Being not born before the 80's really bums me out on this.

[Ledger]

Alright, so I posted a thread maybe a month or two ago asking about how to make detuned 80's sounding synths (extremely n00b question, amiright?). Well, it's clearly very simple, and I know how to make said synths, but they always sound so shitty. I try to recreate Com Truise's synths every now and then to see if I can come close and learn from the patches, but everything sounds like shit. Either the synth is too spread out, or it's too thin, or it's falling apart before I even get started. I can't make anything that sounds 80's, literally. The other day, I came across some guy's channel that recreates Com Truise's tracks off of Galactic Melt and gets extremely close, but for one, he uses Ableton for the remakes, and I use Reason (Com Truise also uses Reason), and two, since he uses Ableton, he uses Mono/Poly, which Reason doesn't have (except for Polysix, which I can't afford, and I used the demo about 4 months ago). Help a fellow producer out and help me understand how to make rich sounding synths that sound like Steve Miller shitting out a full synthesized song. I'm also not looking for the answer "just use what's in the synth itself". I tried that multiple times, and it didn't work (for me).

[mthrfnk]

I've said this before... Com Truise is literally the stupidest name ever.

It sounds like you're lacking fullness to the sounds. There's no secret to "80s synths", aside from the fact most (from the 80s - not modern remakes) are analogue based and use basic waveforms - square/saw/sine.

Take from this three things:
- Try using a VA or likewise synth, ACE, Diva, LuSH-101 might suit your needs
- Make your sounds multi-layered: bass, midrange and treble, add stereo width accordingly
- Keep your patches simple

If you're really stuck maybe just go invest in a vintage synthesiser?

Actually I just listened to his stuff on SoundCloud and noticed 2 things: firstly a lot of stuff is massively detuned (layer or use multi-timbral synths and detune to fuck) and secondly a lot of the sounds themselves sit in distinct frequency ranges, actually some of his leads sounded thin imo but whatever.

[Ledger]

I've said this before... Com Truise is literally the stupidest name ever.

It sounds like you're lacking fullness to the sounds. There's no secret to "80s synths", aside from the fact most (from the 80s - not modern remakes) are analogue based and use basic waveforms - square/saw/sine.

Take from this three things:
- Try using a VA or likewise synth, ACE, Diva, LuSH-101 might suit your needs
- Make your sounds multi-layered: bass, midrange and treble, add stereo width accordingly
- Keep your patches simple

If you're really stuck maybe just go invest in a vintage synthesiser?

Actually I just listened to his stuff on SoundCloud and noticed 2 things: firstly a lot of stuff is massively detuned (layer or use multi-timbral synths and detune to fuck) and secondly a lot of the sounds themselves sit in distinct frequency ranges, actually some of his leads sounded thin imo but whatever.

I know you have. And some of his synths do sound fairly thin, but imo, they sound like just the right amount of thin. When I said thin about the synths I come up with, I mean like really tinny and bad. And thanks for the help mthrfnk. You haven't failed to surprise me yet.

[bouncingfish]

How about this?
Don't know exactly what you're looking for but...

[dotcurrency]

Com Truise is literally the stupidest name ever.

How do people get away with stuff like this? Mord Fustang (I like his stuff though), Vodge Diper, and now this clown.

[Augment]

Com Truise is literally the stupidest name ever.

How do people get away with stuff like this? Mord Fustang (I like his stuff though), Vodge Diper, and now this clown.

Mord Fustang isnt too bad imo, but all the others...

[mthrfnk]

Com Truise is literally the stupidest name ever.

How do people get away with stuff like this? Mord Fustang (I like his stuff though), Vodge Diper, and now this clown.

Mord Fustang isnt too bad imo, but all the others...

I like Mord Fustang's stuff a lot - and his name is quite easy to say. There's some about "com truise" and "vodge diper" which doesn't flow right when you say them.

[Augment]

Com Truise is literally the stupidest name ever.

How do people get away with stuff like this? Mord Fustang (I like his stuff though), Vodge Diper, and now this clown.

Mord Fustang isnt too bad imo, but all the others...

I like Mord Fustang's stuff a lot - and his name is quite easy to say. There's some about "com truise" and "vodge diper" which doesn't flow right when you say them.

Agreed, they're alot harder to pronounce