Soundtoys EchoBoy

> for vocals I use a lot of SoundToys stuff, the Decapitator or EchoBoy

In this inteview, Steve Aoki gives us a look to the main gear he use to produce records in both of his studios : The ''Neon Future Cave'' in Las Vegas, NV and the ''Dim Mak Studio'' in Los Angeles, CA. > I have a good amount of Waves plugins, like the CLA Vocal and the JJP Vocals. I think that most people use those. These are all basically one vocal engine that includes compression, EQ Boost, Delays etc. Soundtoys is another plugin that I use, Echo Boys for delays, Crystalliser, which has some cool stuff with pitch shifting and reverse echo.

The EchoBoy plugin is used by Kaskade on vocal tracks.

EchoBoy is the first plugin on the sixth channel strip from the right in Firebeatz's track in their "In The Studio" video. (33:47)

“Soundtoys are my go-to creative plug-ins. Crystallizer, EchoBoy and Decapitator are so much fun to work with.

[This article on the making of Marr's 2018 *Call the Comet* album by MixOnline.com](https://www.mixonline.com/recording/johnny-marr-finds-his-voice-on-call-the-comet) touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "'We used some Lexicon PCM91 outboard reverb and some EchoBoy, not necessarily timed to the track so it could bounce around a bit and fill space,' says [engineer] Doviak." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

Used for "Get On Your Boots". > Most of Bono's vocals were recorded through a Shure Beta 58 dynamic mic, with some EQ (including the Waves VEQ3, top) and heavy compression from the Fairchild 660 plug-in. No reverb was used, but Sound Toys' Echo Boy provided delay. An image of the settings can be found [here](https://dt7v1i9vyp3mf.cloudfront.net/styles/news_large/s3/imagelibrary/I/IT_U2_07C-ZKYIXslGQirPLlx4cQ6Ywk10033YaCmm.jpg).

After being asked: "Is all of your processing/production work done inside Ableton Live?", he answered "There are a few third-party gizmos that I couldn't live without. The PSP Vintage Warmer is on everything; the SoundToys stuff goes well beyond anything you'd expect from a delay unit - it almost has a voice of its own; and CamelPhat is a versatile combined filter and overdrive - a very creative tool."

Plugin of the day, soundtoys echoboy. Pseudo-flange the crazies http://instagr.am/p/KlDu3wPleD/

“I can’t rate this delay highly enough. Echoboy is really tweakable, so you can fine-tune your delay to an amazing degree. It’s such a user- friendly plugin. Its ping-pong delay and the saturation settings are just great, and the Tweak and Style Edit buttons are fantastic for creating unique delay effects.”

In NEW_ID's Instagram photo, an instance of Echoboy is the most visible plugin on the laptop screen. The Echoboy logo is visible on the left-hand side of the plugin.

I'll bring in some delay. If not the Space Echo or the Memory Man, I'll go with software and use Soundtoy's Echoboy. Although Echoboy emulates a lot of hardware I have in the studio, I find myself using it more and more, simply because of how flexible it is. And it really nails the sounds—it's hands-down the best software delay out there.

"Antonoff’s favourite outboard reverb is the spring in his Roland Chorus Echo. Plug-in-wise, he tends to use the Waves Renaissance Reverb and Valhalla’s Plate, SoundToys’ EchoBoy for delay and, for more extreme effects, SoundToys’ FilterFreak, PanMan and Crystallizer granular delay."

"Calling EchoBoy a delay plug-in is doing it a disservice. It has become the first thing I turn to for treating a wide variety of sources. An EXCELLENT sound / space shaping tool and the most flexible and musical delay out there"

> There's also a Digirack Echo doing a quarter-note echo, and I also sent the glockenspiel to my EchoBoy quarter-note delay, and the two together make it a stereo quarter-note echo. Sound on Sound interview, 2013.

