Official Serum thread!

[Greg Houston]

Guys, made just a quick demo of what i'm doing right now.

They have a certain signature to them I'm digging. Looking forward to hearing more.

[Greg Houston]

Finally it's released!
I wouldn't like to spam all the page here so please find the thread here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/posting.p ... &p=5935680

Please listen the demos:
https://soundcloud.com/hollosound/hollo ... erformance

and more demos:
https://soundcloud.com/hollosound/

100+1 unique patches! + MIDI-, and Cubase project file of the demos.
All wavetables are included in the presets.

The soundset and a free taster bank is available at my website:
http://sound.artenuovo.com/warmed.html
To check out the quality of the sounds feel free to download the freebyes.
The soundset and the free presets minimum reqirement: Serum 1.01

For introductory price, you can use the discount code: XFERWARMED10
to get 10% off.
The discount code runs out: 21. Nov. 2014

Your comments are welcome!

Cheers,
Joseph

Ah, shoot, I started a new page with my last post. Hollo's stuff should be in the limelight longer.

Keep your shades on, Simon.

[zvenx]

Been playing with them for hours today. They really are excellent.
Can't wait for Steve to add the draft mode though or hopefully do some multi-threading like u-he did with Diva and D-16 did with Lush which helped tremendously.

rsp

[aMUSEd]

I'm really pleased people are making lots of pads and scapes for this but also a bit concerned that when the reverb eventually gets improved (which is to be hoped) there will probably need to be a lot of updates to those sounds.

[Xenos]

Thought I'd mention my free set of 25 patches here as well:

http://xenossoundworks.com/free_presets.html

There are some freebies for other synths on that page as well.

@aMUSEd: It's definitely a really good synth for those sounds, IMHO. A true chillout machine . I'm personally going to focus a bit on the darker side of ambient music on my own set...have to find a different niche than what everyone else is putting out for it lol.

[Spitfire31]

Thought I'd mention my free set of 25 patches here as well:

http://xenossoundworks.com/free_presets.html

There are some freebies for other synths on that page as well.

@aMUSEd: It's definitely a really good synth for those sounds, IMHO. A true chillout machine . I'm personally going to focus a bit on the darker side of ambient music on my own set...have to find a different niche than what everyone else is putting out for it lol.

Thank you, Xenos!

Many interesting sounds there, with clever macro programming.

/Joachim

[zerocrossing]

I'm really pleased people are making lots of pads and scapes for this but also a bit concerned that when the reverb eventually gets improved (which is to be hoped) there will probably need to be a lot of updates to those sounds.

Yeah, that reverb really sounds bad to me but if you darken it up and only use it a little it can be OK. I normally just bypass most instrument reverbs anyway if the instrument is up front in a mix and use Reflect.

[NatLife]

Guys, made just a quick demo of what i'm doing right now.

They have a certain signature to them I'm digging. Looking forward to hearing more.

what u mean with a certain signature? didnt understood u fully, sorry.

[zerocrossing]

Exactly, all our ears are full of shit, your's are made of gold.

Well, if you think Serum sounds better than a Microwave I or II, then your ears, while not "full of shit," are certainly not attuned to what sounds musical and organic. Probably raised on EDM...

Hm. I'm a fan of the Microwave, especially the 1, but (maybe because I wasn't raised on EDM? ) I'd be hard pressed to say it sounds better or worse than Serum. I'd love to hear an a-b test of similar sounds. I bet we'd all end up liking Serum the best in a blind test. Also... Waldorf Microwave: "organic?" Maybe on your planet where life is silicone based. When I think of "organic" synthesizers I think of my analog ATC-X and Sub Phatty more than any wavetable synth, hardware or otherwise. Also, it's been gone over a bunch of times in this thread, but the German LP filter is the way to go if you're looking for an "organic" feeling filter. I think it's my favorite filter in Serum, very warm and nice sounding. Too bad a lot of the presets ignore it.

But, personal taste aside, one can't import an audio file into a Microwave or a Virus to use as a wavetable. Also, the Microwaves? Not what I'd call a fun UI to work with. Serum is a joy. I just threw together a simple funky bass sound in minutes and it sounds fantastic. I wish my Virus was that easy to work with. (and I consider the Virus Control software one of the best)

You don't have to like Serum though. No one will even care and you're entitled to your own opinion but when you start making dumb comments like "raised on EDM" when you have no idea what kind of music Sampleconstruct listens to then you're just going to sound like a jerk.

[rustman]

Wow. I missed Mr. Gruber, I mean gadget fiends brilliant comment. Wish I was that wise. To my less disciplined ears, the stuff sampleconstruct is putting together is etherial, organic, fill in the blank, anything that's a far stretch away from the EDM that I'm familiar with. Not to knock EDM, btw.

[Greg Houston]

Guys, made just a quick demo of what i'm doing right now.

They have a certain signature to them I'm digging. Looking forward to hearing more.

what u mean with a certain signature? didnt understood u fully, sorry.

I'm not sure I can define "signature" in simple terms, but its sort of like when you hear a song for the first time and know who it is by without anyone telling you. Even though the song is new, it has qualities you immediately associate with a particular artist. In your case your sounds share a certain polish, dimension, and overall character that I would expect to hear in future sounds you shared. Hope that helps.

[rustman]

Wow. i just found myself being mesmerized by Elsa Hill water whispering to me. That's not my normal listening path...

[Sampleconstruct]

Raised on ethereal dolphin music, then some Strawinsky, Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Chopin, lot's of dodecaphonic and serialistic noises, Zappa, Santana, Corea, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Electric Light Orchestra, Hankock, Bootsy Collins, Krautrock and all that other shit.

[rustman]

I just learned that Bootsy played for James Brown...now back under my rock...

[NatLife]

Wow. i just found myself being mesmerized by Elsa Hill water whispering to me. That's not my normal listening path...

Thnks mate)
Most of my tunes made on VST's, 50/50 free and commercial vst'i.

I'm not sure I can define "signature" in simple terms, but its sort of like when you hear a song for the first time and know who it is by without anyone telling you. Even though the song is new, it has qualities you immediately associate with a particular artist. In your case your sounds share a certain polish, dimension, and overall character that I would expect to hear in future sounds you shared. Hope that helps

I thought i understand you) I'm working with a music for a long time, last 4 years it was'nt so resist work but this year trying to do more production, also I have a record company that releasing a trance tunes. So of course for me it's a priority to do exceptionally a high-quality sound. In all of my music before i also used only own-made sound from a factory libraries of different VST's, so here in this coming bank i will share my vision of sounds with others, it's mostly trance/progressive house patches, but also a bit of aggressive sounds, like dubstep basses etc, because i'm also love to use a different basses in my songs and other productions.