How To Make - Synthwave with Timecop 1983 / 221

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I like that vintage analog wall of sound

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It’s incredibly motivating to see how much you can achieve with so few elements. I mean, it’s a total of 7 instruments + drums + 3 automations + a reverb from hell like there’s no tomorrow = pure magic. I learned a ton for my own workflow.

As a point of criticism, I have to add that it’s sometimes difficult to follow the tutorial because Timecop is working with an ultra-old version of FL Studio here, and you only see the patterns as solid blocks without any visible MIDI information. If you’re working in a different DAW, this can be a bit problematic. I had to rewind a few times just to check what exactly was inside pattern 4 or 5. Also, it would have been nice if he had shown the mixing process as well.

But all in all, a highly successful and useful tutorial from a true master of his craft.

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I’m working with Ableton Live 12. Can somebody, who works with FL studio, give me the real values of each parameter of the multiband compressor? Eventually of the parametric EQ also if possible. Thanks by advance !

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Thank you so much! I’ve heard of time cop and synthwave genre, but after this course i totally get it! I made my own song start to finish, and used the mixing and mastering techniques. It sounds so pro! I played it on my iphone and was perfect. Thanks again!

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Welcome aboard onto the forums !

Glad to hear you enjoyed the course and found it useful :+1:

Cheers :sunglasses:

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Hello there @Rico30000 and sorry for the delayed reply.

Welcome aboard onto the forums :+1:

Just a piece of advice since you’re following this course using a different DAW : don’t try to copy the same exact settings, but rather adjust your own plugins by ears to get as close as possible as what you hear in the course. Your own tools and plugins won’t give you the same results with the same settings anyway.

The final goal with any “how to make” course, is not to sound exactly the same, but rather to understand how the song was made, and the producers’ techniques.

I recommend watching this course as well : Psychology of Learning with Bluffmunkey

Hope that helps further !

Cheers :sunglasses:

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Thanks a lot ! It helps ! :pray:

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No worries, you’re welcome !