Erica Synths Zen Delay Virtual: The web says MusicRadar verdict: One of our favourite hardware effects gets a worthy plugin counterpart that’s great for creative sound shaping.

This aside though, the virtual version of Zen Core is a worthy counterpart to a killer creative effect. On the negative side, the plugin UI feels slightly dated and is lacking the slick convenience of rival creative delays from the likes of Arturia or FabFilter without features like in-built tutorials or visualisation for the LFOs. You can also alter the routing of the delay and filter, allowing for the filter to be placed in the feedback loop.īeyond this, Zen Core Virtual also benefits from the ability to save and access presets, with a varied selection of interesting treatments included from Erica’s sound designers.

There are more options for synced delay timings, including dotted and triplet timings. There are other functions added for the plugin version. This is great for creating hard, crunchy digital effects and adding lo-fi character to a mix. This gains a variety of new settings allowing users to change the bit rate, sample rate and white noise level. The digital delay function has been significantly enhanced for the plugin version too. The digital delay function has been significantly enhanced Along with the expected rate, level and waveform parameters, each LFO is also equipped with cross-modulation of both its frequency and amplitude.Ĭombined, these allow for a broad range of effects, from subtly shifting dub delays to extreme and gnarly resonant freakouts. The lack of modulation was one of our few criticisms of the original hardware, and being able to create evolving patches adds considerably to the flexibility here. Most significant is the addition of onboard modulation via a pair of LFOs routed to delay time and filter cutoff. Any shortcomings are, however, made up for by the added features.

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