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CLA Epic

Waves

Where to get itAvailable from Waveswaves.com

CLA Epic is a multi-effects plugin that combines four studio-grade delays (Tape, Throw, Slap, Crowd) with four reverb types (Plate, Room, Hall, Space) to create signature spacious, epic mixes. Designed in collaboration with legendary engineer Chris Lord-Alge, it emulates his go-to analog mixing console and early digital delay/reverb gear, offering flexible serial and parallel routing between delays and reverbs with integrated modulation and wet/dry control.

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Key Features

01Four distinct delays: Tape, Throw, Slap, and Crowd with independent controls
02Four reverb types: Plate, Room, Hall, and Space with distinctive EQ curves
03Flexible routing: each delay sends to any reverb or directly to output in serial, parallel, or dual mode
04Tape delay with two taps ranging from 1 ms to 5000 ms and offset up to 20%
05Throw delay with manual tap triggering for time-aligned effects
06Slap delay with VSO tape speed simulation (7½, 15, 30 IPS) or manual delay
07Crowd delay with Tight to Wide control for increasingly longer diminishing delays
08Space Reverb with Decay control for non-linear gated reverb behavior
09Pre-delay range 0–1000 ms and reverb time 0.1–20.0 seconds on all reverbs
10Wet/dry mix at 44.1 Hz internal downsampling for Chris Lord-Alge signature tone
11Output fader range -12 dB to +12 dB and input fader range -12 dB to +12 dB

Things to Try

  • 01Use Offset on Tape or Throw delays by up to 20% when tap delays feel too monophonic to open up space
  • 02Route delays to reverbs in series and adjust the delay fader as a wet/dry control to hear how each delay influences the reverb character
  • 03Set Crowd delay toward Wide to create increasingly longer delays for a complex, articulate sound richer than reverb alone
  • 04Enable Space Reverb Decay control at non-linear settings with Reverb Time over one second to achieve gated reverb behavior
Formats
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