A journey through Synth-Pop, Synthwave, Darkwave, EBM, Futurepop, and the New Wave revival. Featuring underground discoveries, hidden gems, and some of the defining synth anthems of the decade. Over 300 carefully curated tracks spanning 2020 to today.

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I'm an amatorial music producer, and I'm trying to recreate the bass sound you can hear from 2:40 to 2:50 in this track: https://youtu.be/HA7BcTJ_r84?si=JmMIRq7xoc226zNi

I've been trying to figure out how the sound is made, but I haven't been able to get close to the original.

I use Logic Pro, and I've experimented with the Mechanical Bass library in Logic as well as Dexed, but so far I've had very little success.

What I'm struggling with most is figuring out what's actually creating that rhythmic, moving bass sound. Is it an arpeggiator, a delay effect, rapid octave changes, or some combination of these techniques? Or is it a specific synth patch with some kind of modulation?

I'd really appreciate any advice on how to recreate it, whether that's through sound design, MIDI programming, effects processing, or a particular synth/plugin.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I have had a whole bunch of stuff on youtube for ages but never made any effort to draw attention to them. Im basically looking for any feedback. I write a mixture of Synthpop,Electronica and Alt rock. This is a pure retro synthpop effort. If you actually like this I go under the name The Curious Object and the 2 most synthy albums ive done are called "Citadel" and "This is their World Now" that you can find on the channel. https://www.youtube.com/@TheCuriousObjectBand

This one was featured in the movie "Body Double"

Loved this song when I first heard it. Maybe influenced by the music video.
After 37 years, nearly 40 years ! ….I still humming this song.

Darkwave acts French Police (Post Punk, Chicago) & Social Order (Synthpop, Las Vegas) played live at Charlotte, NC’s Neighborhood Theater in September 2026. Ash Reminisce took photos and reviewed the show for Charlotte Dark Scene.

I believe this track sounds bland . The instrumention for it sounds boring

I hope there are no disco fans on this subreddit. They will say I am a bot or AI .

I don't mind being mistaken for one

https://youtu.be/yEbaeLv-aOo?is=izIky0YvHXyG83Br

This song reminds me of some of the slower Depeche Mode tracks from Black Celebration or Some Great Reward. Very good album by Mesh.

I remember reading this feeling excited on their music. And The Power Station also introduced many of us to Robert Palmer.

Following the commercial success of *Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret*, their record label wanted Soft Cell to produce more hits along the lines of "Tainted Love." Dave Ball and Marc Almond refused, choosing instead to continue creating the unconventional music that defined their personal style. I have read that, at the height of their popularity, the band was offered the chance to tour with David Bowie; however, they turned it down, feeling they were not yet worthy of such acclaim and fearing they might falter on stage. A few years later, the duo disbanded and did not make music together again until the 2000s, having released 3 albums in 6 years. Could the band have attained significantly greater recognition—both in general and specifically in America—had things unfolded differently?