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After hours arcade, neon lights, lost memories… our new 1980s-inspired music video
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After hours arcade, neon lights, lost memories… our new 1980s-inspired music video

Hey outrunners!

We are a synth-pop trio from Italy, and this is our latest project:

“Tears (Down On Me)”, a cinematic synth-pop music video inspired by lonely late-night arcades, neon reflections, and the emotional side of 1980s memories.

The video was shot inside a real arcade and pinball museum after hours, using practical lighting, real vintage machines, and authentic 80s-inspired setups to recreate that strange feeling of wandering through memories at night.

There's a moment, usually very late at night, when you stop fighting. The phone is off, the city feels far away, and everything you've been holding back all day — pride, anger, grief — finally rises to the surface.

There's no catharsis, no resolution.

Just the truth of the moment, and the choice to let it happen.

If you love empty arcade halls, neon melancholy, night drives, and that bittersweet “one last game before going home” feeling, this is for you.

See you after hours. ⚡️

★CIAO64

youtu.be
u/stoppaz — 9 hours ago
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Was messing with iZotope Vinyl v1.80.10 in FL Studio today and noticed something.

The GUI is a fake circuit board, right? If you look close at the "IZotopeVinyl" chip, it has tiny text with names.

Slapped a sticky note on my monitor with the names I could read:

Jamie Martini, Jeff Miller, Aaron S Wishnick, Alexey Lukin, Hannah Robertson, Michael Burke, Emily Perga, Izzy Maxwell, Mike Willard, Steve MacKinnon... and more on the right side.

That's the actual dev team from 2001. They signed their work on the virtual PCB lol.

20+ years later and this free plugin is still the secret sauce for lo-fi/darkwave. Respect.

Anyone else notice this before or am I just slow?

u/L53662736 — 12 days ago
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✨1 week until album! ✨

✨1 WEEK! ✨
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Super excited to announce that in just one week my second album 'Moments Lost In Time' will be dropping on Bandcamp via Timeslave Recordings! The album will be available on Vinyl and Cassette also.
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I wanted to kick off the countdown with a clip of the first track from the album “11:55” which was also my very first Sleepless Nights release so this one is a special one for me! 🎸
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As always a big thanks to all who have supported me so far and I hope you like the album! 🫡
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If you enjoy this vibe or would like to hear more you can find all of my links to streaming and socials below!

u/SleeplessNights89 — 4 days ago
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Week 19 Self Promotion Thread - Drop your releases here.

Please follow these guidelines:

  1. Share a link to your new release here
  2. Mention something relevant about the production, such as what software and VST's you used.
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u/AutoModerator — 4 days ago
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Recently finished tweaking this stereo ducking pedal, so decided to put together this quick video. It's two channel with a single analog trigger input but also accepts CV input via 3.5mm (both S-trig for you vintage folks and V-trig (+5 and +12) for the Eurorack peeps so you can trigger with a gate output and whatnot!

u/talondnb — 10 days ago
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my high pitch plucks still wasnt on point it sounds like a bell but i dont know how to recreate the original pluck. i feel like im missing some sound effects but i dont lnow where i could find some free dark synth sound effects

u/Financial-Pattern866 — 5 days ago
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Hello! This is my 11th song, I spend around 5 weeks messing around and probably made 20 versions of it in that time. I used this song as a launchpad for getting a better grasp on production and coming up with my own techniques etc. I’m really happy with the result and hope you all enjoy it!

I mainly used sytrus/kepler. A cool fact about the song is that at 1:25-1:50 the guitar you hear is actually still the main lead synth with some plug in magic :)

Frenchie - Artemis

u/Separate_Bad8659 — 12 days ago
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Hey guys, I'm an independent sound designer. I make hardware and software synth presets. I specialize in 80s synthpop and synthwave presets.

My Latest preset pack for PG-8X is receiving great reviews and currently used by Timecop1983.

My last preset pack for the Arturia MiniFreak was used by the midnight. Tyler sent me some great feedback and used it on their tour last year.

I have some freebies available on my site.

If you need any presets to kick start some songs please drop by!

https://www.vintagesoundset.com/

u/Much_Affect_5989 — 12 days ago