'Mutant Delay' is a host-synced delay plugin with a built-in ducker, perfect for vocal processing
and many other applications. In the studio, we’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve had to
set up convoluted sidechain and compression routing, just to achieve a ducked delay for our
vocal lines. With Mutant Delay all that complexity is a thing of the past. Now you can easily
replicate this popular mixing technique with just one plugin and a couple of clicks, allowing you
to dial in extreme delay effects whilst maintaining clarity of the original signal. If you want to
keep things simple, just load up Mutant Delay on your vocal track, choose a preset and voila!
Need to get deeper? Adjust the delay and ducking parameters to your own taste, with clear
visual feedback provided in real time, showing exactly how the ducked delay is being
performed.
So what’s going on under the hood? Essentially, the ducker listens to the dry source, and ducks
the wet delay signal making space for the source signal. This setup is very useful when using
more pronounced delay effects that have a lot of feedback. For example; vocals, synths and
percussion. Quickly dial in extreme delay effects without losing the definition and clarity of the
source signal.
Power
The Mutant Delay logo acts as a bypass control for the whole plugin, and is smoothed to be
click and pop free for unhindered A/B testing.
Visual Feedback
The waveform graph at the very top of the interface shows the dry source and the wet delay
signal in different colours. You can clearly see what the plugin is doing in terms of delay and
ducking.
Synced Delay Section
The Synced Delay section of Mutant Delay offers flexible host-synced delay for the left and right
channel independently, including High & Low pass filters and a Ping-Pong setting.
Mix & Time
Use the Mix dial to set the wet delay level. Used in conjunction with the Threshold and Ratio
dials within the Internal Ducker section, this parameter can give precise control over the
performance of the delay and feedback. Independent delay time controls for the left and right
channels can be set from 1/1 to 1/16 with straight, triplet or dotted notes.
Feedback & Ping-pong
The Feedback dial mixes the output of the delay back into the input of the delay line, creating a
repetitive delay effect. For more complex delay combinations, you can cross-mix the feedback
paths of the left and right delay channel using the Ping-Pong routing option.
Frequency shaping
A common delay technique; shaping the frequency of the delay tail adds movement to the
feedback and helps with mix clarity, reducing high and low end clutter. Mutant Delay’s High &
Low pass filter dials can be used to filter the output of the delayed signal in two different ways.
Mode A limits the entire delayed signal to the upper and lower frequency limits. Mode B will
introduce the frequency shaping slowly as the delay feeds back - an interesting and creative
effect.
Internal Ducker Section
The ducking section of the interface works similarly to a standard compressor and the Threshold
and Ratio dials are the main controls for shaping how the ducked signal is processed. Threshold
sets the intensity level at which the compressor starts working and the Ratio dial dictates how
much gain reduction is applied.
Advanced Controls : Attack / Hold / Release
You can fine tune the behaviour of the ducking effect with the Attack, Hold and Release dials.
Attack allows you to ignore transients in the delay signal. Hold stabilises the generated gain
reduction. Release set the fade out time for the gain reduction. Adjusting these parameters is
the key to shaping your bespoke delay. Try setting Attack to zero and dialling in a long Release
time for a really atmospheric effect.
Presets
Including a wide range of factory presets, Mutant Delay is designed to get you up and running
quickly. The specially tailored settings include many types of delay chains, from standard
processing right through to special FX. These are all easily accessible from the plugin menu and
of course, you can save you own settings as user presets too.
This all-in-one frequency shaped ducked delay gives you precise control over your delayed
vocals, synths and so much more. Mutant Delay perfectly controls delay feedback tails, without
complex routing and sidechaining, maintaining the clarity of the original signal. It’s just simple
and fast.
W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio
quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!
Features:
- Host-synced delay
- Built-in internal ducker with compressor-style controls
- Many presets for a wide range of delay parameters
- Click free bypass control
- 2 filtering modes (straight dampening & increasing over time)
- Straight and ping-pong delay with multiple note divisions
- Real-time waveform display
- Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video
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