welcome to the home studio show in this episode i'm looking at the bitwig 3.3 update i'm also
looking at the opzilla synth which is a new pay what you want synth and there's sort of a free
version of that in there i'm also checking out the behringer flow 8 which is a digital mixer
i've got free vst plugins some great deals and more all coming up i'm zane thank you
so much for checking out this episode of the home studio show this is the show where
i aim to help you find new tools for your home studio by providing audio attack news
and reviews links for everything mentioned in this episode are down in the description so be sure
to head down there if you're interested in any of this stuff but right now let's get into the audio
tech news and first up in news is bitwig has been updated to version 3.3 and this is a free update
for anyone that has an active upgrade plan some of the highlights of bitwig studio 3.3 are the new
hybrid modular synthesizer called polymer and it's designed to be fun and quick to dial in your sound
you also get a new grid module this one is the wave table oscillator and that includes 139
wave tables across five categories you've got acoustic analog digital fractal and harmonics
also new in this update is free content scaling which allows you to stretch notes and audio freely
plus 12 new grid modules and modulators and many more updates and improvements next up in home
studio news is something that i missed a couple of weeks ago it's the release of the behringer
flow 8 digital mixer this is an 8 channel digital mixer with bluetooth and it can also be used as an
8 input and 2 output usb audio interface it has two midas mic preamps along with instrument and
line inputs the flow 8 digital mixer connects to the flow 8 app on your phone or on your tablet
and you can use that as a remote and it even has a wizard mode that will give you assisted setup
and easy gain gain staging you can even save snapshots of your mix for each project so you
can easily dial in your settings that you used in previous projects it even includes two effects
engines with 16 presets and 12 reverbs along with compression and a limiter for a small format mixer
it has a ton of features and it can be great in the studio or on the road at the time of recording
this it's available as a pre-sale on sweetwater and other music sites with a price of 229 usd
next up in home studio news is the opzilla synth from 2getheraudio this is a huge fm synthesizer
with 150 fully editable sounds it has a single page interface making it easy to dial in your
sound without having to hop around to different views and it has pay what you want pricing
starting at just ten dollars but you can also use it completely unlocked for free in the trial mode
but there are some limitations you can't save any presets and your daw also won't save any of
the parameters in it but if you're just using the included presets this really shouldn't be too big
of an issue for you obviously pay for it if you can but if you're unable to pay for it right now
this is a great fm synthesizer to get into 2getheraudio opzilla is available on mac
and windows next up in audio tech news is a new free drum machine plugin from full bucket music
this is bucket pops the bucket pops plugin is a simulation of the korg mini pop 7 rhythm machine
from 1966. yes a drum machine from the 60s and some of the features in this plugin include
20 original rhythms 15 model drum instruments tweakable instrument parameters tweakable rhythm
sequencer resizable user interface if you get the regular version and not the end version midi
learn capabilities all of the parameters can be controlled by midi and you can get the free bucket
pops plugin from full bucket music on windows and mac now it's time to look at some deals but before
i get into that i just want to ask if you're enjoying this episode of the home studio show so
far can you please give it a thumbs up it really helps my channel out and i appreciate it so much
now let's get into deals and first up is a deal over at plugin boutique where you get to choose
one of four compression options with the purchase of any plugin the compressors that you can choose
from are the united plugins royal compressor the mturbo comp le from melda productions fundamental
base from wa production or if you want to get to know how to use compression more then you may want
to select the compression fundamentals course from producer tech or you can make four purchases and
choose a different one of these each time and then you get all four i've linked to this deal
down in the description so you can head directly to this page and get more info on all of these
compression options and this offer ends on january 3rd the next deal is the sweetwater holiday bundle
this one is still going on and in this bundle you're going to get ozone elements rx elements
neutron elements nectar elements exponential audio x caliber verb and audio r2 plus trash 2 and
iris 2. nine great plugins for just 49 and i've linked to that deal below it ends on january 7th
so be sure to get that if you're interested in picking this one up plus they have some
other great recording gear deals happening over at sweetwater be sure to check it out waves audio are
always having plugin deals over on their website but the name of the deal is always changing so i'm
not going to mention the name of the deal here but typically it's a buy two plugins at a discounted
price and get two plugins of your choice for free and if you've watched my channel for a
while now you'll know that waves plugins are probably my most used and they offer great value
and high quality check the link in the description to go directly to their current sales page
this next deal is only on for a couple more days but i thought it's worth mentioning here
baby audio are having a huge sale where you can save up to 40 percent on their entire line of
plug-ins which includes the i heart and y plugin for just 19. super vhs for 29 plus you can save on
all of their other plugins check the link in the description for more details alright let's get
into the plugins worth checking out and first up this week is one of the plugins that you can get
for free right now over on plugin boutique this is the royal compressor which is a very nice
vari mu style compressor plugin that aims to bring you a pleasantly warm sound with a few easy to use
controls this plugin is actually modeled after three separate units and each of those units has
its own subtle differences you can switch between each one of these to see what sounds best on your
tracks and you can get royal compressor on mac and windows but right now let's give it a listen
the next plugin worth checking out is a synthesizer plugin from
air this is vacuum pro vacuum pro is a polyphonic analog synth with vacuum tube circuit modeling
it captures that crunchy warm sound of the analog era and vacuum pro comes with over
350 presets that can give you a great starting point for creating your own
sound it's available on mac and windows now let's give a few of those presets a listen
now it's time for the free plugins of the week and first up this week is an updated version of
a classic plugin this is the updated version of izotope vinyl if you aren't familiar with this
plugin it simulates the dust scratches warp and mechanical noise from a classic record player
and you can control each element independently new in this update is the updated user interface that
makes it easier to understand what you're doing and it's also being more optimized for less cpu
usage izotope vinyl is available on both mac and windows now let's give it a quick listen
the next free vst plugin is a fun one this is reflekt audio feast this is another collaboration
between taki brano and reflekt audio and it's bringing you the sounds of a happy gathering
like cooking eating utensils preparing serving and even burping it's always fun to check out
these reflekt audio plugins because at first you're like how's this going to be musical
and then you get into it and you find out that the sounds can be surprisingly usable
you can get feast on mac and windows now let's give it a listen
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