Tempo-synced stereo / ping-pong delay with filtered, saturated feedback and ducking, so the echoes stay out of the way of the vocal.
A VST3 and Audio Unit plug-in from Ondinha, a DAW 2.0: native AI tools combined with traditional sound engineering tools.
A straightforward echo that sounds good on a return. Sync it to the song or set milliseconds, pick stereo, ping-pong or mono, and let the repeats darken and thin out like a real unit.
Duck keeps the echoes down while the vocal sings and lets them bloom in the gaps.
- Vocal throw: 1/4 note, 30 % feedback, duck 9 dB.
- Stereo slap on guitars or vocals: ~110 ms, little feedback, right side 12 ms later.
- Wide ping-pong on synths and leads.
| Control | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Sync | Free (ms) / Tempo | |
| Note | 1/32 ... dotted, triplets | Note value in tempo mode. |
| Time | 1-2000 ms | In free mode. Changes glide like tape. |
| Feedback | 0-95 % | Saturated in the loop, so it never runs away. |
| Mode | Stereo, Ping-pong, Mono | |
| Width | 0-100 % | |
| R offset | +-30 ms | Right echo later or earlier (stereo mode). |
| Feedback HP / LP | 20-2000 Hz / 1-20 kHz | Thin and darken the repeats. |
| Duck | 0-24 dB | Echoes dip while the input plays. |
| Mix | 0-100 % |
Built in as host programs (your DAW's preset menu):
- Ping-pong 1/8.
- Stereo slap
- Ducked vocal 1/4
- Wide ping-pong 1/4
Builds will be on the Releases page.
macOS: copy Ondinha Delay.vst3 to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and Ondinha Delay.component to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, then rescan plug-ins in your DAW.
| Format | Platform |
|---|---|
| VST3 | macOS |
| Audio Unit (AU) | macOS |
Works in any VST3 or AU host: Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Reaper, Bitwig Studio, Cubase, Studio One, FL Studio and others.
Cubic-interpolated reads, double-precision filters, soft saturation in the feedback loop. Tempo comes from the host, and time changes glide (a tape-like pitch bend instead of zipper noise).
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Found a bug or a host where it misbehaves? Open an issue with your DAW, its version and your OS.