Tuğrul Akyüz has released a vintage rotating tape delay effect plugin for Windows and macOS.
A combination of a tape delay, a granular texture machine, and a spectral decomposition tool, TugPhonon features 8 independent playback heads with per-head delay position, volume & pan, feedback, band-pass filter, and physical modeling resonators.
TugPhonon is a modern software recreation of the legendary rotating magnetic disk delay machines pioneered by Jacques Poullin and Pierre Schaeffer at GRM Paris in 1951. This is not a simple delay — it is a sound transformation instrument.
A virtual magnetic disk spins continuously. Eight independent playback heads are positioned around it, each reading from a different point in time. The result is a rich, swirling web of echoes, textures, and timbres that no conventional delay can produce.
Available in VST3 and AU plugin formats, TugPhonon is a “pay what you like” download, including free.
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