Getting Into Synthwave - That 'Bass' Sound Explained

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Ever wanted to get into creating some Synthwave tracks but not 100% sure where to start?
Well, it's time to hop into your chrome Lamborghini and take a cruise through a wire-frame graphic city towards a neon sunset as Bluffmunkey's here with his Tech Tips on some Synthwave Essentials to get you up and running!
Over these 10 videos, we cover everything you need to know from the concept of what Synthwave is all about, the synths, samplers and drum machines used to get the right sounds, how to create your own sounds from scratch and using the right effects, to building your own awesome 80's sounding tracks.
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[@ice5098]

For anyone wondering, an easy way to achieve a similar sound in Serum or Vital (or anything with similar functions) is to 1. Get the usual filtered saw with some detune etc obviously 2. *THE IMPORTANT PART* - turn phase randomization to ZERO and use an LFO to modulate the phase (usually a bell curve shape)

[@JadNohraPoly]

Would in Vital having 2 saws, one with zero random phase detunes, and one with random detunes?

[@ice5098]

@@JadNohraPoly Yeah, you can experiment with phase cancellation like that for cool sounds. Also, if you're chasing analog sounds, dropping the random module (RANDOM 1 & RANDOM 2 in Vital) on the fine pitch of an oscillator just a little bit can have a sick analog drift effect.

[@yaboysambeats]

vital rocks

[@bryxn4328]

The midnight really pull this genre to the limits... They have very good music🔥

[@Jason75913]

Excellent! I planned to later sit down and figure _that bass_ out eventually, I already have the FM bass, just need to dupe the Polysix one. Thanks! edit: holy sh**, I had already made such a patch on my FA-06, I apparently completely forgot about it. It sounds sick, but I made it as a sawtooth/triangle unison pluck bass instead. Now I've made an octave pulse wave version. Damn does it sound awesome! "Oscillator Drift" helps quite a bit in sounding like that Polysix bass, or otherwise assigning a S&H/Random LFO to oscillator pitch as well as unison detune and turning up the LFO depth a little gets the job done similarly as well. I can also pull off a couple of tricks on my Roland synths that VSTs cannot duplicate for a deeper sound, too, which also helps. Time for some Dune3 variants.

[@themorphingorb]

The free soft synth TAL-NoizeMaker comes pretty damn close to replicating the Polysix sound, and it's totally free!

[@waynefarrellvoiceovers]

So much to be learned..... I'll be dead before the work is done.

[@offthematrix5310]

I guess because the interface of the DX7 was so hideous, I was able to find a market for my patches.

[@Zappelfrey]

video starts at 4:28

[@jami.m7074]

Sounds exactly like one of the presets in my jupiter x's sh101 emulation, so im guessing Roland invented it (even though its just a saw wave as you say)

[@jjswin]

Is it bad that I always prefer a fellow Brit explaining stuff? Thanks!

[@tunepsyc4365]

Show us some more cool riffs !!

[@svenschluchter6725]

i know i'm kind of late to the party, but a great plugin for this kind of sound is the U-NO-LX (or it's free little brother/predecessor U-NO-62) by TAL. It's a very accurate emulation of the Juno 60 with some extra features.

[@Lauralink100]

I wear half hour on LLMS and I have nothing and I discarded it

[@maus3454]

Korg Polysix or Korg MonoPoly

[@epicon6]

The Polysix, MonoPoly, MS-20 are much more accurately emulated in the updated Korg Collection and the interfaces look much better.

[@FreeThink1984]

Early 10s called, they want their tired rehashed trend back

[@garytracey7230]

Start a new one so

[@BluffMunkey]

Who hurt you bro?

[@libertas5005]

1930s called, they want their nationalistic fascism trend back.

[@FreeThink1984]

@@libertas5005 what?

[@FreeThink1984]

@@BluffMunkey Seth Haley