REPLIC8
by TEMPL8 · Delay · Reverse-delay riser
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REPLIC8 renders reverse-delay risers that swell into a vocal word, which you drag from the plugin into the DAW as an audio clip.
It costs €29.99 (about $34.05) from TEMPL8, or less in a bundle with its sister plugin ANTICIP8.
Best for: Vocals, Sound Design. Genres: Hip-Hop & Trap, R&B & Soul, Pop.
Keywords: reverse, vocals, low latency, rap vocals, zero-latency, chorus, classic, ping-pong, sound design.
What it does
REPLIC8 is TEMPL8's plugin for reverse-delay risers: the backwards echoes that build up into the start of a vocal word. It replaces the usual four manual steps (cut the syllable, reverse it, render a repeating delay, reverse it back) with a plugin that renders the run-up for you and hands it over as a clip to drag into the arrangement.
- Repeats and time: set how many echoes the riser has and how long it runs, for example 8 repeats over 2.0 seconds.
- Grid: echo spacing from 1/2 down to 1/64 notes, with DOT and TRIP for dotted and triplet timing.
- Characters: Classic, Phone, Chorus and Ping-Pong change the sound of the echoes, from a plain delay to a band-limited phone tone or echoes bouncing between left and right.
- Shape: pull the curve in the wave display to change how the riser builds; RAW mode shows handles for the shaping points.
- Live re-render: changing repeats, grid or character re-renders the riser straight away; LISTEN and FX RAW let you preview the result.
- Drag-and-drop export: the finished riser drags out of the plugin as a 24-bit stereo WAV. You place its end at the start of the word, so the echoes lead into it.
- No latency: nothing runs in real time on the track, and hovering over a control shows a short explanation.
The interface on the product page shows version 1.1.1 with a demo mode; the page doesn't spell out the trial terms. REPLIC8 is sold alone, together with its sister plugin ANTICIP8 (a reverse-reverb riser) for less than the two separately, or with both ANTICIP8 and ADLIB RACK in a three-plugin bundle.
When to use it
REPLIC8 is a one-trick tool, and the trick is a reverse-delay riser in seconds instead of minutes. Unlike EchoBoy or Timeless 3, it is not a delay you leave running on a track: it renders a single clip from a word and gives it back to you to place by hand. That makes it far quicker than faking the effect with a reverse mode in a normal delay, such as Valhalla Delay's, because the echoes are already timed to end on the word. Compared with United Plugins Mirror, which makes reverse-style echoes in real time, REPLIC8 works offline, so there is no latency and no automation to set up, but every change means dragging out a new clip. For ordinary echoes and throws you still need a regular delay.
- Best for: run-ups into the first word of a verse or hook, transitions and drops, and vocal ear candy in rap and pop.
- Genres: hip-hop and trap, R&B, pop and EDM vocals.
- Look elsewhere if: you want reverse-style echoes from a delay that runs on the track like any other effect (United Plugins Mirror), or an everyday tempo-synced delay (EchoBoy, Valhalla Delay).
Where to buy
- TEMPL8: $34.05 (€29.99 converted to USD (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))
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