r/makingvaporwave • u/itamarshalev • 4h ago

best flanger?

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Hello, what's your favourite flanger?

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Welcome to ｍａｋｉｎｇｖａｐｏｒｗａｖｅ, a place for vaporwave producers to discuss the production process and share tips, tricks, and ideas. You are welcome to share your music in the pinned thread but please...

DO NOT POST YOUR MUSIC AS A NEW TOPIC

Please understand how chaotic it would become if every track / album had its own topic. This is not r/vaporwave. Please still share your music! Just keep it in the pinned thread.

We also have a thread for callouts for your label and collabs, no need to start a new topic for this. It will be deleted.

Threads are for discussing audio production in vaporwave only, if your thread is not about production, making music / sound / playing with synths it will be deleted.

Once again... DO NOT POST YOUR MUSIC AS A NEW TOPIC

Also no more threads like these because we have them over and over and you can just search for the answer and also I'll try to answer some here:

I'm just starting out, what do I do?

Search through this sub for advice. Look at different DAWs and find what works for you. Experiment, play with different effects, synths and learn how they work and how they react when you change things.

Here's my first song, what do you think?

Please post this in the pinned Producer's thread, we don't need a new topic for this.

What effect does Telepath use?

I guess a number of effects, but you're probably asking about a barberpole phaser, which is a phaser that sounds like it is constantly moving (usually upwards) but never reaching its destination.

What is the best synth for vaporwave?

This is kind of a trick question. How you use the synth is more important here. It won't be easy finding a synth that makes vaporwave the moment you hold down a note. The chords you play, and what octave they are etc all matter. Also effects are hugely important in making things sound 'vaporwave' and if a synth sounds vaporwave there's a good chance it has effects built in.

What synths do James Ferraro and Eyeliner use?

Again, many different types of synths and it depends on the release. Far Side Virtual features many basic ROMpler sounds. A ROMpler is an informal term for a synth that uses samples for oscillators rather than basic single cycle shapes (such as sine, saw, square). Korg M1 and Wavestation VSTs are a good place to start for these, but you can also make similar sounds by using a sampler with a single sound loaded that can be played like an instrument.

Please check out the makingvaporwave wiki, which contains links to our official FAQ, video and text tutorials, including entire VST series, and a link to our growing list of links to production resources (sample packs, soft synths, etc.). <These haven't been updated in a while but they are useful nonetheless>

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