Yep, it's not that easy as it seems. Some of my attempts to make a good track failed too. But for this one I was able to make a great sounding track with same chord progression actually. It's interesting how different producers go different directions having started with same chords. Please check it out: ua-cam.com/video/mfnb_b2LiqU/v-deo.html
I re-created this to be a full 3-minute track using the same/similar sounds with my own structure change. It got me going in synthwave and now I have over half a dozen releases on streaming platforms all thanks to randomly watching this video in late 2019.
You cant tell me, that synthwave is the most epicly relaxing genre ever discovered. You would be living under a rock under a staple that holds you to your emotions, drifting into darkness.
dude this one of the first tutorials i've ever watched on producing lol. been makin music for 3-4 years now, and ironically i still havent made synthwave 😭
This video gives me so much nostalgia, first video I watched after getting Ableton lite cut to 4 years later I'm just coming back to relive my first experience with producing
Game at 1:25 is called Distance, available on Steam (PC), in case anyone was wondering. It's also my most favorite racing game... that's somehow still in development
I’ve been watching this video since the beginning of 8th grade and I’m now a freshman in college. I always come back to hear the results of this. This has always sounded good to me lmao
some cool synthwave VSTs I use are Ob-xd, PG-8X, Dexed, MinimogueVA, SQ8L and Prophanity. They're free, sound decent yet maybe not exact emulations of the original synthesizers, unfortunately.
PG8X is wonderful. It doesn't sound *exactly* like the JX8P, but it's close enough, and it's like having a JX-8P with the PG-800. Another good one to throw in the mix is TAL Bassline 101 and U-NO-LX. Both have free and paid versions. TAL also has the U-NO Chorus as a standalone plug-in. I use it on a lot of stuff. I'm not a fan of MinimogueVA, the filters don't have the Moog thing imo. Also, toss in Synth1 because it's a free plugin, and even though it's styled like a Nord Lead which came later, it has Unison that sounds wonderful. My one big beef with OB-XD is there's no Host Sync for the LFO.
I know I'm late but I just want to say how much I love your videos and how you don't add unnecessary stuff to make it 10+ minutes and get straight to the point. Great work man
1983 - in 2005 there will be flying cars 2005 - in 2012 the world will end 2012 - in 2018 there will be flying cars 2018 - in 2050 we will travel through Space
As something who kind of knows how this software works and kind of knows how music theory works, but has no working knowledge of how to put the two together into a song, this is really amazingly helpful! Thank you for making this video, it's just the kind of thing I need for my next steps in learning to make music.
Finally a synthwave tutorial by someone who knows what he's doing and actually *explains* it. Never thought it would take 5+ videos to get there. Thank you!
Thank you Praxi. Thank you so much for making this video. If this video hadn't popped up in my feed back in November of 2018, I probably never would've considered making synthwave music. I've always been and still am a metalhead/rock musician but I knew there was something else too. That was Synthwave. And If it weren't for your tutorial, I wouldn't have taken this seriously, I wouldn't have bought FL Studio and I never would've known that I had a thing for 80s music and culture. Thank you so much man ❤
This is so great. It took me about 40 minutes to finish what's in the video. I know just barely enough to be able to follow along, and I'm super happy with the results. Definitely going to keep playing around with it and make something a bit more unique. Thanks for a fantastic tutorial!
Duuuuude yes! I stopped what I was doing and watched the video all the way through! Beast final product!!! Those classic 80s snares always get me haha so dope! Those drums Always gives me that top gun/foot loose feel
I can’t believe I totally forgot about this video until my friend sent it to me. This was the video that inspired me to create my song “Dreaming” under my bands name “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
Amazing video, subscribed '-'. Synthwave is LIFE, it's a different version of reality in form of music, it's an AMAZING universe of retrofuturism, nostalgia, neon and so much more! I just can't get enough of it ^_^
I saw this video for some help for making a track and now the melody is stuck in my head.... Nice Job and Damn You Praxi for making one of the most catchy melodies of all time.
This particular lesson teaches me that 90% of what I like about Synthwave is a talented musician with good synthesizers. And yet, it's that last 10% that makes all the difference.
After watching this video I did really give up the idea about writing synthwave... Jayzus, look at the amount of tools plus the time spent discovering and learning about them... That is so much passion... By the way, the tune you wrote is amazing...
Jim Morrison killed it with that prediction.
Which are you referring to?
Asian661 0:43
Holy shit...Ive always liked The Doors but that was insanely prophetic.
i heard that as a sample in Breakin’ a Sweat
@@michaelangello1327 I got a grin out of that because of Ray Manzark and Robbie Krieger both being on that track.
Fast forward a year, and I'm still waiting for your synthwave album.
