Lunacy Taps & Portals, in collaboration with Benn Jordan, expands the Beam plugin with creative delay and feedback generation.
With Beam, Lunacy Audio has created a multi-FX plugin ecosystem that is constantly being expanded with new elements. They created their latest expansion in collaboration with synth tuber Benn Jordan. It’s his first collaboration with a plugin developer.
Lunacy Tape & Portals are two effects, a delay and a feedback system, that expands the Beam multi-FX plugin. Plus, Taps can be used as a standalone plugin.
Lunacy Taps & Portals
Taps & Portals are two new Lunacy effects for creative delay and feedback design. According to the developers, the idea for the processors came from Benn Jordan. Let’s start with the more comprehensive processor.
Taps is a new multi-tap delay plugin that offers both free-running and tempo synced modes. The engine offers eight fully-customizable delay taps, each with its own pitch controls.
Depending of how many taps you are using, you can achieve very distinct delay sounds: fewer for classic echos or up to eight for complex, rich delay textures.
The pitch are just as playful tweakable with five unique pitch modes for endless harmonic and melodies possibilities.
Exiting are the multiply and divide modes that create everything from smeared delays to long rhythmic accompaniment. A feedback control is also onboard for subtle or controlled chaotic results.
Additionally, the freeze button locks the feedback in place and gives you drony results. The spacing control next to the pitch controls opens up the delay playground even more. You can skew, cluster, swing, and ping pong your delays in space.
For an extra infusion character, there is also a tape section that adds the vintage quirks of analog delay systems. You can create a colorful mix of wow, flutter, dropouts, and dust.
A Portal To Feedbacks
The second effects processor in collaboration with Benn Jordan is Portals. It introduces a whole building kit for custom feedback systems to the BEAM multi-FX plugin.
It consists of two main elements: an input and out nodes in betweem them are placed effects. Once done, they will feedback into itself, opening the gate for endless feedbackscapes.
Gate, delay, and feedback parameters gives you full control over Portals’ feedback generation engine. It’s perfect for gentle motion or pushing everyhing into complete chaos.
Portals features a smart feedback compensation system to ensure your sound never runs away from you, even at 100% feedback.
Exciting is the ability to split the feedback across and within multiple BEAMS. Instead of a classic linear feedback system, you can create super complex nested systems by adding Portals within Portals.
The Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galax title “Don’t Panic” also fits to this. Lunacy Portals features a panic button, allowing you to cut your signal and shape your sound world without the feedback.
Since Taps & Portals BEAM Expansions can be combined, you have a powerful delay factory within the BEAM plugin.
First Impression
An exciting expansion for the BEAM 2.0 plugin. Having Taps as a standalone plugin is great. The highlight for me is the ability to delve deeply into the delay creation. I’ve rarely seen such a way to manipulate pitch in a multi-tap delay, allowing you to work with both melodies and rhythms.
That both processors are also modules for BEAM has no-brainer vibes, because both in marriages become an impressive, fun delay factory.
Lunacy Taps & Portals is available now for an introductory price of 29€ instead of 59€ until December 7, 2025. The Benn Bundle, including BEAM 2.0 is on sale for 69€ instead of 158€.
Taps runs as a standalone VST3, AU, and AAX plugin on macOS (native Apple Silicon + Intel) and Windows. Portals only runs in the Beam multi-FX plugin.
More information here: Lunacy Audio
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