Four dynamite delays

AD002 Audio Damage Ratshack Reverb $29

In the 80s, the Realistic Electronic Reverb was a staple for strapped musos in the US. Despite the name, it wasn’t a reverb at all, but a bucket brigade delay unit. Audio Damage have modelled this battered black beauty in intricate detail. audiodamage.com

HoRNet HDD-1 €9.99

This diminutive delay is a dead ringer for Boss’ DD-2, the first digital delay pedal to come to market. HoRNet has all of the flavour of the original, with dead-on modelling of the feedback behaviour, as well as the saturation and hiss from the original’s analogue bits. hornetplugins.com

TC Electronic TC2290-DT $349

An unusual inclusion in our round-up, as this plugin version of TC’s lofty, luxurious legend comes with a rather slick USB remote fashioned after the front panel of the original. Who better to recreate the sound of TC’s famous delay than TC themselves? tcelectronic.com

Valhalla ValhallaFreqEcho free

Valhalla’s first plugin, this feedbackfilled freebie isn’t a clone of a specific delay, but a combo containing a Bodestyle frequency shifter and an excellent analogue delay model. You can control the built-in low and high cut filters for some raunchy repeats. valhalladsp.com