Came for the synth, stayed for the metal. Actually the whole thing's just so sweet.

I'm sure a bunch of stuff can be recovered, or not, depending on how you set it up in the first place.

Came for the synth, stayed for the metal. Actually the whole thing's just so sweet. I'm sure a bunch of stuff can be recovered, or not, depending on how you set it up in the first place.

Aaah that's a great take on the genre, the metal elements are a shoe in too! There's a great feeling of adventure/discovery with this track's pacing, it would be the perfect soundtrack for a futuristic/hi-fantasy blend game

Aaah that's a great take on the genre, the metal elements are a shoe in too! There's a great feeling of adventure/discovery with this track's pacing, it would be the perfect soundtrack for a futuristic/hi-fantasy blend game :)

I love it when that guitar comes in at 1:20. Really nice take on synthwave!

I love it when that guitar comes in at 1:20. Really nice take on synthwave!

This is one of the coolest things I've heard this year. Seriously, this is packed with cool ideas. That guitar solo is just phenomenal and perfect.

This is one of the coolest things I've heard this year. :D Seriously, this is packed with cool ideas. That guitar solo is just phenomenal and perfect.

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Thanks! Yeah, I saved pretty much all the important stuff to another drive but I'm having to look up product keys and locating the .exe files for certain vsts, plus setting up my preferences in Reaper and rebuilding track templates that I didn't save, etc. Just a pain, but a fresh start on the OS is always nice!

Thank you! I recently asked a mentor of mine about exploring new genres without firsthand knowledge of how that genre works (i.e. being someone who primarily play guitar in metal bands trying to produce electronic music) and he told me that I should just focus on elements of the music that attract me to it and blend that into what I already know. So I did that and enjoyed the experiment and I'd love to compose music for a video game some day!

Thanks! I kind of spliced the guitar parts together but the way I came in on the first take sounded so good that I tried to build around it haha. Glad you enjoyed the moment it comes in!

I really appreciate that! It also makes me mad that my operating system had to crash this weekend and I spent so many hours recovering stuff rather than working more on this song, arg. I was going to experiment even further with the sound at the end.

[quote=Devieus]Came for the synth, stayed for the metal. Actually the whole thing's just so sweet. I'm sure a bunch of stuff can be recovered, or not, depending on how you set it up in the first place.[/quote] Thanks! Yeah, I saved pretty much all the important stuff to another drive but I'm having to look up product keys and locating the .exe files for certain vsts, plus setting up my preferences in Reaper and rebuilding track templates that I didn't save, etc. Just a pain, but a fresh start on the OS is always nice! [quote=Gab Manette]Aaah that's a great take on the genre, the metal elements are a shoe in too! There's a great feeling of adventure/discovery with this track's pacing, it would be the perfect soundtrack for a futuristic/hi-fantasy blend game :)[/quote] Thank you! I recently asked a mentor of mine about exploring new genres without firsthand knowledge of how that genre works (i.e. being someone who primarily play guitar in metal bands trying to produce electronic music) and he told me that I should just focus on elements of the music that attract me to it and blend that into what I already know. So I did that and enjoyed the experiment :) and I'd love to compose music for a video game some day! [quote=Mission Crossing]I love it when that guitar comes in at 1:20. Really nice take on synthwave![/quote] Thanks! I kind of spliced the guitar parts together but the way I came in on the first take sounded so good that I tried to build around it haha. Glad you enjoyed the moment it comes in! [quote=Reilly Farrell]This is one of the coolest things I've heard this year. :D Seriously, this is packed with cool ideas. That guitar solo is just phenomenal and perfect.[/quote] I really appreciate that! It also makes me mad that my operating system had to crash this weekend and I spent so many hours recovering stuff rather than working more on this song, arg. I was going to experiment even further with the sound at the end. [quote=Ipaghost][img]https://media.giphy.com/media/3oFzmg5IYDNMoOM5fG/giphy.gif[/img][/quote] [img]https://media1.giphy.com/media/xUPGcz98SkLCL3VxZK/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e474921e9daf666e7cc005a7010818f229e56e5dca9&rid=giphy.gif[/img]

Chill as F. The guitar tone is great at the end, gives a nice change of pace.

Chill as F. The guitar tone is great at the end, gives a nice change of pace.

Adding to the parade of folks saying that the introduction of guitar gave this a really nice texture progression yum yum crunch crunch

Adding to the parade of folks saying that the introduction of guitar gave this a really nice texture progression yum yum crunch crunch

that whole computer thing sounds so frustrating! - this piece is excellent!

that whole computer thing sounds so frustrating! - this piece is excellent!

Great rhythmic switchups here, there's a lot going on! I like the combo of the electric guitar with the synthwave texture, it works really well. Great vibe too, this is so dramatic.

Great rhythmic switchups here, there's a lot going on! I like the combo of the electric guitar with the synthwave texture, it works really well. Great vibe too, this is so dramatic.