Experimental delay?

[Benedict]

I don’t think there is such a thing as an experimental delay in 2026.

Cutting observation but I think very true. Oddly most echos that come out these days don't have proper modulation, let alone routing options so while indeed any delay line can be pushed to do interesting things, most of them only have silly GUIs to give the impression one might be being ever so safely naughty.

A bit sad that none of mine got a mention. But I am very underground these days.

2020 Modulating Delay (free) has a breakout option for funnin':
https://ko-fi.com/s/ab07a4ae46

4-Lines Later ($4) is a very easy-to-use multitap with mod and two types of feedback
https://ko-fi.com/s/e82f0f4803

Tape Deco ($5) has that wonderfully obtuse WTF is it doing thing that real analog echoes did
https://ko-fi.com/s/f2f01625f0

I have others like the Higher Hz Hz Delay and Hz Multiplier that I made too. Those and the above are all over personal and client work. They can do minimal to WTF if you get exciting.

[sandandpaint]

I’ve got some pedals that do the feedback thing too. Honestly, I think I’ve yet to use that effectively.

It can be VERY touchy. Gain staging is extremely important. Often your feedback level needs to be very low to avoid getting out of control self oscillation, though that can be fun too, as long as you have a limiter in the chain.

the new RhythmEcho has the most interesting self oscillating feedback I have tried. Is in limited beta at the moment.
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[jamcat]

I don’t think there is such a thing as an experimental delay in 2026.

Cutting observation but I think very true.

I just say this because I don’t think there’s anything left that hasn’t been done to death already. And it’s only experimental if we don’t know what the results will be yet.

[Benedict]

There is that too.

[sandandpaint]

I don’t think there is such a thing as an experimental delay in 2026.

Cutting observation but I think very true.

I just say this because I don’t think there’s anything left that hasn’t been done to death already. And it’s only experimental if we don’t know what the results will be yet.

the OP wasn't about new delays tho, but about experimental
delays relative to some examples. 'New' is almost always relative to the person's experience and I would say that is shown very strongly within the music world where 'experimental' music is almost always something that has a strong history going back as much as a hundred years or more - eg noise music
In music 'experimental' more often than not means unconventional or not mainstream