Chords for How to Synthwave | FL Studio Tutorial

[A] Yo, what's up?
Today we're making a synthwave track.
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Synthwave, also known as retro [Ebm]-wave or future [E] synth, is a sub-genre of [Abm] electronic music
[Dbm] that is stylistically influenced [Eb] by 1980s [Abm] science fiction movies and video games rather
than the [B] 80s pop [E] songs of that time.
A term often used with this genre is retro [Ebm]-futurism,
which [Abm] shows the future of technology but depicted from an earlier [Ebm] time period.
[Db] It is [Abm] the year 2005.
The [E] treacherous Decepticons have [Gb] conquered the [Abm] Autobots' home planet
[Gb] For example, let's jump back to the year of 1982, [Abm] and Times Magazine for the first
time ever gives the Person of the Year award to a [E] non-living [B] object, the [Dbm] computer, stating
how [Eb] computers will soon be a [Abm] part of everyday [B] society. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ 1982 also being [Gb] the same year movies such as [Abm] Blade Runner and Tron would hit theaters,
both of these films [Gb] being direct stylistic and [E] aesthetic inspirations for [Dbm] music, video
games, and other forms of media.
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[Eb] To [Abm] really capture that aged, retro sound in a synthwave [Gb] track, we first [E] have to understand
the instruments used in this genre.
The keyword for this [Dbm] style of music [Abm] is analog, more specifically
analog [Ebm] synthesizers.
[Dbm] Many [Abm] companies such as Roland, Yamaha, Korg, and Akai created some
of the staple [Dbm] sounds of the genre.
[Ebm] For [Abm] my song, I'm using the 80s [Gb] Keys preset from Harmless,
and played a chord progression as an [Dbm] arpeggio.
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_ [Eb] [Abm] I added a reverb, stereo shaper, and EQ to
clean up the [Ebm] sound a bit.
[E] I also made two automations for a low [Dbm]-pass filter and a set
[Eb] pyramid low-pass [Abm] preset from Fruity Love Filter. _
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_ _ _ _ _ And with Citrus, I used the Amy Lai [Ebm] pad [E] preset
to play an ambient version of the chord progression.
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For the melody, I wanted a [Ebm] powerful, [Dbm] epic-sounding
[Abm] lead synth, so I used the preset in Nexus, [Dbm] activated Portamento, and played this melody.
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[Bbm] _ _ [Abm] [B] I also cleaned up the sound with a [E] high-pass filter, [B] EQ, sound [E] goodizer, and delay.
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a [Gb] synth brass preset from Nexus, I [Ab] played another melody. _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ I [Gb] added a high-pass [Ebm] filter,
[Abm] reverb, EQ, stereo shaper, and sound goodizer to it as [Ebm] well.
[E] And finally, I played the same
melody as before, but with [Dbm] the free plugin FB [Bb]-3100. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [Abm] The drums used in this track are inspired by 80s drum machines like the [Gb] Lin LM [E]-1, using
acoustic kicks, hi-hats, [Ebm] and cymbals, [Abm] while using a gated reverb on the snare that gives
it that staple 80s quality.
And finally, I made a short pattern with toms to help [A] guide
the rhythm of the track. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ [Ebm] I used the Harmor [Abm] preset Analog Bass 2 and played the root [Dbm] notes
of the chord progression as a groove.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gb] I used sound goodizer [Abm] and an EQ to boost the sound,
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[B] Thanks for watching!
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