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UltraTap

Unique Multi-Tap Delay

UltraTap

Unique Multi-Tap Delay

A Multiverse of Tone

UltraTap is a unique multi-tap effect capable of rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, huge pad-like volume swells and extraordinary modulation. It’s the perfect tool for creating drum fills, vocal choruses, swelling guitar chords and other evolving effects — everything from reversed reverbs to a massed church choir singing a Gregorian chant in Notre-Dame Cathedral!

Sound Examples

UltraTap comes with a variety of factory presets, handcrafted to showcase a diverse range of instruments and use cases for every musical need.

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Ultra Responsive

Think of UltraTap as the mother of all Echoplexes and you won’t be too far off. That’s basically how it operates but with the flexibility to add as many ‘tape-heads’ as you want and expressively control their positions and levels.

Play It Live

Designed for real-time manipulation, UltraTap features The Ribbon, an innovative control which allows you to program two settings for any combination of the controls and seamlessly transition between them.

The programmable HotSwitch allows you to instantly jump to an alternate setting at the push of a button. This combination of controls is intended to bring you as close as possible to the experience of tweaking real hardware.

A Brief History of UltraTap

It all started in 1982 with the world’s first rack mount programmable audio processor, the Eventide SP2016, where a flexible 64 tap delay debuted as part of its Factory Program suite. By the late 80’s UltraTap had migrated to the legendary H3000 Harmonizer® effects processor and then to the DSP4000 and H8000. Thanks to advances in technology, UltraTap has come back to the studio via your DAW and FOH environment, where it all began over 40 years ago!

Features

  • Over 150 presets designed to inspire; including artist presets by Chris Carter, Colin Newman, Sasha and many more.
  • Manipulate effects in realtime using The Ribbon to transition seamlessly between two settings of any combination of controls.
  • Using the innovative “Slurm” control, smear taps together or modulate them to create truly unique reverbs.
  • Create drastic changes in effect and sound by assigning the HotSwitch to an alternate version of the current settings.
  • Use up to 64 taps to create simple repeats or morph delays into chorus and reverb.
  • Speed up or slow down the rhythmic space between taps using the Spread knob.
  • Use the onboard LFOs and envelopes to chop the sound source into stuttered rhythms.
  • Control the stereo image of taps to alternate between hard-panned and mono.
  • Sync the Length and/or Chop LFO speed to the DAW session.
  • Use Mix Lock to scroll through presets while keeping the wet-dry mix constant.
  • Optimized for live use with MIDI control of The Ribbon and Tap Tempo for quick meta control on the fly.
  • Available for iOS as a AuV3 plug-in and standalone app.

Artists Using UltraTap

Joel Hamilton
Tom Waits, The Black Keys
Steven Williams
Sting, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton
Curt Henderson
Danny Gomez
Brian May, We Will Rock You, Nacho Cano, Toxic Productions
Drew Ofthe Drew
Ed Pettersen
Richard Thompson, Freedy Johnston, Candi Staton, Wadada Leo Smith, Giuseppi Logan, Henry Kaiser
Siegfried Meier
Kittie, Face To Face, DMX, Woods of Ypres, Adam Wendler
Aaron Todd
Headsnack
Kelby Kryshak

Available in the App Store

UltraTap is also available on iOS, for all your delay and multi-tap needs. Download now to experience delay like you’ve never experienced before!

System Requirements

We recommend you download a 14-day demo to check before buying.
Windows 10+
AAX 64-bit, VST2 64-bit, VST3 64-bit
macOS 10.14+, Intel and Apple Silicon
AAX 64-bit, AU 64-bit, VST2 64-bit, VST3 64-bit
iOS 11.0+
AUv3 64-bit, Standalone 64-bit
iLok Account Required
No physical dongle necessary

Compatibility

Our plug-ins should work with any compatible DAW. We test against the following:
Pro Tools
Ableton
Logic Pro
Cubase
FL Studio
Reaper
We test our iOS plug-ins in AudioBus, AUM, Auria Pro, Cubasis, GarageBand, and NanoStudio. However, our plug-ins should work with any compatible DAW.
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