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March 4, 2024
This is the Outdoor Concert issue with the
Daltons. In the USA don’t forget to turn your
clocks ahead an hour. And Saint Patrick’s
Day is fast approaching. Also, there were
people with cell phones who can’t see the
background art. Problem solved. There’s a
cool guitar pedal that will secretly go up in
price. Buy one now while you still can. Have you tried the new
vers 3.0 OB-Xd Oberheim sounding synth plugin? It’s free and
it’s better. So sit back and relax. Welcome to Zystrix, the
heartbeat of the universe. Where creativity and free-thinking
have more value than conformity.
Daylight Savings
Time
Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead (Spring Ahead)
one hour on Sunday,
March 10, 2024 at 2
AM. I always do mine
the day before so I’m not
fiddling with clocks while
I’m half asleep.
Benjamin Franklin is
cited as being the
inventor of
the idea in 1874 to conserve candles. It also
allows people to wake closer to sunrise and be active in the later
evening light. What was I supposed to remember? Damn.
Saint Patrick’s
Day
The day (March 17th) commemorates Saint
Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in
Ireland, and also celebrates the heritage and
culture of the Irish in general. However, there
has been criticism of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations for having
become too commercialized and for fostering negative
stereotypes of the Irish people such as leprechaun outfits, public
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Some argue that the
festivities have also strayed too far from their original purpose of
honoring St Patrick. There is also the argument that the
celebration should not be associated with non-native religions
attempting to wipe out the original natural heritage of the Irish
people. In any case, the day is not a national holiday in the USA
but still carries on the secular celebrations.
Background Artwork
Unfortunately the artwork that surrounds the
edges of this website is invisible to many cell
phone users, and some people want to see it. So
the artwork for today is included here for your
enjoyment. How is it done? Multiple copies are
tiled together for a cohesive and seamless
background. Enjoy.
French Toast by Danelectro
If you’re a fan of the FOXX Tone
Machine fuzz pedal you will love this
one. The fuzz effect is similar to the
Norman Greenbaum tune Spirit in the
Sky guitar sound. His fuzz effect was
built in a Telecaster, so it wasn’t a
pedal. Anyway, the French Toast pedal
has been discontinued by Danelectro in
favor of the 3699 FUZZ pedal (approx
$200 USA). So if you want a similar
pedal with a much lower price tag (for
now) shop for a used Danelectro
French Toast and save yourself some
money. I found a used one for $50.00
and $6 shipping. That’s cheaper than
you can build one from scratch from
General Guitar Gadgets ($62.00 USA). Eventually people are
going to realize this free-market dilemma and the used price is
going to go up. So if you are hungry for an excellent vintage fuzz
sound at a good price you’d better order a used Danelectro
French Toast while you still can.
Ob-Xd vers. 3.0 Synth
from Disco DSP
This free plugin is
an emulation of the
analog hardware
Oberheim OB-X
synth from the late
1970s and early
1980s. Many songs
incorporated the
original Oberheim
OB-X including Jump by Van Halen, Tom Sawyer and
Subdivisions by Rush, Cars by Gary Numan and many others.
This is a new and improved version of earlier free VST
incarnations and it has features like micro random de-tuning
creating a fuller sound. However,
installing this version 3.0 will not
cause problems with any earlier
versions you may have installed in
your DAW, so there’s no need to find
them and erase them. Basically it’s a
new plugin. The company requests a
$50 donation for their work, so give
them something if you can. It’s worth
it. Clicking on the animation takes
you to their website for the download or simply click here. I hope
some day someone emulates the old CZ-101 or CZ-1000 from
the 1980s. I still use mine now and again.
Don’t touch that dial…
Stay tuned next time…
There are some excellent guitar pedals that are steal-
deals and we’ll talk about why you should own them
and where to get them. We’ll also cover some not-so-
new free plugins that are great to have on hand for your DAW,
and maybe we’ll hear a new piano tune. It’s weather dependent.
This is an example of the
common spring.
Last Saint Patrick’s Day I went out drinking, so I took a bus
home. I thought it would be safer, but I’ve never driven a bus
before.
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