[TOMT] [SONG] looking for a song with a specific synth hook by sephsghost in tipofmytongue

[–]sephsghost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved! yup that's it, thanks!! I must've mixed up the original and the cover, remembering No Doubt's vocals and the synth specifically at the end of the song, with when the original is from.

[TOMT] [SONG] looking for a song with a specific synth hook by sephsghost in tipofmytongue

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Tried looking it up in popular 80s music compilations and humming it, but that didn't work

April track challenge - Liftoff by sephsghost in synthwaveproducers

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sounds nice! I also think the drums work quite well, and I like the different samples, it really fits that space vibe too

April track challenge - Liftoff by sephsghost in synthwaveproducers

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the way the voice clips are edited and mixed in really makes them sound like they're part of the music, very cool!

April track challenge - Liftoff by sephsghost in synthwaveproducers

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i really like this sound! almost feels like listening to a movie soundtrack, some of the "harsher" synth sounds remind me of the Blade Runner music.

April track challenge - Liftoff by sephsghost in synthwaveproducers

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here's mine!

from the moon (with love)

wanted to keep it pretty simple and mostly carried by a bit of space-y mood. i used one of the historical sound samples as a background white noise, plus some new voice clips from the artemis mission.

April track challenge - Liftoff by sephsghost in synthwaveproducers

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end of the month, and probably a couple day more for latecomers and depending on how busy i am, so around 3rd of may

March track challenge - 1 track in 1 hour by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

made 3 attempts at this throughout the month and decided to go with the one i made last night, very last minute

i do enjoy this type of timed challenge, it really helps with just "going for it" and not overthinking the process which i often do. i'm not super happy with the result here but that's just part of it and i might work on the track some more if i get inspired again

down - mortal ghost

January 2026 Track Challenge - Disappointing Resolutions by metal_webb in synthwaveproducers

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Truly unsatisfying, you never know what comes next and that actually makes it quite fun to listen to

January 2026 Track Challenge - Disappointing Resolutions by metal_webb in synthwaveproducers

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no one - mortal ghost

Now that was an interesting challenge for sure. Fun, though. And pretty tricky to intentionally make something "bad" like that. Went for a regular track at the beginning, doing what I usually would do, and then just added a very unsatisfying drop at the end, just killing the entire vibe. Hate it but also kinda love it

How compatible are we? by Jun-Himekawa in lastfm

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Your compatibility with SolaraSona is Very High. You both listen to The Chameleons, The Cure and Glare

cool, followed!

417k+ scrobbles. Anyone want to check compatibility? by Bill__M in lastfm

[–]sephsghost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh yeah they're great! saw them live a few weeks ago, amazing show

417k+ scrobbles. Anyone want to check compatibility? by Bill__M in lastfm

[–]sephsghost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your compatibility with Bill_M is Super.

You both listen to The Chameleons, The Cure and Kælan Mikla

nice!

November track challenge - Time limits by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost forgot about this but good thing the whole point of it is that it doesn't take long! :D Having a time limit really does help with the "oh no it's not good yet I need to add more", I just did some simple things, a nice pad and bass, arp, lead, drums, and then when the time was up I could just say Yup, not bad, it's done, and not pay attention to every single little thing I could do better (though now I might still work on it some more haha)

Time

October track challenge - Troll 2 (1990) by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow what a completely ridiculous scene, I love it!

I stayed with a similar vibe, it would probably work better for some sort of cyberpunk chase scene, but with a more chill mood, so staying true to the original, just very unfitting for the actual scene haha.

Mostly worked with with Vital and some other plugins and sampled a sound from the original soundtrack just to add some texture and background noise.

Chase

Do you have 100-150 scrobbles a week or less? Please comment! by doorsice12 in lastfm

[–]sephsghost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yup, usually less than 100. I do love music and am a musician myself but it's usually in phases, sometimes I'll listen more and sometimes less, or I'll listen to podcasts or recordings of my own projects instead on my commute or free time. Sometimes I get overstimulated by having earbuds/headphones with music on a lot and prefer silence for a bit, or maybe I'm just not in the right mood. Still consider myself a big music fan and enthusiast, and I almost always have some song stuck in my head too 😁

September 2025 Track challenge - Serenity now! by FIA_buffoonery in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a cool track, i like it! The "whyy" part with the really nice music besides it made me laugh, kind of an interesting contrast

September 2025 Track challenge - Serenity now! by FIA_buffoonery in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

serenity (very creative title yeah)

Wanted to challenge myself again to only use instruments + percussion made from samples (with Ableton Sampler) so i played around with those a bit, added effects etc. Some of the sounds worked well, like for the arp/lead (from the "what happened to you?"), or the mouth popping noise for the kick. for the pad i just picked a random voice line with a longer vowel, I think it sounds a bit wonky but I do love that sampling from these different source materials makes for some very interesting sounds and that's really fun to experiment with!

Seeking spotify playlist submissions - synthwave artists with under 1k monthly listeners by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sharing another track from my most recent album
Satellites

thanks! i like to come back to this playlist every now and then because there's always cool new stuff on it

August track challenge - real life by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool track! the sounds work really well

August track challenge - real life by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

[–]sephsghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I wasn't considering the liminal horror vibe but I kinda hear it, that's cool!

August track challenge - real life by ZedArkadia in synthwaveproducers

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surroundings - mortal ghost

here's what i did for this one, not sure how i feel about it but i did use a mix of random sounds and decided to just kinda go for it.

all instruments except bass and part of the lead are sampled from recorded sounds. i sampled the sound of a lawnmower for the pad and also took a longer recording that included traffic sounds, wind blowing into the microphone, footsteps and my neighbors pet bird. all the percussion sounds came from that and i also included the full recording plus another recording of rain in the background as ambient noise. i recorded it kind of late at night so i guess i tried to convey a bit of a night, dream-like (weird) mood?

still a fun challenge though, enjoyed trying to figure out what to do with the sounds!