FX Off
01 / DRYA transparent reference path for honest level matching.
ALEVRB / Version 1.1
A delay & reverb plugin you can read at a glance.
Choose the signal path, shape the space, and watch the audio move. Four useful routing modes without a hidden matrix or a menu maze.
Signal paths
FX Off
Parallel
Delay → Reverb
Reverb → Delay
Live capture / 00:25
The interface follows the sound.
Meters, fiber-optic paths, bypass bridges, and output color respond while the production DSP processes the audio.
Production build / real-time renderHeadphones recommended
Four signal paths
Routing without guesswork.
The diagram is the control surface. Pick a topology and the animated signal display confirms what reaches the output.
Parallel
02 / SPLITDelay and reverb keep their character, then meet at the output.
Delay → Reverb
03 / SERIESRepeats feed the reverb and bloom into one connected tail.
Reverb → Delay
04 / SERIESThe atmosphere itself becomes rhythmic, wide, and repeatable.
Level-matched audio
Compare topology, not loudness.
One original ToolingDev percussion loop, identical settings, and a shared loudness target make the routing differences easier to hear.
01 / DRY
OriginalReference
Clean source with no wet processing.
02 / SPLIT
ParallelIndependent paths
Delay and reverb retain their own character.
03 / SERIES
Delay → ReverbSerial
Repeats diffuse into a cohesive room.
04 / SERIES
Reverb → DelaySerial
Spatial texture becomes a rhythmic echo.
All examples are normalized to the same target loudness. Headphones recommended.
Control set
Fast on the surface. Serious underneath.
Tempo sync or free time
Work in milliseconds or lock repeats to the host with musical divisions.
Custom musical reverb
Space, explicit decay, tone, width, and pre-delay cover compact ambience through evolving tails.
Global ducking
Reduce the complete wet field while dry audio is present to protect transients and intelligibility.
Ping-pong and color
Move from centered repeats to alternating stereo feedback, then voice them dark, neutral, or bright.
Motion without clutter
One global control scales delay wow and reverb-tank modulation together.
Independent bypass
Dial in one engine at a time without losing send values or changing the selected route.
Documentation / offline
The manual is part of the instrument.
Quick Start, Controls, Routing, and Tips are compiled into ALEVRB. The illustrated PDF adds installation, recipes, specifications, and troubleshooting.
Signal-flow field notes
Learn what each route changes.
Short, practical guides for choosing a topology before you start turning knobs.
Serial routing / 6 min
Delay before reverb vs. reverb before delay
Hear and understand why the order changes the rhythm and the space.
Read field note → Parallel routing / 5 minWhen to run delay and reverb in parallel
Keep each effect articulate and shape their relationship independently.
Read field note → Mix clarity / 5 minHow ducking clears delay and reverb
Protect transients and words without making the space disappear.
Read field note →DSP overview
A focused interface over a modern engine.
Four-point delay interpolation
Smoothed fractional reads support clean time changes, stereo motion, and tempo-synced repeats.
Frequency-aware decay
Explicit tone-dependent low and high behavior replaces a single static feedback value.
Dense spatial network
Early reflections, diffusion, a modulated feedback network, and stereo injection build a lively tail.
Controlled nonlinear feedback
Antialiased soft saturation, bounded feedback, smoothing, and finite-sample guards keep creative settings stable.
Independent review
See it used in a producer workflow.
The Plugin Guy explores ALEVRB on real material, demonstrates its flexible routing, and shares an independent perspective.
From the maker
One person, building practical tools.
ToolingDev is an independent one-person project. I built ALEVRB after wanting one place to explore delay, reverb, and the order between them without juggling separate effects. That same approach guides what comes next: small, focused tools for useful problems that are easy to overlook.
Questions and feedback go directly to the person building it at hello@toolingdev.com.
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One plugin / four routes / $10
Make the space part of the arrangement.
ALEVRB 1.1 includes Windows and macOS builds, standalone apps, offline help, and the complete illustrated manual.