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DX Reverb Light plugin interface
Anwida

DX Reverb Light

DX Reverb Light by Anwida is a versatile reverb unit offering high-quality and flexible simulation of various acoustic spaces, from small rooms to large natural environments.

VST2Reverb
Dragonfly Reverb plugin interface
Dragonfly Reverb

Dragonfly Reverb

Dragonfly Reverb offers a collection of four high-quality reverb effects including concert hall, room, plate, and early reflections to enhance your sound.

VST2Reverb
DigiVerb plugin interface
MB Audio Lab

DigiVerb

DigiVerb by MB Audio Lab is a classic digital reverb plugin offering 30 presets including plates, rooms, and halls. Features adjustable room size, high-frequency damping, stereo imaging, and dry/wet mix controls.

VST2Reverb
Deverb plugin interface
Audio Damage

Deverb

Deverb by Audio Damage is a dark digital reverb plugin designed for electronic music, featuring twin filters for shaping the reverb tail and unique MIDI controls for rhythmic effect manipulation.

VST2Reverb
Convology XT plugin interface
Impulse Record

Convology XT

Convology XT by Impulse Record is a free convolution reverb plugin offering 70 vintage impulse responses. It operates with no time limits or activation hassles.

VST2Reverb
VariSpeed plugin interface
GSi

VariSpeed

VariSpeed is a free VST2 plugin by GSi that simulates the WEM Copicat IC-400 Belt Drive VariSpeed tape echo, replicating the hardware's variable delay powered by a DC capstan motor.

VST2Delay
Valhalla Freq Echo plugin interface
Valhalla DSP

Valhalla Freq Echo

Valhalla Freq Echo by Valhalla DSP is a free VST2 plugin combining Bode-style frequency shifting with analog echo emulation, ideal for dub and psychedelic effects.

VST2Delay
Tempo Delay plugin interface
Voxengo

Tempo Delay

Tempo Delay by Voxengo is a feature-rich delay plugin with tempo sync, dual delay length controls, and built-in EQ and tremolo for each output channel.

VST2Delay
RhythmDelayFree plugin interface
D10Labo

RhythmDelayFree

RhythmDelayFree by D10Labo is a free multi-tap delay effect plugin featuring 8 taps with tempo sync and a fixed low-pass filter. Ideal for creating rhythmic delay effects in minimal music production.

VST2Delay
Replicant plugin interface
Audio Damage

Replicant

Replicant by Audio Damage is a delay-based beat slicer and looper effect offering everything from simple delays to complex random beat mangling for modern electro music.

VST2Delay
Keylay plugin interface
BABY Audio

Keylay

Keylay by BABY Audio is a free delay and ducker plugin offering a simplified version of the Comeback Kid delay with an on-board ducker and four wet signal flavors.

VST2Delay
Hysteresis plugin interface
Glitchmachines

Hysteresis

Hysteresis by Glitchmachines is a glitch delay plugin designed to create robotic artifacts and abstract musical malfunctions using delay, stutter, lowpass filter, and modulation effects within its feedback path.

VST2Delay
HY-Delay 4 free plugin interface
HY-Plugins

HY-Delay 4 free

HY-Delay 4 free is a versatile ducking delay plugin with a simple delay mode, EQ section, and randomizer, featuring a rescalable interface.

VST2Delay
GDuckDly plugin interface
GVST

GDuckDly

GDuckDly by GVST is a digital delay plugin with a unique compression feature that blends the wet signal with the dry signal. It provides seven knobs and a switch for precise control, including a gain reduction meter.

VST2Delay
DubStation plugin interface
Audio Damage

DubStation

DubStation is a vintage-style bucket-brigade delay plug-in offering delay times from 4ms to 2000ms with pitch modulation and MIDI CC control.

VST2Delay
Deelay plugin interface
Sixth Sample

Deelay

Deelay by Sixth Sample is a free delay and reverb unit offering diffusion, distortion, and modulation in a minimalistic interface. It allows creating reverbs from small chambers to large cinematic swells with versatile sound shaping.

VST2Delay
ChowMatrix plugin interface
Chowdhury DSP

ChowMatrix

ChowMatrix by Chowdhury DSP is a multitap delay effect featuring an infinitely expandable tree of delay lines with individual controls for delay length, feedback, panning, filters, and distortion.

VST2Delay
GranMa plugin interface
Noisebud

GranMa

GranMa by Noisebud is a free Windows VST2 plugin that offers fast buffer scratching with dual platters for buffer position control and pitch bending.

VST2Loop & scratch
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