Memory Cat Brigade: Bucket-Brigade Delay Plugin by Antelope Audio

Tape and analog delays are often preferred for their warmer sound compared with digital delays. Both types tend to roll off low and high frequencies, which helps repeats sit comfortably in a mix.

Memory Cat Brigade aims for this character. Antelope Audio describes its sound as dark and lush, with tape-like delays that fit into a mix without pushing other parts aside. A Filter control adds further darkness to the echoes, and an Overload Indicator helps you see when the signal is driving the circuit hard.

Beyond delay, the plugin includes a vibrant pitch-shifting vibrato and a rich, spacious chorus effect, so you can move from subtle doubling to more haunting modulation.

Delay times run from 550 to 1100 mS. That range covers the slapback-to-long echo territory where many producers want dark, textured repeats that stay out of the way of the dry signal.

The combination of delay, chorus and vibrato makes Memory Cat Brigade suitable for guitars, synths, vocals and other melodic sources, as well as for adding depth to full tracks. Antelope Audio also notes that the original Deluxe Memory Man was used by several well-known guitarists, which explains its reputation for guitar-style delay.