A lost Italo Disco project in my PC

[@Wintergatan]

you have just got a big big fan from sweden! Subscribed and very inspired. THANKS!

[@arian2024]

Wintergatan WHAT THE FUCK

[@nickv.1231]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[@dampc5241]

LOL e helt förvånad nu

[@samikalastaja]

What I love about this sound it's that it's very clean, simple, it has air around to breath. The sound is relaxed. It's total opposite of turbo boosted EDM.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you! But.. but... I like turbo boosted EDM as well ! :-D

[@exnihilo415]

The natural aspiration vs forced induction music debate raved long into the night until professor Ebeneezer Goode stopped by and declared everyone a winner.

[@PutItAway101]

That's a really good way to describe it.

[@jackdiller9087]

"Turbo boosted EDM" is one hell of an accurate term. I like that

[@willburton1270]

simply music writing without all the shit of edm

[@BboySalamon]

The most beautiful, positive and emotional music style, in the world.

[@Wintergatan]

loving the demo already!! going to be fun seeing what you do with it seven years later! commented before watching whole video!

[@PR1NCELOZANO]

That demo sounds like a legit Italo Disco track from the 80's. Great job sir!

[@max5250]

Paolo, thank You very much for an instant flashback of wonderful time I had in the summer of the 80s.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching

[@MrPiratebrain]

I love your videos thank you so much. I graduated high school I. 1979 so I was clubbing in the 80s that was my time. Also I used to love Donna summers especially those Eric morrada productions

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

MrPiratebrain, thank *you so much for watching :) I loved Donna Summer too, that voice was (and still is) spectacular

[@leadsinger8092]

I love this! "Italo Disco" was huge in Mexico City and Los Angeles in the early to mid eighties and your track takes me back to those wonderous days. Thanks!

[@magicmastera]

Great Job! Love it. please dont stop making such cool Videos and Great Music. Love all the Italo Disco and High Energy Stuff. Trank you so much.

[@DD_Franks]

Musical Hero... plain and simple! Thanks for sharing all those great videos.

[@demerit5]

You're on a roll lately. Seems like you have a new amazing video every single day. Thank you, Paolo.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching

[@dosgos]

Best tutorial I have seen on KZbin! Now I have a grasp on how lots of different hardware sounds get into the PC and are mixed. Keep up the great work.

[@Eyepatchfilms]

This video is awesome. Loved seeing the whole process working with the Linn. Need to midi mine. Your Italo Disco tracks are my favorite, and just seeing how you work and build them is so helpful. Thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching!

[@andrewblackburn1426]

Love the simplicity of the LinnDrum user interface - yeah, those buttons and sliders are expensive, but it's amazing how quickly you can put something together with it. Even subtle details like the 'play/stop' light blinking at the beginning of each loop.

[@doggerproductions]

killer bass......love italo dance in general disco.....dream trance....trance.....seem to always have killer drums & basses.....🤗

[@Hypotheses13]

Thanks Paolo for these videos, I am really enjoying seeing these "behind the scenes" videos.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks so much, I plan to do more "behind the scenes", and a description review video of the mixing console soon, as several people have asked me..

[@Hypotheses13]

SynthMania That sounds awesome. I am a Sonar user as well and it was great to see it in use.

[@SynthesizersForPeace]

great arrangement! authentic as you can get!

[@lotus30com]

Thanks for showing us your process!! I love the carpet too! If you followed Pro Cycling in the 80s, you'll remember Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault rode for a team called "La Vie Claire" and they had jersey's that used the same motif as your carpet.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Hehe, hi Kirk, Thank you and Yes, definitely remember Hinault and that Tour de France :) Yes, I remember that type of pattern was very in vogue in the '80s and that's why I bought that carpet! :-D I believe that look was inspired by Mondrian, the famous painter. Such a cool look / pattern.

[@lotus30com]

Mondrian - yes, that's it! I always thought it funny that they took a painting design from the 1920s and then recycled it into a team logo. I actually have a La Vie Claire jersey from 1985 still - if only I could fit into it nowadays!

[@DonnyBraco]

Very Nice, like the final work and master on the LinnDrum

[@sympatheticstrings]

Clapping along 20:29. Thanks, absolute gorgeous and lovely channel, Paolo!

[@manuelink64]

Just simply marvelous!! I really like the Italo disco, clean, energetic and catchy AF. Great tutorial, amazing channel!

