June 6, 2022 Father’s Day is coming soon -- Sunday, June 19th, 2022 to be exact. A day to honor those who worked so hard day and night to manufacture and deliver the sperm. The love-gun toting man who usually aims for and sometimes hits the toilet, effortly grows hair on his face, and is constantly under the influence of testosterone. It also gives the greeting card company an excuse to sell more cards. Thanks dad. DOWNLOAD FREE ORIENTAL GONGS, CYMBALS, AND BELLS I was going to post the sounds of a couple drum modules I enjoy, particularly the Boss DR-660 and the Alesis D4, because they still sound cool even after all these years. But after a cursory look online I realized the world is flooded with the free sounds of probably every damn drum machine ever invented or known to mankind (including the aforementioned two). So I went through some sound effects I had and found these. In an effort to cover new percussive sonic territory most engineers probably don’t have on hand, this download contains over two hundred completely original oriental gongs, cymbals, broken cymbals, and bells that are not found anywhere else. All of them are in 48K and there’s over 380MB of files. Most of them are commonplace with a few ominous and experimental sounding ones thrown in for good measure. Keep them around for special occasions, some added spice, or invent your own special secret sauce. Please feel free to use them and share. Enjoy. Click here to download over 200 original free oriental gongs, cymbals, and bells. SPECIAL NEWS Zystrix Downloads Have Greatly Increased in Popularity There has been a larger than anticipated influx of people downloading files from Zystrix, so for your information, privacy, and personal protection we have implemented what’s called a NEW RULES POLICY that will take effect immediately. As you may have noticed we do not carry or use outside advertising and we do not sell advertising space on this website. This helps keep musical gear opinions honest. There are no cookies forced onto your computer. Google, Doubleclick, and many other annoying privacy pirates are never allowed. We never check your cell phone location. We do not collect and sell your digital exhaust. It is with great pride I say this website is one of the last free bastions of freedom remaining on the internet. And I’m very happy for the hundreds of downloads that have helped so many musical and artistic projects and endeavors. Thanks so much for following this website, for your understanding of this policy, and for making it all worthwhile. What Zystrix does with your visiting and download information… DANGEROUS NEIGHBORS Here’s a few more tunes that Dangerous Neighbors recorded in the 80s and 90s. I Know was written and recorded in about 1998 and sent to a popular Grand Rapids, Michigan DJ. Then something happened and he didn’t have a job at the radio station any more. Hmm, I wonder what happened. Intensity Park Jam was recorded at a live gig during a hot jam session in about 1984. This tune has had many names over the years so for now we’ll call it Midnight Ridin’. It was first recorded in 1982 as part of a demo that was sent to a lot of A&R and record companies -- this is the original recording. Touch Me was recorded at a small basement 8-track studio and was originally written in about 1984 and was part of hundreds of promo CDs and gig freebies given away over the years. If you’d like to hear more here’s the link to the Dangerous Neighbors page. There’s also a free Dangerous Neighbors album recorded in 2020 and some samples of same on the page The Fluid - Embalmed for Life. Cash in the free code at Audible.com for your free audio book and album (they come packaged together). Audible will ask you to join their book service -- simply cancel your subscription (if you desire) after you get the download. If you download the file to your cell phone please be advised that it is over 500MB -- make sure you have enough room. That’s it, maybe I’ll see you next time. Knowledge, art, and music for all. Fred

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