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quadsas · Post by **quadsas** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:44 pm

Are there any newly released VSTs that specialise in reproducing those light and "happy" 80s sounds?

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:36 pm

Just search this forum while only entering the word 80's and heaps of threads on this topic will arise.

It depends on what you call 'new'. Much of DIVA for instance is '80s .

ntom · Post by **ntom** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:42 pm

Oh! I want to be the first to say it!
U-He Diva!

Yes!!! I beat the hundreds of others who will recommend it.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:52 pm

quadsas wrote:light and "happy" 80s sounds?

maybe post an example of what you mean.

bpblog · Post by **bpblog** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:08 pm

try SQ8L and Proteus VX.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:23 pm

bpblog wrote:try SQ8L and Proteus VX.

And Phutura

phreaque · Post by **phreaque** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:57 pm

FM8 or IL Sytrus for those famous famous DX FMish sounds..
And of course Arturia's Minimoog

quadsas · Post by **quadsas** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:58 pm

By that I mean most of the stuff Anoraak, Russ Chimes, College, Grum puts out.

Thanks for recommendations, I'll def check them out.

highkoo · Post by **highkoo** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:22 pm

U-he Triple Cheese:

george · Post by **george** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:28 pm

Discovery can get very 80s itself. It has lots of presets to play with.

http://www.discodsp.com/discovery/

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:39 pm

ntom wrote:Oh! I want to be the first to say it!
U-He Diva!

Yes!!! I beat the hundreds of others who will recommend it.

sorry, looks like Timfonie already beat you to it!

maxmace · Post by **maxmace** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:54 pm

SQ8L and Proteus VX

+2. they will pretty much get you there, covering ROMpler (Proteus) and semi-modular wavetable synth (SQ8L).

They can pair up to nail the Dx7/Fairlight/analog polysynth 80s sound. The E-MU and Ensoniq stuff was everywhere here in America. In Europe and Asia they were more boutique items.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:15 pm

TubeOhm Vintage

To me 80's synths sounds are those "sample impulses meet synthesis" type sounds ala Korg M1 or Roland D-50/JD990

quadsas · Post by **quadsas** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:48 pm

Juno 106 is what screams 80s for me

Thanks for more suggestions, I will try majority of them hopefully and check what's best for me

tattiemannie · Post by **tattiemannie** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:00 pm

Theres a fairly decent free emulation of the popular 80s mono synth 'Jen' ... it's called Leto. As I say, it's free so worth searching for and trying out

80s VST?