chillwave/glo-fi/80s nostalgia VST - which is the best?

[Herr_Amn]

So I'm trying to figure out which VST's would be suitable for the whole 'chillwave' sound. Here are some examples:



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I know there's a lot of reverb, tape-echo and tremolo... but what other effects can be used to produce a similar sound? Are there any 'soft' 80s synth vst's which could work for this sort of sound? Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding softer pads/synths.

Thanks in advance.

[tibah]

For a free synth, check SQ8L for lo-fi / digital sounds...

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2610.html

My personal choice for a commercial synth would be Vember Audio Surge for the digital / lo-fi type of sounds. Very easy to program too.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1926.html

[civ100]

I have found the synths and effects in FL studio to be ideal for the chillwave genre. I have posted a link to a demo I used using 3 instances of the SIMSynth (an FL studio synth )utilizing bass, lead and pad.

I freaked things out with the dblue glitch VST and fattened things up with the JB ferox VST also. I might suggest also suggest Refx plasticZ and TAL uno 62 ( freeware vst synths )

chillwave demo song 'Kella' by my project chromafeel : http://soundcloud.com/chromafeel/sets/new-ep-previews-1

[quayquay17]

This is an old thread, but Phonec is now the VST go-to for this stuff