Free Vintage Rotating Tape Delay Plugin

TugPhonon is a modern software recreation of the legendary rotating magnetic disk delay machines pioneered by Jacques Poullin and Pierre Schaeffer at GRM Paris in 1951.  A spokesperson told us, "This is not a simple delay -- it is a sound transformation instrument."

A virtual magnetic disk spins continuously. Eight independent playback heads are positioned around it, each reading from a different point in time. The result is a rich, swirling web of echoes, textures, and timbres that no conventional delay can produce.

Features

• 8 independent playback heads -- each with its own delay position, volume, pan, and feedback

• Per-head band-pass filter -- sculpt the tone of each echo independently

• Physical modelling resonators per head -- choose from 8 resonator types:

Karplus-Strong, Comb, Bell, Pipe, Marimba, Beam, and Membrane

(based on real acoustic physics: Bessel functions, Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, measured bell partial ratios)

• Host-sync or free-running loop -- from 1/128 triplet to double whole note

• Modulation section -- LFO with multiple waveforms applied to head positions

• Animated disk visualizer -- see the virtual disk and heads in real time

• Preset system -- save, load, and delete your own presets

• AU and VST3 -- Apple Silicon native (arm64), macOS 12+

• Signed and notarized by Apple

Pricing and Availability:
Free or name a fair price

More information:

• TugPhonon

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