Cascade

About

Cascade is a reverb plugin by Phonolyth. Its controls reach stereo widening, transient smearing, and hybrid delay/reverb effects, though it is designed mainly for expansive modulated spaces. Its core is a chain of 24 allpass delay stages for each of the left and right channels. A feedback loop around the whole chain allows infinite reverb, with damping filters shaping the frequency response over time.

What it sounds like

Each delay time is modulated by its own LFO, out of sync with the others, which adds motion to the sound. Allpass delays can produce non-exponential responses, which suit blooming and very long reverberation.

Features

• 24 allpass delay stages per channel
• Randomized LFO modulation of each delay time
• Feedback loop around the entire chain
• Damping filters in the feedback loop
• Infinity and Freeze buttons
• Mix Lock for switching presets
• Resizable UI with light and dark color schemes
• 30 factory presets

Good for

• Supernatural spaces
• Stereo widening
• Transient smearing
• Hybrid delay/reverb
• Chorus/flanger/resonator-like effects