SevenDelay: Delay for Creative Changes and Perfect Automation
In the world of music production, where every detail matters, the SevenDelay plugin from Uhhyou stands out as a tool designed for precise control and creative freedom. This is not just another stereo delay; it is the result of a thoughtful engineering solution aimed at providing impeccable sound quality, especially during dynamic parameter changes.
Technologies That Create Sound
The heart of SevenDelay is its unique implementation — 7th-order Lagrange interpolation for fractional delay, complemented by 7x oversampling. What does this mean for the musician? It guarantees incredibly smooth, clean, and high-quality sound even when you actively change the delay time — manually or through automation in your DAW. Forget about unwanted artifacts, clicks, or “digital” sound during rapid changes. SevenDelay is ideal for creating floating, pitch-shifting, or transforming effects, opening up new possibilities for sound design.
Key Features of SevenDelay
The plugin offers a flexible delay time range from a minuscule 0.1 ms to a significant 8 seconds. While its parameters are optimized for shorter delays, making it an excellent choice for slapback, double-tracking, or textural effects, it easily handles longer, ambient spaces. Its true power is revealed when you make changes:
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Impeccable Smoothness: All parameters in SevenDelay are smoothed, preventing the appearance of clicks and other artifacts during automation or real-time value changes. You get a clean, musical result no matter how fast you turn the knobs or move the automation curves.
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Smoothing Control: The plugin gives the user the ability to control the level of this smoothing. This allows you to precisely adjust the plugin’s response, from the smoothest transitions to faster ones if needed for a specific creative idea (although the main advantage is precisely in high-quality smoothness).
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Advanced Panning: SevenDelay allows you to smoothly transition between different panning modes: normal, inverted (where the left channel echoes in the right, and the right in the left), ping-pong, and other combinations. This opens up a multitude of possibilities for creating voluminous, moving stereo effects.
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Filters in Feedback: Built-in filters — high-pass and all-pass — are available in the feedback loop. This allows you to shape the tone of the echoes, making them darker, brighter, or adding phase effects that evolve with each repeat. Additionally, the presence of negative feedback allows you to experiment with more unusual, experimental sounds.
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Tempo Synchronization: For musicians and producers, synchronization with the project tempo is critically important. SevenDelay offers convenient synchronization with your DAW’s tempo, supporting an interesting set of rhythmic divisions: [1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, …, 7.5, 8]/16th notes. This goes beyond the standard 1/4 or 1/8 and allows you to create more complex and unusual rhythmic delay patterns.
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Built-in LFO: The plugin has a low-frequency oscillator (LFO) that can be assigned to modulate the delay time or the cutoff frequency of the all-pass filter. This allows you to add internal movement to the sound, creating effects from subtle vibrato on echoes to wide, atmospheric modulations.
Discover New Sonic Horizons
SevenDelay is a powerful tool for any producer or sound designer looking for a high-quality stereo delay with exceptional control and automation capabilities. Its technological foundation guarantees sound purity even with extreme changes, and a flexible set of features — from panning and filtering in feedback to LFO and advanced tempo synchronization — makes it extremely versatile. Whether you’re creating subtle spatial effects, complex rhythmic patterns, or dynamic sound textures, SevenDelay is ready to become your reliable assistant in the creative process. Experiment, automate, and let your sounds echo in a new way!
