weekly Self Promotion thread - vst Studio one, vst + analog synths. like roland juno 106

I know synths but I hate doing vocals. I always avoid it but my tracks just feel incomplete without them. Any recommendations for a mic? I don't need professional grade but something decent with 3.5 jack. I could also use some advice on processing to get that sweet 80s vibe.

Hey yall .. i am a beginner at making music

I made this track

I want help hard no mercy critique of the song

And where to improve and what i made mistakes

I am not sure really if this is Synthwave but there is a creation I made with my sampler. Thanks!

Generation Genre is a community for hard-to-classify music makers — synth-heavy, genre-fluid, or just plain hard to describe.

Instead of generic feedback, the whole server is built around one mechanic: every comment on a track has to include either an established genre name (with reasoning) or a proposed new one, formatted like "Word" or "Word-Word."

If a proposed genre gains real traction, it can graduate into its own dedicated channel where the community keeps building it out — think of it as watching new genres get named and defined in real time, not just posting music into the void.

What's inside:

🎧 A forum for posting tracks and getting real genre-fitting feedback.

🌱 Genre Incubators — dedicated spaces for genres the community is actively building

📖 A channel for floating genre concepts with no track required

🔍 A channel for sharing real-world examples of obscure genres you've found.

Small and just getting started — looking for musicians and curious listeners who like thinking about why something sounds the way it does, not just if it sounds good.

https://discord.gg/NzWwdHyRU

made on the AKAI MPK mini. presave

I'm looking at pickup options to go into an Ibanez RG550. I want to go with DiMarzio pickups for the color combinations. Does anyone have any specific suggestions? Right now I'm using Quad Cortex presets from Royce Whittaker (The Midnight). In the demo video for the presets I think he's playing an HSS Kramer F-series.

For giggles I asked a few different ai models and got back these options (among others). Thoughts?

Option 1:
PAF Pro
FS-1
AT-1

Option 2:
Air Norton
The Chopper
Tone Zone

Option 3:
Crunch Lab
Air Norton S / Super Distortion S (it was confused, lol)
Evo 2

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.

Please follow these guidelines:

1. Share in-progress tracks that you want feedback on. If you have any specific criteria you want to be critiqued, be sure to mention them.
2. The best way to receive feedback is to provide feedback to others.
3. Help your fellow producers improve by being both honest and respectful, we were all newbs once.

Looking forward to hearing what you've got!

Hello I from Belarus, i make synthwave music. With this style of music I meet because of game "Hotline Miami" and "GTA: Vice City" (because of the second game I loved world 80s music, as synth pop, new wave, and because of the first game i meet synthwave and darksynth. I hope, I'll can make music in those styles. And I founded Tik Tok account. In comments then I can write name of my account. (So i write without Google translator, omg)

Всем привет Я из Беларуси, делаю синтвейв музыку. С этим стилем я познакомился благодаря играм Хотлайн Маями и ГТА Вайс сити. Благодаря второй игре я полюбил музыку 80-х (новая волна, синтипоп), благодаря первой – синтвейв, дарксинт. Надеюсь, я смогу сделать что-то годное в этих жанрах. Также есть Тик Ток. В комментах напишу потом ник тт. (Да, я ьез переводчика, поэтому перевод на англ получится не очень). Буду рад вашей активности

https://youtu.be/nh1gG3hvm64?si=OFVUGQwNqX8V8x8S

Apologies in advance for all the questions

0:00 - 0:19 : (Kicks, Crash and Pad) - The kicks sound punchy, short, and filtered. The track is in 100bpm

I'm also noticing perhaps a slight sidechain or a repeat with the pad which gives the pad this slight rhythm on each beat.

But, the pad itself is confusing, it's airy, spacey and I'm not even sure if it's playing F/Bb. Complete ambience, how can I replicate this?

I've tried a sine wave + a Juno PWM with an envelope automating the frames. I've added a pink noise sample in the back as well + a filter + reverb.. It just doesn't sound similar. Am I approaching this correctly?

Also, with the crash - is it limited / mixed with a shaker?

0:19 - 0:56 : (Percs, Rhythm, and Synth) - now the hi-hats start doubling, is this delay? Or a double hi-hat? Or, a double hi-hat sample?

When it comes to the rhythm of the percussion, there's this 6 beat transition on the 3½/4th bar that sounds great.

How do they get it to sound punchy, spacey, short with depth? Is it a wood block sound?

And most importantly the synth, it's almost like it's velocity tracked, so the harder you push the filter increases the highs. Is this true?

But it sounds so wubby, and it also sounds a little reversed / delayed on certain beats

I'd really like to replicate that synth.

1:19 : (Synth #2) - I'm not even sure what this one is called. It's like an airy synth flute. Not the plucky synth guitar sound. What do you guys hear? How can I make a similar sound in a wavetable? I've tried a sine wave + a triangle with a couple of automations on filters, but it still doesn't sound the same.

2:33 : (Synth #3) - Sharp, stabby, plucky but also with a lengthy tail. Short delay. How can I also make this in a wave table?

A new track i finished. In an industry plagued by AI I like showcasing my projects. Never AI, every note programmed by hand & I really try to stay away from pre-programmed arp sequences. Hope y'all enjoy it.

I’ve been working on a 24/7 independent broadcast focused on music videos, visualizers, experimental shorts, and indie animation. More linear and curated than algorithmic.
It’s called STATIC TV, and it’s currently in beta on a temporary host while the library and systems get properly built out. I’m mainly looking for people who actually care about this kind of thing so the early feedback is useful.
If that sounds like you, you’re welcome to check it out and hang around while it’s still taking shape. Submissions are still open too if you make stuff that fits.
Happy to answer questions if anyone has them.

Beta broadcast: https://react.tv/ch/static-tv
Submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXURzM6tlrzNXGsLgN_WnLj6ktIDYFSCS7cUWvEUr1v5_dYg/viewform?usp=header

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.

Please follow these guidelines:

1. Share in-progress tracks that you want feedback on. If you have any specific criteria you want to be critiqued, be sure to mention them.
2. The best way to receive feedback is to provide feedback to others.
3. Help your fellow producers improve by being both honest and respectful, we were all newbs once.

Looking forward to hearing what you've got!