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Four independent delay lines

Four beefed-up delay units in one box to expand your sound-shaping capabilities beyond imagination.

Four independent delay lines

Four beefed-up delay units in one box to expand your sound-shaping capabilities beyond imagination.

High-quality delay line algorithm

Precisely adjust delay times across a wide range for a very flexible sound. Delay, chorus, flanger? You name it!

High-quality delay line algorithm

Precisely adjust delay times across a wide range for a very flexible sound. Delay, chorus, flanger? You name it!

Multipurpose modulators

Four multipurpose modulators make it quick and easy to apply different types of modulation to several delay line parameters at the same time. This lets you do everything from adding subtle movement to your sound, to wild expressive delay effects.

Multipurpose modulators

Four multipurpose modulators make it quick and easy to apply different types of modulation to several delay line parameters at the same time. This lets you do everything from adding subtle movement to your sound, to wild expressive delay effects.

Flexible signal routing

The four delay lines can easily be arranged in nine different ways, changing the signal flow between them and bringing unique delay sounds to your project

Flexible signal routing

The four delay lines can easily be arranged in nine different ways, changing the signal flow between them and bringing unique delay sounds to your project

Get under the hood

Sigmund is far from just another delay. It provides an incredible degree of soundshaping freedom.

The plug-in consists of four discrete delay units, each with an independent set of parameters that offer you the freedom to shape your sound. There’s an ancient saying, often attributed to Aristotle: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. With Sigmund, this is especially true as each of the delay lines has complementary modules such as filter and overdrive built in, working independently from the feedback loop. The delay lines themselves can also be combined together in several ways. Sigmund’s user interface has been designed from the ground up to be as intuitive as possible. Everything is presented as if on a silver (or brushed aluminum) platter, cleanly and clearly laid out with instant access to each section and its parameters.

Multimode filter

A very musical filter can work either inside or outside the feedback loop. Use it outside to remove unwanted frequencies, or inside to create the impression of a fading sound.

You can even get creative by using it in a few lines at once to make any filter effect you desire, such as wah-wah, vowel or even phaser sweeps.

Overdrive

Overdrive offers a whole variety of possibilities to shape your sound. With four delay lines at your disposal, you can go into the weeds pretty deeply and achieve complex multi-band distortion or multi-band dynamics effects.

Modulation amounts

You're in control of just how much the modulators affect filter cutoff, in-loop delay time and/or volume of a delay line. This makes it possible to get all sorts of modulation effects, ranging from choruses and flangers (by affecting delay time) through to phasers, wah-wah (modulating cutoff parameter), tremolo and panners (influencing volume).

In skilled hands, this feature becomes a powerful weapon.

Over 400 neatly arranged presets

A convenient preset browser allows quick auditioning of the vast factory library.

In combination with the padlocks system for locking individual parameters when changing presets, this allows you to zero in on the desired effect with extreme efficiency.

Routing

Sigmund’s four delay lines can be interconnected with each other in nine different routing topologies which give access to completely new dimensions of sound creation.

Say you have delays currently running in parallel, but would like to have a cascade of serially connected delays instead: you can reconfigure them instantly with just a click of the mouse.

Delay line mixer

For even greater convenience, the output signals of each delay line are combined in a purpose-built internal mixer to ensure more efficient workflow.

High quality delay line

The sound quality is so high, that it's possible to work with even the smallest delay times with zero artifacts emerging, even down to one-tenth of a millisecond.

So, it's possible without any tricks or half-measures to use a single delay line not only as a traditional delay / echo effect, but also as a chorus or flanger using smaller delay times. Such precise control allows subtle modulation on time parameters to delicately bring a sound to life and add gently flowing, modulated warmth that is reminiscent of the analog delays of yesteryear.

Four delay lines

You have 4 independent delay lines to your disposal that can be interconnected in 9 different ways / topologies, using the routing display.

Every line equipped with its own set of parameters and modules like filter, overdrive and modulation amounts for total creative freedom.

Stereo options

The available stereo options expand Sigmund’s functionality to add a spatializer effect. Applying delays in different stereo modes (M/S or L/R) and adding phase shifts between channels can really widen things up.

A multitude of purposes

Sigmund can be effortlessly applied in nearly any configuration in the studio. It can be used as an insert effect for an instrument or bus channel, or as a versatile send effect with the help of a parameter lock that allows for auditioning presets without having to readjust the FX fader with each new selection.

Multi-purpose modulators

Four general-purpose modulators which can auto-modulate some of the delay lines' internal parameters. Each modulator can operate in three different modes:

  • LFO - At extreme settings, the LFO is capable of twisting the input signal utterly beyond recognition and into what you might expect transmissions from an alien civilization to sound like!
  • Envelope - In combination with a built-in transient detector, this gives you a very powerful tool; when applied to amplitude, you can freely shape your sound’s dynamics to control how it blends into the whole mix.
  • Peak follower - It’s a must-have for a modulator; nothing else offers such an expressive wah-wah effect when applied to filter cutoff.

