Echorium by BeatSkillz tape echo effect plugin interface with X/Y pad

Echorium: Tape Echo Effect Plugin by BeatSkillz

Echorium is a five-engine echo plugin by BeatSkillz, built around a physically modeled tape loop. It adds convolution reverb, modulation, compression and EQ, and runs as VST3, AU and AAX on Windows and macOS.

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01Overview

Echorium centers on a tape delay that models saturation, head-gap losses, wow, flutter, dropouts and sampled hiss. Its effects chain includes 28 convolution spaces, three modulation engines, a soft-knee compressor and a 4-band EQ. The developer describes it as a submerged echo machine. Five macro knobs (Age, Space, Time, Movement and Mix) sit over an X/Y pad that controls tape speed and feedback, and it can also play itself in tempo-locked motion patterns.

Best for

Dub delay throws
Tape stop transitions
Ambient swells and shimmer
Vocal echo and space
Drum bus delay
Experimental sound design

Developer: BeatSkillz
Category: Echo
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Five FX engines: Tape Delay, Space, Mod, Comp and EQ, each independently bypassable
Physics-modeled tape with compounding saturation, wow, flutter, dropouts and sampled hiss
X/Y pad controlling tape speed and feedback, fully automatable
12 ANI motion patterns phase-locked from 1/4 note to 8 bars
28 convolution IRs: 16 springs, 6 plates, 6 halls at 96 kHz
Reverse and pitch-shift delay with ±5, ±7 and ±12 semitone repeats
Soft-knee compressor from 1:1 to 20:1 with auto makeup
250+ presets in 18 banks with a randomizer and user banks

03In depth

Tape Delay Sound and Character

The tape loop is the core of Echorium. Saturation builds with each repeat, so the echoes get warmer and more compressed as they fade. Wow, flutter and occasional dropouts add the imperfections of worn tape, and the sampled hiss adds a noise floor you can keep or lower.

BeatSkillz says the tape speed also changes the tone: slower tape gives darker repeats, in line with the Space Echo approach. Tape speed runs from 0.5x to 2x, so you can move between dub-style drops and bright, fast slapback.

Performance Pad and Motion Patterns

The X/Y pad maps tape speed to X and feedback to Y. Dragging it produces dub-siren throws, tape stops and runaway swells, and every movement is automatable.

In ANI mode, the cursor moves on its own through twelve patterns, including Circle, Fig-8, Swing, Steps, Drift, Spiral and Chaos. Each pattern locks to your host tempo from a 1/4 note up to 8 bars, with a depth control to set how far it travels.

EDIT mode exposes all 76 parameters, and switching views does not change any values.

Space, Modulation, Dynamics and EQ

The Space engine uses 28 convolution impulse responses: 16 springs, 6 plates and 6 halls, captured at 96 kHz. Switching between them is glitch-free, and a live waveform display shows the current response. You can also load your own WAV files.

The Mod section offers a 6-voice ensemble chorus, a tempo-synced flanger and a 2 to 12-stage phaser, placed before or after the tape loop. The Comp section is a soft-knee compressor from 1:1 to 20:1 with even-harmonic drive and auto makeup. The 4-band EQ is draggable and includes 15 preset curves.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	BeatSkillz
Type	Plugin
Category	Echo
Formats	VST3, AU, AAX
Operating systems	Windows, macOS
Architecture	64-bit

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats and operating systems does Echorium support?

Echorium runs as VST3, AU and AAX on Windows and macOS. It is a 64-bit plugin and needs a 64-bit host.

What do I need to run Echorium?

On Windows, you need Windows 10 or later, an Intel or AMD processor, 4 GB of RAM and 500 MB of disk space. On macOS, you need macOS 10.13 or later, an Apple M1 through M4 or Intel processor, 4 GB of RAM and 500 MB of disk space.