u-he Colour Copy

u-he Colour Copy | Modern BBD Analog Delay Effect Beyond the Classic

Infuse Soulful Color, Recreate the Warmth and Imperfections of BBD Delay

Colour Copy originates from the "Lyrebird" delay module built into u-he's legendary synthesizer Repro-1. Its outstanding sound performance led to its independent development as a fully-featured BBD analog delay effect plugin. It's not just a recreation, but a deep evolution of the classic Bucket-Brigade Delay (BBD) circuit. Traditional digital delays often produce unpleasant digital noise when adjusting time due to changes in buffer size. Colour Copy, however, simulates the BBD principle of changing internal sample rates, achieving extremely smooth, seamless delay time and pitch variations. Whether you're seeking vintage warm coloration or exploring avant-garde sound design, this effect plugin offers unparalleled flexibility and musicality.

From deep rumbling to sharp resonant feedback, Colour Copy captures the essence of all classic BBD devices. With the unique "Colour" knob, you can seamlessly blend between five meticulously tuned tonal models, each encompassing unique noise characteristics, dynamic response, and frequency decay curves. This is not just a delay tool; it's a powerful sound coloration and modulation effect processor, injecting vitality and unique character into your mix.

Product Features

• Authentic BBD Emulation: Adjusts delay time by changing the internal sample rate rather than buffer size, achieving extremely smooth and seamless pitch and time modulation, perfectly replicating analog circuit characteristics.
• Innovative Colour Engine: A single knob allows smooth transitions between five meticulously designed BBD tonal models, each possessing unique bandwidth, noise, dynamics, and saturation characteristics.
• Wide Effect Range: Delay times from less than 1 millisecond to several seconds, capable of creating effects from comb filtering, Flanger, Chorus to classic Ping-Pong delays and long-duration Looper effects.
• Powerful Dynamic Modulation: Built-in stereo LFO can modulate delay rate, tap positions, or amplitude, combined with an input signal-triggered Envelope Follower, to create dynamic modulation effects.
• Innovative Ducking Design: In addition to traditional overall signal ducking, it offers a unique "feedback-only ducking" mode, which effectively controls clutter caused by feedback stacking while maintaining the clarity of the initial delay.
• Flexible Signal Routing: Independently mix or swap input and feedback signals, and provides a feedback phase inversion function, allowing for diverse phase cancellation effects at very short delays.
• Movable Stereo Taps: Left and right channel output tap points can be freely moved along the delay line, easily achieving asymmetrical Ping-Pong, rushing delays, or complex stereo effects.
• Performance-Grade Control Features: Features a Freeze button to infinitely loop the sound in the current buffer, and supports MIDI pitch control, allowing you to "play" delay pitches like a synthesizer.

Detailed Core Features