Hysteresis: free delay plugin by Glitchmachines
Glitchy delay with stutters, modulation and lo-fi grit.
Opens Glitchmachines's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your drums, 808s and vocals
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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Hysteresis FAQ
Is Hysteresis free?
Yes. Hysteresis is a free delay plugin from Glitchmachines. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is Hysteresis good for?
Glitchy delay with stutters, modulation and lo-fi grit.
What are the best alternatives to Hysteresis?
Other free delay plugins worth trying are Deelay, TAL-Dub-X and Replika. See the full ranked list of free delay plugins.