Wreck the tops, keep the sub clean
The top item today is a distortion plugin with a Clean Bass mode: the mids and tops get punished while the sub stays put. The offer window on it closes soon.
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Clean Bass mode is the reason to install this(free)
Push the distortion hard on drums and the low end stays untouched. Free via a UJAM newsletter code until November 1.
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▶ Logic's Flex Pitch hides a MIDI extractor
After you correct the vocal, extract Flex Pitch data as MIDI and mirror it with a bass or synth. The tutorial also covers note-level drift, vibrato, and formant shifting.
▶ Afro Tech groove: offbeats over the 2-and-4
The core rule is pushing the groove off the 2-and-4 into the spaces; Kooldrink layers polyrhythmic drums over a straight kick and builds call-and-response bass phrases. OTT goes on anything that loses pressure, then gets pulled back.
▶ Inside the Daphni remix drop with Aasthma
They walk the main drop, a second drop, then the melody line they call the 'Aasthma Touch.' It isn't a dense walkthrough; the value is hearing them compare hardware and software while actually working.
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A tape stop that spins back up instead of snapping back(free)
Release Stop and the audio spins back up to catch the track like a real deck; reverse mode plays the last chunk of buffer. Free, with AU, VST3, CLAP, and LV2 across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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A circuit-bent filter that grew a harder second mode
Sinevibes Malfunction v3 is a $29 virtual circuit-bent filter. Mode B goes harder on bass and glitch, and 4x oversampling tames the aliasing.
Dub mode is the live throw in the Zen Delay sequel
The spring sits at the end of the chain, so it hits both wet and dry; DUB mode stays dry until you hold it, then throws in delay and spring. The CPU optimizations are a real jump over Zen Delay.
Cevin Fisher, whose records set Zanzibar off, has died
He died October 29 at age 63 after a brief battle with cancer. 'The Freaks Come Out' and 'Burnin' Up' were New York house staples, and he held residencies at Zanzibar and Pacha.
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