Official Serum thread!

[Greg Houston]

Massive has a lot more diverse presets so far.

I imagine it goes without saying that Massive has been out for nearly a decade and that there might just be more commercial soundsets for it than every other synth combined.

[kelldammit]

That gui is fantastic! The demo showed the CPU load to be a bit much...but the communication to that end is appreciated.

Nice Job! I'll be keeping an eye on this with a view to buying at some point this year.

[Costis]

I've been demoing all sorts of vst synths lately for my next buy and Serum is top on my list! Superb sound, jaw dropping looks and endless flexibility.

But the biggest reason I love this synth is the formula parser - this is a feature I always wanted to see in a synth and it works perfectly!!

For all math geeks out there this is a great way to have fun and be creative with sound design so Steve please keep enhancing this feature! Adding some more math operations like modulo and integer division would be my first wish as these can be used to easily create periodic functions. A floor function would also come handy in addition to rint.

By the way in the stored formulas the Sin->Tri would be better like this to avoid the phase change between the two waveforms:
z*(1-2*abs(1-abs(x+1/2)))+(1-z)*sin(x*pi)

and in the manual the ranges of y and z are probably reversed - something you might wish to correct. Otherwise the synth is impeccable!!

Keep up the good work!!!

[Greg Houston]

Welcome to KVR, Costis. You might want to join in on the, Xfer Serum Advanced Algorithm Tutorial thread.

[Kain]

I've been demoing all sorts of vst synths lately for my next buy and Serum is top on my list! Superb sound, jaw dropping looks and endless flexibility.

But the biggest reason I love this synth is the formula parser - this is a feature I always wanted to see in a synth and it works perfectly!!

For all math geeks out there this is a great way to have fun and be creative with sound design so Steve please keep enhancing this feature! Adding some more math operations like modulo and integer division would be my first wish as these can be used to easily create periodic functions. A floor function would also come handy in addition to rint.

By the way in the stored formulas the Sin->Tri would be better like this to avoid the phase change between the two waveforms:
z*(1-2*abs(1-abs(x+1/2)))+(1-z)*sin(x*pi)

and in the manual the ranges of y and z are probably reversed - something you might wish to correct. Otherwise the synth is impeccable!!

Keep up the good work!!!

That's why Serum could become a most valuable tool in teaching about sound and the mathematics of sound.
And also to teach about basic synthesis. Because of all the visual feedback it's super easy to use Serum to explain ADSR parameters. Or what the different types of basic waves are. Or how all sound is actually just one superwave formed by other smaller waves. In FL studio you have Visual Candy. Visual Candy + Serum can literally show you how two different waves interact and form a new wave. Very very cool. I never really had intrest in learning everything about synthesis. Don't ask me to make a bell sound or make a pad or make a piano sound. But because of Serum I am learning while playing. And that's just great. No other synth those that. Massive? Great for all the trance presets that I like. Filters sound awesome. Yes, I will tweak presets. Build a sound from scratch? I have no idea how to do that. Same with Sylenth1. Filters are amazing, presets you can get are the best. Tweak presets? Sure, no biggy I can do that. Build something from scratch? I have no idea what to do and I refuse to read the manual.

Serum? Oh look it works like you would expect it to work. That's interesting, better read the manual now ...

It's just a blessing. It's like the iPhone of synthesisers. Super intuitive and very easy to work with. And because changing parameters can so radically change the sound, it really invites you to turn knobs and experiment with what sounds you get. Or make wavetables, or sample farts and make wavetables out of them. So ... much .. possibilities. Very bad if you want to get a song done though. When sound design becomes to much fun my workflow stops completely. Hey everybody look at me, I just created something that sounds exactly like an electric guitar. "Plays air guitar and screams"

https://soundcloud.com/matthijsbos/elec ... r-in-serum


Lol, even the waveform in soundcloud looks like a guitar!

[Kain]

Some more discovering of very simple sounds in Serum. At 1:05 I was like: Hey I know this sound from some kind of movie ....

WARNING: Maximum loud bass tones, don't blow up your speakers.

https://soundcloud.com/matthijsbos/disc ... with-serum

And a little more musical, kinda mellow pads with a squarish lead

http://soundcloud.com/matthijsbos/mellow-melody-serum


Nobody here has said sound design newbies like me can't post their stuff as well!

[bitcrusher]

..if you speak German (or simply like looking at long words): There's now a German manual!
http://xferrecords.com/duda/Serum_10_Manual_Deutsch.pdf

Steve
Serum | Xfer Records

[Greg Houston]

New soundset...



The Magic Serum soundset includes 55 patches for Xfer Records Serum. The presets range from dreamy and luscious to dirty and mojo infused.

Available at Fabled Audio

3 Effects
1 Kick
9 Leads
8 Pads
12 Bass Sequences
2 Percussion Sequences
10 Miscellaneous Sequences
10 Synths

• All patches are prefixed.
• All patches have the mod wheel and all four macros assigned.

Magic Serum also includes a Bonus Pack of 410 LFO Shapes with thumbnails. The shapes are organized into 8 categories: envelopes, bipolar sequences, unipolar sequences, curves, X-Shaper, Remap, wobbles and miscellaneous shapes.

Magic Serum is available by itself or in a combo package with the Fabled Serum soundset.

Cheers,
Greg

https://soundcloud.com/fabled-audio/set ... m-soundset

[PatchAdamz]

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SONG:
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PADS:
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Includes, the BONUS PAK, additional presets and expansion.

Also included, Expansion Tables, Waves, LFOs, Noises.
The focus for "Concentrated" was to add sound styles, not included in Serums stock presets.

This collection offers a broad selection of presets including:

-Analog Pads
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-Bass
-Keys
-Leads
-FX
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"Concentrated" and the Bonus Pak is available NOW.

[cranium]

I like what I'm hearing as well as the eye candy of your cover art.

Are you responsible for the cover art design as well?

[Greg Houston]

I like what I'm hearing as well as the eye candy of your cover art.

Are you responsible for the cover art design as well?

Yes, thank you.

[cranium]

I like what I'm hearing as well as the eye candy of your cover art.

Are you responsible for the cover art design as well?

Yes, thank you.

May I ask what program you are using for your cover art design?

[Greg Houston]

May I ask what program you are using for your cover art design?

Adobe Illustrator

[cranium]

Awesome, thanks.

[zeep]

Can someone help me understand this please.

Oscillator A and B, Sub and Noise Volume are 'tied' to ENV1.
But i want to use different amplitude envelopes for all 4. How do i go about that?

The only way i see is: Leave ENV1 open full. Use ENV2 and 3, and also 2 LFO's as an envelop. This leaves little modulation available.

Why is ENV1 always tied to all sources? Isn't this very limiting as far as amplitude is concerned?