Naming Contest for Boz's new Delay plugin

Hey folks,
 
Boz Digital is coming out with a new delay plugin soon, but right now it has no name.  If you can come up with that one perfect name that gets chosen, you get the plug for free! 
 
Here's a short video preview of the plug.  As you can see, this is meant to be THE delay plugin that rules them all:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch4NCxChKS0
 
Contest details here: http://www.bozdigitallabs.com/forums/topic/contest-rules-2/
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 
 

Tom DeLay

Released today. Introductory price $59. A little higher than I'd hoped for, may have to pass. The $300 "regular" price seems a bit overoptimistic on Boz's part. But the plugin does appear to check every box for what you need in a delay: ducking, pitch mod, distortion, chorus, etc. Not much missing that I can see.

clintmartin
$59 is too high for me. I guess I'm in the spoiled category, but with Hornet's Deelay and Tritik new tkdelay (excellent) both for under $15 I think I'm good.

I spent the afternoon working with the sonitus delay on vocals and finally got a good grasp of it after never really using a delay. Do you like the Hornet delay more than sonitus? Like you say, for the price I may go for it and it looks good...

I've got FabFilter Timeless Delay... it's the only effect I have that makes me confused... 
 
but I love how many delicate sounds it makes.

Well, I've had a couple hours now to get familiar with Boz's Imperial Delay, and I gotta say it's pretty durn slick.
 
300 bucks' worth of slick, dunno yet. That's more than double the list price of FabFilter Timeless2 ($144) and way more than other complex full-featured delays (e.g. U-He MFM2 $79), even higher than the premium classic Echo Boy from SoundToys ($179).
 
Clearly, it's not positioned to compete with the likes of the HorNet delay, but that's not a fair comparison since low-cost delays offer only basic functionality. Imperial Delay is definitely high-end in terms of features. So far, I can list on one finger what I've found to be missing, and that's the ability to type in precise values - not a deal-killer by any means.
 
In terms of ease-of-use and quickness to set up, it's not quite up there with the Sonitus Delay but it's not at all difficult to use. A few knobs aren't immediately obvious, e.g. "Smear" and "Dynamic Feedback" but they're worth the effort to figure out. The most important settings (e.g. sync, tempo, and mode) are clear and simple. I can see this being my go-to delay for when fancy Timeless2-style modulation isn't needed.
 
Hopefully, they'll re-think the price point and put it under a hundred bucks. Leaving it at the introductory price of $59 would be even better, and almost guarantee a hit. At $50, Boz could do for delays was Sean Costello did for reverbs, making it a must-have plugin. Yeh, it's really that good.
 
 

That one's on my to-do list. I've even downloaded it but just haven't gotten round to unzipping it for a test.
 
[EDIT]
I was unable to install the tritik delay. The DLL is there, but the plugin failed to complete its initialization so all the registry keys aren't there. But it's still beta, so maybe I'll try again after the 1.0 release.

Been playing with the dynamic feedback and ducking features on Imperial Delay. Love it! I was able to put on a long, long delay that only kicked in as notes were fading out, and did not muddy the lead line itself. Timeless2 can do this, too, but not nearly as easily.

I wouldn't usually do it with automation unless I just needed the effect to appear in a few places.
 
You could do something similar with a sidechained compressor or gate on a 100% wet delay bus. But this particular feature is different from the usual ducking methods you might do in Timeless2 with an envelope follower or envelope generator.
 
In Imperial Delay you have two separate feedback amounts that it fades between, depending on the signal level. I imagine Timeless2 could probably accomplish the same effect by modulating the feedback knob from an envelope follower, but it wouldn't be an easy thing to dial in. 
 
As you can tell, I compare every delay to Timeless2. It's the standard for what's possible with a delay, but it's also the standard for obtuse complexity versus simplicity. Sometimes with Timeless, I get so involved in fiddling with the thing that I forget what it was I was originally trying to accomplish.

I haven't found a $300 delay plug-in worth $300 to me. Aside from the delays mentioned above, the Eventide H3000 Factory Native Plug-in carries a $349 retail price. I have seen it on "sale" for $200 and that is quite a bit for the plug-in.
 
I have played around with the Imperial Delay a little bit. The VST3 version appears to have a problem with mono tracks in X3 (which I just submitted to the developer). The VST2 version seems to work OK. It is a nice delay probably worth $59. I don't care for the Waves pricing strategy (at least they have a history of commanding high $$$ back in the day) or the continuous 50% off MeldaProduction approach. I prefer the ValhallaDSP approach or intro pricing like u-he does.
 
Of the two new delays I have played with, I much prefer the tritik UI. The Imperial Delay with it fixed UI and animation is not visually appealing. I am not sure Imperial Delay is worth 5x the tkdelay much less the almost 10x when both go retail.
 

tkdelay does not run on XP. If you are testing on a newer OS, I have found the dev pretty responsive.
 
Yeah, I noticed the Eventide killer video but have yet to watch it. I think it was mentioned in the KVR 299 thread

Thanks for stopping by, Charles. Do you happen to know why it doesn't work on XP?

You'd be surprised how many XP-based DAWs there are in the world. Just as there are still many millions of XP machines on office desks all over the world. When you have a rig that works, you need a compelling reason to toss it out and start over. Not everybody cares about RAM limitations - believe it or not, some people still just record real musicians playing real instruments. Windows 7 will only be an option for another month, and everybody hates Windows 8.
 
I'll admit, though, that I am in the process of building a 64-bit DAW so that I can use all of my sample libraries. But the XP machine will continue to be used for months to come while I shift gears. So if you need somebody to beta an XP-compatible version, I'll happily volunteer.

Recording real musicians playing real music is not the only way to keep an XP machine going. There is another approach which is what I do. I am still running a 32 bit XP machine and very well happily might I add.  get to use all my fave VST's and things. There is just so much out there still in 32 bit form only. And you dont have to suffer bridging issues either.
 
I produce a lot of music that is synth based but once you get the synthesisers outside the computer and in your room everything changes. No large amounts of RAM required now because all that is being handled by hardware. And to be honest I think in many ways it still handles this job much better.  Also if you use a digital mixer which is what I also do you can send all manner of audio buses or individual signals over to that for extra processing and mixing etc.  This is another way to take the load off your computer setup.
 
Even on the largest mixes that I am doing my main computer CPU is still only hitting 60 to 70% max. So it never falls over or crashes, it just keeps on working like a dream. I also have a UAD card installed. That really helps big-time. Can't recommend it highly enough. That can cover about 70% of the mix requirements alone before the computer CPU is even approached.