delay can be used all over your mixes from vocals guitars synths even your drums plus other areas
of your mix and in this video i'm looking at 11 of the best free vst delay plugins in 2021
and i'm going to be doing audio tests for each one i'm zane welcome to audio tech tv
where it's my goal to help you conquer the tech so you can unleash your creative beast
and i've included links down in the description to all of the plugins mentioned in this video
but right now let's jump in and the first plugin on the list is baby comeback from
baby audio baby comeback is an easy to use delay plugin and in addition to your typical delay
controls it also adds a flavor section with four flavors that adjust the character of the plugin
there's wide analog saucy and cheap and each of those flavors makes the plugin
sound different so it's kind of like having four delay plugins all in one and another
cool feature on baby comeback is the ducker knob and as the name suggests this ducks the delayed
signal while your input signal is playing you can get baby comeback on both windows and mac
next up is hy-delay 4 free and this is the free version of the full high delay four plugin
it doesn't have any demo limitations or anything like that it just doesn't have all of the same
features that the full version has which is fine because it's still a great delay plug-in that
features an eq section and a docker it also has preset randomizer buttons where you can choose to
randomize just certain parts of the plugin which is a very cool idea it can be helpful if you're
looking for something new and interesting hy-delay 4 free is available on mac and windows
the next free vst delay plugin is valhalla freqecho and this is a frequency shifter combined with
an analog style echo it's capable of flanging and phasing dub echoes and the classic detuning
of frequency shifting and a variety of psychedelic evolving self-oscillation patterns you get low-cut
and high-cut filters to help you shape your delay sound even more valhalla freqecho is
available on mac and windows now let's give it a listen
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appreciate it so much now the next free vst delay plugin is lagrange from dsp now this one has a
lot of settings that you can adjust but don't get overwhelmed by all of the knobs that you can turn
it's capable of creating straightforward basic delays but you can also go further with it and
create droning evolving soundscapes plus unusual chorus type of effects for the price of free
it's a great plugin to have in your arsenal you can get lagrange on mac and windows
up next is flying delay from superflydsp this one has a wide range to it it can be used like
a very short reverb of just 50 milliseconds or you can create long echoes of 5 seconds
which is huge flying delay features a tape slider which can give you that magnetic tape delay sound
and you also get high pass and low pass filters plus it can also be used in ping pong mode
it's a very nice straightforward delay effect you can get flying delay on windows mac and linux
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next on the list is killer hearts delay this one has a nice straightforward user interface
for a straightforward delay plugin you can sync it to your daw or set it to your own
delay timing it can be used in ping pong mode and you can even pan the delayed sound and
for such a simple delay it even features the duck knob so the delayed sound will be ducked
under the dry signal which can unclutter your mix kilohearts delay is available on mac and
ain't windows
the next free vst delay plugin is voxengo tempo delay and as the name suggests this one is
based on tempo instead of using the typical single delay time control this one has separate delay
repetition period and delay panning controls it also features filter and tremolo sections with
separate controls for the left and right sides you can get voxengo tempo delay on mac and windows
the next free delay plug-in is echobox d7 from sender spike now this one is based off an echo
mode that's found in a particular japanese stomp box and i'm not sure which one that is
but apparently that stompbox is a model of one of the two most revered analog tape echoes in music
history and this is according to the sender spike website but what i can tell you is that at first
glance it looks straightforward but when you start to dig into it and use it you can get some great
tape echo types of sounds as well as more subtle delay sounds depending on how you dial it in
echobox d7 is really designed to add color and dirt to your signal and right now you can only get it on
windows
next on the list is the gsi varispeed tape delay plugin now this is an emulation of the hardware
watkins copycat ic400 which is a vintage tape delay unit you have this cool unique ability to
adjust the speed of the motor and you'll notice that the animation of the motor changes as well
so you can get that full classic feel you can get simple delay effects or huge crazy
delay sounds with this plugin the gsi varispeed copycat ic400 is available on mac and windows
this next free delay plugin is a mix of reverb and delay this is valhalla supermassive personally
i think this plugin is an absolute must-have valhalla supermassive has been designed for
massive delays and reverbs it has over 10 modes and each of these modes has its own character and
sound the user interface is nice and clean plus you get a ton of presets with it
you can get valhalla supermassive on windows and mac
next on the list is actually a collection of seven delay plugins this is the delay
studio from beat assist the seven delay effects include 2ping which is a ping pong delay apd
which is an auto pan delay combi d which is a combo delay monoxid which is a mono delay
ms devil which is a mid side delay mutilation which is a multi-band delay and stereoxid
which is a stereo delay and as you can see each delay is designed for a specific use or style
you can also get the delay studio as part of the huge beatassist baffex studio bundle
that has 40 plugins in total and at the moment you can only get the delay studio on windows
now another place that you might want to check for a free delay plugin is the one that comes with
your daw these stock delay plugins are usually really nice and clean so be sure to check the
one that comes with your daw and see how that one works now if you want to check out some of the
best free reverb plugins click up here or click down here to see what youtube recommends if you
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thank you so much for watching for audio tech tv i'm zane keep creating and we'll talk soon