HSS Episode 055-The Black Friday Battle Plan

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Both the September and the October edition of the HSS Song Contest is over, and the submissions for the contest just keep getting better!
• September Winner - Micheal Reynolds - Grey
• October Winner - Mark George - The Other Side of Sound
• If you'd like to get involved in the next song contest be sure to click the link in the show notes, or if you're watching on YouTube check the description of this video for any applicable links.
• The November Edition of the song contest is soon coming to a close and the deadline for this one is the 30th
• There will be a December Song Contest as well! r
• The Ultimate Cakewalk Course is going to be available soon! This is a 6 hour course complete with PDF guides for every Module as well as a set of Multi-Tracks to mix along with. This course will have you up and running with everything Cakewalk has to offer in the shortest amount of time possible, and give you a mix you can add to your portfolio as well. 

 

EAR TO THE GROUND

• BOSS Pocket GT-https://bit.ly/The_BOSS_Pocket_GT

Combining premium BOSS guitar tones with integrated YouTube learning, this pocket-size amp/effects processor pairs with your smartphone or tablet to create the ultimate go-everywhere lesson studio. Watch YouTube content in the companion BOSS Tone Studio app and create song lists, set loop markers, and more. Access deep editing tools to emulate the tones of famous players or craft new sounds all your own. And with automatic user memory switching, you can change up sounds as a YouTube video plays! Adding in other great features like Bluetooth music streaming, USB audio interface capability, and more.

 

Get yours here and help out the show at no extra cost to you with the affiliate link: BOSS Pocket GT

 

• Strymon Nightsky-https://bit.ly/Strymon_Nightsky

NightSky is a reverberant synthesis workstation, and a powerful, hands-on experimental sound design platform. NightSky gives you real-time continuous control of reverb, pitch/processing, rate/core size, harmonics, and even a synth-like resonant filter with multiple modulation waveshapes, plus a step sequencer with variable glide. You haven’t heard a pedal like this before.

 

Create vast soundscapes with just a few notes from your instrument. Apply mind-bending pitch and harmonic manipulation to your reverb tails, with synth-like filter sweeps. Enter a world of new sounds that blow away the boundaries of what is possible with reverb. With pioneers and adventurous sonic explorers in mind we created a reverb pedal that can go where none have gone before.

 

Get yours here and help out the show at no extra cost to you with the affiliate link: Strymon Nightsky

• Izotope NeoVerb Reverb Plugin-https://bit.ly/NeoVerb

From the minds behind Ozone and Nectar, and powered by legendary Exponential Audio technology, iZotope Neoverb is the most intelligent reverb plug-in for music producers. With built-in presets you can save time and leave the trial and error behind, allowing room for creativity. Design unique spaces for vocals and instruments in seconds, without muddying the mix, and use its complete arsenal of tools for defining the perfect sound that doesn't get in the way.

 

3 FREE PLUGINS

• OB-XD 2.1 - FREEWARE SYNTH

OB-Xd is based on the Oberheim OB-X. It attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number of things were added or altered to the original design. OB-Xd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. It implements micro random detuning which is a big part of that sound. 

 

Now, while not copying originals, some of the features were taken to a better point. Continuous blendable multimode filter (HP-Notch(BP)-HP in 12 dB mode and 4-1 pole in 24 dB mode). Also, like many synths of the OB-X's generation, the OB-Xd has no internal effects so its sounds and textures can be greatly enhanced by the use of additional processing like chorus, reverb, delay, etc.

 

(Thanks to 2Dat for the original OB-Xd and Soshi Studio for giving the rights to continue this wonderful product. Also thanks to all KVR artists for making the amazing skins!. OB-Xd Desktop has no restrictions and is free to use. Buy to support further development, thank you! Source code is available under GPL license at GitHub.)

 

• InstaLooper - FREEWARE LOOPER

InstaLooper, is a looper, but not just any looper. This tool allows you to loop your music with different sizes of loops on 4 different loop rows, to pitch your loops, use the integrated effects on it and even reverse the audio. This plugin is useful for making live effects, or to program glitch effects when you create your tunes. Each AUDIO BLAST software is designed for real-time creations and live performances that require tools that are easy to use.

 

Key Features:

• 4 loops in a row

• On/off loop per row

• 10 sizes of loop from 1 bar to 1/32 beat per row

• 5 integrated effects per row

• Bit Reducer, AutoPan, HiPass, Phazer, TimeExpand

• A pitch per row

• A Reverse effect per row

 

• FILTERSTEP - FREEWARE FILTER

Filterstep is a modern motion filter plugin which provides a great deal of potential for all kinds of intricate rhythmic movement. It can give you incredibly complex and nuanced results based on various filter effect settings, and almost infinite possibilities for sonic exploration and movement randomization.  Introduce contemporary character to your music and craft compelling textures with simple and intuitive parameter controls.

 

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