Space Age 555

Name: Space Age 555
Price: 69 USD
Author: Audiority

by Audiority · Delay · Tape echo with spring reverb and chorus

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Space Age 555 is a tape echo plugin modeled on the Roland Chorus Echo RE-501 and SRE-555, with BBD chorus and spring reverb.

It has six echo modes, a sound-on-sound head, ageing trimmers, tempo sync and ducking, for $69.

Best for: Guitars, Vocals, Keys & Synths, Drums, Sound Design. Genres: Rock & Indie, Lo-Fi, Electronic & EDM, Ambient & Cinematic.

Keywords: chorus, tape, spring, tape echo, BBD, hardware emulation, ducking, lo-fi, tempo-synced, vocals, dub, electric guitar, keys, vintage, 70s, drums, mixing, resizable UI, sound design, utility, warm, wobble.

What it does

Space Age 555 is Audiority's "faithful tape echo simulation" of the Roland RE-501 / SRE-555 Chorus Echo, a later Roland machine than the RE-201 Space Echo. It puts tape echo, spring reverb and BBD chorus in one unit, and keeps the original's fake stereo mode, which splits the sections between the left and right outputs.

Tape echo: a modeled tape echo with 6 echo modes and a sound-on-sound head for building up layered repeats.
Spring reverb: a spring reverb section with its own level control.
BBD chorus: a bucket-brigade chorus, the feature that set the RE-501 apart from earlier Space Echoes, with its own level.
Tape character: an internal compander, adjustable noise, and Age, Feedback and Motor Speed trimmers to set how worn and unstable the machine sounds.
Tone and signal path: Baxandall bass and treble controls, and a direct signal that can be bypassed for 100% wet use on a send.
Studio extras: tempo sync, ducking, a mix control, a phase flip button (added in v1.0.3) and a resizable interface.

The current version is 1.0.3 (November 2025). A demo is available; in demo mode the plugin outputs 3 seconds of silence every minute.

Source: Audiority product page

When to use it

Space Age 555 targets the later Roland RE-501/SRE-555, not the RE-201 modelled by Universal Audio's Galaxy Tape Echo and Arturia's Delay TAPE-201, the rated examples. So the extra BBD chorus and the fake stereo split are part of its sound, not add-ons. EchoBoy covers far more ground than Space Age 555, with 30 echo styles and rhythm modes, but it does not try to be one specific machine. Galaxy has been more widely reviewed as a recreation of its machine than Space Age 555 has. Choose Space Age 555 when you want one vintage box that does echo, chorus and spring reverb together.

Best for: warm, wobbly tape echo with chorus and spring reverb on guitars, vocals, keys and dub-style sends.
Genres: rock, dub, reggae, lo-fi, indie and ambient music.
Look elsewhere if: you want many delay types and rhythmic patterns in one plugin (EchoBoy), clean modern delays (Timeless 3), or the classic RE-201 sound specifically (Galaxy Tape Echo or Delay TAPE-201).

Where to buy

Audiority: $69
Plugin Boutique: $69

Tutorials and reviews

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