I've released version 1.0 of the C++ coded version of RetroDelay (the previous demo version was SynthEdit).... and it is totally FREE!

Retro Delay is a flexible allround delay effect in VST format.
It has the character and sound of a vintage delay unit but features many modern options.
Besides delays, it can produce a wide range of modulation, chorus, flanger and phaser effects.

Features:
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Independent left and right channel delay lines
BPM synced or manual times (up to 6 seconds)
Forwards or backwards delays
X-feedback (ping pong)
'1 feedback pass', there will always be 1 feedback
Optional negative feedback for phaser/flanger effects
Optional short delay times for phaser/flanger effects
Integrated automatic limiter

2 BPM synced LFO's 1 modulates filter cutoff, the other the delay time (only available for forwards delay)
4 LFO modes, sine, triangle, ramp, envelope follower
LFO, left/right channel inverse options

24dB/oct resonant filter placed in the feedback path
Switchable lowpass, bandpass, highpass, lowshelf and highshelf mode.

Saturation
Saturate and limit parameters
2 different types

Old-school spring reverb
Size, color and mix parameters
Optional mono mode

Fade out option, when using high feedback setings
Fade out time parameter
Pitchbend wheel, for smooth delay time changes
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Currently there's no midi CC implemented... i'll try to do that soon.
Of corse there's still room for loads of impovements... but it's been work enough for this release allready

Just download & load the included presets to see what it's capable of!
http://www.e-phonic.com/

Regards,
PJ

And this fellow countryman is the first to thank you for it:

Geweldig bedankt!

Can't wait to try it later tonight.

Thanks PJ.

Cheers,
Steve

Whoa thanks E-phonic!

... and me without my DAW!

jippeeh yeah

you already know what i think of this thing pj !!!

everyone else ... if you havent already go download this thing - for vintage type delay effects (and a few other tricks) its GREAT !!!

slainte rob

I didnt know about your products before i read this.. They are great! I love the drummachine and xpressor!

I found a little bug in the delay. It cannot be found as a vst send in cubase SE (probably the same in SL and SX?). There is a workaround though .. insert it in a group and send to the group. Thought you should know about it.

Is there any way to temposync the delay? Perhaps it already is...........Yes it is I just found it.
I hit the active to the right? Instead of manual mode .. ahh.. i understand
Great!!!

congrats on your first plugin. I'll give it a try now.

smart wrote:

congrats on your first plugin.

smart wrote:

congrats on your first plugin

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congrats on your first plugin.

Thanks, but.... it isn't my first plugin

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I found a little bug in the delay. It cannot be found as a vst send in cubase SE (probably the same in SL and SX?). There is a workaround though .. insert it in a group and send to the group. Thought you should know about it.

I've put that on my 2do list!

PJ

One can never have too many good delays
Thanks,PJ
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oh.





I thought they were all SynthEdit until now, but now that I'm looking at your site I must have missed a few inbetween

Anyway, I already like this. Nice work

Weren't you going to charge for this one? or was that another delay plug>?

Anyway, thanks so much, this is a cracking little plugin

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Weren't you going to charge for this one?

From the old RetroDelay post:

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Releasing a plugin commecially means you have to offer support, fix bugs, improve, and so on. You should know that i have a day job, from 8 to 6 (most of the time even longer).. So, you could imagine i'm not always capable (or like to) spending that much time on developement... I like to keep plugin development as a hobby... spend time on it when i like.... forget about it when i like To me developing plugins must be fun and not be seen as 'work'.

That's it

PJ

cool interface! i'll check it out. bedankt!

you rok
thanxamillion

Had allready heard the demo when you posted it and I cannot wait to get this up and running.........

Thanks PJ,

Now go make some music

Thanks and congratulations on another fine release.

Proper job on the GUI too!

yesterday he made the best Flash game ever and today he codes a delay in C++, this man is incredible!

Thanx!

Wow!
Congrats for your c++ delay!!!!!
..i love your se stuff yet....
congrats again!!

e-modic wrote:

yesterday he made the best Flash game ever

He did? What is it? Is it better than the "Whose Boobs?" game?

I'm downloading this now, I must say e-phonic's Gui's always impress me, something about them is very well constructed, as if they are asking to be played with.

thank you so much for this plugin e-phonic.

this is just a fantastic and super-useful delay line.

