13 Ways To Sound Like the 80s

Use these 13 tips to get your music as close to the 80s as possible. There are some things you must do and some things you must avoid at all cost if authenticity is important to you. Find my music here: Bandcamp: 00:00 Intro 00:16 Don’t side-chain your bass 00:30 Roll off Bass below 80Hz 01:00 Write music, not beats 01:35 Use Modulations 02:13 Don’t over-limit your mix 02:48 Record on tape 03:13 Use limitations creatively 03:46 Don’t quantize everything 04:19 No Autotune 05:07 Use Drum machines 06:13 Do live drum overdubs 06:53 Use mainly digital synths (from the era) 07:51 Don’t use too much reverb (myth busting) 08:18 Outro