A Space Echo for The 21st Century
It is no secret that we at BABY Audio are obsessed with the quirks, sounds, and simplicity of vintage analog gear. With every software product we make, we hope to offer a little bit of that same hands-on experience and instant gratification.
Never by emulating the past - but by tapping into its spirit to invent something new.
With Spaced Out, we asked ourselves this: How would we design a "space echo" effect today, almost 50 years after the original, with the abundance of computer power and algorithmic complexity at our disposal?
We set out to create an effect as fun, flavored, and futuristic for the 21st century as the Space Echo was for its own time. It’s been an epic journey and we’re proud to have returned with our most complex plugin to date.
Presets
Spaced Out comes loaded with 125 presets created by BABY Audio and some friends of the house - including:
- Filip Nikolic (Turbotito, Poolside, Azealia Banks)
- Tushar Apte (Nicki Minaj, Noah Cyrus, BTS)
- Richie Beretta (Beyoncé, Diplo, Jillionaire)
- John Nathaniel (One Republic, Switchfoot, Kygo)
- Anthony Saffery (Portugal. The Man, Dirty Vegas, Cornershop).
For Your Eyes Only
- Choose between two color schemes (light/dark)
- Plugin window fully resizable
Spaced Out offers a pristine-sounding one-stop solution for your wet-fx needs on drums, instruments, and vocals. Use it subtly to add depth and movement - or go explore the outer bounds of wet-FX processing.
Echoes
- 16-step delay sequencer synced to the DAW’s tempo
- Modes: Straight, 2x, Dotted, Triplet
- Intensity: Sets the sequencer’s behavior through sustain and feedback controls
- Dimension: Off, Ultra-Wide, and Motion modes
- Texture: Clean, Wonky Tape, Lofi, and Hazy modes
- Reverse: Reverses the delay playback
- Filter: Analog-modeled low and high pass filters
Space
- X-Y based joystick control for intuitively morphing between reverb length and modulation behavior
- Programs: Vacuum, Small Space, Medium Space, Outer Space
- Pre-Delay: 0-250 milliseconds
- Stardust: Adds an angelic, sustained shimmer to the reverb tail
- Mellow: Dual low and high end dampening filter
- Clean-Up: Feeds an altered dry signal into the reverb algorithm, for a cleaner and less dense response
- Width: Sets the reverb width between wide and mono
Central Mixer
- Mixer: X-Y joystick control for seamlessly morphing between the Echoes/Space and Wet/Dry signals
- Generate: musically tuned randomizing function for instantly generating new effect configurations
- Lift-Off: Glues the wet signals together through a combination of compression, mid-side processing, and EQ
- Ducker: Ducks the wet signal when the dry signal is playing
- Ducker Sync: Syncs the ducker to your DAW's BPM for a pumping 'four-on-the-floor' effect
- Output: Controls the global effect output
