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Just thought I would save you from re-mortgaging to get hold of some sonic manglers by pointing you in the direction of this lovely collection of mostly free vsts and vstis:

http://www.delamancha.co.uk/plugins.htm

I have used a number of them recently and am more than impressed with their ability to do wonderful things with whatever you choose to pass through them.

Enjoy.

I have decided to place a bunch of links and Music Technology geekery onto www.thegud.com.  This is mainly a reference for me when I forget how to do things, or bits I have found useful in the past. So by all means drop by and have a butchers to see if there is anything which takes your fancy.

October 07 saw the re-release of the dubreq Stylophone made famous by Rolf Harris, David Bowie and more recently Orbital…This is pretty exciting news for those interested in a bit of nostalgic electronic noodling.

You can find out a bit more info at: http://www.dubreq.co.uk or buy yourself one for the reasonable sum of £20 here. Happy bleeping.

I have recently been made away if TuneCore , which allows you to set up your music for sale through i-tunes and other online sellers…

The beauty of the service is that submitting your music costs a flat fee of $0.99  per track, which works out at about 60p after exchange. Once the music is available all of the royalties are paid to the submitter - unlike many other similar services which take a percentage.

TuneCore have Non-Exclusive rights to distribute your material, which means that you can continue to release the music on other formats which is great news if you are already running a small indie label. There is a danger as an artist however that record labels may not want to work with material you have submitted through TuneCore being as they often like exclusive rights and may already have channels to distribute digital music. But if you plan to go it alone, this is of no real concern.

To get started you can set up an account for free which will help you understand how the service operates and it is worth taking the time to read the full terms and conditions. So far I have only set up a free account, but do intend to use this service for the release of some future Arcade material, so when I do I will report back my findings. 

Click here for TuneCore

Vince Clarke (from pop band Erasure) is relocating his studio and selling 160 items through ebay. To be fair I am not that much of an Erasure fan, however if you are AND you are into music technology then you should definitely check out this ebay auction page.

Happy bidding!