Feb 15, 2017

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Feb 15, 2017

 

Feb 17, 2017

errrrr....

@tpk @Sir BuffaloBoy V The World II @CyreidesSXN

 

Feb 16, 2017

Cover art dope but looks like the intro animation 2 Leafy vids
(I don't watch him stfu)
How you not gonna tag me baby? Will listen once Starboy finish xx

 

Feb 16, 2017

so basically

i just jumped onto YT and found a couple tutorial videos and a compilation of synthwave, and skimmed through just to get a feel for how stuff is structured, and the types of sounds/instruments used

like these for example




googled good tempos for synthwave (115-130), and good keys for synthwave songs to be in, tho that was less helpful

after that, it was just coming up with a bass that sounded retro enough, and i layered a couple diff ones to do it (two of which were actually the same one in the Harmless vst, just at different octaves and playing different notes.... on the topic of the bass too, short, quick notes/jabs or w.e is best, avoid having a bunch of long notes, that kills the bouncy feel/rhythm of the track

put reverb on a lot of s---, and spreading the panning of stuff around to fill all the space

for drums, it's pretty simple s---, basic kick, step, step, snare/kick pattern throughout, so the bass is driving the rhythm mostly, or other synths. lot of repetitive/building elements. used an open hi hat towards the end of the drum patterns, and sparingly used some hi hats in the rest.

synths in general for synthwave are easy af. just literally find some cheap old sounding ones, which are fairly easy to find in vsts like nexus. especially retro sounding are the vast majority of any brass synth. and if somethings not quite got that sound, mess around with throwing a flanger on them, or chorus, or ensemble

also added some random sliding effects to some of the synths, barely noticeable but there

add more reverb

drums, i picked from dubstep/house/other electronic sample packs for the hits. tried to pick the punchiest, yet duller sounding ones i could. and all the mixing/eqing is along the same lines, crisp enough to hear everything and to tell it's mixed well, but not overly sharp since it should sound retro/80s or w.e

then grabbed analogue noise from Freesounds.org and loops it throughout, added some random slow down effects towards the beginning of the song. some 3xosc rises/downlifters here and there

add some light side-chaining to stuff like the bass and maybe some other prominent synths

REVERB

prolly a looooooot more that can be done than what i did, like old samples n s--- added, but this the basic isht i feel

ta-da, synthwave

 

Feb 15, 2017

i am a prod. god







but no rly, ty. i'm surprised it turned out so well considering it didn't take that long/wasn't that difficult at all.

 

Feb 15, 2017

This sounds like it could be big in the 80s while also sounding modern...

God d--- man, you're amazing at this.

 

Feb 15, 2017

@tpk @CyreidesSXN