Time Black Friday Deal 2026: $24, 51% off

Time by Lunacy Black Friday pricing is 51% off, bringing this time stretcher and buffer shuffler to $24 until Nov 11, 2026.

Time started life as a node inside BEAM, Lunacy's multi-effects engine. It is now sold as a standalone effect plugin, so you can drop it on a track without owning BEAM.

The maker describes it as a creative tool for real-time audio manipulation, built around sequencers and a handful of controls.

What does the Time plugin do?

You draw tempo-synced patterns that change the speed, position and pitch of incoming audio. Lunacy's pitch is that you can warp drums, splice vocals or push a synth through the blender.

There are three main jobs:

• Speed: build sequences of up to 16 sections for tempo-synced textural stretching and tape stops
• Position: rearrange the direction and order of the incoming audio to shuffle and reverse the buffer
• Pitch: draw arpeggiated tonal sequences and create timbral stretch effects

Each sequencer uses up to 16 sections to shape its parameter over time.

How do the stretch modes and loop modes work?

Two timestretch algorithms are on offer. Resample mode gives classic pitch and speed stretching, where the two move together.

Texture mode is Lunacy's proprietary algorithm. It lets you control speed and pitch independently, which is what makes the arpeggiated pitch sequences possible.

Four loop modes decide how the plugin handles audio being sped up: Stop, Repeat, Reverse and Free. A Freeze function holds the incoming audio in the current cycle.

What is included, and what does it run on?

• Time as a plugin in VST, AU and AAX formats
• 50 Time presets from leading sound designers
• For BEAM owners, the Time effect inside BEAM
• A 100-preset BEAM pack called "Time Warp", with contributions from Dash Glitch, Databroth, Alckemy, K/V and others

Inside BEAM you can run up to 3 Time nodes at once, in serial or parallel, and combine them with other BEAM effects in the signal chain.

On Mac you need macOS 10.15 or later (AU, VST3 and AAX), and Lunacy recommends M1 or M2. On Windows you need Windows 10 or later (VST3 and AAX). It is supported by all major DAWs.

The maker asks for 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended) and at least 250 MB of free disk space. A stable internet connection is needed to download and activate the product.