[@finitesound]

Just found your channel tonight. Love your passion and in-depth videos. You do great work!

[@dreco64]

Very nice lesson of Italo Disco programming ! Thank you very much.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching

[@mrpistonrecaro6483]

Great tune.love old school. From music to cars

[@Angelo1969s]

Ciao Paolo e grazie per i tuoi tutorial... sei fantastico. Io li ho vissuti in pieno gli anni 80! Un saluto dall'Italia

[@cliffgeiger8173]

This was an AWESOME song you had back in 2010...I loved it! Bravo! It grabbed me by the heart and had my entire body moving.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks so much!

[@gullyfoyle6354]

Dear Paolo, I'm a big fan of all the great tunes of Italo Disco, since my teen years now. We have the same age, and it's impossible to forget these marvelous melodies and synth arrangements from all maestri as Mauro Farina, Pegoraro, Giombini, etc etc.. Dude, your vids are so instructional and fun, and always contain nice sounds and melodies, or interesting chord progressions. Keep it up! Auguri.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Gully Foyle, thank you so much! Yes, many of those guys were the serious real deal from conservatory - lots of talent there

[@gullyfoyle6354]

Yep :) thanks!

[@TheKorgUser]

I would call u "mr. metronome", because u don't really need one. Recorded it all so damned correct in time. U did such a great job (like always) AND u brought us back the musical glory 80's. I love that 🎹👍😀

[@TheLydian23]

This is very cool. I really enjoy the song and the process as well. Im a software guy so it's beautiful seeing all this wonderful hardware. Good share.

[@doncolga08]

All your stuff is first rate....love your work! Thanks so much for posting!

[@onkelrolle]

Magnifico! I grew up with this music in the eighties.

[@ShampooCell]

Awesome video! I loved watching you program the LinnDrum. You're very informative. Thank you!

[@Skycon14]

Bravo bravissimo. E la traccia e' superba.

[@paolor.479]

Bravo Paolo... I like disco dance 80's... Ciao

[@maxg70]

im groving with italy disco and still listening.

[@joelizquierdo]

This is awesome! The Linn Drum sounds just like classic Pet Shop Boys🎹

[@NER1922]

Very nice piece,!! congrats!!

[@idstool]

I found your channel recently and your videos are awesome! I learned a lot with this video. Thank you! Cheers from Brazil!

[@VicenteFontanella]

Is like to go back to 80's Love it. Tantti auguri.

[@kleveosborne3931]

One of your best videos!!!

[@BAFABOY]

You're a very talented artist !!! Thank you synth Mania !!!

[@capricornjay5689]

Hi Paolo, Super video - You and Phat Flavour Crew are my favourite artists at demonstrating and producing Oldskool styles. Some more Oldskool Funk styles / basslines please !

[@Rocknoob49]

Awesome! So clean and simple, but such a specific sound

[@bwc1976]

Absolutely beautiful, just like everything else I've seen you do.

[@MacKlaus71]

Wow, accidenti, al solo sentire quelle sonorità m' è venuta una pelle d'oca... quanti antichi ricordi stimolano quelle note sintetiche!

[@EugenioBissacott]

what a bass!!! outstanding!

[@LohPro]

Love this! I love anything with a Linn haha It was cool of you to do a breakdown of connections, recording process & then piecing it altogether. Thanks man! The song sounds great!

[@samprock]

Loving your pure bliss vids, Paolo! ...... Just realized how cool your pure Italian and "musica da discoteca" sound and it finally clicked in me! Made connections -why- your vids so inspiring and relaxing (I have no Italian, I am now American with Russian roots at 80's and huge fan of the style :) )

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, samprock!

[@anthonymiller4703]

no down-thumbs man! great watching you mix broth!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Anthony, thanks so much!

