Arturia Delay MEMORY-BRIGADE

FILTERED ANALOG BBD ECHO
The iconic lo-fi delay that helped the greatest guitarists and producers achieve their unique tone is now available in your recording setup.

Arturia’s Delay MEMORY-BRIGADE takes the creative, dark BBD analog echo from the pedalboard, and puts it in your DAW, free from the worries of spilled drinks, dead batteries, and whether or not it’s “true bypass”.

FILTERED TONE
The perfectly dark, lo-fi tone is a BBD signature sound, and perfectly recreated.

FRANTIC FEEDBACK
Aggressive, swarming feedback that you can creatively control.

MODERN FEATURES
Hugely powerful, cutting-edge abilities give this classic a new lease of life.

FEATURES

• Virtual recreation of the classic Analog Bucket Brigade Delay
• Accurate modeling of the electronic circuits and BBD behavior, thanks to our TAE® technology
• Features the original and longer delay size, with Chorus and vibrato modulation
• Choose between 3 delay types (Left/Right, Ping Pong or Mid/Side)
• Processing in stereo with independent repeat time
• Possibility to sync repeat rates to the host tempo
• Stereo tools to control spatial width
• Input equalizer with lowpass, highpass and peak filters, to shape the sound entering the unit
• Enveloppe follower for dynamic modulation and rythmical effetcs
• Additional LFO with 16 possible destinations
• Resizable window
• Integrated tutorials

From tight slapback delays to never-ending feedback noise, the “bucket brigade” offers so many creative options, and as a software plugin, you can use it on anything you want – not just guitars.

Delay MEMORY-BRIGADE is Arturia’s love letter to the legendary BBD – or “bucket brigade device” – that created a revolution in time-based modulation effects. During the 70s, more and more audio effects turned to the compact, reliable BBD technology to create chorus and flange effects, but it really shined in creating an iconic, filtered lo-fi delay sound that’s still loved by musicians and music lovers to this day.

One of the first, and certainly the greatest BBD delays was the Memory Man, and the slightly redesigned Deluxe Memory Man created by effects pioneers Electro-Harmonix in the mid-70s. Guitarists and record engineers loved its unique sound: a dark, filtered bark that was worlds apart from traditional tape delays. We based the Delay MEMORY-BRIGADE on this legendary pedal, so you can enjoy its driven feedback and “rusty” tone in your own productions.

Using our exclusive TAE® and Phi® modelling technologies, we have analyzed many classic BBD circuits that made this effect so famous, and created an authentic, analog-sounding tribute to these vintage legends.

The legendary Electro-Harmonix pedal has been used by countless famous and influential musicians for over half a century, from guitar royalty to experimental producers alike. It’s graced the pedalboards of Dave “The Edge” Evans, Omar Rodríguez-López, Dave Grohl, Joe Perry, and Eric Johnson. It’s essential to the production of electronic artists like Tobacco and KiNK. It’s adored by contemporary visionaries like Jack Conte and Feist. How will you use this awesome BBD?

GIVE YOUR GUITAR “THE EDGE”
The big, in-your-face echo that guitarists loved is right here in full modeled analog glory.

PLAY THE FEEDBACK
You can really “play” your feedback with huge, cacophonous delays, mangled by adjusting the delay time.

ECHO, CHORUS, VIBRATO
The super-tight delay times that BBD delays allow make them perfect for creating gorgeous chorus tones, too.

SATURATED “OVERLOAD”
The analog crunch from overloading the input of the original pedal brings out toasty harmonics in bass and percussion.

New Features
Modern sounds and abilities exclusive to our software recreation.

RANDOM DELAY TIME
Thanks to the new, tasy modulation abilities, you can easily make sounds like this: using the LFO to manipulate both delay times.

EQ MODULATION
This sound uses random modulations on the LFO to zip the EQ’s peak frequency around all over the place, easily done in this powerful plug-in.

STEREO VIBRATO
The new stereo controls let you add bit width to your sound, just like in this electric piano example. Instant space and air.