Airwindows TapeDelay2
Airwindows
TapeDelay2 creates delay effects with tape-associated behavior rather than perfectly clean digital repetitions.
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Delays – Free Music Software & Plug-ins
Free delay effects for rhythmic echoes, character repeats and experimental feedback. Some emphasize precise timing while others reshape the repeats through filtering, modulation or nonlinear processing. Use individual listings to compare the intended workflow and distinguish a permanent free release from a demonstration of a paid delay.
These are researched directory entries, not hands-on reviews. Optional purchases, account requirements and limited editions are identified on product pages. Format availability can differ by operating system.
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Arty FX
OpenAV Productions
Arty FX is a coordinated collection of audio effects for Linux production systems.
View details →Baby Comeback
Baby Audio
Baby Comeback is a simplified delay with character options for shaping its repeats.
View details →Chow Matrix
ChowDSP
Chow Matrix is a delay processor organized around interconnected delay nodes.
View details →Dubstation (legacy)
Audio Damage
The original Dubstation is a bucket-brigade-style delay offered in Audio Damage's free legacy archive.
View details →Glitch 2
Illformed
Glitch 2 is a sequenced multi-effect for rhythmic transformations, stutters and rearranged audio.
View details →HY-Delay4 Free
HY-Plugins
HY-Delay4 Free is a restricted delay edition intended for a focused selection of echo-processing tasks.
View details →Kilohearts Essentials
Kilohearts
Kilohearts Essentials is a free account-based collection of compact effects and utilities.
View details →NastyDLA mkIII
Variety Of Sound
NastyDLA mkIII is a character delay with coloration and modulation associated with vintage echo processing.
View details →Ricochet (legacy)
Audio Damage
Ricochet is a legacy multi-tap delay for building repeating patterns and spatial echoes.
View details →ShinRonin
Audio Damage
ShinRonin revives Audio Damage's original filter-and-delay design for current systems.
View details →Surge XT Effects
Surge Synth Team
Surge XT Effects makes the project's effect algorithms available for processing other audio.
View details →Tape Echo 2
Dusk Audio
Tape Echo 2 models a three-head tape-delay system with a spring-reverb path.
View details →Valhalla Freq Echo
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Freq Echo combines delay with frequency shifting, producing echoes that change spectral position as they repeat.
View details →Valhalla Space Modulator
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Space Modulator explores flanging and related modulation effects through a range of algorithms.
View details →Valhalla Supermassive
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Supermassive produces spacious delays and reverberant textures from algorithms designed for large, evolving effects.
View details →Voxengo Tempo Delay
Voxengo
Tempo Delay supplies tempo-related echo processing with separate control over repeating paths.
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