Taps & Portals is a pair of delay effects from Lunacy, developed in collaboration with Benn Jordan, that run inside the BEAM multi-effects engine or as plugins in VST3, AU and AAX formats.

Taps & Portals at a glance

Developer	Lunacy
Type	Effects / Delay
Formats	VST3, AU, AAX
Operating systems	Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.15 or later
Apple Silicon	Native
RAM	8 GB or more
Price on Plugin Boutique (October 2026)	€58.51

What Taps & Portals does

Taps is a multi-tap delay with up to 8 taps, each with its own pitch, and the developer lists five pitch modes. Taps can work as a free-running delay or as a tempo-synced delay, and the Multiply and Divide modes are used to build everything from smeared delays to long rhythmic patterns. Spacing controls skew, cluster and swing the taps, and ping pong delays can be set. Fewer taps can be used for a classic echo, while a full set of taps creates complex webs of repeats. A Freeze button locks the current delay state in place.

Portals is a feedback processor that routes effects between Out nodes so their signal feeds back into itself. Feedback can be nested, with one Portal placed inside another, and split across multiple beams. Gate, Delay and Feedback controls shape the motion, and a Panic button cuts the signal without stopping the rest of the session. Used together, Taps and Portals are described as building self-evolving sound universes.

Taps & Portals includes 50 Taps presets from Lunacy, a separate Parallax pack of 50 presets that combine the two effects, and a Tape section that adds wow, flutter, dropouts and dust to the delay.

Key features

• Multi-tap delay. Taps provides up to 8 delay taps, each with its own pitch and customizable timing, so a single delay can be shaped into a cluster or a set of separate echoes.
• Pitch modes. Five pitch modes are offered for the taps, which the developer describes as opening harmonic and melodic possibilities.
• Spacing and swing. Skew, cluster, swing and ping pong controls rearrange how the taps are placed across the stereo field and in time.
• Tape section. The Tape controls add wow, flutter, dropouts and dust to the delay signal, with the developer describing the result as tape warmth.
• Feedback compensation. A smart feedback compensation system is included so that feedback settings stay under control, including when Portals are nested inside one another.
• Nested feedback. Portals can be placed within Portals to create nested feedback systems, and feedback can be split across multiple beams.
• Freeze and Panic. The Freeze button holds the delay in its current state, and the Panic button cuts the signal.

Compatibility

Taps & Portals is available as VST3, AU and AAX for Windows and macOS, with native support for Apple Silicon listed. The minimum requirements are macOS 10.15 and Windows 10, with 8 GB of RAM.

Taps & Portals compared with similar plugins

SSL X-Delay from Solid State Logic and Cluster Delay from Minimal Audio are both delay effects in VST3, VST2, AU and AAX for Windows and macOS. PrimalTap from Soundtoys and Tekturon from D16 Group are also delay effects, and Tekturon additionally lists a Standalone format alongside VST3, VST2, AU and AAX on Windows and macOS.

Plugin	Developer	Type	Formats	Systems	Price
Taps & Portals	Lunacy	Delay	VST3, AU, AAX	Windows, macOS	€58.51
SSL X-Delay	Solid State Logic	Delay	VST3, VST2, AU, AAX	Windows, macOS	€101.15
Cluster Delay	Minimal Audio	Delay	VST3, VST2, AU, AAX	Windows, macOS	€48.59
PrimalTap	Soundtoys	Delay	VST3, VST2, AU, AAX	Windows, macOS	€94.21
Tekturon	D16 Group	Delay	VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, Standalone	Windows, macOS	€68.43

Price and availability

Taps & Portals was listed on Plugin Boutique in October 2026 at €58.51. Prices change often, so the store page shows the current one.

Taps & Portals FAQ

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