The KVR Developer Challenge 2026 is now at the download and voting stage; it’s time to focus on each of the 56 entries that are available now, for free, for everyone.
Parrot by Darkpalace Studio
Parrot is a multi-modal delay with a lot of character.
Most delays give you one echo. Parrot gives you three modes, each with a mind of its own. The three modes run in parallel, so a single instance can add a 16th-note tap on the low end, a 200ms pitch-shifted shimmer delay, and a feedback-driven drone in one cohesive voice.
Ranging from chorus to pitch shift, you can play around with different filter effects. Create up to 3 cohesive delays in parallel, adding colourful character to your sound.
Using 3 separate modal bands, Parrot allows you to freely target the frequencies where you want your delay or textures to happen, it’s all up to you.
A tempo from 1/1 to 1/64 or up to 1500 ms. From dotted delays to triplets. Choose stereo delay, ping-pong delay or no delay to use Parrot for unique character.
Bandpass filtering with variable slope and resonance:
- From narrow 24dB/oct peaks to broad 6dB/oct bandpasses.
- Wide-band mode for full spectrum applications.
Mode characters:
- Tube: warm, analog crunch.
- Saturation: aggressive, driven grit.
- Pitch Shift: individual control over pitch and formants.
- Frequency Shift: allowing to spread out the shift.
- Bitcrusher: subtle lo-fi to full digital collapse.
- Disperser: up to 48 all-pass stages that smear transients.
- Flanger: jet-stream sweeps straight into the feedback path.
- Chorus: making sounds wide.
- Flutter: modeling wow and flutter.
More about Parrot:
- Find your favourite effects in Parrot’s effect library: tube, BBD, saturation, pitch shift, frequency shift, bitcrusher, disperser, flanger, chorus and flutter.
- Choose from narrow 24dB/oct peaks to broad 6dB/oct bandpasses per band.
- Control each band/effect independently using its personal controls including gain, mix, feedback, solo and mute.
- Use keytracking to move the modes to MIDI notes.
- Choose between 8 different MIDI channels, set to OMNI by default.
- Link bands together for easy adjustment.
- Change your processing from Left/Right to Mid/Side.
- Oversample up to 8x.
- Make your workflow as easy as possible using our signature utility footer.
- No worries about high peaks with true peak limiting.
- Get started quickly with or take inspiration from our useful or creative factory presets.
- Load in Parrot on your host of choice. VST3, AU, CLAP and LV2 compatible, with Windows, Mac and Linux support.
Fun ideas to try out with Parrot:
- Bring textures and character to your sound using ‘no delay’ mode, also cool for spicing up the overall sound of your buses.
- Make use of the automation of the frequency bands, creating wild filter sweeps and transitions.
- And of course, use it as intended, as a crazy delay filter tool and delay multiple frequencies at once cohesively.
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