in this episode of the home studio show i'm looking at novation circuit tracks
the audio thing alborosi dub station plugin a cool little sequencer program plus of course
i've got the free plugins of the week and much more all coming up i'm zane welcome to the home
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and first up in audio tech news this week is the release of novation circuit tracks i've
noticed a growing movement of people going with dawless music making and circuit tracks
is a standalone groovebox that will allow you to create music away from your computer it includes
two polyphonic synthesizers that have 128 presets four independent drum tracks two midi tracks that
you can use to control external devices or devices on your computer plus it also has built-in effects
you can use this to program music or you can also use it in a live setting as well if we ever get
back to that and circuit tracks has a 4x8 matrix of playable rgb pads you can easily adjust the
parameters with 10 control knobs now you can use this to make music entirely within the unit itself
or of course you can record your tracks into a daw and then take things even further if you
want you can even use those midi tracks to control instruments and sounds in your daw as it also has
usb and midi output connections available novation circuit tracks gives you a great
music making toolkit while on the go it has a built-in rechargeable battery so you can literally
make music anywhere with this thing it's designed to make the process of music making easy fun and
portable currently novation circuit tracks is going for $399 the next piece of audio tech
news is something that i'm a little bit excited about it's the release of the audio thing alborosie
dub station so why am i excited about this because it's aimed at reggae music and there aren't a lot
of plugins that are specific to reggae sounds and hopefully this is a sign of things to come
i enjoy reggae music and i hope plugins like this will encourage more artists to make that kind of
music but even if you don't make reggae this might be a plugin that you're interested in as it's
modeled after some vintage gear and it can give you a unique sound you have the filter section
which is modeled after a truly unique piece of gear king tubby who was a legendary engineer in
jamaica had an mci console that was modded with a big red knob and he used that as his secret
weapon it's actually a passive high pass filter and this plugin gives you some more control over
that or you can use it in the original mode next is the echowook section which is modeled after an
mci 2 track that was used to record and create echo effects with and then you have the spring
bling which is modeled after a classic fairchild spring reverb unit the albarrosi dubstation plugin
is available on both windows and mac and it's currently going for 79 next up in audio tech news
is the release of 1 bit dragon 2.0 and this is a simple sequencer program that's designed to be
easy to use and affordable the aim is to get you making music and melodies quickly it comes with
175 instruments and 150 drum sounds plus you get some midi patterns and more i know there's a lot
of indie video game creators out there that want to create their own music for their games and this
tool will allow you to do that even if you don't have a lot of musical experience 1-bit dragon 2
is 20 and it's available on mac windows and linux now if you create music in a band or maybe
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save seven percent on that by using the link down in the description all right now let's look at a
couple of current deals and first up is another dub plugin and you can get this one for free it's
the dubstation 2 from audio damage it's modeled after a vintage bucket brigade delay unit and it
can be yours for free if you sign up for a free trial to loop cloud you'll also get a lot of free
loops and samples from loop cloud and of course you get the loop cloud program which is great
for organizing all of your sounds you can continue using the plug-in the loops and the program even
if you decide to not continue with your membership next up is several deals from ik multimedia
you can get fifty percent off sample tank four you can get up to seventy percent off centronic and
up to 60 on miroslav philharmonic and these can be some great instrument additions to your studio
now before we get into this week's plugins worth checking out i just want to ask if
you're enjoying this video so far can you please hit that thumbs up button it really helps me out
and i appreciate it so much now the first plugin this week is devaster 2 from the d16 group this
is part of their silverline collection and it's a multi-band distortion unit that's designed to
distort and enhance your sound you can use it as a full on distortion unit or can be used to subtly
enhance your tracks it can be great on synths guitars and even on your drum tracks plus whatever
else you want to use it on it's currently going for 49 euros and it can be used on windows and mac
systems
the next plugin this week is kind of by request this is biotech 2 from traction and i'm a big fan
of this plug-in it uses natural and environmental samples to get its very unique sounds
and these sounds are taken from field recordings from across the united states plus it gets its
industrial sounds from manufacturing facilities it truly does give you some very unique and
one-of-a-kind sounds and the interface is pretty cool too you can adjust that image
in the center to take your sounds even further and it also includes 500 patches to get you started
if you're looking for an instrument plug-in that will give you a different sound and vibe biotech 2
might be the one you need now let's give biotech 2 a listen and you can check out some of the sounds
now
all right now it's time for the free plug-ins of the week and i've got a few for you this week
but first up on the list is the devil spring reverb plugin from lost in 70s this is an easy
to use reverb plugin that's capable of a lot of sounds and like all of lost in 70s plugins
the quality is very high it has 38 spring reverb impulses inside and for controls you have a tone
knob that controls the brightness of the reverb the length controls the impulse response size
and of course you have a dry wet mix knob that gives you some freedom of how you can
use this and dial in the sound that you want it also includes several great presets that get you
started and you can get devil spring reverb on mac and windows now let's check it out
the next free plugin of the week is flux mini from
caleb audio this is a modulation plugin that can easily add movement and character to your tracks
you can use it to take a simple synth track and liven it up by making it more interesting or throw
it on a drum track to create something different like pumping effects or other creative ideas
there's so many uses for this plugin it comes with 20 presets to get you started
and it's very easy to adjust for your own sounds you can get this one on mac and windows
up next is a free synth plug-in from infected sounds this is syn deluxe it
has three oscillators 99 waveforms to choose from and onboard effects
plus more cinderlux comes with 80 presets to get you going and it's available on windows only
if you want to check out 50 more free instrument plugins click up here or click down here for a
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for the home studio show and audio tech tv i'm zane keep creating and we'll talk soon