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Discussion in 'how to make "that" sound' started by DJ PUKKA, Nov 2, 2024.

  1. DJ PUKKA

    DJ PUKKA Banned

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    u-he repro, gforce ob-x, fm8

    or legend?
     
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    For an 80s reverb sound i'd recommend wave alchemy glow (ams rmx16) and wave alchemy pulse (pcm60) - both emulating 80s digital reverb units that wouldve been used back then. Engineers in the 80s would have multiple different reverb units at their disposal so try to mix things up and not only use one. I think glow sounds best on drums personally. Don't go overboard with the reverb though, you don't want your track to sound like a parody of 80s music and have all of your elements sound washed out and distant.
    Mixing wise, try not to over-cook it. In our age within DAWs we are spoiled for choice with tons of effects plugins, so try to limit yourself and focus on the basics of getting a good mix down. Get the balance of elements right, pan things around and make sure nothing is clashing. Every sound in the track you shared has it's own space.

    The drums sound like a drum machine with live hi hats and percussion played over them - a linn lm1 or an oberheim dmx would fit this sound really well (you can easily get drum machine samples - but i love vprom by aly james which is a linn lm1 vst). You're going to want to layer extra sounds over the snare to make it hit harder like a clap and a tambourine as i hear in that track, plus a woodblock on every other snare. Play with pitching the drum machine sounds up and down as well, for example you could layer an extra pitched down snare over the main one to make it sound fatter.
    There's loads of kontakt libraries that have the guitar sound you're looking for, you're going to want a clean electric guitar sound with chorus on it - i love the arturia dimension-d for an 80s chorus.
    Something like a juno-106 emulation would be great for the bass, make sure it's quite tight and percussive with short notes and acts like a rhythmic element. There's a huge amount of these, such as ones from softube, arturia and roland themselves.
    I would also recommend having a tape emulation on all of your busses or over the master to warm things up and glue them together, as back in the 80s everything wouldve been printed to tape. Personally i love the UAD tape emulations but the slate digital virtual tape machines plugin and softube tape do a great job too.
     
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    this bassline is a good example of what Synapse Legend can really nail. The Gforce DMX is a nice emulation, so I might start there. Those bright keys are likely a Yamaha DX7. The bell is likely a DX7 also. I would be using mostly VCA compressors to start out, DBX160 for me. Some Lexicon reverb, I might start with the LX24. I might go with a Kontakt library for the piano, along with the funk guitar.
     
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