this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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If you have hard vaporwave please put it in /c/vaporwave vaporwave with an emphasis with synths is ok though.

"What's the difference between vaporwave and synthwave?"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The backing leads have more of a low-pass, polyphonic and detuned sound, as is seen in deep house than a synthwave. The low-beats and the soothing arpeggios make them sythwave-ish. Maybe some new form of synthwave. Pastel Synthwave?

Example for a deep house lead.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

yeah, idk. Def not vaporwave but it's some intentional 80s reference. Many of their other songs use a tone wheel which is maybe more synthy, but also I have no idea what I'm talking about.