Baby Audio Spaced Out

What Baby Audio Spaced Out Is For

Baby Audio Spaced Out is a "wet-FX" effects plugin designed to add depth, dimension, and movement to your sounds. It is aimed at producers of pop, electro, hip-hop, and ambient music as well as sound engineers who want to give relief to a vocal, widen a guitar, transform a synth into a cinematic pad, or add a controlled halo to a snare drum. Its goal is simple: to bring a mix back to life with expressive echoes and reverbs, while maintaining precise control to stay clean within the context of an arrangement.

Main Features

A "Space Echo" reinvented for a modern workflow

Inspired by the spirit of vintage machines without trying to "copy the past," Spaced Out offers a contemporary approach: a complex engine (more than 50 effects under the hood) but immediate ease of use. The result: a rich and textured character, ranging from subtle spatial effects to bold sound design, with a "hands-on" feel ideal for production.

Sequenced delay and echo textures

Spaced Out's delay is based on a 16-step sequencer synchronized to your DAW's tempo, perfect for creating rhythmic repeats, organic bounces, or evolving patterns. Several rhythmic modes are available (Straight, 2x, Dotted, Triplet), while the Intensity setting influences the sequencer's behavior through sustain and feedback control. To shape the tone, you have textures (Clean, Wonky Tape, Lofi, Hazy), a Reverse mode to invert the playback of repeats, as well as analog-modeled low-pass and high-pass filters to place the echo precisely in the mix.

Atmospheric reverb and moving modulation

The reverb section offers several programs (Vacuum, Small Space, Medium Space, Outer Space) to shift from a compact room to a wide, cinematic tail. The Pre Delay control (0 to 250 ms) helps preserve attack and clarity, while Stardust adds a sustained shimmer for bright tails. To keep the reverb elegant, Mellow acts as a double dampening filter for lows and highs, and Clean Up feeds the algorithm with a "trimmed" dry signal for more controlled density.

Stereo dimension and movement are managed via Dimension (Off, Ultra Wide, Motion) and the Width control (from mono to wide). The XY joystick approach allows intuitive morphing between reverb length and modulation behavior, quickly finding the right balance between immersion and clarity.

Mix control: from spectacular to perfectly integrated

Spaced Out is not just about "looking good": it includes tools to integrate the effect properly. The Ducker reduces the wet signal when the dry signal is present, preventing a vocal or lead from being drowned. Ducker Sync can synchronize this action to the BPM for a clean pumping effect in "four on the floor" style. Finally, Lift Off glues the processed signals together through a combination of compression, mid-side processing, and EQ, achieving a more coherent and "record-ready" sound.

Immediate inspiration with musical generation

When you want to break new ground, the Generate function (the "Dice" button) offers a musically tuned randomizer to instantly create new configurations. Ideal for transforming a bland sound into a signature texture, finding an atmosphere in seconds, or exploring more extreme treatments while staying musical.

Technical specifications

Type

Full software

Downloadable

Yes

Mac	Mac OS X 10.7 and above (including Native M1 compatibility)	Clean Up	injection of a "trimmed" dry signal into the algorithm for less dense response
Windows	Windows 7 and above	Width	reverb width from wide to mono
Delay modes	Straight, 2x, Dotted, Triplet	Dimension	Off, Ultra Wide, Motion
Intensity	sequencer behavior via sustain and feedback controls	XY joystick control	morphing between reverb length and modulation behavior
Texture	Clean, Wonky Tape, Lofi, Hazy	Generate	musically tuned randomizer to instantly generate new configurations
Reverse	delay playback inversion	Lift Off	wet signal gluing via compression, mid-side processing, and EQ
Programs	Vacuum, Small Space, Medium Space, Outer Space	Ducker	wet attenuation when dry is playing for a cleaner mix
Pre Delay	0 to 250 milliseconds	Ducker Sync	synchronization to DAW BPM for a "four on the floor" pumping effect
Stardust	sustained shimmer on reverb tail	Output	global effect output control
Mellow	low and high frequency attenuation filter (double dampening)