[@ricardocervantes1613]

You don't have any idea how thankful I am for discovering this video. I really love Italo-Disco and this has inspired me for producing music, a dream I have already abandoned. Thank you, best regards.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, Ricardo

[@jamaje39]

Hope to listen to that track in the near future😊👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@EternityCubed]

Fantastic Paolo!I am also into making music - just as a hobby - cannot really play so using a DAW (Reason). I love the old Italo stuff and sometimes try my hand at it, but it never really sounds authentic. You have it in your blood and it just comes naturally.Quoting Device Factor "...have noticed is that there is most certainly a " theory" within what comprises an italo disco melody. you have it naturally. my request, would be, to give more insight on this..."I would second this and love to hear if you have any further thoughts on this.All your stuff is good, but I think that Via Cuniberti is my favourite...Thanks

[@cliffgeiger8173]

I really love this song...it has my whole body moving...I tried to follow what you was saying and sadly, I got lost a few times, but then, it dawned on me that this music you wrote, might be considered a form of dub-step music, which basically uses the same type of format you was using, drum intro, drum beat, bass line, and melody line on a repeat loop. As I said in the first commit, that song you did was AWESOME and this one you just did, is way AWESOME! I loved it and I can't wait until you do more! Great Job!!!

[@joaopaulocouto7412]

Starts with a bit of Koto feel, then proceeds to some Alan Parsons introspection, and then to typical pleasant Italo Disco beat, like in Around My Dream. Just great. For me, Italo Disco is as important to the music world as any of the celebrated British and American bands and yet remained so unknown outside Continental Europe. Some of my favorites are Dolce Vita, I Like Chopin, Comanchero, Take Me Up, Happy Station, and so many others...

[@tlarson91119]

Omg, I got that same M-Audio keyboard. I found it at a garage sale for $5 and I've been using it ever since, best deal ever hehe.

[@electronicbob6237]

Hey...this sound is so cool....brings me back memories....

[@wmoecke]

I love that Lynn Drum! Oh I want one so bad.

[@federicoverdicchio]

Sei un grande, questo canale è bellissimo!

[@hazysativa3045]

Sounds like a cheezy midi version of The Kids Aren't Alright by Offspring. One of these days I will get a LinnDrum. Really nice setup.

[@johnny711]

1:49-2:02 is to be copied and looped in an eternal loop in your car. do it people

[@HowlingMoonCinemas]

The world needs more of this kind of music again (Italo disco, new beat, techno, house ect. ect.)! "New Retro Wave" have been making some nice stuff but, it would be great if they were to get helped, guided, or schooled by some real oldskool pros like yourself every now and then! They seem to be having trouble creating their B versus. Sometimes they don't even have one! Also, they need to figure out how to make their beats sound more complex while maintaining that true "retro" feel they're going for! They shouldn't try to sound so "dark" all the time either! These guys are cool but, they need some schooling!

[@devicefactor2290]

HowlingMoonCinemas I couldn't agree more, growing up I have always loved 80s music. but then finding the retro wave scene , knowing others share a love for that decade, I started to really listen to it. but for the last 7 months I've stopped. there are other reasons why I have. now im obsessed with Italo. I just feel... nothing's better than the real deal. Italo has great bass lines and melody's. I believe the only artist in the New retro wave scene that really "Got It" was/is Lost Years.

[@TallicaMan1986]

HowlingMoonCinemas New Retro Wave is a vast genre ranging from dark sounds to the gayest sounds.

[@HowlingMoonCinemas]

*****​ Most of that music is "dark" themed and hardly expresses any other spectrum of different moods or emotions. This is the problem I'm speaking about with New Retro Wave. They have many cool dark themes but, they lack everything else that was great about true retro. So, with all this, I really don't get your point.

[@devicefactor2290]

HowlingMoonCinemas 'lost years' dabbles into the italo disco style, check out his song "pressure" and Garth Knight some of his stuff is pretty fun like the song "turbo boost" of course based off of Knight Rider.

[@TallicaMan1986]

HowlingMoonCinemas New Retro didnt spawn from Synth pop. It came from 80s movie scores, like Bladerunner, Terminator, Robocop, Halloween, The Thing, to just name a few, so dark, cyberpunk themes are inherent with that genre which is known as Dark Synth I think. Which has Perturbator and Carpenter Brut at the foreground of that particular Synthwave. Others have taken a more italo disco approach like Lazerhawk on Redline.

[@willburton1270]

great song, this could be a hit!

[@twochickstwochicks1862]

Очень нравится! Музыка для дискотэка! ) Cheers Paolo!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks!

[@Bronco541]

very insightful and helpful! I'm getting into recording myself and need all the help I can get.

[@lllapathylll2293]

Sooo goooood, thanks for sharing!

[@jonrosenblum8371]

Nice to see someone using SONAR. As a songwriter, I just use the basic SONAR Artist version but I love it and it is simple to use. I enjoyed this video and the fact that you showed the steps that you used to create the recording.

