Delay plugins

We list 64 Delay plugins from 23 brands. The most represented are Ableton, Apple and Eventide. Open any of them for a rundown of what it does and where it fits.

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AD036 Dubstation 2

Audio Damage

Create lush, modulated delays with dual-channel ping-pong and analog warmth—perfect for spacious textures and evolving rhythmic textures.

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AD049 Enso

Audio Damage

Manipulate sprawling tape loops with independent play/record heads and through-zero speed control for hypnotic, evolving soundscapes.

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AD056 Replicant 3

Audio Damage

Slice and sequence audio with rhythmic precision—layer stutter, bit-crush, and modulation across 3-16 steps with probability and envelope control.

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AIR Dynamic Delay

Avid

Add rhythmic dimension and movement to stereo sources with independent channel delay ratios and envelope-driven modulation that tightens or expands over time.

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Analog Delay

PreSonus

Infuse lush, characterful echoes with warm tape saturation and sculptable feedback for organic delay textures that breathe.

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Beat Delay

PreSonus

Inject rhythmic depth into drums and loops with tempo-locked delays that pulse with your beat. Ping-Pong stereo modes and custom note subdivisions lock your delays tight to the groove.

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Cooper Time Cube

Universal Audio

Double your delay options with independent A/B channels—layer precise timing offsets and coil cascades to thicken textures or add dimension without eating up mixing real estate.

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Crystalline

Baby Audio

Crystalline is a modern algorithmic reverb plugin that delivers a lush and pristine sound based on an allpass loop algorithm. It offers unprecedented creative control over reflections with 15 parameters for shaping reverb character, while providing practical tools like DAW-synced pre-delay and decay times, ducking, and gating to keep mixes clean. Unlike traditional reverbs constrained by physics, Crystalline allows radical flexibility—from huge spaces with short tails to tiny rooms with epic decay times.

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Crystallizer

Soundtoys

Shatter your delays into prismatic shards with granular echo slicing, then pitch-shift and reverse them for otherworldly textures that breathe with dynamic gating and MIDI sync.

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Crystals

Eventide

Create shimmering, crystalline soundscapes with twin reverse pitch shifters and independent delay control for both voices.

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Delay

Ableton

Craft evolving delays with dual independent lines and musical transition modes—pitch-shift, fade, or jump between settings for seamless textural movement.

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Delay

Kilohearts

Delay is a time-based effect plugin that repeats the input signal with an adjustable decay, creating echoing and feedback textures. It offers tempo-synced timing, stereo ping-pong modulation, and automatic ducking to prevent delays from overwhelming the dry signal. The plugin is distinctive for its combination of classic delay parameters with interactive stereo effects and dynamic response controls.

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Delay BRIGADE

Arturia

Delay MEMORY-BRIGADE is a vintage-inspired delay plugin that emulates classic hardware bucket-brigade delay circuitry. It combines authentic BBD (Bucket Brigade Device) character with modern enhancements including an Input Equalizer, Envelope Follower, and LFO for dynamic delay modulation.

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Delay Designer

Apple

Build hypnotic rhythmic textures with 26 independent delay taps, each sculpted through pitch, filtering, and panning for wildly expressive echo designs.

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Delay ETERNITY

Arturia

Delay ETERNITY is a sophisticated delay plugin that combines classic delay algorithms with advanced modulation and filtering capabilities. It offers tempo-synced and free-running delay modes with extensive control over feedback, filtering, and bit-crushing effects, making it suitable for everything from subtle spatial effects to experimental sound design.

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Delay TAPE-201

Arturia

Achieve warm, organic delay textures with authentic tape saturation, flutter, and three playback head configurations.

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Delay-1

Bitwig

Create asymmetrical stereo depth by offsetting left and right delays independently, locked to your tempo.

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Delay-2

Bitwig

Conjure thick, evolving stereo delays with per-channel control and crossfeed routing for intricate spatial textures.

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Delay-4

Bitwig

Weave intricate rhythmic textures by stacking four independent delays with isolated feedback chains and surgical filtering on each tap.

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Delay+

Bitwig

Create dynamic, space-filling delays with surgical pattern control and character-shaping blur modes.

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Dual Delay

Kilohearts

Layer spacious echoes with creative crossfeedback between two independent delay lines, sculpting anything from tight rhythmic textures to lush, evolving ambience.

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Echo

Ableton

Craft intricate spatial rhythms with dual independent delay lines and LFO modulation across three stereo modes.

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Echo

Apple

Lock your delays to musical time with note-based grid selection, then paint harmonic character into each repeat using the color slider for rhythmically locked, tonally rich echoes.

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Echo Cat

Wavesfactory

Stack three independent tape delay heads with authentic vintage degradation and per-channel ducking to inject authentic analog warmth and rhythmic texture into drums.

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EchoBoy

Soundtoys

Recreate the classic character of legendary tape and analog delays while manipulating rhythmic repeats with groove, feel, and accent controls for perfectly timed echoes that lock to your song.

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EchoBoy Jr

Soundtoys

Blend vintage tape warmth into your delays with seven character-rich echo emulations, each offering distinct sonic personality from intimate studio vibes to spacious ambient textures.

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EP-34 Tape Echo

Universal Audio

Recreate legendary tape echo warmth with intuitive delay timing and feedback control. Degrade your sound intentionally using input clipping and sculpt repeats with tonal shaping.

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Filter Delay

Ableton

Modulate three independent delays with linked filters and X-Y control for evolving, textured rhythmic effects that lock to your tempo.

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Fruity Delay 2

Image-Line

Build lush, rhythmically locked delay textures with stereo ping-pong modes and feedback filtering for natural, musical echo decay.

