Slapshot
Instant depth, width, and character...without muddiness
Slapshot is a slap delay designed to add instant depth, width, and character, without the mud that often comes with reverb. With built-in processing under the hood, it keeps the effect clean, controlled, and easy to blend, making your tracks sound polished in seconds.
$9
$39 Introductory Pricing
Add Depth and Width Without Muddying Your Mix
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What Is Slapshot?
Slapshot is a slap delay plugin by Carve Audio, designed to add depth, width, and character while staying clean and controlled in a mix. Reverbs and delays are great at creating space, but they often introduce muddiness unless you follow them with additional tools like EQ, de-essing, compression, or modulation. Slapshot takes care of that work for you. It’s built around slap delay to create the perception of space, while additional processing under the hood keeps the effect smooth, focused, and easy to blend with the dry signal. The result is a bigger, more dimensional sound that still feels tight, clear, and polished, without long effect chains or endless tweaking. Slapshot works especially well on vocals, guitars, and keys, but it can be used anywhere you want depth without losing impact.
Features
Here's what to expect
Slap Delay Built for Mixing
Choose from stereo, mono, and BPM-synced slap modes, including left/right variations. This makes it easy to dial in anything from tight, focused slap to wider, tempo-locked effects.
Clean, Controlled Sound by Design
Choose from stereo, mono, and BPM-synced slap modes, including left/right variations. This makes it easy to dial in anything from tight, focused slap to wider, tempo-locked effects.
Tightness Control for Instant Results
Choose from stereo, mono, and BPM-synced slap modes, including left/right variations. This makes it easy to dial in anything from tight, focused slap to wider, tempo-locked effects.
Multiple Slap Modes for Flexibility
Choose from stereo, mono, and BPM-synced slap modes, including left/right variations. This makes it easy to dial in anything from tight, focused slap to wider, tempo-locked effects.
Built-In Tone Shaping
High-pass and low-pass filters shape what feeds into the delay, keeping low-end weight and harsh highs under control. This helps the effect stay clear, especially on vocals.
Character When You Want It
Optional LoFi and Drive controls add grit and attitude to the delayed signal, helping it sit behind the source or stand out when needed. You can even disable the delay entirely and use these for texture alone.
Sound Examples
“Slapshot does a great job at creating a unique depth of field on a lead vocal, synth, guitars, even drums. The secret weapon on it I found is actually the drive knob, it's got a very Tascam Portastudio like distortion that I found pretty special and could easily use this plugin just for its distortion character."
Josh Korody
(The Beaches, Japandroids, Fucked Up, The Dirty Nil)
AAX, AU, VST3 versions
64-bit only
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FL Studio 23+ (Mac & PC: VST3)
Garageband 10+ (AU)
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Reaper 6+ (Mac & PC: VST3)
Cakewalk Next by BandLab (PC: VST3)
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AAX, VST3, AU versions included
64-bit only (Mac / PC)
Mac OS X 10.15 or higher (Intel native | ARM native)
Windows 10
At least 4GB of RAM, 16GB is recommended
At least 200MB of free drive space (OS drive)