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AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter

AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter

4.7 (74)

Get the sounds of Joy Division, Nirvana, and Brian Eno.

  • Record and mix with the world's only authentic AMS DMX Digital Delay plug-in, developed by original hardware designer Mark Crabtree
  • Add iconic delay and pitch shifting effects to drum machines, vocals, synths, guitars, and more
  • Get double tracking effects made famous by Prince, Radiohead, and Phil Collins
  • Mix with Artist Presets from Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Chuck Zwicky (Prince), Ivan Barias (Justin Timberlake), and more

Runs on macOS or Windows. Requires an Apollo audio interface or UAD Accelerator. View full system requirements.

AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter

$299

$299

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Get the Sounds of Joy Division, Nirvana, and Brian Eno*

Introduced in 1978, the AMS® DMX 15‑80 S was the world's first 15‑bit digital delay and pitch shifter. Used on hundreds of classic albums, the AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter is the only plug‑in that gives you the authentic soundscapes of this rare hardware.

Explore an Era-Defining Studio Processor

The AMS DMX plug-in gives you the same groundbreaking controls as the vintage rackmount, including two independent delay channels, just over six seconds of delay time, and musical, “de‑glitched” pitch shifting, for doubling, delay, chorus, and ambient effects that are classic to this day.

Add Sonic Intrigue to Any Source

Use the AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter plug‑in to add vintage digital dimension to drum machines, synths, or guitars. Or craft automatic double tracking effects and unique arpeggio patterns on vocals, horns, and more.

Create New Sounds with "Plug-In Only" Features

The AMS DMX plug-in not only gives you all the revisions of the vintage hardware, you also get modern upgrades like Tempo Sync, Dual VCO mode, Dry/Wet Mix, Wet Solo, and more.

Get the Perfect Partner for your AMS RMX16 Reverb

Combine the AMS DMX Digital Delay plug‑in with the AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb plug‑in for the ultimate in vintage digital processing, and give your productions the pioneering sound of two legendary creative tools.

What They Say

The AMS DMX plug‑in gives you such a vibey, unique sound. And having the ability to automate all the parameters takes it to a new level.

Mark Needham

The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk

I’m about to abuse the hell out of the AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter plug‑in on every mix.

Darrell Thorp

Beck, Radiohead, Foo Fighters

I've used the AMS DMX hardware on every record I've made since the early '80s, and now they've nailed the sound with this plug‑in. I am beyond ecstatic.

Ross Hogarth

Van Halen, Ziggy Marley, Motley Crue

Reviews

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
Based on 74 reviews
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74 reviews
  • NT
    N. T.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Would love this on spark

    I use this plug-in religiously, my only problem is that it does use a fair bit of DSP, which gets tough to manage on a duo Twin. I would love if this were included in Spark/ran natively.

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  • TP
    T. P.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    Go native

    Please please please add this to spark

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  • SS
    S. S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    Flexible and Unique

    This is an awesome plugin. I've never used or even seen the hardware so I can't compare this to anything except other delay type plugins. What I can say is this plugin is very flexible and powerful and provides a lot inspiration for creativity. Very nice having a plugin that allows me to be unique and not just apply the typical delay effects to my mix. I've used this on drums, guitar, synths and bass which has provided some very cool stuff to my music.

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  • SO
    s. o.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    One of my all time favorite but please go native

    My secret weapon. Perfect on guitars, vocals, everything !! sound design friendly too

    Please go native

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  • KS
    K. S.
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    11 months ago
    evokes the sprit of the 80's and beyond

    Like many UAD plugs, the DMX is really useful in evoking the spirit of the 80's, which is one of my favorite eras of record production. Couldn't imagine mixing without it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you’ll need an Apollo audio interface, UAD-2 Satellite, or UAD-2 PCIe card to run these plug-ins, using the onboard DSP. The plug-ins run on the hardware itself, without adding strain to your computer’s CPU. In an Apollo, onboard DSP processing allows you to run realtime UAD plug-ins with near-zero latency, and even record that processing directly to your DAW.

This refers to the number of SHARC DSP processors in Apollo and UAD-2 hardware. A DUO core system has twice the amount of processing power compared to a SOLO core system. More SHARC DSP cores increases the number of UAD-2 plug-ins you can run on the hardware.

No, Satellites provide DSP to run UAD-2 plug-ins in your DAW.

Yes, you can start a fully functional 14-day demo from any plug-in bundled with the UAD software. Simply click “Start Demo”, and start using it in your DAW.

UAD-2 licenses follow the hardware, it does not matter which computer they are connected to. You can have up to six UAD-2 devices registered to a system in your Universal Audio account, which share those licenses. See UAD-2 Plug-In Licensing Explained for full details. Authorisation of UAD-2 hardware is managed by the UAD Meter & Control Panel Application.

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*Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of AMS DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter.