Digital delay nostalgia gets weaponized with modern control and zero patience for sterile repeats.
Who built it, and the mindset
Who built it, and the mindset
- DSPTone launched a fresh plugin under a refocused brand.
- The team frames this as musicians building tools for peers.
- A decade of effects experience sits behind the move.
- A delay plugin centered on early digital character.
- The sound leans past bucket-brigade territory.
- Inspiration pulls from first-wave digital stompboxes.
- Modes echo classic designs from the 1980s.
- Clear repeats keep timing steady.
- Modulation adds wobble without chaos.
- Time ranges shift for different textures.
- Multiple delay paths run inside one plugin.
- Hybrid mode stacks three delays together.
- Ducking keeps echoes out of the way.
- Character nods toward early Ibanez digital pedals.
- Ibanez's influence shapes modulation behavior.
- Old-school quirks stay baked into each mode.
- ExoDelay sells for $35.
- It runs on macOS and Windows.
- Formats cover VST3, AU, and AAX.