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June 10, 2024
Thanks for stopping -- welcome. We’ll meet
an expert explaining Fretboard Dysfunction --
common in older guitars. We’ll look at some
strange but useful free DAW special effects --
the kind that add glitches, goofs, distortion,
and mess up your music in a good way. There
are some days of interest upon us in the USA:
Flag Day, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, and the
first day of summer. We’ll also check out the artwork that
surrounds this page. And we’ll enjoy a few quiet TV moments in
the living room of an interesting young couple. So sit back and
relax. Welcome to Zystrix, the heartbeat of the universe. Where
creativity and free-thinking have more value than conformity.
Flag Day
Although it is not a national holiday,
June 14th is celebrated and
considered a legal holiday by
various states in the USA. The
Flag Resolution, passed on June
14, 1777 by the Second Continental
Congress states: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union
be thirteen stars, white in a blue
field, representing a new
constellation." The early original
design had a circle of 13 stars
which represented each of the
thirteen states. The modern flag
has 50 stars representing all 50
states. Three Oaks, Michigan (one
of my my old stomping grounds)
has an annual
three-day Flag
Day weekend
event which
includes a parade. They say they have the
largest and the oldest Flag Day parade in
the nation. Yeah, they most certainly do.
Happy Father’s Day
Father's Day honors fatherhood and
the influence of fathers in the world.
In most countries it is observed on
the third Sunday of June although it
is observed at other various dates according to
the traditions of the area. Paternal bonds are
universal. Thanks, dad. Happy Father’s day, everyone.
Happy
Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the
USA and was enacted in 2021 by
President Joe Biden signing it into
law. It is an anniversary observance
of the emancipation of the enslaved
African Americans. On June 19,
1865 General Order No. 3 was issued
by Major General Gordon Granger
proclaiming freedom for slaves in
Galveston, Texas. Although
President Abraham Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederacy
on January 1, 1863, enforcement of the
proclamation generally relied upon the advance
of Union troops into those states. President
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not
free all slaves in the Union states, and they
were freed with the ratification of the
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution,
on December 6, 1865. The final slaves to
be freed were held by the Choctaw and were
released in 1866. Although slow in coming,
emancipation spread across the United
States eventually freeing all.
First Day of
Summer
There are many ways to define
what times are considered
summer, and I am using the
astrological season here. The astronomical season for
summer in the northern hemisphere is the 21st of June
until the 23rd of September, but the meteorological
summer season is the 1st of June
through the last day of August. At any
rate, when it is summer in the
Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in
the Southern Hemisphere, and vice
versa.
Background
Artwork
Unfortunately the artwork that surrounds the
edges of this website is invisible to
many cell phone users. The artwork for
today is included here on the left for
your enjoyment. Multiple copies are
tiled together for a cohesive and seamless background
board seen all around this page. Enjoy.
Free Glitch
Software
I checked out several free
programs that add distortion, skips, stutters, dropouts,
tape grunge/anomalies, and so on. I downloaded and tried the
folowing list: Fracture, Fragmental, Krush,
Danaides, Glitch, Therapy, Fire, Cyclotron X2,
Hysteresis, and BreadSlicer.
After downloading and trying them all I picked
out the ones that seemed the most promising
for a rock or metal recording feel and situation.
If you’re the extra adventurous type download
the other ones and try them for yourself and
see if you agree. I probably shouldn’t say this, but opinions are
like, uh, well, hmm, it’s something vulgar, but you get the picture.
Here are my favorites...
Krush by Tritik
Krush is an intuitive free plugin for Windows or Mac that has lots
of interesting down-sampling distortions and lo-fi fuzzy weirdness
to keep a person immersed for a while. I tried it on guitar and
dialed in a sound similar to a distortion pedal with dying batteries.
I like it on searing
synth leads. Mixed
properly it can give
heavy drums an
over-the-top head-
spankin’ slam. This
plugin is great for
your sonic toolkit.
Privacy Warning: when downloading be prepared to give
away your email address. Click here to download Krush by
Tritik or click on the plugin photograph. Excellent.
Fracture by
GlitchMachines
This free plugin for Windows and Mac allows a variety of glitch
effects like stutter, skip, and digital distortion, and it will process
files already in your DAW or even audio files in real-time. There
are plenty of presets to get a person started, and I especially like
the preset effects
called Classic
Rewinder, Drill
Stop, Drum Spice,
and Ambient
Guitarist. Fracture
is a superior plugin,
especially for free.
Try it on big drums. Try it on weird ambient synth pads. Try it on
your favorite breakfast cereal. Don’t be frightened, just try it.
Click here to download Fracture by GlitchMachines or click on
the Fracture plugin photograph.
Glitch by Illformed
There is a paid version of this plugin which is version
2.0. That’s not the same as the one available here which
is version 1.3, but this free version still kicks some
serious ass. This plugin for Windows or Mac does some
insane effects in many, many variations. It’s hard to
believe it’s free; I got lost in making all sorts of interesting
craziness. I love how
the random function
button takes it to
another level of insanity.
And it even comes
bundled with some other
free plugins you may
also enjoy. Click here to
download Glitch by
Illformed or click on the
plugin photograph.
Don’t touch that dial…
Stay tuned next
time…
Next time we’ll look at some budget guitar pedals
by DEMONFX that sound like the big dollar stuff.
And, as usual, lots more animations and artwork
downloads. And we’ll enjoy yet another great holiday
here in the USA – Independence Day – my favorite.
And if you can’t afford fireworks, do like I do and just
shoot off your mouth. Maybe I’ll see you then.
I prefer older women because they’ve gotten used to
life’s disappointments, and that means they’re ready
for someone like me.
Knowledge, art, and
music for all…
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This is the original Djammincabs guitar cabinet impulse response
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Djammincabs for Bass Guitar
Download Free Bass Impulse Responses
Click here to download
over 200 Free Bass Guitar Cabinet Impulse Responses.
Best Free Guitar Impulses.
The Top 11 Best Free
Guitar and Bass
Cabinet Impulse Responses for
2022
(in alphabetical order…)
Find, download, and test the best
free guitar cabinet impulse responses for 2022.
FREE BASS LOOPS SAMPLES
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Over 200 samples are included in the
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Download the complete collection of 24-bit bass loops here.
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Original Newfangled Audio Pendulate
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Free Drum Samples
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Free Gong Samples and Sounds
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Dangerous Neighbors
The SW Michigan
Rock Band Power Trio.
Free Rockin’ Music Downloads
Download
tunes
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Life
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the
DOWNLOAD
FREE
AUDIO
BOOKS
link
below)
and
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Click here to download various music from
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Intros, Interludes, and Endings
Listen to example #01 by clicking here (MP3 Sample)
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inconvenience.
Click here for free audio books,
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