We’re only just into 2026, and Tilr is back with another free plugin that looks set to overdeliver in the freeware category.
Tilr’s latest release is QDelay, a free dual-delay plugin with more features than you might expect.
Before we get into QDelay, here’s a quick reminder of the freebies Tilr gave us in 2025.
Back to 2026, QDelay is a multi-mode, dual-delay plugin with independent delay times.
As a freebie, you might not expect it to go much deeper, but it does.
You’ve got a bunch of ways to alter the delay style/time (seconds, straight, dotted, triplets), starting with Normal, Ping-Pong, and Tap modes.
In addition to Feedback and Width controls, you can accent odd/even taps, offset swing and feel, modulate the delay line time, and even duck the delayed signal.
At this point, you’ve got a nice delay plugin that can create chaotic or controlled musical echoes.
But once you get into the tone and sound-altering options, it gets even more interesting.
You have pitch shifting (feedback or post-delay signal), which creates subtle detuning or more jarring dissonance.
My favorite thing about QDelay is that it features relatively comprehensive EQ, Saturation, and Tape sections.
The parametric EQ allows you to shape the feedback and input signal.
The Saturation with Color, Bias, Dynamics, and Drive controls gives a bit of analog flavor. More importantly, it adds another dimension to QDelay, making it more than a typical free delay plugin.
The Tape section takes it even further, with Wow and Flutter settings that add variation without going wild with the delay.
As boring as it may sound, I tend to favor subtle(-ish) effects most of the time, and a nice dotted eighth-note delay with some wow and flutter on EP/Synth/Pad chords is just lovely.
However, I love that QDelay has a wide range, and it’s great that it goes beyond basic delay functions, letting you do more with a single plugin.
QDelay also features a collection of presets across several categories.
QDelay is available in AU, VST3, and LV2 formats for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
A very bright start to the year for Tilr, and a potential indicator of bigger and better things to come.
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Last Updated on January 6, 2026 by Tomislav Zlatic.
