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February 5, 2024
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This time we’ll cover the holidays Valentines
Day and Presidents Day. There’s also a
couple of free VST plugins of mention called
InstaVibe by Linda Audio and Nube by Ronan
Fed. There’s also a fantastic amp head for
guitar called Headfirst Alta 100, and as a special treat there’s yet
another free neo-classical solo piano download by
Dangerous Neighbors called Cautious Optimism and
a new free video download of a recent piano tune called
Surprise Failure. So sit back and relax. Welcome to
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Happy Valentines Day
Valentine's Day customs such as sending
greeting cards (known as "valentines"),
offering confectionery and presenting
flowers developed in early modern England
and spread throughout the English-
speaking world in the 19th century. In the
later 20th and early 21st centuries these
customs spread to other countries. Saint
Valentine's Day (February 14) is not a
public holiday in any country. Aww heck,
take the day off anyway.
Presidents Day
George Washington, the first president in the
USA, was born on February 22,1732 and his
birthday was celebrated on
this exact date from 1879 until
1970. However, to give
federal employees a three-
day weekend, in 1968 the
Uniform Monday Holiday Act
moved it to the third Monday
in February, and the day
became known as Presidents
Day. On Presidents Day the
citizens of the USA honor all
or any single president of
choice. And it’s a day off for many people.
YAY!
InstaVibe by Linda Audio
This is the best free plugin I know of (and it competes with the
paid versions too) if you are
looking for home stereo style
tape, vinyl, or tube artifacts to
add to your recordings. It only
took me a couple of minutes to
figure out all the functions. The
sounds are believable and fun to
fiddle with on recorded tracks. Add this one to your VST arsenal
for just in case. Click on the photo at the left to download
Instavibe. NOTE: Clicking on the link takes you to a different
website.
Nube by Ronan Fed
If you are familiar with the
Waves H-Delay plugin
($50.00 USA) then give this
one a listen because it’s a
serious contender and it’s
free. To adjust the effect amount use the Level knob. Click on
the Nube photo to download it. Excellent plugin. NOTE: Clicking
on the link takes you to a different website.
Headfirst Alta 100
This guitar amp is a hot-rodded Marshall-sounding monster. If
you like fire-breathing
guitar tones then give it a
listen on your favorite
“zoo-tube” website. Be
prepared to be separated
from your bank account.
Amazing.
Dangerous Neighbors
Cautious Optimism is the name of the
brand new Dangerous Neighbors neo-
classical solo piano MP3 for your
downloading pleasure. This tune is
about how looking on the bright side is
advantageous as long as the person
doesn't get emotionally shot down by a
sudden disappointment, or put another
way, hoping for the best without relying
on the best outcome. To download
simply click on the piano video on the
right.
This new video from Dangerous Neighbors is called Surprise
Failure and was originally released in video format September
18, 2023 from this website.
The newer version shown here
is a more animated version for
your enjoyment and is also
available on the popular video
website “zoo-tube”. This tune
was intended to express the
thoughts of everything going
great and then suddenly it all
collapses. You can download the smaller new video version here
(which has a better sound track), or you can also download the
larger version with the sound track squashed by “zoo-tube”. And
many ask, “How do I download videos on “zoo-tube?” It’s simple.
Use Mozilla Firefox as your browser and in the Application Menu
(three horizontal lines in the upper right corner) go to the Add-ons
and themes section. In the plugins search out video downloaders
and install the one made by Dashita. It works every time.
Don’t touch that dial…
Stay tuned next time…
Next time we’ll continue searching for those elusive
new free recording plugins, some cool guitar pedals,
and maybe we’ll hear a new piano tune.
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