In this guide, I’m going to cover absolutely everything you could want to know about synthwave!<\/p>\n
In the first half, I’ll cover more general questions about synthwave, and in the second half, I’ll get practical and dive into how you can create rad synthwave music yourself.<\/p>\n
What Is synthwave?<\/h2>\n
Synthwave is an electronic music microgenre that combines the classic synth sounds from 1980s science fiction, fantasy, and horror film soundtracks with modern production techniques and quality.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Synthwave is not merely ’80s music recreated. Synthwave is actually a distinctly modern music genre that began in the mid 2000s, inspired mainly by the pop culture and soundtracks of the 1980s and 1990s. <\/p>\n Thus, synthwave is a mix of iconic 80s sounds blended together with modern production quality. <\/p>\n Influences for early synthwave music include:<\/p>\n You can get away with a lot of different instruments in synthwave, but there are a few staples that form the foundation of any synthwave song.<\/p>\n These are:<\/p>\n Synthwave is also known for using 80s production techniques, especially when it comes to drums (gated reverb), the addition of saturation, and the copious use of reverb in general. <\/p>\n Here is a list of the common synths used in synthwave music, along with links to digitally modeled software versions (which are much less expensive and more readily available)<\/p>\n 22 powerful Synths recreating the sound of 44 legendary hardware synthesizers and string machines, 80GB of content, 2,600 instrument presets, over 120,000 high-quality samples. Syntronik Deluxe is far more than just a plain virtual instrument. It’s an awesome, synthtastic, mind-blowing collection thats captures unique characters and sounds from the entire history of analog and digital synthesizers in a single collection.<\/p>\n __CONFIG_colors_palette__{“active_palette”:0,”config”:{“colors”:{“34f05”:{“name”:”Main Accent”,”parent”:-1}},”gradients”:[]},”palettes”:[{“name”:”Default Palette”,”value”:{“colors”:{“34f05”:{“val”:”var(–tcb-skin-color-2)”}},”gradients”:[]},”original”:{“colors”:{“34f05”:{“val”:”rgb(19, 114, 211)”,”hsl”:{“h”:210,”s”:0.83,”l”:0.45}}},”gradients”:[]}}]}__CONFIG_colors_palette__ Get It Here<\/span><\/span> <\/a> __CONFIG_group_edit__{“kbmeno6j”:{“name”:”All Image(s)”,”singular”:”– Image %s”},”kbmenquz”:{“name”:”All Title(s)”,”singular”:”– Text %s”},”kbmenxna”:{“name”:”All Paragraph(s)”,”singular”:”– Text %s”},”kbmeoxo4″:{“name”:”All Button(s)”,”singular”:”– Button %s”},”kbmeps0k”:{“name”:”All Content Box(s)”,”singular”:”– Content Box %s”},”kbmepuat”:{“name”:”All Column(s)”,”singular”:”– Column %s”}}__CONFIG_group_edit____CONFIG_local_colors__{“colors”:{},”gradients”:{}}__CONFIG_local_colors__<\/p>\n You can use real drum kits, or kits modeled after real drums from the 80s for your synthwave drums, or you can use the sounds from iconic drum machines such as:<\/p>\n\n
Most common sounds & instruments in synthwave<\/h2>\n
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Common Synths Used in Synthwave<\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGet 44 Legendary Analog-Modeled Synths In ONE Piece of Software<\/h3>\n
This is THE TOOL for Creating Synthwave Music<\/h3>\n
Common Drum Machines Used in Synthwave<\/h3>\n