Suno Synthwave Prompt: Style and Exclude Lines

Synthwave example: an analog synthesizer glowing magenta on the hood of a car on an empty night highway, neon grid horizon — Mood still for this style, made with the Lookbook's image prompts. The page has no audio. Scene: an analog synthesizer glowing magenta on the hood of a car on an empty night highway, neon grid horizon.

What it is

A 2010s revival of 80s film and arcade synth music: gated-reverb snare, pulsing arpeggiated analog bass, wide polysynth pads and a bright lead.

Suno prompt

Two boxes, ready to paste. The Style line goes in Suno's Styles field, the Exclude line in Exclude styles.

Style

synthwave instrumental, 1980s retro analog sound, pulsing arpeggiated synth bass, gated reverb snare, drum machine, wide polysynth pads, bright sawtooth lead melody, night driving, steady 100 bpm

Exclude

vocals, singing, humming, chiptune, 8-bit, vaporwave, slowed samples, lo-fi, vinyl crackle, trap hi-hats, dubstep, EDM drop, orchestral, acoustic guitar, metal

The parts

The lead is the one instrument that carries the tune. Colour instruments add texture and never take the melody. The bed is the rhythm section underneath.

Tempo: 100 bpm
Meter: 4/4
Swing: straight
Key: E minor
Lead (carries the tune): bright sawtooth synth
Colour (never the melody): arpeggiator sparkle, gated toms
Bed: pulsing synth bass, drum machine, gated snare

Not this

Not chiptune or vaporwave: full analog-style synths and a steady pulse, no 8-bit bleeps, no slowed-down pop samples.

Other names

retrowave, 80s synth revival

Pairs with

low tracking shot behind a car at night
neon glow lines on dark
a chrome italic display title

Build a full look around it

The Lookbook deals the camera, light, film look, palette and music that go with this card, and writes one prompt for the whole set.

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