BLEASS Unveils BLEASS Tides – A New Delay Plugin Allowing for Endless Creativity
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It feels like that it’s getting harder and harder to find unique delay plugins. More often than not, when you open up a delay plugin, you know what you’re getting: a fairly simple plugin in which you can really only affect a delay’s rate and feedback, with an occasional change to adjust its tone.
Luckily, if you’re in this boat, BLEASS has you covered: BLEASS Tides, their newest plugin focused on creating unique and creative delays, is out now.
At its core, BLEASS Tides redefines how delay times are manipulated. Unlike conventional processors that produce unpleasant warping artifacts when adjusting delay times, Tides offers two seamless methods for transitions: a controlled tape-like timing shift or a smooth crossfade between differently timed delays. This innovation allows producers and sound designers to explore new creative avenues without the limitations imposed by traditional delay plugins. This plugin washes away the conventional constraints of delay processing, offering a fluid, dynamic, and deeply immersive sonic experience.
A Dynamic Approach to Delay
BLEASS Tides isn’t just about time: it’s about movement. The plugin leverages BLEASS’ latest modulation technology, integrating stereo LFOs, envelope followers, and macro controllers to enhance its already flexible delay engine. This means echoes can be shaped and modulated in unprecedented ways, from subtle rhythmic pulsations to wild, unpredictable cascades of sound.
The magic doesn’t stop there. Within the feedback path, users can deploy up to five effect processors, choosing from eleven different modules that include distortions, pitch and frequency shifters, ring modulation, and even an additional delay processor. With stereo modulators breathing life into these effects, the creative possibilities are virtually limitless.
Revolutionized User Experience
BLEASS Tides is also the first plugin to debut BLEASS’ v2 engine, presenting a sleek, reimagined interface that seamlessly blends style and functionality. The crisp new design maintains the intuitive feel of previous BLEASS plugins while introducing a suite of interactive elements that enhance user engagement.
One standout feature is Tides’ interactive delay visualizer, which not only provides a spectral readout of incoming and processed signals but also functions as a real-time control surface. Clicking or touching different areas of the visualizer triggers frequency shifts, adding another layer of expressive control.
BLEASS Tides also incorporates momentary Freeze and Kill buttons. These allow for on-the-fly transformations, such as locking a delay buffer in place or instantly muting the effect.
From delicate rhythmic echoes to vast, modulated textures, BLEASS Tides is poised to become an essential tool in the arsenal of musicians, producers, and sound designers alike. Get ready to ride the wave of next-generation delay processing.
BLEASS Tides is on sale now for $39 USD here. It’s also available for iOS for $14.99 USD.
