2B Played Music have released PolyRhythm Delay XL, available at the intro price of $19.00, increasing to $45.00 after the promotion.
Step beyond ordinary delays and discover a new rhythm engine built for creativity. PolyRhythm Delay XL is not just another echo plug-in, it’s a tool for breaking the grid, bending time, and sculpting stereo space in ways you’ve never heard before.
Designed for producers who want more from their delays, this plugin introduces advanced polyrhythmic timing, true mid/side delay processing, and built-in shaping tools – including EQ, reverb, and analog drive – that bring your echoes to life.
At its core, PolyRhythm Delay XL is about motion, tension, and complexity. A polyrhythm happens when two or more different rhythmic subdivisions play at the same time. Instead of locking everything to a single tempo grid, you allow rhythms to interact, overlap, and drift across each other.
This musical idea goes back centuries. In traditional drumming cultures, especially in West Africa, polyrhythms were used to tell stories, drive ceremonies, and bring people together. Rather than being linear, the rhythm flowed in cycles – complex, interlocking patterns played by different hands or instruments. That same spirit lives on in jazz improvisation, experimental composition, and electronic rhythm programming.
PolyRhythm Delay XL brings that concept into the digital world. For example, you might set the left delay channel to 4/12 (triplet quarter notes) and the right to 3/16 (dotted sixteenths). These echoes won’t align in predictable ways – they’ll push, pull, and twist around each other.
The result is a delay that grooves independently on each side, creating rich, evolving textures that feel alive. Unlike traditional stereo delays where both channels mirror each other, PolyRhythm Delay XL encourages your echoes to play their own rhythm. You’re no longer stuck following the beat. You’re shaping it.
PolyRhythm Delay XL gives you full control over how time behaves in your mix. With three distinct timing modes – Classic Mode, Millisecond, and Polyrhythmic Mode – it adapts seamlessly to your creative workflow. You can keep things tight and on-grid using traditional note values, or shift into millisecond mode for precise, freeform timing.
But it’s in Polyrhythmic Mode where the plugin truly comes alive. Each channel becomes its own rhythmic engine, running independently on its own subdivision. The echoes no longer follow a shared pulse – they interact, overlap, and evolve in a continuous rhythmic conversation. What emerges is a rich, shifting delay texture that moves with the music rather than behind it.
PolyRhythm Delay XL doesn’t just control when echoes happen – it lets you shape how they sound, move, and breathe. A fully interactive 3-band EQ gives you precise control over which frequencies feed into the delay path, allowing you to emphasize texture or carve space with intention.
Add dimension with built-in reverb, pushing your echoes into lush ambience or tight reflections. Saturate the feedback with analog-style drive to add warmth and edge. Use dynamic ducking to keep your delays tucked beneath the dry signal, rising only when there’s room to be heard.
What truly sets PolyRhythm Delay XL apart is its Mid/Side delay mode. Instead of simply assigning delays to the left and right channels, this mode splits your audio into its center (Mid) and width (Side) components.
You can apply one delay timing to the Mid signal, and a completely different one to the Side. This gives you the power to create echoes that bounce around the stereo field in ways that traditional panning cannot replicate. The Mid stays grounded and rhythmic, while the Side swirls, expands, and evolves around it.
What’s more, you can precisely balance the level between Mid and Side, letting you control how much your echoes stay focused in the center or spread out across the stereo image. This flexible balance control means you can push your delays wide for cinematic space, keep them tight and punchy, or find any sweet spot in between, all in real time.
PolyRhythm Delay XL was made for musicians and producers who think rhythm is more than a grid. Polyrhythms have deep roots in West African drumming traditions, Indian classical music, and jazz improvisation. Today, they echo through progressive rock, experimental composition, techno, footwork, and film scoring.
Whether you’re inspired by ancient grooves or futuristic patterns, this plugin lets you explore rhythm in a fluid and musical way. Craft evolving pulses, cross-rhythmic textures, or subtle stereo interplay that brings motion and emotion to your tracks. Use it for bold rhythmic design, or blend it subtly into the background – it’s just as powerful in both roles.
PolyRhythm Delay XL transforms delay into a creative tool for movement, groove, and emotion. By combining polyrhythmic timing, mid/side stereo design, and a suite of integrated effects, it gives you total control over how your delays behave in time and space.
PolyRhythm Delay XL is available to PC and Mac users (VST3 and AU).
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