Time and Sync
Choose from 12 tempo divisions, including dotted and triplet rhythms. Switch to free time for 1 to 4000 ms. Sync follows the session tempo supplied by your DAW.
Timing1/8 dotted
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Spark Delay
Give every repeat a place in the track. Crisp digital echoes, darker tape character or a soft diffuse trail, with stereo movement and ducking that leaves room for the dry sound.
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- Windows 10 and 11
- 64-bit
- VST3
- Locks to your session tempo
- 12 straight, dotted and triplet divisions
- Ping-pong left and right
- Digital, Tape and Diffuse characters
- Windows 10 and 11, VST3
What it’s for
Example settings for guitar echoes, vocal throws and slapback.
Dotted eighths on a guitar line
A picked part with some space in it. Set Time to 1/8 dotted and the repeats land between the notes you played, so a simple line turns into a rolling pattern. Keep Mix below the dry part, so the notes you played still lead.
Starting point
- Time
- 1/8 dotted
- Feedback
- 35%
- Mix
- 25%
- Sync
- Tempo
A ping-pong throw on a vocal
Echo only the last word of a line. Put Delay on an aux with Mix at 100%, then automate the send up for that one word. It bounces left and right and fades under the next phrase, while the rest of the vocal stays dry and up front.
Starting point
- Mode
- Ping‑pong
- Time
- 1/4
- Feedback
- 45%
- Mix
- 100%, on a send
Slapback to thicken a vocal
Switch Sync off and set Time around 100 ms for a short repeat behind the vocal. Keep Feedback near zero and blend it in with Mix.
Starting point
- Time
- 100 ms, free
- Feedback
- 0%
- Mix
- 15%
- Character
- Tape
Shape the repeats.
Start with the rhythm, then decide how the echoes move and fade.
Feedback and Mix
Feedback controls how long the repeats continue. Mix balances the dry sound against the echo. Use 100% Mix on an aux send and set its level with the send control.
Starting point35% / 25%
Character and Diffusion
Digital keeps a clear repeat. Tape adds a darker, driven character. Diffuse spreads the repeats into a softer texture, with a dedicated Diffusion control for that character.
Three voicesDigital / Tape / Diffuse
Feedback filters
Low cut clears weight from the repeats; high cut takes the edge off. Filtering inside the feedback path lets the tone develop as the echoes continue.
Shape the trailLow cut / High cut
Modulation
Adjust modulation depth and rate to add movement to the repeat timing. Subtle settings loosen a static echo; stronger settings make the pitch motion part of the effect.
MotionDepth / Rate
Stereo and dynamics
Choose stereo or ping-pong routing, then adjust width and the left/right offset. Ducking lowers the wet signal while the input is active; Release sets how it returns. Output sets the final level.
PlacementWidth / Offset / Ducking
Give the echoes their own space.
The Tone page brings filtering, drive and ducking together. Time, Feedback and Mix stay within reach.
- Shape every repeat
- The feedback filters change the tone as echoes travel through the loop. Drive adds character without changing the dry part.
- Make room for the input
- Ducking lowers the echoes while the singer or instrument is active. Adjust Release to control their return between phrases.
- Read the stereo timing
- The L/R time display follows the stereo offset. The animated echo plates show a schematic view of the repeats.
Delay tips
Adjust timing, feedback and send level to fit the arrangement.
- Insert or send
- On the track itself, keep Mix between 15 and 30%. On an aux, set Mix to 100% and turn the send up instead, so several parts can share one set of echoes.
- Time, then Feedback
- Start with Feedback near zero and pick the Time that sits with the groove. Then raise Feedback until the last repeat just reaches the next phrase.
- Keep echoes behind the words
- Raise Ducking so the wet signal makes room while the singer is active. Use the feedback filters to keep the repeats out of the way of the next line.
Specs
A native stereo delay for Windows, with host automation and a resizable interface.
Go to support- Format
- VST3 and optional standalone app, 64-bit
- System
- Windows 10 and 11, 64-bitNo macOS version yet.
- Timing
- Free time: 1 to 4000 ms. Sync: 12 divisions at 30 to 300 BPM.Sync starts at 120 BPM until the host supplies a valid tempo, then keeps the last valid tempo if transport data becomes unavailable.
- Controls
- Time, Sync, Note value, Feedback, Mix, Routing, Character, Offset, Modulation, Rate, Width, Diffusion, Low cut, High cut, Drive, Ducking, Release and OutputRepeat and Tone pages. Diffusion is available in the Diffuse character.
- Trial
- 30 days from first activationA verified Spark account is required. No card needed. Paid checkout is closed.
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