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Overview
| Name | Version: | SPD 1.0 |
| Author: | MattS6464 |
| Device Type: | Audio Effect |
| Description: | SPD - Spectral Pre-Delay SPD is a Max for Live audio effect that reimagines one of the most overlooked controls in audio production: reverb pre-delay. Instead of delaying an entire signal by a fixed amount, SPD splits audio into 22 spectral bands, allowing each frequency region to have its own independent delay time and gain. Place it before your favourite reverb and create spectral blooms, sweeps, and evolving spaces that simply aren't possible with traditional pre-delay controls. What began as a spectral pre-delay experiment evolved into a tool much more powerful. SPD's spectral processing architecture can be used before distortions, delays, compressors, modulation effects, granular processors, and virtually any other effect. By independently manipulating the timing and level of different frequency regions, SPD can dramatically alter how downstream processors respond to a signal. At its core, SPD combines a 22-band spectral graphic EQ with a 22-band spectral delay, providing: - ±12 dB of gain per band - Up to 750 ms of delay per band - Adjustable spectral smoothing - Instant shape generation using built-in preset patterns - Dynamic modulation via a built in envelope follower - External sidechain support - Spectral and temporal envelope detection modes The integrated Envelope Follower allows both gain and delay to respond dynamically to incoming audio. Modulation can be driven by the overall signal level or by the amplitude of individual spectral bands, enabling dynamic EQ, adaptive spectral delays, vocoder-style effects, and entirely new forms of spectral animation. Whether you're creating evolving reverbs, reshaping distortion behaviour, designing game audio, generating experimental textures, building dynamic spectral effects, or simply using it as an expressive 22-band EQ, SPD provides a unique way to manipulate sound in both the frequency and time domains. |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 11.3.43 |
| Max Version Used: | 8.6.2 |
| Date Added: | Jun 08 2026 19:05:59 |
| Date Last Updated: | Jun 08 2026 19:06:43 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
| Website: | https://matts6464.gumroad.com/l/SPD |
| ⓘ License: | Commercial |
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what makes this different from a regular spectral delay? How is it a spectral pre-delay? it sounds like a spectral delay
Posted on June 11 2026 by whynotmore |
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Hi whynotmore, thank you for your comment. This is something I somewhat touch on in the user manual. SPD was originally designed around the idea of making reverb pre-delay more interesting, but you're correct that it operates in much the same way as a spectral delay, just as a traditional pre-delay in a reverb plugin is fundamentally just a delay.
The distinction is more one of UX design. SPD was designed with pre-delay in mind which led to certain interface considerations, such as omitting a feedback control, and maintaining relatively short delay times. Part of the design process was also an experiment in how framing can influence creative use. By framing SPD as a pre-delay, the hope is that users might explore workflows they might not otherwise consider; rather than treating it as the main effect itself, they may choose to use it intentionally for shaping effects further down the signal chain. Of course there is nothing stopping users from using it however they like. I hope this clears things up!
The distinction is more one of UX design. SPD was designed with pre-delay in mind which led to certain interface considerations, such as omitting a feedback control, and maintaining relatively short delay times. Part of the design process was also an experiment in how framing can influence creative use. By framing SPD as a pre-delay, the hope is that users might explore workflows they might not otherwise consider; rather than treating it as the main effect itself, they may choose to use it intentionally for shaping effects further down the signal chain. Of course there is nothing stopping users from using it however they like. I hope this clears things up!
Posted on June 12 2026 by MattS6464 |
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