More retrowave synth-pop with references to PSB, ELO and more. All done with hardware synths and samplers from the 80s.
https://soundcloud.com/espenkraft/espen ... -the-score
80s synth-pop/retro with Korg DW-8000, Roland JX-8P, Juno 2 and Akai S1000
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- KVRist
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- 143 posts since 3 Jul, 2016 from Norway
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- KVRAF
- 6325 posts since 18 Jul, 2008 from New York
Good song! There are lots of nice details in the arrangement that make this enjoyable.
Should a song about settling a score sound so cheerful? I think the snare is too prominent in the mix.
Should a song about settling a score sound so cheerful? I think the snare is too prominent in the mix.
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Richard deHove Richard deHove https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=376689
- KVRist
- 395 posts since 23 Mar, 2016
The autotune vocals are fighting against the 80s feel. Let's have the 'Detuned' remix 
Omnisphere & ArcSyn patches: https://richarddehove.com/soundware/
My music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XdT2 ... 55tGwjEDUA
My music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XdT2 ... 55tGwjEDUA
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- KVRist
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- 143 posts since 3 Jul, 2016 from Norway
Thanks! Valid point about the cheerfulness vs settling the score. On the other hand, I enjoy opposites in arrangement vs the subject matter myself when I listen to music.Frantz wrote:Good song! There are lots of nice details in the arrangement that make this enjoyable.
Should a song about settling a score sound so cheerful? I think the snare is too prominent in the mix.
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- KVRist
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- 143 posts since 3 Jul, 2016 from Norway
My reason for the noticeable autotune is that I found the opposite just didn't feel right. Ironically. I liked the slight bended feel of some of the notes I sing.Richard deHove wrote:The autotune vocals are fighting against the 80s feel. Let's have the 'Detuned' remix
If you listen to some of my other released tracks I don't always go for this kind of vocal sound, but here it seemed to be the right thing even if it goes against a 80s vocal sound obviously. Thanks.
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- KVRAF
- 2367 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
This is a nice little retro thing.
You could - not that it bothers me personally - try a vocoder instead of autotune for more period authenticity.
But isn't it more interesting to give it a twist?
You could - not that it bothers me personally - try a vocoder instead of autotune for more period authenticity.
But isn't it more interesting to give it a twist?
Voted KVR's resident drunk Robert Smith impersonator (thanks Frantz!)
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2myYesRBRgQB3LkZzEYdt5 | https://soundcloud.com/steevm/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2myYesRBRgQB3LkZzEYdt5 | https://soundcloud.com/steevm/
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- KVRist
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- 143 posts since 3 Jul, 2016 from Norway
Interesting that you mention a vocoder. I make use of vocoders quite often. I have several tracks where I use a vocoder exclusivly for the vocals.sjm wrote:This is a nice little retro thing.
You could - not that it bothers me personally - try a vocoder instead of autotune for more period authenticity.
But isn't it more interesting to give it a twist?
I don't think it would work optimally here, but the little "bend" in the AT due to a fast correction setting is something I really liked, 80s or not.
Thanks!
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- KVRian
- 1362 posts since 17 Jul, 2007 from Riversland Valhalla
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- KVRist
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- 143 posts since 3 Jul, 2016 from Norway
Thank you so much!phreaque wrote:Adore it. Great work thanks..
