Hey folks here's the monthly thread where you can post what you've been working on and give feedback on other people's work. Please remember that what goes around comes around, so if you expect feedback, make sure you are giving it out too. Here's last month's thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/makingvaporwave/comments/1gibmin/post_your_music_here_only_nov_2024/

==RULES==

Producers of any experience level are welcome to post their tracks here.

If you post a track, it's highly recommended that you take the time to comment on someone (anyone) else's track in the thread. We want this community to thrive.

Praise and/or constructive criticism are what we're aiming for. We have no tolerance for toxicity or unwarranted negativity aimed at the members of this sub.

This post will be stickied until January 2025. If you were late to post in the November thread (within 2-3 days of the new thread) and feel you got shortchanged, feel free to re-post your music here.

Find any good deals out there? Any deals you've been waiting for?

Any tips/tutorials on how write a warm, jazzy 80's-ish saxophone part?

Looking for vaporwave producers to follow. I've let my social media wither and die, so looking to invigorate it by following inspiring folks like you all.

Anyone on Mastodon or Bluesky? On Mastodon, I'm @ acid42, and on Bluesky it's @ acid42.com

Hello all. Had my 404 (MK2) for a lil while now. Wanna try my hand at making some vapor related stuff using samples and fx, would like to loop stuff too. Sample manipulation stuff. Any ideas? Thank u!!

https://youtu.be/LYb57fJzV7k?si=IoSJjcf4J3n771eh&t=17 Sound that comes in 17 seconds in. "Da Da Du Da Du" ? Working on recreating it to get better at making Vaporwave. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! I’ve recently been asked by a few people about how I approach my stuff, so I typed out some quick thoughts on it.

This was written up specifically for hushwave (ie begotten) but most of it is applicable to vaporwave as a whole so I figured I’d share it here for anyone that might find it useful as well!

If you have any questions or want me to elaborate just let me know!

1.) SAMPLE SELECTION - this can apply to all vaporwave, but is by far the most important rule. It’s hard to fuck up a good song but you can’t polish a turd. It also has to fit the vibe, cant describe it but I know it when I hear it and you can too.

2.) builds off of 1, but I like selecting tracks with big vocals and minimal instruments to allow space for the effects I put on the vocals to play out more.

3.) Delay. Delay everything. Delay something and then delay it again. It’s what can give vocals or percussion the wavy effect when a note overlaps the tail of the previous hit correctly.

4.) Do not ignore the low end. I filter it out and reintroduce it with its own effects, but whatever you do don’t just filter it all the way out and call it a day.

5.) Compression. Idk what it is but I like it.

6.) obviously a shit ton of reverb on mids-highs. Almost didn’t even make this a rule it’s so obvious.

7.) experiment! The genre is very much still in its infancy and almost all avenues are yet to be explored. I’m very interested in what people aside from me can do with it!

Hi!

I came across this album by BAKGROUND - UNTITLED and was amazed by the texture it has (sounds like old VHS/ PS1 soundtracks). I already use Sketchcassette/ RC20 in ableton but I never got this type of results.

Any idea on the FX chain and/or other vst that I might try to get similar results?

Hey folks here's the monthly thread where you can post what you've been working on and give feedback on other people's work. Please remember that what goes around comes around, so if you expect feedback, make sure you are giving it out too. Here's last month's thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/makingvaporwave/comments/1fv0tx3/post_your_music_here_only_oct_2024/

==RULES==

Producers of any experience level are welcome to post their tracks here.

If you post a track, it's highly recommended that you take the time to comment on someone (anyone) else's track in the thread. We want this community to thrive.

Praise and/or constructive criticism are what we're aiming for. We have no tolerance for toxicity or unwarranted negativity aimed at the members of this sub.

This post will be stickied until December. If you were late to post in the October thread (within 2-3 days of the new thread) and feel you got shortchanged, feel free to re-post your music here.

Does anyone know how to make late night lofi and how to master it and put effects on it?

https://youtu.be/_ZbopyM1RiA?si=WjhwFNR1qHJ--0UD

I'm an educator working on a fully-accessible art exhibit that is a collaboration between art students and a center for the blind. Some of my students want to include audio in their projects and one student in particular wants this vintage Korean song in the exhibit... I was wondering if I could make a request to all the vaporwave artists here to turn this tune into a very nostalgic memory. It would be playing in the exhibit in two weeks. I'm imagining something between vapor-ambient, mallsoft, and slushwave - slow, nostalgic, and distant. Anyone want to give it a shot?

I noticed that a large number of Mallsoft tracks seem to have frequencies cut off beyond a threshold that is lower than normal when viewed through spectro. Included are just two examples, but it seems to be very common in the genre.
So my question is: Is this done intentionally, maybe as an artistic choice?

