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May 13, 2024
You came to the right place. This time we’ll
meet a young man who’s father wants him to
set a new trend with a heavy metal
haircut – whatever that is. And don’t
forget to get out the BBQ grill and work in
the garden for Memorial Day weekend.
There’s a couple of free synths that sound
cool: the HY-POLY by HY-Plugins and the PPG Wave by
Hermann Seib. There’s a free guitar amp head plugin by
Vadim Taranov that’s modeled after the Peavey 5150.
SLAX by Sonic Anomaly is a free vintage compressor
inspired by the Teletronix LA-2A. And the free Cherry Snare
is also a nice way to stack sounds and add drum attitude.
The free full-length album of neo-classical solo piano from
Dangerous Neighbors that came out last time is now
in a shortened “ZooTube” version which simply points
back here. So sit back and relax. Welcome to Zystrix,
the heartbeat of the universe. Where creativity and
free-thinking have more value than conformity.
Happy Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the USA for the observance
of U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the armed
forces. Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day back in
1868 and it was a day to decorate the graves of the fallen
soldiers in the American Civil War. In 1967
the name was officially
changed to Memorial
Day. Although it was
observed at various times in various
communities, in 1971 it was declared to be
observed on the last
Monday of May.
Historically flowers or a
small flag were placed on
a fallen soldier’s grave. Please have a safe
holiday, and if you have a chance, take a
moment to honor those who gave all for our freedoms. Salute.
HY-POLY Free
by HY-Plugins.
This is a one oscillator
subtractive polyphonic
synthesizer with 4 voices. It
also has 5 tweakable effects.
Many of the synth and audio fx parameters can be modulated
creating a wide variety of sounds. If you want the classic analog
synth sound, though, this is probably not the synth for you –
think more edm, trap, and trance. It can be used on a Mac or
in 32 bit mode in Windows.
Download one and try it yourself by clicking here.
PPG Wave
by
Hermann Seib
This free synth is a Waldorf
PPG 2.2 V6 emulation with
8 voices, it’s monotimbral,
and has a stereo output. To
say this synth is strange
may be an understatement because it comes with over 1000
presets that are quite complex and unpredictable. It comes in
Windows 32 and 64 bit versions, but unfortunately it doesn’t have
a Mac version yet. Give it a listen by downloading one here.
Peavey 5150 sim
by Vadim Taranov
The Heavy Lead 5150 is a
free amp simulation of a
Peavey 5150 with the
power output dial
permanently set at three.
This original recorded
setting produces a power
amp influence
on the tone, but unfortunatly, this sound section is not
adjustable. This plugin is a very close comparison to
the real thing, so if you like the sound of a 5150 this
plugin may be for you. It’s designed for Windows 32
and 64 bit only. Sorry, but there’s no Mac version.
Download and check this one out by clicking here.
Cherry Snare
by VST4free
This Cherry Snare is a realistic
sounding sampled acoustic snare
drum used for triggering by itself or
adding personality to another snare
sound. Every channel features a Punch knob which controls the
sustain level with a fixed decay setting. Doing this mimics a
compressor or expander sculpting the transient sharpness.
Release and Pan controls are also available on the 4 strips. The
master section features a Velocity Dynamic knob to adjust the
amplitude range. A tuner is also provided to pitch the snare drum
up or down and a Vari-pitch (an LFO applied to the pitch) to
produce subtle to unrealistic pitch variations. Add this one to your
DAW arsenal for a rich sounding wooden snare. Excellent.
Click here to download yours now.
SLAX by Sonic Anomaly
SLAX is a vintage compressor loosely inspired by the
famous Teletronix
LA-2A. It features
an aggressive, dark character
which works well for vocals,
drums and acoustic guitars. I
prefer it on bass guitar, but
that’s just me. The output
limiter turns on when output
exceeds -0.1db, so the signal
never gets above the digital
distortion level of the DAW.
This one comes in Windows
32 and 64 bit versions only.
This is a smooth and round
sounding LA-2A sim.
Very nice.
Click here to download one and start using it in your DAW today.
Dangerous
Neighbors
As you may remember last time
there was a posting here for the
free solo piano album by
Dangerous Neighbors. I also tried
posting it to a popular video
website, but unfortunately
“ZooTube” doesn’t accept files
over 15 minutes long if there is no telephone number associated
with the video. I don’t put addresses for “ScrewTube” videos on
this website because it goes against Zystrix privacy rules. If
you’d like to look it up the name is “Royalty Free -- Piano Top to
Bottom -- Full Album -- Zystrix”. However, the original full-length
video is posted here on the album page, and so is the shortened
“ZooTube” edited version. So if you’d like to listen to either one
simply click on this link. Enjoy.
