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The BLEASS Tides Black Friday deal puts this delay plugin from BLEASS at $29, 25% off, until Dec 1, 2026.
Tides is the first plugin built on BLEASS' v2 plugin engine. The maker says it avoids the warping you get from other delay processors when you change the delay time.
You can alter the delay time without the unpleasant warping the maker attributes to other delay processors. Tides lets you change the delay time in one of two ways: either a smooth pitch-bending glide similar to tape, or a blend that fades from one delay tap into another.
That fluidity pairs with the modulation system: stereo LFOs, envelope followers and macro controllers.
An input filter combines low-pass and high-pass resonant bands, so you can mould the signal before it reaches the delay line. That choice sculpts the echoes that follow.
The feedback path has five insert slots. Any of 11 effect processors can be loaded into them, and their effect accumulates across successive repeats. Only one of each processor can be inserted.
Click a slot to pick a processor, switch it on or off with its power button, or drag it to a new slot.
Tides has three LFOs for repeating, cyclic modulation and two envelope followers that draw curves from transients in the incoming signal. Two macro controllers each move up to four parameters from a single dial.
Every modulator can be routed to up to four destination parameters through its routing panel, which works the same way for each one.
The Delay tab covers delay time, inertia, ping pong, feedback and dry/wet balance. You can also visualise the incoming and repeating sound spectrally and shift frequencies interactively by clicking or touching the delay visualiser.
Momentary Freeze and Kill buttons let you freeze or cut the delay signal on the fly. The interface works with touchscreens as well as a mouse.
Tides is not standalone, so it needs a host. It runs in any DAW that supports VST3, Audio Unit or AAX.
Yes. The BLEASS Tides Black Friday deal takes 25% off, bringing the delay plugin to $29. The offer ends Dec 1, 2026.
Tides packs an input filter with low-pass and high-pass resonant bands, a five-slot feedback path with 11 effect processors, three LFOs, two envelope followers, two macro controllers, and momentary Freeze and Kill buttons.
On Windows 10 and later it comes as VST3 (64-bit) and AAX. On macOS 10.9 and later it comes as VST3, Audio Unit and AAX, 64-bit only. M1/M2 chips are supported. It is not standalone, so you need a host.
Five insert slots take any of 11 processors: Distortion, Dust, Bitcrush, Frequency Shifter, Pitch Shifter, Ring Modulator, Delay, High, Low and Band Pass Filters, and a Peak Filter. Only one of each can be loaded.
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