What have we learnt? Maybe that limiting yourself to, say, eight tracks and a couple of plugins might help creativity?
We hope this retro adventure has taught you some new things, or reminded you of some old things. You can view the 1980s as a museum or theme park, where the aim is to create a perfect replica of a bygone age, and perhaps camp it up a bit. Or take it dead seriously, absorbing the sounds and techniques from that decade and incorporating them into your modern productions; another sonic palette to include – it’s about texture – using a bit of 80s magic when a mix needs something different.