I'm going to have a ton of fun with this fella

<edit> forgot to mention - the GUI is excellent too </edit>

thanks for the plug-in!
One can never have too many delays!

downloaded allready, will try this one soon

but hey, if it's quality is comparable to your other plugins then i WILL like it

thank you

Thanks a lot. I would certainly donate money for your plugs, but I have no problem grabbing and using them for free, if that is your wish.

I hope no one finds a little bug somewhere, because I know you will take time you don't have to fix it. Not fixing it would drive you nuts. Then, you'll be thinking "I should have sold the damn thing."

Thanks again,

Larry

pough wrote:

e-modic wrote: yesterday he made the best Flash game ever He did? What is it? Is it better than the "Whose Boobs?" game?

A link to this game, please?

I tried this plugin earlier today, and have to say that it is awesome...I love those backward delays.
Great work!

Great plug-in thank you. I think my search for a tape delay is over.

Thanks for tyhe prompt delay e-phonic. You are amazing. We love you.

Cheers,
Gordon

I'm sure I'll use this one, thanks very much

Great GUI too - most of your plug are inherently useable, have good sound and have such straight-forward, obvious GUIs. Better than many commercial plugs I can think of!

Kudos.

I haven't tried it yet, but I would be very surprised if it wasn't excellent.

Thanks!

Wonderfull GUI, it is top class.

Can't seem to open the E-Phonic page, is it down?
Is there a direct link for this plug in instead?

Thank you so much for this! I'm downloading as I type...

-Shane

Never mind. It's working now.
I'll give it a try when I get home.
When are you going to finish X-Pressor E? Just wondering.

wow .. what a cool sound!

the GUI? .. a w e s o m e ! i really it!

THNKS e-phonic!!!

Best Delay I ever tried. Those Backwards sounds are awesome.

Thanks so much!

Very cool delay! I did have to look at the manual for some things, but it's all clear now I only miss the pan knob. Why so many delay developers decides not to include a simple panning? Well, at least it is not mono... I'll just continue to use Bionic Delay for panning and real ping pong mode, and this one will replace all other delays in my VST folder. It really does sound great!

Thank you so much. I downloaded this about 15 minutes ago and I am having a lot of fun with it. It sounds great, and I can't believe it's free!

Wow...

I am playing a koto running through retrodelay on the "stereo filter" preset, and it sounds awesome!


Thanks again!

this is it.

very perfect.

thanks you millions

I have downloaded tons of free plugins throughout the years and every so often one of them really makes an impression. Well this is one of them.

Wow

I really like your Xpressor plugin too.

-edit- retrodelay is really good on the cpu too. I loaded up to 3 instances for a total of 8% CPU. Pentium 4, 2.4ghz, win xp, 512mb ram.

Did I mention I am impressed?

just gave this a spin using slayer2.....sweeeet, thanks, man. cool skin, btw

As you might be suffering from some good cheer fatigue right about now, or at least a bit of a sugar rush from all the syrup here flowing, I hesitate to add. But...

PJ, this thing is fantastic. I love effects like this that have their own instrumental quality. Not only a keeper, but likely a mainstay.

Excellent work, and keep it up.

Cheers,
Steve

(The delay faeries seem to have been generous today. Have to try out that P1 tapedelay as well.)

Let me also say that the Ephonic Retro delay is now a favorite plugin. everything about it is quality. Cheers!

Cool, thanks!!!

Forever,




Kim.

i loved the demo and now i love this even more. i imagine back to pre vst days and somthing like this must have cost quite a few hundred bucks as hardware. i wonder to think how much the $worth of all the music stuff on my pc would compare to the old hardware days -- $100,000 ?? maybe
anyway thanks for this delay it is a beauty.

Thanks e this thing is great!

really good one.
amazing -
will be in my composing kit from now on !

waka x / makunouchi bento

Thanks for all the positive feedback!!

The Flash game is here:
http://www.uselabgames.com/


PJ

Hi guys!!!!!
E-phonic...as i said......WOWWOWWOW!!!
the only issue is ....how can i set dotted note delay?
i mean if i want to do a quarter plus an eight?
or 3 quarters etc.?
thanx
lalo

Thanx a lot for this nice retro-ish pluggi.
All these nice delay plugins arriving the last days...

wakax wrote:

really good one. amazing - will be in my composing kit from now on ! waka x / makunouchi bento

Can you belive it's made with Synthedit ?

i dont
"I've released version 1.0 of the C++ coded version of RetroDelay (the previous demo version was SynthEdit).... and it is totally FREE!
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so is C++
not synthedit.

