ChronoDelay
Phase Smearing. Harmonic Folding. Physical Resonance. One Masterpiece.
Currently exclusive to Windows systems (additional OS support in development).
What is it?
ChronoDelay is a high-fidelity digital delay designed for absolute temporal stability. While many delays emulate the "pitch warping" artifacts of vintage tape machines, ChronoDelay is built for the modern producer who demands precision.
It utilizes a proprietary "Flux-Crossfade" Architecture, which allows you to automate the delay time in real-time without ever creating doppler effects, pitch glitches, or zipper noise. Whether you are syncing echoes to complex polyrhythms or performing live time-stretches, ChronoDelay keeps the audio perfectly intact, rendering pristine repeats that sit exactly where you place them.
Key Features
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The Flux-Crossfade Engine
Standard delays read from a single buffer; if you change the time, the read head moves, causing the pitch to bend. ChronoDelay uses a Dual-Buffer Topology that runs two parallel delay lines simultaneously. When you change the Time parameter, the engine silently computes the new delay path in the background and performs a seamless, phase-aligned crossfade between the old and new times. This allows for instant, artifact-free rhythmic jumps.
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Adaptive Spectral Coloring
Digital delays can often sound sterile. The Color control is not just a static EQ; it is a tuned feedback damping network. At neutral settings, the repeats are crystalline facsimiles of the source. As you adjust the Color, the engine engages a State-Variable Filter within the feedback loop, progressively darkening the repeats to push them further back in the mix, simulating the natural air absorption of physical spaces without muddying the low end.
Audio Demos
Specifications
FAQ
Q:Why doesn't the pitch change when I
move the Time knob?
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This is the core feature of ChronoDelay. Most delays simulate a tape head moving physically over tape, which stretches the sound (pitch shift). ChronoDelay simulates Teleportation. When you move the Time knob, the engine calculates the new position and crossfades to it instantly using its dual-engine architecture. This allows you to automate rhythmic changes (e.g., from 1/4 note to 1/8 note) without the "whooshing" sound ruining the transition.
Q:How is this different from the
"Helical Delay" module?
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Helical Delay is a creative sound design tool designed to intentionally pitch-shift and smear audio for atmospheric textures. ChronoDelay is a mixing tool designed for rhythmic precision and clarity. Use Helical when you want to mangle the sound; use ChronoDelay when you want the echo to be a perfect mirror of the source.
Q:What does the "Color" knob actually
do?
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The Color knob controls a low-pass filter placed inside the feedback loop. This means the first echo is slightly filtered, the second echo is filtered twice, the third three times, and so on. This mimics the physics of real-world acoustics (and vintage analog gear) where each repetition loses high-frequency energy, making the echoes sound more natural and less distracting to the listener.