_Retro Waves

Revisit the polished synth motifs of late-80s and early-90s pop with Retro Waves, a 64-preset Analog Lab soundbank designed by Dirk Gottschalk. At a moment when warm analog polysynths met the glassier precision of FM, wavetable and early digital synthesis, artists such as Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Japan, Sade and Tears for Fears turned new technology into some of the era’s most distinctive melodic and atmospheric signatures. Discover glossy keys, melancholic pads, punchy basses, expressive leads, synthetic strings and brass, and understated sequences that channel the melodic character of late-80s and early-90s synth-pop and new wave.