Baby Audio Comeback Kid Delay + Reverb Plugin

Baby Audio Comeback Kid is a creative delay and reverb plugin designed to take your echoes from subtle ambience to full-on, characterful sound design. With a clean core sound, 14 intuitive shaping controls and built-in reverb and modulation, it is built to be your go-to delay for vocals, synths, guitars and more, whether you are after tasteful slapback, lush stereo washes or gritty lofi repeats.

Instead of hiding key tools in menus, Comeback Kid puts everything on one clear, hardware-inspired interface. You can dial in your basic delay time in seconds, then immediately sculpt the repeats with filters, transient shaping, saturation, modulation and width tools. This makes it fast to get from an idea in your head to a finished, mix-ready effect, without breaking your creative flow.

Comeback Kid is equally comfortable adding a touch of space to a vocal as it is building hypnotic rhythmic patterns that become part of the song. The built-in algorithmic reverb lets you diffuse the repeats into a halo of ambience, while options like tape-style saturation, 11-bit crunch and phasing-style movement give you a wide palette of analogue-inspired colours. You can keep things pristine and modern or push into dirty, nostalgic territory with just a few tweaks.

With tempo-sync and free-time modes, ping-pong stereo operation and a smart ducker to keep your mix clear, Comeback Kid slots easily into any production workflow. A generous preset library from high-profile producers provides instant starting points, and the light or dark interface options keep it comfortable to use in any studio environment.

Delay Shaping Powerhouse

Comeback Kid gives you precise control over your delay timing, with tempo-sync modes for straight, dotted and triplet feels, plus a free mode ranging from 0.01 ms to 2500 ms. You can even type in exact values for surgical sound design. This flexibility lets you lock echoes perfectly to your track or create off-grid, experimental textures in moments.

Built-in Reverb and Modulation

The Sauce reverb, Swirl phasing-style movement and width tools turn a simple delay into a full ambience engine. You can diffuse the repeats into a smooth tail, add gentle motion or go wide and lush for cinematic soundscapes, all from within a single plugin. This saves you from stacking multiple effects and keeps your sessions tidy and efficient.

Character from Clean to Lofi

With Tape saturation and the Cheap 11-bit mode, Comeback Kid can move from pristine, hi-fi echoes to gritty, vintage-style delays. Whether you want a classic tape vibe on a lead synth or crunchy lofi echoes on guitars, the analogue-inspired processing lets you dial in exactly the right amount of colour to help your delays sit musically in the mix.

Mix-friendly Control

The built-in Ducker keeps the delay out of the way while the dry signal is present, then lets the repeats bloom in the gaps, giving you a modern, polished sound without extra sidechain routing. Lo-cut and hi-cut filters, transient shaping with Attack and Sustain, plus stereo tools like Wider, Richer, Pan and Mono ensure your delay enhances the mix instead of cluttering it.

• Flexible Delay Timing - Choose between tempo-sync modes (straight, dotted, triplet) or free mode from 0.01 ms to 2500 ms, with the option to type in exact values. This lets you lock delays tightly to your DAW tempo or create offbeat, creative echoes tailored to the groove of your track.
• Integrated Reverb and Movement - The Sauce algorithmic reverb, Swirl phasing effect, Wider and Richer stereo tools all work together to transform simple repeats into evolving, three-dimensional spaces. You can go from tight room-style reflections to expansive, swirling ambience without loading extra plugins.
• Analogue-inspired Colour Options - Cheap mode emulates an 11-bit digital signal path, while Tape adds warm, analogue-style saturation. Combined with the Destiny randomisation for a more human feel, these tools let you inject character and nostalgia into your delays so they feel musical rather than clinical.
• Mix-ready Processing Tools - Lo-cut and hi-cut filters, Attack and Sustain transient shaping, a built-in Ducker, ping-pong mode, pan and mono options give you detailed control over how the wet signal sits in the mix. You can keep vocals clear, control low-end build-up and place echoes precisely in the stereo field for a polished, professional result.

Plugin Type

• Delay and reverb multi-effect plugin
• Supports stereo and mono operation

Delay Engine

• Tempo-sync modes: Straight, dotted, triplet (syncs to DAW BPM)
• Free mode: 0.01 ms to 2500 ms
• Delay time accuracy to 0.01 ms with type-in entry
• Ping-pong stereo delay option
• Ducker for automatic wet-level reduction while dry signal plays
• Lo-cut and hi-cut filters on the wet signal
• Attack and Sustain transient shaping for delay envelope control
• Cheap mode with custom 11-bit signal path
• Tape analogue-modelled saturation
• Swirl phasing-style modulation
• Sauce algorithmic reverb on the wet signal
• Wider timing offset between left and right channels
• Richer pitch variation between left and right channels
• Pan control for delay signal
• Mono switch for mono delay output
• Destiny randomisation algorithm for humanised repeats
• Delay engine bypass by double-clicking the Comeback Kid logo, enabling use as a multi-FX / colour box

Presets and Interface

• 61 factory presets created by external producers and engineers
• Dark and light display options
• Single-page interface with 14 shaping controls

Compatibility

• Compatible DAWs: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason and others supporting listed formats

Mac

• Operating System: Mac OS 10.7 and up
• Apple Silicon: Native M1 compatible
• Plugin Formats: VST2, VST3, AU, AAX

Windows

• Operating System: Windows 7 and up
• Plugin Formats: VST2, VST3, AAX