_waka x

wakax wrote:

i dont "I've released version 1.0 of the C++ coded version of RetroDelay (the previous demo version was SynthEdit).... and it is totally FREE! " so is C++ not synthedit. _waka x

Hmm. It seems to be native VST...
Nice one ephonic!

tranceinstitute wrote:

wakax wrote: i dont "I've released version 1.0 of the C++ coded version of RetroDelay (the previous demo version was SynthEdit).... and it is totally FREE! " so is C++ not synthedit. _waka x It's Synthedit with custom modules made in c++, you dump... I do the same. Just run it and see if you get some *.sep in your vst folder.

no - it's not you dump - the demo was synth-edit though
and there's no real difference - he changed to c++ because of a synth-edit caused preset-saving bug.

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It's Synthedit with custom modules made in c++, you dump... I do the same. Just run it and see if you get some *.sep in your vst folder.

Nope... it's pure C++...

e-phonic wrote:

Quote: It's Synthedit with custom modules made in c++, you dump... I do the same. Just run it and see if you get some *.sep in your vst folder. Nope... it's pure C++...

It's a nice surprise! How did you make the same gui using c++ ?

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It's a nice surprise! How did you make the same gui using c++ ?

I used the VST SDK with VST GUI...
There are a bunch of controls ready to use included.

PJ

Thanks, nice work there!!

That reverb is SOOOO funky!!! Especially in mono mode!!!

Forever,




Kim.

Cooool game!!

Btw, i bought ohmforce half a year ago.. do i feel stupid now?

Thanks!

looks great; very comprehensive. i wish i could try it right now.

I just have to jump back in here and say another HUUUUUGE thank you for this

I'm having a ton of fun with it - this could well be my de facto (or even de rigeur ) delay line.

Top stuff

THANK YOU !

had to use it
its the best delay out there

Think its official !

Let's have Retro Delay on the stage:

Best Buy Award - Value For Money Diploma - Editor's Choice Award - Viewers Vote for Best GUI 2004 Award - Excellent Product Award - Best C++ adaption from an original SE-vst - Smart Download Award - Winner of the Feature Race - Biggest Pain in the Commercial Dev-butt Award and......Winner of the Most Forum Acclaimed Plugin of The Century Award.

Seriously though. Allround fantastic plugin! Thanks for making it free I will not stop using OhmBoyz cause that one also still rocks, but as said before, you can never have too many delays.

And this one is going straight into top-3!

GSUSGRISTDISISZUPERB
DIZZIZ MY NIEUU ADDIKDZIONN

Thanks for the great delay! This thing is better than a lot of commercial delay plugs I've used.

smart wrote:

congrats on your first plugin. I'll give it a try now.

yeah, pj, thanx for your "first" plugin!

smart wrote:

oh. I thought they were all SynthEdit until now, but now that I'm looking at your site I must have missed a few inbetween Anyway, I already like this. Nice work

Yeah, and this one is "real" right? as opposed to what, Drumatic? one of the most widely reputed and used drum synths around? A plugin is something that plugs in. Synth Edit plugins do this, so they would be plug ins.

Thanks, this is great! It really does have that retro sound! Tons of fun to use, and goes great with the other e-phonic FX. I love it!

This really is great. Thanx very much. Here I was waiting to buy this... Well, if you decide to make it donation ware, I'm in.

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Well, if you decide to make it donation ware, I'm in.

Strange that people ask for this ... you're defininately not the first one though!
I'll place a "donate" button very soon...

BTW nice dubby track Emerald Tablet

PJ

Thanks e-phonic!

(If you do feel like adding to what is already a little gem, I too would like to see dotted delay values. If you added stops to the BPM Time knobs in between all the labelled values--halfway between 4 and 8 for example--this would do it.)

David

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BTW nice dubby track Emerald Tablet

tha

put it up in the cafe and i remove it here because this thread is about your masterpiece
you inspired me

de allergoeiste effektuh bakker
supernifty interface and plug man - echt top

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de allergoeiste effektuh bakker

Ok, i've put up an "donate" button on my site...
Feel free to donate whatever you like

PJ

Great plug e-phonic! I'm a big fan of your LOFI and Drumatic2-plugs so I knew this delay was to be something great. And it is! It's going to be my standard-delay from now on. I've been playing around with it this evening and the only thing I miss about is a real "ping pong"-kinda delay. Maybe it's because I haven't got around exactly how all details works in this plug, but I suspect that true pingpong-delaying is not possible with the current status of Retro Delay. Am I right?