In Issue 332 of Future Music magazine, on page 67, Iain says: '(Soundtoys) Echoboy is really good too.'

Do you use plug-ins on the guitar tracks, too? I always EQ the guitar, yeah. There are some pretty harsh overtones that you need to get rid of. Maybe I’ll compress it a little bit. Again, it depends on what it’s needed for. Usually the only plug-ins I use on guitar are ones that help the guitar spread out. If I want a little bit more stereo widening, then maybe I’ll use, like, a Waves S1 Stereo Imager, or maybe go through a Soundtoys EchoBoy plug-in with very minimal settings, just to give a bit of wideness to the guitar. Very rarely … well, lately I’ve been using it a little bit more, because sometimes it’s nice to have a big stereo-reverb sound, kind of like a Chris Isaak vibe. I’ll go through a reverb to make a nice, big sound—sort of like what you hear in “Z-Boys,” that clean guitar with a nice, big stereo sound. But I don’t record my guitar in stereo—it’s all mono. So if I want to do something stereo, then I’ll put a stereo plug-in on.

"Plug in wise, SoundToys Echoboy is the one which gets most use around here, followed by Logic’s stereo and Tape delay: simple but effective."

"And I do use a lot of plugins too for effects. I love EchoBoy. That’s been one of my favorite plugins for a long time. I think that’s actually the biggest bang for your buck out there on the Internet because the thing only costs $179. And not only does it give you every delay known to man, but it gives you amazing special effects. It’s a great, great plugin." - Henderson about SoundToys EchoBoy.

"Good for guitars."

Can be seen at 0:20

In this interview, Benjamin Curtis of [The Secret Machines](http://equipboard.com/band/the-secret-machines), and [Tripping Daisy](http://equipboard.com/band/tripping-daisy), mentions the EchoBoy, "The SoundToys plugins are incredible. They have one called an EchoBoy."

"The Sound- Toys plug-ins have some of the same feel as the Eventide—especially Crystallizer, which combines delays with harmony effects. Other SoundToys plugs I like are FilterFreak, a powerful analog-like filter; Tremolator, which emulates old tremolo sounds; Sound- Blender for multieffects; and EchoBoy for delay."

5min 29 second mark you can see the Echo Boy on the attached video.

Jake One mentions how he likes Sound Toys plugins, in particular the Echo Boy plugin, at 7:44 in this video.

> You can create reverb-like sounds with Soundtoys EchoBoy because you've got control over diffusion as well as the delays.

7:19 into this video SoundToys EchoBoy Echo Plugin is visible.

In an interview, when asked what some of their favorite VST / FX Racks are, Odesza reply, "Right now, my go to is Soundtoys. They have the best delay I’ve ever used..." (original interview [here](http://lostinsound.org/odesza-interview/)). The EchoBoy is SountToys' most renown delay plugin, so it can be assumed this is the one referenced by Odesza despite them not naming it exactly.

In this video you can see Tom Staar using SoundToys EchoBoy Echo Plugin at 22:17s.

He uses SoundToys' EchoBoy for delays, clearly stated at 10:08 You can also see an instance of the plugin at 11:42 in another track, so I think he uses this plugin quite often.

At 6:14, Stonebank opens up a list of his plugins. Among these plugins is EchoBoy.

Lenno seen using Echoboy by Soundtoys

EchoBoy can be seen in JAKKO's mixer.

in the video at 2:38 seconds where you see as well as hear them talk about using the EchoBoy on the track "Alone"

This plugin can be seen at 5:11 on the screen

At the [3:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGKlIJsz7bM) mark of the video Goransson explains his use of the Echoboy on Childish Gambino's "Redbone"

"I think having a few workhorses is better than running down pages of plugins to choose from. It helps me create quick presets for more consistency across projects. These are the plugins I use, very basic: [...]"

At 20:14 when talking about the Rhodes piano, this plugin is pulled up and Frank says "I think the echo boy was pretty important with giving us movment"