(80s vibe melodic synthpop)Future in the past

[jappe]

Hey all,

this is my second tune using (*almost) only Bitleys patches (Way Beyond Fairlight 2 and other).
*EDIT: The robot voice is the ST-1speak& tweak RE.
Mastered by emastered.com

Vocals process:
Loop recording in Reason, cleanup in Adobe Audition v3, fixing pitch flaws/vibrato adjustment in Melodyne 4, choir by using three different vocal takes panned mid, left(at 9) and right(at3)

[bitley™]

I can relate so much to this feeling, back then it was living in the future through music. Today we do it when we're surfing in bed with our tablets. The cool thing about the 80s was that the sound changed so much from year to year because of the music technology development. Depeche mode's back catalogue is a cool example of that journey.

[Benedict]

Great grabby intro and cool sounds.

Vocally a bit like Marian Gold of Alphaville which is also very cool.

Overall song pacing my be a bit off but still very cool and needs to go on that album I am waiting for.

[jappe]

I can relate so much to this feeling, back then it was living in the future through music. Today we do it when we're surfing in bed with our tablets. The cool thing about the 80s was that the sound changed so much from year to year because of the music technology development. Depeche mode's back catalogue is a cool example of that journey.

Thank's for sharing your impressions!
I actually browsed through the first Depeche albums yesterday to get a reference tune for mastering (ended up using the emastered.com mastering service though...lazy me:-)
And there's development for sure from record to record!

[jappe]

Great grabby intro and cool sounds.

Vocally a bit like Marian Gold of Alphaville which is also very cool.

Overall song pacing my be a bit off but still very cool and needs to go on that album I am waiting for.

Thanks!

Having an Alphaville reference in a review is great, that's how I want it to sound!
Still at the very rookie level with the singing, but on a long journey to improve it. This voice mentors tutorials are in my toolbox:


And also r/Singing

About the song pacing comment, I assume that's because of the sporadic pieces of vocals rather than more ambitious lyrics?

Since I got "Way Beyond Fairlight" I think I would be able to do more consistent songs to fit in an album, thanks for the encourage

[sdst]

sounds very good.

[jappe]

sounds very good.

Thanks

[DJBuddhaBear]

Hey all,

this is my second tune using (*almost) only Bitleys patches (Way Beyond Fairlight 2 and other).
*EDIT: The robot voice is the ST-1speak& tweak RE.
Mastered by emastered.com

Vocals process:
Loop recording in Reason, cleanup in Adobe Audition v3, fixing pitch flaws/vibrato adjustment in Melodyne 4, choir by using three different vocal takes panned mid, left(at 9) and right(at3)

Terrific piece. Everything worked out well.

[Carly(Poohbear)]

definitely captured the 80's vibe

I think for this sort of track you nailed the vocals.

Nice and catchy..

[Some Desperate Glory]

I really like this song, and the vocals do also remind me of Marian Gold and the keyboard sounds are fantastic. Also like the use of a sonogram as the song picture... nice touch!

Maybe you can list some of the patches/combinators you used? I have Way Beyond Fairlight as well (probably my fave refill) but it is so big I have yet to really do more than scratch the surface, you know?

[Trefor]

Very 80's vibe indeed Jappe.

[raymondh]

This is really excellent! I enjoyed it a lot. A great showcase for WBF too!

[jappe]

sounds very good.

Thanks:-)

[jappe]

Hey all,

this is my second tune using (*almost) only Bitleys patches (Way Beyond Fairlight 2 and other).
*EDIT: The robot voice is the ST-1speak& tweak RE.
Mastered by emastered.com

Vocals process:
Loop recording in Reason, cleanup in Adobe Audition v3, fixing pitch flaws/vibrato adjustment in Melodyne 4, choir by using three different vocal takes panned mid, left(at 9) and right(at3)

Terrific piece. Everything worked out well.

Thanks:-)

[jappe]

definitely captured the 80's vibe

I think for this sort of track you nailed the vocals.

Nice and catchy..

Thanks for reviewing:-)
I think I always had the 80's ringing in my head, even when trying to make more modern stuff.

[jappe]

I really like this song, and the vocals do also remind me of Marian Gold and the keyboard sounds are fantastic. Also like the use of a sonogram as the song picture... nice touch!

Maybe you can list some of the patches/combinators you used? I have Way Beyond Fairlight as well (probably my fave refill) but it is so big I have yet to really do more than scratch the surface, you know?

Thanks:-)

Sure, these are the Bitley patches:

The Prophet:
Automatic Padomat

Orlando JX-10
Vassleadfin
Analogvetu3
Spiklead2

Way Beyond Fairlight
Better Than The Real Thing
Linndrum 1
Aggro Bass
Rez Lead

PolyX3M
SX250 Choir
Danke Choir

Fairlight CMI Supremacy
707 Kit 1

Fairlight CMI Supremacy
1982 Bass


When checking I noticed I also had one factory drum kit (Disco Kit RDK) for the main bass drum that I wasn't aware of (I searched for sounds with Bitley as root folder but must have failed on that).

[jappe]

Very 80's vibe indeed Jappe.

Thanks for listening Trefor:-)

[jappe]

This is really excellent! I enjoyed it a lot. A great showcase for WBF too!

Thanks for reviewing
I hope people will find the Bitley patches giving them as much inspiration as I get.
I love to use RE:s as well, but when I'm in music making mode then sometimes I just want to have something to inspire me without creating sounds from bottom up. Saving that time allows me to stay in the short creativity window.

[Carly(Poohbear)]

definitely captured the 80's vibe

I think for this sort of track you nailed the vocals.

Nice and catchy..

Thanks for reviewing:-)
I think I always had the 80's ringing in my head, even when trying to make more modern stuff.

Funny that, I posted a track the other day made in Reason 9 with heavy use the players (The Players Took Me There) and I had a couple of comments of the 80's feel and that was not even in my mind, but the 80's was massive to me being a teenager at the time, the vibe is in our blood LOL