Another detail/bug I was thinking about is that I can hear some kind of tempo-click if I play a sound through RetroDelay with 100 % wet-sound. Does this occur to anyone else?

But other than these issues - it's a supergreat delay plug - one I've really missed on the freeware-market. I also love the "reverse"-mode and - of course - the GUI. You sure know a thing or two about proper design.

Thumbs up!

PS. This is my first post on the forum. DS.

e-phonic wrote:

Ok, i've put up an "donate" button on my site... Feel free to donate whatever you like PJ

well - ive made a (small) start ...

... thanks for all the work pj ...

... its MUCH appreciated

slainte rob

Awesome..! Fantastic..! Superb..! Terrific..! Even better than wathcing Chelsea beat Man U..!

What more can I say..?

I love this delay..!

One small point. Is there any chance you could release a version with the prestes embedded..? I use Logic, which doesn't load .fxb files. The only workaround is to use Chainer, but that won't allow me to save presets in the Logic format. No big deal though.

Thank's for a wonderfull VST.

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One small point. Is there any chance you could release a version with the prestes embedded..? I use Logic, which doesn't load .fxb files. The only workaround is to use Chainer, but that won't allow me to save presets in the Logic format. No big deal though.

Yes, I'll do that in a future release.

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(If you do feel like adding to what is already a little gem, I too would like to see dotted delay values. If you added stops to the BPM Time knobs in between all the labelled values--halfway between 4 and 8 for example--this would do it.)

If you set delay time to i.e. 4 and then active Triplets, you should get 3 notes delay.
Its't that what you mean?

BTW: the download is currently down... i exceeded the daily bandwidth.
The download will be back up at 12:00AM PST.

Regards,
PJ

Thanks to all donators who already showed their appreciation!

Delay-crazy as I am I wrote an experimental piece with I think about 8 different delays.

Retro-Delay is the big winner!

Now I'm off to find that donate button

First of all, congratulations on a great sounding plugin.

Second; I'm not sure i follow your description on how to achieve dotted delay lengths.

e-phonic wrote:

If you set delay time to i.e. 4 and then active Triplets, you should get 3 notes delay. Its't that what you mean?

From the manual:

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'Triplets' mode substracts one third of the selected time from the total time.

which would give 2.666 beats if you set the dial to '4'.. right?

andywanders wrote:

Is there any chance you could release a version with the prestes embedded..? I use Logic, which doesn't load .fxb files.

Will this misbelief never die? With the "Load Settings" menu of the VST you can easily load fxp/fxb files.

"What the hell are you thinking ?!
I demand that this plug-in will be RTAS only!
With a $500 pricetag!
Now every little bedroom producer will sound like a PRO and no one will pay for any overpriced plugs anymore" -Quote from Vicepresident at Digidesign


-edit: This is not a genuine quote, but with free stuff like this, all the big´uns need to watch out!

Great stuff, better than...well any free multifx!

thank you for the great plugin.

e-phonic wrote:

Quote: One small point. Is there any chance you could release a version with the prestes embedded..? I use Logic, which doesn't load .fxb files. The only workaround is to use Chainer, but that won't allow me to save presets in the Logic format. No big deal though. Yes, I'll do that in a future release.

Problem solved (thank's to Andreas). Logic CAN load .fxb files. It was my mistake - I had the files in the wrong folder.

Hmm, maybe I should ask again in a more clear way.

1. Can anyone else hear an audible click in the delay - especially if the delay-plug is 100% wet? (the occurance of the click is based on the tempo) I can make an mp3-example, if suggested.

2. Is it possible to create a true stereo ping-pong delay with Retro Delay in its current state? I can't seem to tweak it to do this. Anyone?

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1. Can anyone else hear an audible click in the delay - especially if the delay-plug is 100% wet? (the occurance of the click is based on the tempo) I can make an mp3-example, if suggested.

Hmm.. that doesn't occur here... What delay mode is selected... Reversed?

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2. Is it possible to create a true stereo ping-pong delay with Retro Delay in its current state? I can't seem to tweak it to do this. Anyone?

Well, RetroDelay does have cross feedback. That means the left channel feedback goes in the right channel and vice versa.
Some documents i've read call this ping pong.

PJ

definately a real jewel!
cant believe someone finally made it!

thank you very very much!