Don’t touch that dial…
Stay tuned next time…
Well, I spent too much time on other projects to get
to the sound demo video of the Mosky TW pedal.
That’s going to come next. The pedal really rocks, I’m serious.
And once again, if I get lucky with Mosky delivery, we’re going to
examine the Mosky 4-mode compression guitar pedal and try to
figure out just what the different modes really do. I have no idea
what’s taking delivery so long. And there’s a couple
of cool Joyo guitar pedals you may really enjoy.
Maybe I’ll see you then.
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called stationary.
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POPULAR FREE DOWNLOADS
Here’s a free download of almost one and a half hours of original
neo-classical solo piano by Dangerous Neighbors. This full
length album called Piano Top to Bottom consists of 18 original
piano pieces with the final piece in two movements. There is a
bonus track making 20 files total. This download comes in three
format options: the first option is a single file MP3 containing all the
tunes in one chunk similar to tape recordings. The second
download option is a folder with all of the separate MP3 piano
pieces named and arranged in album order similar to a CD or MP3
player. The third download option is similar to videos found on
“ZooTube” with the names and times on the screen. There is also
a fourth surprise version made only for “ZooTube” and it is edited
down to less than 15 minutes long because of their telephone
number required rule. Basically it just guides the listener here.
To download any or all of these options simply click here. Enjoy.
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This is the original Djammincabs guitar cabinet impulse response
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over 200 Free Guitar Cabinet Impulse Responses.
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Download Free Bass Impulse Responses
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FREE BASS LOOPS SAMPLES
DOWNLOAD
ROYALTY FREE BASS LOOP SAMPLES
FREE BASS LOOPS
Over 200 samples are included in the
collection
Download the complete collection of 24-bit bass loops here.
NOTE: This download size is approximately 369 Megs.
Free Pendulate
Synthesizer Presets
Original Newfangled Audio Pendulate
synth patches/presets
Click here to download over 240
Free Pendulate Synth Presets (patches)
Synapse Audio
Dune Synthesizer
Download Over 200 Free
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Click here to download over 200 FREE Synapse Audio
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NOTE: This synth patch download is slightly over 1 Meg in size.
Free Reverb Impulse
Responses
Choose from hundreds available in
48K 24 bit WAV format
including new original reverbs.
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Over 400 Guitar Isolation Booth
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Free Drum Samples
Only Available from Zystrix
Free Gong Samples and Sounds
Free Snare Drum Samples and
Sounds
Free Bass Drum Samples and
Sounds
Free Oriental Cymbal Samples
and Sounds
Free Oriental Bells Samples and
Sounds
The Ultimate Original Drum Sounds List
Download over 2000 original slammin’ rock bass drums.
Download original Gongs, Cymbals, Broken Cymbals, and Bells.
Download Over 200 Free Original Bass Drum Sounds and Samples.
Download over 200 Original Free snare drum sounds.
Click here to download Drum Kit Sounds.
Dangerous Neighbors
The SW Michigan
Rock Band Power Trio.
Free Rockin’ Music Downloads
Download
tunes
from
the
80s
to
today.
Use
the
special
codes
on
the
Embalmed
for
Life
page
(see
the
DOWNLOAD
FREE
AUDIO
BOOKS
link
below)
and
get
free
downloads
for
the
complete
album
and
the
free
horror
audio book
The Fluid - Embalmed for Life.
Click here to download various music from
the rock band Dangerous Neighbors.
Download Free Synth Samples for
Intros, Interludes, and Endings
Listen to example #01 by clicking here (MP3 Sample)
Download FREE professional quality stereo sample packs that
slowly evolve over time. All samples are in 48K 24 bit WAV format
and are about 20 seconds long or more. If you like suspense,
psycho, outer space, or terror then this collection is for you. These
range from paranoia to sci-fi, cinematic gore to strange industrial
horror, and creepy creatures to insane laboratories.
Click here to download all the
synth Intros, Interludes, and Endings.
DOWNLOAD FREE
AUDIO BOOKS
The Fluid, Embalmed for Life
There are Free Audio Book codes for Audible downloads (must sign up).
There are also free sample downloads of the book reading.
There are free downloads of music samples.
There is a free “Look Inside” download of the paperback.
There is a free glossary of the largest list of mortuary slang in the world.
The Free Dangerous Neighbors Album The Fluid, Embalmed for Life
comes included as part of the audio book and parts are available here as a
free download.
The paperback book is available for sale at Amazon dot com. I have no
control over these sales; because of the Amazon agreement I cannot offer
complete paperback or complete audio books here. I’m sorry for any
inconvenience.
Click here for free audio books,
book reading samples, music samples, etc.
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