It's not the file compression (at least on the listener's end) as I checked FLACs as well. And even for compressed files, ~8.5khz is an exceptionally low cut-off for the codec and bitrate used (AAC VBR 256-320kbps).
I downloaded directly from the artists' Bandcamps.

猫 シ Corp. - Special Discount

Zadig The Jasp - My girl in the dark

Anybody know of any VSTs or Synths that can simulate "guitar solo" notes? Specifically long strums of a note or something? Think "Fresnel" by FM Skyline.

Hey folks here's the monthly thread where you can post what you've been working on and give feedback on other people's work. Please remember that what goes around comes around, so if you expect feedback, make sure you are giving it out too. Here's last month's thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/makingvaporwave/comments/1fa5lkz/post_your_music_here_only_september_2024/

==RULES==

Producers of any experience level are welcome to post their tracks here.

If you post a track, it's highly recommended that you take the time to comment on someone (anyone) else's track in the thread. We want this community to thrive.

Praise and/or constructive criticism are what we're aiming for. We have no tolerance for toxicity or unwarranted negativity aimed at the members of this sub.

This post will be stickied until November. If you were late to post in the September thread (within 2-3 days of the new thread) and feel you got shortchanged, feel free to re-post your music here.

I've been getting into making vaporwave and Slushwave for the past few weeks now, and I've gotten a good grip on how most of it works and the techniques being used. I have been able to replicate (I'll be it amateurly), but this one song has eluded me long enough. I can't tell how or if the sample was paulstretched and it's driving me crazy. I don't want to make a one-to-one version of this album, just want to know the sampling technique being used here so I can apply it to my own work. Can anyone help me understand how the crazy bastard did it?

This is song/album in question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfuNpWKTV7I&ab_channel=VaporMemory

and this is the sample being used (about the first 35 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBG_Vb1494c&ab_channel=AnitaMui-Topic

I love the VHS sound but hard to find VCRs pre hi-fi. Can I get a good sound by just recording the same track onto VHS until it degrades enough?

Hey you guys, do any of you know of labels that are looking for artists. I’ve tried a bunch but every single one of them say they have no room left on their roster. Any advice? Should I just stop looking for one and focus on the music? Thanks - Mary K

for a new album, i wanna take songs and use the midi files of them and make them sound super different with weird instrumentation. can i be sued for this? and if i do this dose this take making cassettes and cd's and selling them, of the picture? should i have a separate artist account for sampled midi stuff and non sampled stuff? Am i also allowed to perform these songs?( the midi sample stuff)

Post your music here!! (September 2024)

Hey folks here's the monthly thread where you can post what you've been working on and give feedback on other people's work. Please remember that what goes around comes around, so if you expect feedback, make sure you are giving it out too.

Here's last month's thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/makingvaporwave/s/nfKPxI7YTG

==RULES==

Producers of any experience level are welcome to post their tracks here.

If you post a track, it's highly recommended that you take the time to comment on someone (anyone) else's track in the thread. We want this community to thrive.

Praise and/or constructive criticism are what we're aiming for. We have no tolerance for toxicity or unwarranted negativity aimed at the members of this sub.

This post will be stickied until October. If you were late to post in the August thread (within 2-3 days of the new thread) and feel you got shortchanged, feel free to re-post your music here.

i wanna make some music like his music but i don't know if he makes his jazz or he just steals the samples from jazz songs

Long story short. I pick the music on Saturday nights, and I'm a vaporwave afficionado. Its been years now that I'm the guy in charge of the jukebox for my friend-group. I have playlists upon playlists, and I know what and when to drop at any given moment.

I'm not looking to going pro or anything, or even producing, or becoming an artist. I just wish I could step it up and make the whole experience more dynamic for them and for myself by taking a "DJ" role instead of just pressing play.

Of course, if I get the hang of it I wouldn't mind making my own stuff, but before that I just want to have fun!
What kind of equipment would I need to get started?

Hey folks here's the monthly thread where you can post what you've been working on and give feedback on other people's work. Please remember that what goes around comes around, so if you expect feedback, make sure you are giving it out too. Here's last month's thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/makingvaporwave/comments/1dtr23d/post_your_music_here_only_july_2024/

==RULES==

Producers of any experience level are welcome to post their tracks here.

If you post a track, it's highly recommended that you take the time to comment on someone (anyone) else's track in the thread. We want this community to thrive.

Praise and/or constructive criticism are what we're aiming for. We have no tolerance for toxicity or unwarranted negativity aimed at the members of this sub.

This post will be stickied until September. If you were late to post in the August thread (within 2-3 days of the new thread) and feel you got shortchanged, feel free to re-post your music here.