Tube Delay is a tube-modeled echo effect plugin from Softube. It uses three simulated tube stages to range from clean delays to overdriven, distorted dub-style echoes.
Tube Delay is a delay effect from Softube that models a tube echo. Its three tube stages can run clean for natural room-style echoes or overdriven for rougher, slapback and dub-style repeats. The delay runs from 1 to 1000 ms and can sync its tempo to your host. Passive tone controls add further coloration, and a gritty feedback feature lets the echo build into dense, dirty repeats.
Softube's modeling covers three tube stages, and each one adds to the overall tone. Drive is what moves the delay from clean to rude. Low drive keeps the repeats smooth, while higher settings add a dirty distortion to the echoes.
The tone controls are vintage-style passive EQ, which the developer says add further distortion to the signal. A slightly dark, distorted delay can add a sense of space and size to a mix without pushing itself to the front.
Delay time spans 1 to 1000 ms, and you can sync the tempo to your host so echoes lock to your song. The feedback control lets you push repeats further, and Softube notes that turning it up while running produces dub-style echo build-ups.
The interface is designed to be straightforward, with each control doing one clear job.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Softube |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Delay |
| Formats | VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, RTAS |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Tube Delay is a tube-modeled echo plugin from Softube. It uses three simulated tube stages to produce anything from clean room echoes to overdriven, dub-style delays.
Tube Delay is available in VST3, VST2, AU, AAX and RTAS formats. It runs on Windows and macOS in 64-bit.
You need a Softube account and an iLok account, plus a computer with an AU, VST, VST3 or AAX-compatible DAW. On macOS, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12 or Ventura 13 are listed. On Windows, Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 are listed. Softube recommends VST3 because some of its plugins have features not present in the older VST format.
Yes. Tube Delay can sync its delay time to your host tempo.
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