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Hmm.. that doesn't occur here... What delay mode is selected... Reversed?

It happened on all modes, but I found out what made it occur. I used the sawtooth-waveform on the "delay time lfo" and the depth wheel was risen just a tiny winy bit over 0 - so that occured the "clicky" sound. I'm sorry about the inconvenience.

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Well, RetroDelay does have cross feedback. That means the left channel feedback goes in the right channel and vice versa. Some documents i've read call this ping pong.

Well, yes but the desired effect I'm looking for is... well I will try to describe it like this: Think of a mono delay. Say that there are 200 ms between each delay and its decaytime is 2 seconds. And then pretend that each delay is alternately panned hard left vs. hard right. This has been the effect I've always recognized as the "ping pong delay", but I could be wrong.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to create this effect with Retrodelay, despite effort. To be honest with you, I know too little about how a delay works codewise/behind the scene, but maybe it is solved with if one could enter a predelay-time on one of the channels? In use, the bpm-time/maintime could be equal on both channels but since one of the channels could have a predelay (preferably with half the timelength of the bpm-time) one could achieve the same "ping pong" effect. After all, the word "ping pong" pretty much explains how the effect should sound like.

Once again, thanks for a great delayplug. Your work & design skills are remarkable for a freewareplug.

Well, in that case you can't create real ping pong... indeed a predelay would fix this 'problem'.
I'll see what i can do in future releases.

PJ

Great, I will sure look forward to it.

Oh, lordy.....


This thang is GREAT!!!! Very infrequent poster here (sorry) but gotta put in my 2 cents. Finding a plug like this gives me the "night before xmas" feeling I had when I was a kid.

Thank you, thank you !!!

(any word on how to achieve dotted delay times? (see earlier posts).. sorry if i'm missing something. )

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any word on how to achieve dotted delay times?

I'm thinking of changing from triplets to dotted...

To really know what my triplets do, just create a track with a straight 4/4 bassdrum. Then set synced time to 4... now switch triplets on...

PJ

e-phonic wrote:

I'm thinking of changing from triplets to dotted...

no, just make them both available


BIG THANKS for this nice free Delay, BTW


(some presets might ease the lazybones inside me...)

Is there any chance of adding a "pan" knob somewhere on the master section, in one of the future releases? It should simply pan the delay when in mono mode. Hmm... you would probably also need a button for switching it to mono mode - then only left delay line would be active.

Well... maybe later.
It's always a pain in the * to change the GUI. Specially when everyting fits like it does now.
Firts i want to fix some issues like not showing up as send fx. (i think i've already fixed that)

PJ

I did a small update to 1.01...
The plugin should now work as send fx.

Regards,
PJ

Hey E,
This is just about the the best free delay out there. (just about the best free VST plug period). Keep up the good work!

P.S. How about finishing X-Pressor

tha_man wrote:

Is there any chance of adding a "pan" knob somewhere on the master section, in one of the future releases? It should simply pan the delay when in mono mode. Hmm... you would probably also need a button for switching it to mono mode - then only left delay line would be active.

Can't you simply use the pan control on the host's channel..? Whether it's an insert effect or a send effect, you should be able to do this.

It can be done on sends of course, but it would be nice to be able to do it on inserts too, and I don't see how I could do this without dedicated pan control on the delay itself. The channel's default pan control will pan everything, including the dry signal.

It would be nice for this to have multiple outputs - That way you could send the wet signal and dry signal to seperate channels for further processing if required. That would also allow for inventive panning that other plugins provide.

Imho, E-Phonic shouldn't have to edit the plugin to include panning effects and other stuff, all he needs to do is provide seperate outputs that we could then abuse with our own decor, so to speak.

tha_man wrote:

It can be done on sends of course, but it would be nice to be able to do it on inserts too, and I don't see how I could do this without dedicated pan control on the delay itself. The channel's default pan control will pan everything, including the dry signal.

Yeah... I see your point.

Amberience wrote:

It would be nice for this to have multiple outputs - That way you could send the wet signal and dry signal to seperate channels for further processing if required. That would also allow for inventive panning that other plugins provide. Imho, E-Phonic shouldn't have to edit the plugin to include panning effects and other stuff, all he needs to do is provide seperate outputs that we could then abuse with our own decor, so to speak.

There again, that's why a mixer has sends and returns and busses.

IMHO, E-Phonic doesn't need to change the plugin at all.