Eurobeat Prime :: Forum

Hello all

I've been on this forum for a while but I don't really post a lot. I learned about eurobeat from listening to italo-disco, so I'm more used to the sounds of old, late-80s eurobeat. I started listening to the new stuff a few years ago and wondered how they produced it, because it sounds like it's a really hard genre to produce.

I currently produce Italo-disco tracks but recently I've started producing modern-sounding eurobeat. I've been having a few problems with writing eurobeat though... For some reason, I always think that the verses and bridges I write are too long- causing my tracks to run for 6-7 minutes whereas other tracks would run for 4 to 5 minutes.

Anyways, I have a few new tracks, some are works in progress all in this small demo-mix I made. The first two tracks are works in progress and the last two tracks are melody/riff ideas. The tracks in the middle are finished but need vocals.

uploaded to SoundCloud:
http://snd.sc/MG3azw

ask me if you want to hear a longer demo and i will send it over!

You're getting better! Hopefully one day you can join us in make music for Eurobeat Forever. Keep up the great work.

This are nice music.

sounds like Asia-Time productions, some instruments sounds very familiar to me..what's your setup?

newfield wrote:sounds like Asia-Time productions, some instruments sounds very familiar to me..what's your setup?

Hi Mr Newfield, I've been building up my studio for a while, I use Cubase for sequencing/recording. I got a small 10-track mixer, a midi patchbay, and an interface for my computer.

my setup is

Roland Juno-106 (used for pads, sometimes bass, other 'core' sounds, noise fx, fast sequences and arps)
Roland JP-8000 (for leads, heavy bass sounds, arps and fast sequences)
Roland JV-1080 (complex pads, airy pads, ASIA-like brass patches, also good at A-Beat-C leads too)
Roland JX-10 (only pads, it's bad at MIDI so it never gets enough use)
Roland D-550 (mainly used for airy sounds, brass, great for bells, and "digitalnativedance!!")
Roland TR-505 (nearly everything, it's a very useful drum machine)
Access Virus A (i layer this with the JP8000 to give me cutting leads, also used for bass, pads, sparkly sounds, bells, PPG-type sounds)
Yamaha DX7IIFD (bells, arps and sequences, weird fx, leads sometimes)
Yamaha TX81Z (mostly bass, and for core sounds like guitar plucks, bells and pianos)
Yamaha REV-7 (for room-type sounds, symphonic effects, sometimes I use its plate reverb on vocals)
Yamaha SPX50D (have'nt used this yet, but I will for guitar distortions)
Akai S-1000 (i use this as my main drum sampler, i also use it for other sound effects)

You've got some amazing pieces there, especially the old styles

Hi everyone-

I didn't want to start another post here so I'm just continuing with this one. Some tracks from the demo-reel have been uploaded in full at my channel. More tracks to follow in the coming weeks.

Starting the writing on a new song this week, really looking forward to start the recording process! Get ready to hear something new

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSoundOfAGENT
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thanx