Psyche Delay is a stereo delay effect plugin from Native Instruments, designed to create atmospheric ambient echoes and reverse effects inspired by 1960s "backwards tape" experimentation. It is available in VST3, AU and AAX formats.
Psyche Delay is built around psychedelic textures rather than clean repeats. Its stereo delay produces spacious ambient echoes, and its reverse effects recall the tape experiments of the 1960s. Native Instruments positions the plugin as a way to add depth, space and character to a mix. It is aimed at producers who want an effect that colors a sound as much as it repeats it, and it is suited to melodic material as well as vocals.
The core of Psyche Delay is its stereo delay, which Native Instruments designed to produce atmospheric, ambient echoes. The plugin also creates ethereal reverse effects that mimic the "backwards tape" technique popular in the 1960s.
These reverse textures give a sound a swelling, pulled-backward quality. Because the echoes spread across the stereo field, the effect adds width as well as repetition, which suits sustained or melodic parts.
According to Native Instruments, Psyche Delay is well suited to enhancing solos, chord progressions and vocals. Applied to a lead line, the delay can fill space between phrases with washes of echo. On chord progressions, the reverse effects can lead into changes and add movement.
For vocals, the plugin can add depth and a sense of space without requiring a separate reverb send, which keeps the processing focused on one character-driven effect.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Native Instruments |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Delay |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Psyche Delay is a stereo delay effect plugin from Native Instruments. It creates atmospheric ambient echoes and reverse effects inspired by 1960s backwards tape experimentation.
Psyche Delay is available in VST3, AU and AAX formats. The VST3 and AAX versions are listed for Windows, and the VST3, AU and AAX versions are listed for macOS.
Psyche Delay runs on Windows and macOS in 64-bit. On Windows it supports Windows 10 or 11, and on macOS it supports macOS 12, 13 or 14, including Apple Silicon Macs through Rosetta 2.
Psyche Delay needs a compatible 64-bit host that supports VST3, AU or AAX. On Windows it requires an Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB of RAM and Direct3D 11.1 graphics support.
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