New (Power) 80s Music? Recommendations VSTs?

[Sendy]

May the OP have mercy with me, I have to post this video from Pietro Paolo Pelandi in 1983, it sounds 200 % Italo Disco, this typical reverb-drunken plastic sound:

May GOD have mercy on you!

[Caine123]

what kind of drum machines would you recommend for those 2 tracks i posted?

[Chandran]

Ahhaha hihihi!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MufL-OFGDQ ... ufL-OFGDQc

[V0RT3X]

This might be good to check out too

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl ... S:official

Its a interview with the musician himself



Also you can check out his facebook (If you use it) page here and get some clues as to what he uses. It seems for his DAW he uses FLStudio

https://www.facebook.com/Perturbator



Id go for this.

UVI The Beast is a Synclavier rompler/synth hybrid but it covers most of those 80's sounds really well! You get a 4.25 GB library, 3 instruments, 297 presets, 8,313 samples @ 44.1 kHz

http://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-corner/the-beast.html




Price for the beast : $200


UVI Darklight IIx is another amazing 80's inspired instrument. Listen to the demos and you'll know exactly what I mean. You get a 2.34 GB library, 3 instruments, 284 presets, 10,766 samples @ 44.1khz

The instrument is based on is pretty much the sound of the 80s.

http://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-corner/darklight-iix.html








Price : $200


Between the two of those I think your sounds are covered! You will have instant 80's at your fingertips!

If you want MORE synthesizers then check out
(All priced from cheapest to most expensive)


http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/vs ... start.html <-- a good low cost Vintage analog.
Price : $50! Can't go wrong with that..


http://kunz.corrupt.ch/products/tal-bassline-101 <--- Roland SH-101 clone.
Price :$60 really can't go wrong with this.. it is fairly high praised around here.


http://kunz.corrupt.ch/products/tal-u-no-lx <--- Wicked Juno inspired instrument!
Price :$60


http://kilohearts.com/products/one <--- I don't think this is trying to be a vintage emulation but it can do it pretty good and it's not really that expensive. You also get a decent mod matrix and 2 filters!
Price : $100



http://www.tone2.com/html/saurus_synthe ... st_au.html <--- Pretty good Vintage synthesizer emulation. It also barely uses any CPU
Price : $120 and it's definitely worth it.


http://www.u-he.com/cms/diva <--- You probably know about this one, but yah its pretty friggin awesome. A bit heavy on the CPU but hey its doing realtime circuit simulation!
Price : $180 Getting a bit more expensive but DIVA is totally worth it once you hear it.



http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=62 <--- Synthsquad is basically 4 instruments in one so your getting a lot of bang for your buck.
Price : $250 *you can get this quite alot cheaper if you shop around*


Great EFFECTS!
Again priced from lowest to highest.


http://www.valhalladsp.com/valhallavintageverb <--- Tons of 80's themed reverbs in this one!
Price : $50


http://www.plogue.com/products/chipcrusher/ <-- Use this on sampled stuff to get the "Grit" from old samplers.
Price : $50


Anyways im gonna stop now, hopefully that helps a bit

[Caine123]

THANKS A LOT MATE

what would be your opinion about those strong basses, leads, plucks etc. in those examples, would they be recreatable with the TAL Juno? i try to get a vst which can cover most/all sounds but also sounds full and tight.

how is the TAL Juno compared with the ARTURIA Jupiter? so i know if i shall get Arturia vsts or not .

and how would you compare the Junos with DIVA? i would consider also DIVA if it would cover also a lot.the sounds seem very nice and powerful.

[Numanoid]

New Power 80s Music....?

You mean Power Electronics like Whitehouse and stuff?

I guess getting y'self a sandblaster would be a good start

[GeckoYamori]

I was happily ordering that Beast VST... until it told me it required iLok. What a cockblock.

[izonin]

May the OP have mercy with me, I have to post this video from Pietro Paolo Pelandi in 1983, it sounds 200 % Italo Disco, this typical reverb-drunken plastic sound:

Cheesus...

[Numanoid]

Cheesus...

+1

Who said positive vibes can't be scary?

[olikana]

cheesy maybe but undoubtedly one of the best 80s tunes ever!
but totally unrelated to the OP videos which sound like 90s arpeggiated EBM (like someone already mentioned) .

[rockstar_not]

To my ear, Superwave P8 has all of the pitched sounds in the first video, excepting the drum sounds - pretty much as presets ready to go.

Free. There is absolutely no need to go paying money for VSTi when there are countless offerings that have these type of sounds dialed in and ready to go for free.

http://www.superwavesynths.co.uk/product_p8.htm

Put a reverb after it for extra space.

You're welcome.

[layzer]

[arkmabat]

Gated reverb for the snare! (I didn't listen to the demo but if we're talking 80's ... )

[V0RT3X]

Here is a short project where I used DIVA in ableton live. I used Lives Arpeggiator for Diva and got a really awesome bassline.

It is not really 80's power music, more of a industrial project but you can hear how well Diva cuts through the mix. I would highly recommmend Diva if you have at least a Intel i5 or i7, but if your computer is slower then i would stick to other options.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nndy3skvkhc4a ... Driven.wav


The other synthesizers were from Synthsquad and Geist covered the drum sounds.



My thoughts on the synthesizers in the track I made.

- DIVA : You get to mix and match components of classic synthesizers which is pretty amazing and can lead to some pretty amazing sounds. Diva is good at creating Ideal VA sounds IMO but it isn't quite that complicated when it comes to creating wild & crazy synthesizer sounds (This is what Ace, Bazille & Zebra are for). It is outstanding though with what it does do and it sounds absolutely amazing in a mix. If you want a instrument that sounds organic and pure this is kind of the best one i know of. As for authenticity well I wouldn't really know since I never really got to play with the synthesizers components it emulates. I know the Oscillators sound pretty much close to real analog Oscillators though as I have messed about with a Moog Voyager once. I think the thing that sold me on this was how fast I was able to recreate that "Bladerunner" vibe with the pads! You can seriously make lush lush pad sounds with Diva that are huge. Diva really feels like a musical instrument when you fire it up and not just some noise maker which i think is a major part of it's appeal. If you want quirky and obscure synthesis U-he has Zebra, Bazille and Ace.. or you can just get Synthsquad instead which is what I did.

- Synthsquad : These are perfect for adding "character" in your tracks because they are quirky and can create really obscure sounds which aging analog synthesizers are known for. You can coax some pretty good stuff out of them and they really sit in a mix well with DIVA. Strobe is a Bass monster, Cypher is excellent at key and FM sounds and Amber is a super synthesizer for pads and strings. The TransMod system allows you to some insane semi-modular modulation and if you want to get your hands really dirty you can use Fusor.

IMO I think your needs are more than covered with these two. However there are so many options now it's pretty hard to not want them all..

Anyhow this is what I am using for Virtual Analogs and I really like my setup so far.

[rockstar_not]

I didn't think to put any demo videos up of Superwave P8, but there are many on Youtube.

Here's one that doesn't cloud the demo with a big rhythm track going on to confuse the listener:


Honestly, you can do the entire first OP video with Superwave P8 except the drum sounds.

Free.