[@raultthierry6480]

Very good music!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, rault!

[@onsesejoo2605]

Indeed, you can immediately hear Gazebo, Raf, Fancy and all that lot in it. Quite a flashback, thank you !

[@heikkiwi]

That's just awesome!

[@djtonyxxx5]

musica da discotecaaaaaaa... best regards from Italy. great channel... ciao ciao

[@koalemos1679]

Bro you just put me up on some game with this one. I had no idea that Italo disco existed, and it's awesome.

[@blackangel0861]

this rythm is present until our days ,in mexico is very apreciated, on this february will be in a show MR FRED VENTURA ,one on the most lovely singer on mexico... thanks to SYNTHMANIA for share it!!!....

[@BboySalamon]

Finally, I have not had my favorite Italo for a long time! Thanks a lot!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

thank you, Salavat!

[@BboySalamon]

For what?!-) Thanks to you signore Paolo)

[@velashi193]

I totally love those kinds of songs, there should definitely be more of them, if you would like to know one of my favorites it is "the black hole" by medusa, you guys should check it out

[@Jorge.O85]

Awesome ! Friend, the Italo Disco is still Alive, love it !!! Your track is perfect ! Those beats, those synths sound great to me. You should make this a Vinyl Record. 👏 Im from Mexico, a Italo Disco Fanattic, greetings and keep the Italo disco Alive. 👍

[@enriqueruiz6448]

I love that music, thanks

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

haha I'm getting nostalgic over the hardware days with real boxes and cables and shit! :D

[@djcrazy-juliocesarcarabajal]

Excellent Very good friend you can make a remix of P.Lion happy children?

[@jetpackman01]

Would you be willing to upload the finalized track as a separate video?

[@stcezaire06]

Perfect like the others , when a video 80' sounds with a DX7 Bass and DX7 El piano and some Juno or Jupiter Sounds with linndrum or TR808 thanks for all your work

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, angy choup, definitely more '80s videos will be coming soon

[@stcezaire06]

thanks , Cool

[@adamharris7775]

It’s a Bit 01 in this video.

[@StefanoPapaleo-TS]

Make the bloody record!;) Just make it happen, man. You've got yourself a buyer here. Nice titles... better than StreetView:))

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Haha, grazie, Stefano, yes, those are all street names from my town, - I'll try to work on the project!

[@officialPURPLEGREEN]

The final song is fucking awsome fratello!!

[@holadonkey]

MASTER SYNTHMANIA YOU'RE THE BEST. proper sounds for these instruments .

[@dhulme]

Great demo and tutorial. Thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching!

[@martinfederico7269]

simple but ingenious lead melodies

[@ChitlinsLaundry]

So gooood! THanks for sharing it!

[@oleksandrt.3987]

Hey, Paolo! I think You should make web-release of album of your italo disco songs. They are all pretty awesome, so it's quite uncomfortable to go to youtube every time I want to listen to Your tunes :) Keep on inspiring!

[@blafikus]

Excellent

[@CdHMainz]

Where is the part where Den Harrow or Ryan Paris starts to sing? :) Reminds me so much of my youth!

[@fredd6652]

Hello, can you talk more about the Moog Source or the Juno 6, thank you, cheers from France.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Will do, I have and love the Juno but currently don't have the Source, although I plan on getting one soon

[@fredd6652]

SynthMania Thank you !

[@Boutbeats]

Sweet track!!

[@MrArchie800]

I used to have a Bit 99 (I think they were also called Bit 1 in some regions), at the time I hankered after the new digital synths so never really appreciated it - but it was actually very good (if a bit unreliable).

[@JUKE179r]

Very interesting. Thanks!

[@AnalogX64]

The lead melody sounds a lot like one of the first Amiga MOD tracker music :) Great stuff.

[@GamerPolygon]

love the midi part of the track, good to know the synth still loads from floppy ;)

[@MEGABASS1]

Reminds me a little of The Beloved's 'Sweet Harmony' from back in the day. Good stuff :)

[@neuhen]

I was following you already on 2010 :) btw I like the style on this new videos

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Nehuen, thank you! New Year Resolution - I would like to grow the channel and try to help out and pass any knowledge for whatever I can that i learned in 30+ years of playing music

[@stevenlane6963]

He's a master at sound engineering!!! Play on playa!!!

[@sailorandi]

Thanks for these videos!