GET TO KNOW DL-1.
Your captures. Your effects. Your signal path. Take a closer look at the tools inside the rack.
GOOD TONE.
YOUR OWN PATH.
The familiar logic of a rack, with room to experiment. Keep your drive tight. Give your delay its own lane. Bring it all back together.
Move blocks, split the signal, and reconnect your effects on a flexible routing grid. Your settings and links stay with the block.
Actual DL-1 workflow · choose a step to replay
Two flavours, one signal. Delay and modulation run side by side before meeting at the output.
Routing illustration · switch paths to compareTHAT ONE PEDAL.
STILL IN THE CHAIN.
The pedal you can’t play without. The hardware that makes your sound yours. Give it a place alongside your favourite digital effects.
Place FX Out and FX In blocks wherever you want to send your guitar signal out to physical pedals or hardware and bring it back into DL-1. Keep your whole chain in one plugin, with the best of analogue and digital in the same rig.
Connect your hardware through your audio interface’s outputs and inputs. In a DAW, route DL-1’s send and return buses through your host.
SIX STRINGS.
ONE SWEET SPOT.
Get precise with the strobe tuner, or strum open strings for the polyphonic view. Your effects keep running while you tune.
Fine-tune your reference from 400–480 Hz, with string offsets and drop/capo transposition.
SAME SOUL.
YOUR GLOW.
Classic green. Cool emerald. Or a negative display for late-night sessions. Choose Fresh, Faded or Dying conditions for a little extra mileage.
RIGHT AT HOME
IN YOUR SETUP.
Load DL-1 on your guitar track or open the standalone app. Choose a preset, select a block and dial in its parameters. Rotary controls and a focused LCD bring the familiar workflow of professional guitar hardware to your desktop.
- FORMAT
- Windows
VST3 + standalone - AUDIO
- Windows standalone: ASIO, WASAPI & DirectSound.
Main and optional auxiliary buses in VST3. - ROUTING
- Up to 16 blocks including endpoints.
Serial and parallel paths. - WORKFLOW
- Saved presets, host automation and state recall.
Interface scaling from 75% to 150%.
A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS.
What is the difference between Free and Paid?
DL-1 Free includes a selection of effects with no usage or time limits, no upsell interruptions, and no audio blanking. DL-1 Paid includes the complete collection for a one-time payment of $28. Paid also loads and runs custom blocks developed with our open-source Blocks SDK, and includes lifetime updates, no DRM and no online activations.
Can I make my own pedal clones?
Yes. Our open-source Blocks SDK lets you build software recreations of your favourite pedals or design entirely new effects. Write the DSP yourself, work with an AI coding assistant, or combine both. Build your custom block, load it into DL-1 Paid, then play and refine it alongside the included effects.
Is DL-1 an instrument or an audio effect?
DL-1 is a guitar multi-effects audio processor. Feed it your guitar or a recorded audio track. It does not generate instrument notes. DL-1 supports MIDI mapping and learn.
Which formats and platforms are available?
DL-1 runs on Windows as a VST3 effect or a standalone application.
MAKE IT YOUR RIG.
Choose an edition, or build something of your own.