Soundtoys.com are offering their Little Primal Tap plugin for free until 28th March 2014.  Get the free plugin here.

This is one of the most cool and fun free plugins I have seen for some time. You need an ilok account and a soundtoys.com account in order to get the free (forever) license. Intallation was easy into Protools but I did find that I had to log out and back in to my SoundToys account befoe the download link showed up.

Inspired by the classic Prime Time* from 1978, Little PrimalTap captures the highly distinctive sonic imprint of this quirky, and well-loved (by those in the know) vintage digital delay. Don’t be fooled by it’s simple interface, Little PrimalTap lets you unleash your creative urges to echo, loop, warp, distort, mangle, or create cacophonous cascades of otherworldly sounds.

THE PRIMAL SOUND

The Prime Time was used by a wide variety of artists back in the 80’s (that was it’s prime, heh) for rich guitar delay, chorus, flange and such, and it did a great job with those things but the really unique character of it’s sound came from one of it’s limitations. In an attempt to get more out of the technology (and probably stay under budget) it had a feature called Multiply that halved the sample rate each time the delay was doubled. Sound weird? It does indeed. And it’s just the kind of weird that we love.

TWIST AND SHOUT

On this little beast, turning knobs is where it’s at and that’s how you get to hear all the oddities it can create. The Multiply knob supplies extra delay time that has drastic tonal changes with each increase. The Adjust knob creates pitch shifts, chorus, or flange when moved. The Feedback and Input drive tie it all together to allow for sounds just not found on any of the “normal” delay plug-ins. Abnormal is the new black.

FEEDBACK LOOP

Yes, the Feedback can go infinite, and do everything from classic delay style looping to old school sci-fi space noise. Oh, and we doubled the massive 256ms of delay time from the original (128ms if you had the non-expanded one) to 512ms so you’ve got some serious looping power if you need it. It’s ok to let it get out of control, unlike the old days where you could blow your speakers (or your ears) if you didn’t stay on top of the feedback. Little PrimalTap lets you use it as another layer of sonic color, and even opens the door for synthesizer type sounds.