Welcome independent artists, musical storytellers and innovative beat makers.
I'm Sanjay C and these are this week's gear news, deals and freebies.
Before we begin give me 30 seconds. Music is for everyone and this channel is for everyone.
And we support people who work to eliminate racial inequality and any
inequality and hate that exists around the world. I'll add a link in the video
description for ways you can support African Americans who suffer racial
inequality and a link to just learn more. I need to be better. We need to do better.
We are all accountable. (So spread LOVE, even if through music.)
All right let's get to the news and the deals. Got a
great deal for you today. If you've been waiting to get your hands on a new
keyboard or audio interface or a drum machine and some cool software to
go with it - you don't want to miss this week's deals. But first...news stories. Our
first news story is a sneak peek at something new from Neumann the makers of
those high-end microphones and some really nice headphones too. This appeared
on the Neumann's instagram page this week. You can see a negative 20 decibel pad
and what looks like meter lights and a knob. Do you think that Neumann may be
entering the audio interface market? Maybe something to compete with the SSL?
Or maybe it's a new preamp? Whatever it is, look out for it on my channel. You'll
hear about it soon on my news report. Alright our next story is from Facebook.
Yep Facebook! They are soon launching a musician collaboration platform. Now this
is not like a DAW collaboration thing, but rather it looks more like a place you
can upload a video and then others add to it to collaborate on a song. The
videos you upload can only be 15 seconds in length - TikTok style... someone else
will find your video and layer their piece of music on top of it. One of
Facebook's employees posted a series of videos from the app on Twitter. You can
get the basic idea from these videos. Facebook collab is in public beta right
now and you can request to try it out using the link in the video description.
What do you think? Would you use an app like this? Alright how about news
from my studio? Well you know that video I posted last week? The $350
studio? You guys love it! Listen I believe that music creation is
for everyone. Not just for the experts - but for the beginners, the innovators and
people on a budget. That's why I released my last video. I successfully tested a
budget laptop with budget music gear to create the cheapest music studio
possible. Yes! It's the cheapest studio I could find. But it works and I tested and
proved it. If you know someone who wants to get into music but is short on
funds share that video with them. It may change their lives. Alright, let's get to
the deals! Lots of stuff today so I'll be going quickly but you don't want to miss
these. First up, the big one - Native Instruments summer sale is on now. If you
already own some form of their complete software bundles, now is the time to
upgrade or update it because every upgrade and update is 50% off. It's one
of the best deals of the year from Native Instruments. But I think the
hardware deals are even nicer. If you buy a Komplete Kontrol keyboard, Maschine, or
an audio interface along with a Komplete software bundle. You get a really good
deal. If you're ready to buy Maschine Mikro
or the big Maschine or any keyboard! This is a great time to do it. Links to my
recommendations are in the video description.
Next Sweetwater is running their June clearance sale and have some deals on
demos, B stock, and some nice bundles as well. Definitely worth checking out. Link
in the description. Next, Sonnox is having a 50% off sale. I really like their
Sonnox Inflator plugin which increases the apparent loudness of your mix. It's at a
great price right now. They make top-quality plugins industry-standard
style. Alright the next deal is from Universal
Audio... they are running their Half Yearly sale with discounts up to 60%. If you've
got Universal Audio hardware get your plugins now. Next Heavyocity has their
sale of up to 75% off instruments. Scoring guitars, vocals and so many other
high-quality stuff. They make really good instruments for film scores and other
stuff as well. Finally there's just one week left on my exclusive Gullfoss
discount. My favorite EQ that goes on every track I make these days. Watch and
listen to what it can do in a video here. Hi guys! Guess what?! Happy June! It's my
Birthday month and happy birthday to all of you June babies like me. This week's
beat is by @savage_studio_productions! Follow @savage_studio_productions on
Instagram and if you'd like your music featured on Sanjay C's News, post it on
instagram and tag @SanjayC and #SanjayCNews. Back to you Sanjay!
Alright finally the freebies this week. I've got a free plugin and some free samples.
First there's a free version of the Syntronik synth by IK Multimedia.
Thanks for the recommendation Palak and Abhishek. The free version has a
bunch of classic synths with at least a couple presets each. But you can also
modify the sounds by editing them. Use the link in the description to get it
and make sure you scroll down to the bottom of that page and choose the free version.
In addition to this IK Multimedia is giving away the full Ox synth. Subscribe to their newsletter and you've got it.
Alright next, Cymatics.fm is a great website to buy samples but they also have a big collection of free stuff. You definitely
should check it out. Tons of great samples. Alright that's the news for
today! STAY SAFE AND BE KIND TO EVERYONE and KEEP MAKING THE MUSIC YOU LOVE!
I'll see you guys later :)