Modulator re-triggering

Each modulator can be independently re-triggered with MIDI notes or the signal itself (with a transient detector) when LFO or ENV modulator type is selected, allowing for yet more control and creative freedom.

Multimode filter

A very musical filter can work either inside or outside the feedback loop. Use it outside to remove unwanted frequencies, or inside to create the impression of a fading sound.

You can even get creative by using it in a few lines at once to make any filter effect you desire, such as wah-wah, vowel or even phaser sweeps.


Overdrive

Overdrive offers a whole variety of possibilities to shape your sound. With four delay lines at your disposal, you can go into the weeds pretty deeply and achieve complex multi-band distortion or multi-band dynamics effects.


Modulation amounts

You're in control of just how much the modulators affect filter cutoff, in-loop delay time and/or volume of a delay line. This makes it possible to get all sorts of modulation effects, ranging from choruses and flangers (by affecting delay time) through to phasers, wah-wah (modulating cutoff parameter), tremolo and panners (influencing volume).

In skilled hands, this feature becomes a powerful weapon.


Over 400 neatly arranged presets

A convenient preset browser allows quick auditioning of the vast factory library.

In combination with the padlocks system for locking individual parameters when changing presets, this allows you to zero in on the desired effect with extreme efficiency.


Routing

Sigmund’s four delay lines can be interconnected with each other in nine different routing topologies which give access to completely new dimensions of sound creation.

Say you have delays currently running in parallel, but would like to have a cascade of serially connected delays instead: you can reconfigure them instantly with just a click of the mouse.


Delay line mixer

For even greater convenience, the output signals of each delay line are combined in a purpose-built internal mixer to ensure more efficient workflow.


High quality delay line

The sound quality is so high, that it's possible to work with even the smallest delay times with zero artifacts emerging, even down to one-tenth of a millisecond.

So, it's possible without any tricks or half-measures to use a single delay line not only as a traditional delay / echo effect, but also as a chorus or flanger using smaller delay times. Such precise control allows subtle modulation on time parameters to delicately bring a sound to life and add gently flowing, modulated warmth that is reminiscent of the analog delays of yesteryear.


Four delay lines

You have 4 independent delay lines to your disposal that can be interconnected in 9 different ways / topologies, using the routing display.

Every line equipped with its own set of parameters and modules like filter, overdrive and modulation amounts for total creative freedom.


Stereo options

The available stereo options expand Sigmund’s functionality to add a spatializer effect. Applying delays in different stereo modes (M/S or L/R) and adding phase shifts between channels can really widen things up.


A multitude of purposes

Sigmund can be effortlessly applied in nearly any configuration in the studio. It can be used as an insert effect for an instrument or bus channel, or as a versatile send effect with the help of a parameter lock that allows for auditioning presets without having to readjust the FX fader with each new selection.


Multi-purpose modulators

Four general-purpose modulators which can auto-modulate some of the delay lines' internal parameters. Each modulator can operate in three different modes:

  • LFO - At extreme settings, the LFO is capable of twisting the input signal utterly beyond recognition and into what you might expect transmissions from an alien civilization to sound like!
  • Envelope - In combination with a built-in transient detector, this gives you a very powerful tool; when applied to amplitude, you can freely shape your sound’s dynamics to control how it blends into the whole mix.
  • Peak follower - It’s a must-have for a modulator; nothing else offers such an expressive wah-wah effect when applied to filter cutoff.


Modulator re-triggering

Each modulator can be independently re-triggered with MIDI notes or the signal itself (with a transient detector) when LFO or ENV modulator type is selected, allowing for yet more control and creative freedom.

 

Substantial factory content

Over 400 presets and patterns in factory content

Screen fit

Several UI sizes and HiDPI support for better screen fit

MIDI Learn

MIDI Learn for easy controller assignment

Media

Video clips

Sound examples

d16group · Sigmund 2 Demos
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Downloads

System requirements

Windows PC

OS version
Windows 7 or newer
CPU
Intel x86 / AMD x86
Software
VST2 / VST3 / AAX compatible host application (64bit only!)
Sample rate
≥ 44.1 kHz

Apple Mac

OS version
Mac OS X 10.13 to macOS 14
CPU
Intel x86 / Apple Silicon
Software
VST2 / VST3 / AU / AAX compatible host application (64bit only!)
Sample rate
≥ 44.1 kHz
(*) Hardware requirements / recommendations are based on estimates performed on available computers at D16 Group HQ, and therefore cannot cover all possible configurations available on the market. CPU usage may vary widely depending on the manner in which the product is used. Factors that may contribute to variance in CPU usage include particular patch and its complexity, the global quality setting, project sample rate. In order to form a better understanding of how a plug-in will behave within your current setup, we highly recommend downloading the demo and giving it a try.

Document containing system requirements for entire D16 Group plug-in line-up you can download from here Compatibility Chart

Note

This product is not a standalone program so you need a host application to use it.