Same
Samme
Sammme
still no album!? it'll be badass when it finally drops
Top comment for a year. Congrats
My thoughts after watching this: "I can make something like this"
My thoughts after just opening the program: "Nope, nevermind."
lmao bless bro, I love your vids
@@PraxiPlays haha really? Thanks man!
Yep, it's not that easy as it seems. Some of my attempts to make a good track failed too. But for this one I was able to make a great sounding track with same chord progression actually. It's interesting how different producers go different directions having started with same chords. Please check it out: ua-cam.com/video/mfnb_b2LiqU/v-deo.html
João Santana I don’t know, cause my version I did completely from scratch and not in FL
I can do this quite easily; however there is a catch: I need a lot of amphetamines to assist me. 🎹💊🚀🤔
''Seems simple enough...''
*Actually tries*
''What in the actual hell is happening and how do i do anything''
I feel you bro
Just a little bit of practice and it'll happen
@@topisukuvaara9798 "a little" lol
Your profile picture matches the comment so well
jus keep goin bro
Now this is a good UA-cam recommendation
Zar ne
Слава Украине!
*now that's podracing*
at least YT didn't totally fuck recommendations up.
Step 1: Draw a circle
Step 2: Add shadows
Step 3: Done! Now you have the sistine chapel
This is one of the greatest comments I've ever seen
Cap
the sistine chapel is too much of an exaggeration of synthwave
Makes me realize I'm trying to make music with Crayons right now.
02:16 My man just recorded his windows 10 taskbar because it was 4:20 PM
blaze it
My man still has the search bar, coetana, and task view buttons turned on 😭
@@dontwaste111 everyone does
NPCmajor bruh who doesn’t
@@puggers460 yea i turn that off
That racing game he showed is called _Distance_ in case anybody was curious. It's available on Steam for $20.
Thank you my friend
tanks boy
Thank you
Dude, thanks!
Bloody good game too, especially in VR.
It has an older version that's free too, Nitronic Rush.
I re-created this to be a full 3-minute track using the same/similar sounds with my own structure change. It got me going in synthwave and now I have over half a dozen releases on streaming platforms all thanks to randomly watching this video in late 2019.
Where can i find your music?
@@FarzanAhsanIT- ua-cam.com/channels/ZYRHddwfcjUQc2d8gzaHKQ.htmlvideos
Im in the same spot just finding this in 2022. I hope your still making synthwave
@@kiddjubbz im boutta start to, cant wait to make my first one, probably gonna take me couple of months to get used to the program and plugins etc
Amazing
how to write a cool melody: 3:40 draw a flying duck
😂 LoL. That's really cool. Easter Egg
@TauanStarG "Hahahaha. Really looks like it" he said
Weird, I thought it was a swimming platypus.
@@Ghostii_ Thx, I was wondering!
@TauanStarG kkkk neh mano
This is really "How to make R2R Keygen music"
De'Voy Edwards lmao
Hahaha you got me 😂✌️
lmao how is this so accurate
Those who know , they know too well :))))))))
pirated squad 🙋😂
You cant tell me, that synthwave is the most epicly relaxing genre ever discovered. You would be living under a rock under a staple that holds you to your emotions, drifting into darkness.
I fell in love with this sound from hotline Miami’s soundtrack. I appreciate this video. I always wanted to create my own synthwave since I heard it.
My intro was the "Journeys" album by Timecop1983. Recommended. :)
hotline miamis ost is lit
I want to marry this song, dude
nice tut
🙏🙏
mhm
@@PraxiPlays please publish to spotify so i can add it to my favorites
@@reddeck1906 please make your reply related to the actual comment
Praxi always has the best content. I've recommended your channel to all my friends into music. Good job on this project man.
Im hyped for cyberpunk 2077
Edit: this aged like milk
bruh it looks so good, cant wait to play it
Me too!!!!!
Same! And I can't wait to play it either
Sean Barry I'm so glad someone plugged cyberpunk 2077
They just dropped some demo gameplay footage ! The hype is real!
guys whatever you do **DO NOT LISTEN TO THE FINAL RESULT WHILE DRIVING** my car turned into a Delorean and I’m stuck in 1980 Miami
Who is this man? And more importantly, is it possible to learn this power?
not from a jedi
Not from a mainstream musician...
Wubsaurus only a sith deals in absolutes
ironic.
IceDragon978 "HOW TO synthwave | flstudio TUTORIAL"
Fuck this is good. If you released an album of just this style, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. It's fantastic driving music.
dude this one of the first tutorials i've ever watched on producing lol. been makin music for 3-4 years now, and ironically i still havent made synthwave 😭
This was spot on 👌🏼 this is perfect because GUNSHIP just dropped a new track today 😍 Synthwave heaven 🖤
!!!!!!!! So pumped!!!!!!!
