Genre LensWhat is Synthwave?
A loving recreation of 1980s film and video-game soundtracks. Gated reverb snares, analog-style arpeggios, neon-bright saw leads and a steady driving pulse. Nostalgic and cinematic by design.
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Identify my track- gated reverb snare
- analog arpeggiated bass
- FM/DX-style bells and brass
- 1980s production aesthetic
Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.
Usual tempo 80–118 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.
The nearest neighbours in Electronic, by tempo. If Synthwave does not quite fit, one of these usually does.
- IDM / Experimental80–170 BPM
"Intelligent Dance Music" — electronic music made for headphones rather than dancefloors. Irregular, intricately programmed drums, odd time feels, unusual synthesis, and structures that refuse to repeat predictably.
- Chill Out80–115 BPM
Soft, warm, low-energy electronic music designed to decompress to. Gentle beats, mellow chords, no aggression and no big drop. Ibiza sunset rather than Ibiza nightclub.
- Electronica / Downtempo90–118 BPM
Slower electronic music built for listening rather than dancing. Grooves are present but relaxed, textures are rich, and the mood is atmospheric. The catch-all for "electronic, has a beat, but is not a club track".
- Glitch Hop100–115 BPM
Hip-hop tempo and swagger built out of digital errors used on purpose — stutters, buffer skips, CD-skip artifacts, bit-crushing and granular chops — over a heavy funk bassline. Funky and broken at the same time.