambitious plug-in which presents a modern take on vintage "space echo" effects like the Roland RE-201 and the Binson Echorec.
We're smitten with Wires, a cool emulation of a Soviet-era tube wire recorder from the 60s capable of ghostly echoes, delays, and lo-fi effects.
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Cicognani Engineering's new Pompeii PE603 is based on the Binson Echorec P.E. 603 echo unit, and is an obvious reference to a 70s concert film by some band.
The free plug-in developers are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. So we've gone through the archives and dug up three classic freeware plug-ins that everyone should know. Check them out here!
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From Arcaico and Scuderia comes WARHORSE thundering into your rack pulling some hefty VCA integrated distortion, BBD delay and Wasp style filtering. Available as a Eurorack module or guitar pedal.
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Misha Mansoor's Horizon Devices has an intriguing new reverb/delay, the Flux Echo - after two years in development we expect this will be one to watch!
From saturation to lo-fi flavoured with extreme echo and rhythmic modulation, it looks like there's plenty of fun to be had with Undertow, an absorbing new plug-in by Psychic Modulation.
JST finished NAMM 2020 with Howard Benson Vocals, a vocal chain plug-in. Knowing Mr. Benson's productions and Sturgis' workaholic tendencies, there's no way this channel strip can disappoint.
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Providing even more boutique Bucket Brigade analogue delay, the new JAM Pedals Delay Llama Xtreme is launching at Winter NAMM and extends JAM Pedals' popular Delay Llama line.
Lem Echo Music recreates the sound of three playheads onto a single strip of tape, complete with the wow, flutter and audio degradation you'd expect from an old tape machine.
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Pittsburgh has released a neat and perfectly formed bucket brigade "Analog Delay Unit" taken straight from the Lifeforms Voltage Lab modular synthesizer.
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Delay pedal fans: Not getting enough mojo from your digital delay? J Rockett Audio's APE gives you that old Echoplex EP3 preamp tone, adding a classic preamp sound to your existing delay.
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TipTop Audio has released the ZVERB, ECHOZ and Z5000 DSP effect modules in a compact 8HP form. They share the same front panel layout but each has its own bag of tricks running on the internal DSP.
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The new Mojo Hand FX RVT and Park Theater pedals both combine multiple effects in one unit. One of the pedals also includes a donation to charity in its price.
TC Electronic's Flashback 2 X4 Delay adds a new Crystal delay and dual delay algorithms, six TonePrint slots and three MASH footswitches for on-the-fly messing about with parameters. Phew!
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Neunaber is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. You can now order a limited-edition version of their ever popular Immerse Mk II reverb pedal with retro style graphics. But is it any different?