GUNSHIP is god tier
imma keep it reel wichu chief
genre vids are better than rapper vids
both are dope though!
This video gives me so much nostalgia, first video I watched after getting Ableton lite cut to 4 years later I'm just coming back to relive my first experience with producing
Game at 1:25 is called Distance, available on Steam (PC), in case anyone was wondering.
It's also my most favorite racing game... that's somehow still in development
Synthwave is always beautiful
I’ve been watching this video since the beginning of 8th grade and I’m now a freshman in college. I always come back to hear the results of this. This has always sounded good to me lmao
I posted a comment 4 years ago on here and still get replies to it 🤝
some cool synthwave VSTs I use are Ob-xd, PG-8X, Dexed, MinimogueVA, SQ8L and Prophanity. They're free, sound decent yet maybe not exact emulations of the original synthesizers, unfortunately.
I use those those same exact one's as well plus many more.
PG8X is wonderful. It doesn't sound *exactly* like the JX8P, but it's close enough, and it's like having a JX-8P with the PG-800. Another good one to throw in the mix is TAL Bassline 101 and U-NO-LX. Both have free and paid versions. TAL also has the U-NO Chorus as a standalone plug-in. I use it on a lot of stuff. I'm not a fan of MinimogueVA, the filters don't have the Moog thing imo.
Also, toss in Synth1 because it's a free plugin, and even though it's styled like a Nord Lead which came later, it has Unison that sounds wonderful.
My one big beef with OB-XD is there's no Host Sync for the LFO.
But... but where’s the Lamborghini Countach or Ferrari Testarossa? You _know_ it’s not a true synthwave song without that 80’s supercar right?
and palm trees
@Jeremiah Bullfrog AND THE EIGHT SIX!!!
@Jeremiah Bullfrog lancia Montecarlo
And the vector car
@@vio2326 what about the Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
I know I'm late but I just want to say how much I love your videos and how you don't add unnecessary stuff to make it 10+ minutes and get straight to the point. Great work man
1983 - in 2005 there will be flying cars
2005 - in 2012 the world will end
2012 - in 2018 there will be flying cars
2018 - in 2050 we will travel through Space
Remember y2k
@42on in 2051, we can still travel through this short space of time... i guess
2552****
in 2019 - there's 90000 genders
In 2520 we will have colonized our Solar System.
This could definitely be in the soundtrack for Thor Ragnarok
Halo Gamer the grandmasters land is pretty vapor wave ;)
I love this!
I re-created this with no knowledge about music programming, and 2 days later I have it!
I've learned so much, thank you!
Nostalgia hit me alot of times. I also found an old 4GB hard drive, and when I connected it to my old computer, IT WAS MY DAD'S OLD W98 DISK!!!
My old Amiga hard drive was 20 meg.
TIME STAMPS 😊😊
Background 0:03
Chords 1:12
Melodies 2:31
Drums 3:55
Bass 4:28
FINAL PRODUCT!! 5:01 🔥🔥
6 : 57 starts here soundcloud.com/kaamilmirza/cached
What a classy video. Even gives the genre background
Really enjoyed the fact that you've done a video on this genre of music
As something who kind of knows how this software works and kind of knows how music theory works, but has no working knowledge of how to put the two together into a song, this is really amazingly helpful! Thank you for making this video, it's just the kind of thing I need for my next steps in learning to make music.
FInding this over 3 years later, still enjoying every moment, thank you!
Bro you are the most versatile boi... Can't wait to see where you're at in a couple of years.
I like how you went through the entire process of making this ᴀᴇsᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ beat. Thanks for taking time to do this, man. I love the end result
Rydeen from YMO playing at the background was wonderful ❤
You really done one on this one bro
Damn, in a few hour trying to figure this out and doing the steps
Accidently created a track
i'm a new user of FL studio, and this video jump started my ability to use it DRASTICALLY. Thank you!
i'm so happy i was able to find a quick straight to the point serious tutorial on this genre thank you man
seeing your uploads in my subbox makes me so happy lmao, keep up the good work praxi
ay man:) would you mind checking out my beats? i know this is an annoying comment but i just want an opinion:)
I like how Rydeen is playing in the back
a e s t h e t i c
what can't praxi make. this track is 🔥 🔥 🔥
This has helped me in a dark time where I could not find any Synthwave tutorials. Thank you, kind sir.
Honestly this deserves so many more views
I love that ambient sound.
This is a bangin song dude, I’ve got it on repeat
I honestly have the biggest smile on my face ! Remides me of the Tron movies, this was sick !! Keep up the good work !
