Free, tap or synchronized
Work in milliseconds, tap a tempo by hand or choose from 14 straight, dotted and triplet divisions.
STVTIQ / Plugin 02 / Stereo delay
D-Lay
Precise when the track needs rhythm, unstable when it needs character. D-Lay combines host sync and tap tempo with diffusion, modulation and two delay-head behaviours.
FREEWAREWINDOWS x64 + macOSVST3 + AUv1.0.0
Why D-Lay
Repeats with
depth and motion.
A Dattorro-inspired cross-coupled tank turns a familiar delay line into a spectrum from clean rhythmic echo to wide ambient wash.
Diffuse tape character
Shape density, feedback saturation, hiss, modulation, wow and flutter inside a musical feedback path.
Glide or stay clean
Choose moving-head pitch travel for expressive time changes or dual-head crossfades for clean automation.
Sound demo
Hear D-Lay
in context.
Hear D-Lay move through tempo-synced, tape-coloured and ambient examples in the official sound demonstration.
Signal path
A delay line with
a world behind it.
Each channel moves through variable delay, bandwidth shaping and diffusion before a dual-branch tank generates the stereo wet field.
01Time + bandwidth
02Input diffusers
03Cross-coupled tank
04Tone + mix
Starting points
Ten presets.
More than echoes.
Factory presets default to 100% wet for return tracks, from 32 ms doubling through tempo-locked patterns to long atmospheric feedback.
Vocal Quarter / Slapback
Clear, filtered repeats that add pace or thickness without masking articulation.
Dotted Eighth / Triplet
Tempo-locked rhythmic patterns for guitars, synth sequences and melodic parts.
Warm Tape / Lo-Fi Mod
Glide, saturation, bandwidth, hiss, wow and flutter for deliberately imperfect repeats.
Ambient Wash / Diffuse Echo
High-feedback, modulated spaces that blur the line between delay and reverb.
Technical details
Flexible timing.
Safe feedback.
D-Lay smooths the parameters you are most likely to automate and applies an internal safety clamp in the feedback network.
| Timing | 10–1000 ms free time · tap tempo · 14 host-synchronized note divisions |
|---|---|
| Tempo handling | 20–400 BPM host range with 120 BPM fallback; internal sync time up to 12000 ms |
| Core controls | Feedback, diffusion, saturation, hiss, modulation, wet filtering, resonance, glide/clean mode, wow, flutter and mix |
| Audio | Matched mono or stereo I/O · 32-bit floating point · stereo recommended |
| Interface | Resizable from approximately 800×335 to 1600×669 at a fixed aspect ratio |
| Platform | Windows x64 · macOS |
| Formats | VST3 · Audio Unit (AU) |
| License | Proprietary freeware — free to use |
Make the repeat part of the sound.
D-Lay is free and full-featured. Voluntary support helps keep updates moving and makes room for the next STVTIQ release.