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Fruity Delay 3

Image-Line

Infuse syncopated rhythms with filtered echo and distortion—tempo-synced delay that evolves with your beat.

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Fruity Delay Bank

Image-Line

Stack up to 8 cascading delays with independent filtering and feedback modes to build rich, spacious textures that evolve and decay musically.

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Galaxy Tape Echo

Universal Audio

Spin vintage tape delays into lush, otherworldly echoes with self-oscillating heads and era-authentic cartridge emulation.

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Gated Delay

Ableton

Lock delays into rhythmic patterns with step-sequenced gating for hypnotic, evolving repeats.

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Grain Delay

Ableton

Transform delays into shimmering, pitch-shifted textures with granular processing that morphs from subtle chorus to otherworldly ambience.

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Groove Delay

PreSonus

Swing rhythmic delays into new dimensions with independent tap control and musically-synced filters.

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H-Delay

Waves

Snap delays to your tempo instantly, then ping-pong them across stereo with four analog characters for warmth. Independent left/right control lets you build complex rhythmic textures that lock tight.

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H3000 Band Delays Mk II

Eventide

Split delays across eight independent frequency bands with surgical EQ and panning for rhythmic texture that evolves with harmonic precision.

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H3000 Factory Mk II

Eventide

Rewire 18 effects into unlimited signal paths—dual delays, pitch shifters, and filters combine with tempo-synced LFOs for intricate, evolving textures.

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Little PrimalTap

Soundtoys

Warp vocals and instruments with lo-fi grit, infinite feedback loops, and pitch-shifted effects that transform ordinary delays into otherworldly textures.

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MicroPitch Immersive

Eventide

Orchestrate multi-dimensional pitch and delay effects across speaker channels with precise EQ and modulation controls.

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Mod Delay III

Avid

Create rhythmic, texture-rich delays with intuitive modulation and tempo sync—from classic repeats to flanged, filtered feedback effects.

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MonoDelay

Steinberg

Fine-tune delay repeats with sidechain gating and feedback shaping—perfect for syncopated rhythms and tonal precision.

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Multiband Delay

Image-Line

Route delays through 16 frequency bands for surgical tone-shaping and musically pitched echoes that evolve with harmonic precision.

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MultiTap Delay

Steinberg

Generate lush, multi-tap delays with 8 independent repeats and custom effect chains to sculpt anything from subtle ambience to wild, rhythmic textures.

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PingPongDelay

Steinberg

Create hypnotic spatial depth with ping-pong delays that bounce between channels. Control feedback, filtering, and stereo width for pristine, rhythmic echo effects.

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PrimalTap

Soundtoys

Twist delays into lo-fi textures and frozen loops using dual independent lines with audio-rate modulation.

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ReaDelay

Cockos

Build hypnotic ambient textures with unlimited delay taps, independent filtering, and per-tap stereo control.

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Recirculate

Newfangled Audio

Sculpt rhythmic echoes with independent delay and repeat timing, then morph between four distinct modes and dual filters for endlessly adaptable space.

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Replika XT

Native Instruments

Craft intricate, evolving delays with five sonic styles and seven modulation effects. From tape warmth to diffusion textures, shape everything from subtle depth to otherworldly space.

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Ripley

Reason Studios

Create organic, evolving delays with precise L/R control and character-rich modulation. Freeze repeats into hypnotic textures while wobble emulates vintage tape warmth.

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Sample Delay

Apple

Align your stereo sources with sample-precise timing control. Perfect for correcting phase issues or crafting cohesive stereo imaging across tracks.

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Spectral Time

Ableton

Stack up to 8 frozen spectral moments with onset detection, creating evolving pad textures and otherworldly rhythmic loops.

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Stereo Delay

Apple

Create spacious, evolving stereo dimensions with independent channel delays and crossfeed routing that bounces sound between sides.

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StereoDelay

Steinberg

Separate left and right delay lines to paint spacious, rhythmic echoes across the stereo field with tempo-synced precision.

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SuperTap

Waves

Orchestrate rhythmic textures with six independent delay taps, each sculpted through dedicated EQ and modulation—lock to your track's tempo or freestyle with custom patterns for hypnotic, evolving slapback effects.

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Tape Delay

Apple

Emulate vintage tape echo warmth with tempo-locked delays and built-in filters. Modulate repeats with flutter and LFO for organic, characterful ambience.

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Tape Echoes

Ableton

Capture authentic tape echo warmth with vintage wobble, flutter, and multi-tap configurations that evolve your delays with character and organic decay.

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Tape Stop

Kilohearts

Craft vintage tape slowdown effects with instant motor control and customizable acceleration curves for dramatic, nostalgic transitions.

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Tekturon

D16 Group

Craft intricate rhythmic textures with 16 sequenced delay lines, each individually sculpted with filters, panning, and stereo spread for hypnotic, evolving soundscapes.

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The Echo

Reason Studios

Spin spacious, evolving echoes with three performance modes and colored distortion algorithms for sonic depth and character.

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Timeless 2

FabFilter

Weave rhythmic textures into your mix with two independent delays, multimode filtering, and granular pitch-shifting that stretches time without losing clarity.

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Timeless 3

FabFilter

Orchestrate lush, evolving soundscapes with dual programmable delay lines and five integrated effects, each modulatable for infinite textural possibilities.

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UltraTap

Eventide

Stack up to 64 customizable delay taps with evolving modulation and LFO-driven chopping for lush, animated textures that breathe and transform.

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ValhallaDelay

Valhalla DSP

Explore 18 distinct delay characters—from tape to BBD to pitched—with flexible sync and diffusion for spatial, rhythmic, or experimental effects.

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