Finally a synthwave tutorial by someone who knows what he's doing and actually *explains* it. Never thought it would take 5+ videos to get there. Thank you!
It helps with the inbuilt plugins. At least you don't have to spend tons of money to make synthwave.
Epic Tut Broo - Love from Poland 💖
ty tutaj?
Thank you Praxi. Thank you so much for making this video. If this video hadn't popped up in my feed back in November of 2018, I probably never would've considered making synthwave music. I've always been and still am a metalhead/rock musician but I knew there was something else too. That was Synthwave. And If it weren't for your tutorial, I wouldn't have taken this seriously, I wouldn't have bought FL Studio and I never would've known that I had a thing for 80s music and culture.
Thank you so much man ❤
I learnt from him and made this
soundcloud.com/kaamilmirza/cached
This is so great. It took me about 40 minutes to finish what's in the video. I know just barely enough to be able to follow along, and I'm super happy with the results. Definitely going to keep playing around with it and make something a bit more unique. Thanks for a fantastic tutorial!
1:26 the game is Distance
Arigato gosaimas
Thx my dude
thank
Just gonna . this, thanks
Thnx my man
great video! the introduction segment provided really informative context
your music embody the synthwave in the most epic way, it's delightful
Damn this could actually be something that was played on Stranger Things! Praxi man, you really outdid yourself on this one, what cant you do?
i feel like a dork because i was quoting the intro to the 1980's transformers movie as soon as i heard "it is the year 2005"
Oof
I feel like this is probably the easiest genre to produce yet it sounds so good
Makes me feel like I’m dodging cops in the 80s 🏎💨🚓
Aye homie, this bumps hard. Like I love the rappers but if you're throwing in these randomly even better!!
That second melody is so beautiful!
Wow that Jim Morrison quote is mind-blowing... Great video!
Duuuuude yes! I stopped what I was doing and watched the video all the way through! Beast final product!!! Those classic 80s snares always get me haha so dope! Those drums Always gives me that top gun/foot loose feel
I realized I have like a billion things to learn before I understand this tutorial but the intro was amazing and the song was AMAZING
That is actually a brilliant piece of synthwave man!
Welcome to the future!
I can’t believe I totally forgot about this video until my friend sent it to me. This was the video that inspired me to create my song “Dreaming” under my bands name “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
This makes me want Far Cry: Blood Dragon 2
To date my favorite expansion to any game.
If I'm not wrong, the soundtrack is made by Power Glove, and you can find it on his spotify page. I really love it.
Wait 2?? When did it come out?
blood dragon 2??/ when did it come out
@@anonymousblank he is saying he wants a sequel
man i’m a synthwave fan and i have to say this sounds really good :)
I have no idea what the hell this guy is talking about when talking about the terms of creating the music but it sounds dope.
Those bass are amazing
Awesome tutorial vids man. Been planning on getting Fl for a while and after seeing all the features I’m hyped to learn.
DUDE. I would listen to an album with this on it. Nice work.
Amazing video, subscribed '-'. Synthwave is LIFE, it's a different version of reality in form of music, it's an AMAZING universe of retrofuturism, nostalgia, neon and so much more! I just can't get enough of it ^_^
You make it look so effortless, great breakdown of one of my favourite genres.
I saw this video for some help for making a track and now the melody is stuck in my head.... Nice Job and Damn You Praxi for making one of the most catchy melodies of all time.
nice man, i have used a lot of your tutorials to make my beats:) huge ty from me
This is something that could be in GTA Vice City.
Or Tron
Or "Ready player one"
Dude this could be a blockbuster soundtrack
I still play GTA Vice City every once in a while. Now I do it with retrowave in the background. It's so much better!
This particular lesson teaches me that 90% of what I like about Synthwave is a talented musician with good synthesizers. And yet, it's that last 10% that makes all the difference.
jeez your vids are getting better and better *_*
This song got me pregnant and I need child support money.
XD
Jojo Jellycat don’t we all?
Nice try
@@go_djentle what
why am i decovering this NOW this is beautifuuul
I got a Roland JX-03, I love my analog synth! I got a 49 key midi controller, so easy to interface, as bomb as the 80's!
5:27 AAAAaaand I just came. Great video, as always, gotta go clean up now.
After watching this video I did really give up the idea about writing synthwave... Jayzus, look at the amount of tools plus the time spent discovering and learning about them... That is so much passion...
By the way, the tune you wrote is amazing...
TRON✌🏼
This video is so well made, written and narrated.
4:14 .. he almost did it
Love Synthwave...and this was good. Thanks.
This is insane, you are very talented
This is off topic but I love the fact your using Rydeen for BGM
Hey Praxi, great video, you always inspire me