Bjango has released a new audio plugin which models the iconic sound of two legendary delay chips: BBD and PT2399.
A delay, chorus, and flanger plugin, Buckets And Decay allows users to create a wide range of modulation effects with multiple models of the chips.
BBD (bucket brigade device) chips create warm, analogue delays with a natural high frequency roll-off and increasing color on each repeat. Introduced in the 1970s, they became a defining sound of chorus, flanging, vibrato, and analogue delay throughout the 1980s, and remain popular today.
PT2399 chips are inexpensive digital echo processors originally developed for karaoke systems. Their limited bandwidth, distinctive filtering, and gritty repeats have made them favorites in countless guitar pedals.
Although they work in very different ways, both technologies are prized for the character they bring to echoes and modulation effects, offering musical imperfections that can be desirable over pristine digital delays.
Available in for Windows and macOS (VST3/AUv3), Buckets And Decay is priced $49 USD + tax where applicable. A 30-day free trial is available to try the plugin.
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