The 1960s and the 1980s represent two decades that saw immense leaps in studio, recording, and sound design technologies. In particular, the tape echo and digital delay effects of each era emerged as legendary styles of spatial contouring; to this day, they represent sought-after tools for modern producers, including the studio engineers at Sweetwater. This Solid State Logic X-Delay and X-Echo bundle brings you the best of both worlds, thanks to SSL’s visionary blend of groundbreaking sound-modeling capabilities and an academic-grade reverence for the hardware that defined the mid-century musicality of each period. With X-Echo, SSL harnesses a seminal tape-echo effect that blends the best of the decade’s most celebrated hardware while introducing SSL’s indelible take on the classic warmth and saturation of these units’ analog circuitry — an SSL sonic signature. The X-Delay plug-in lurches through time, straight into the digital delays of the 1980s, offering a slew of delay styles, multitudes of modulation, and malleable global effects alongside a reverb that features myriad diffusion effects and room-style configurations that are instantly and evocatively attenuated with a singular control. Plus, its UI harkens to the aesthetics of the era while remaining intuitive and engaging.