KVR Audio

Trancit · Post by **Trancit** » Tue Apr 07, 2026 9:56 am

waxdoctor wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 1:31 pm Latest Ableton Live version (12.3.6) on a mac mini m2 pro

Ableton has by default their software scaling for plugins enabled which can indeed make scaled plugins appear very blurry...

When you search for Serum 2 in the browser and you rightclick the entry, do you see any "Auto-scale plugin window" entry there (directly on the top of the rightclick menu)??

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If it´s there and checked, try to uncheck it and drag a fresh instance of Serum 2 into the Arrangement... is it still blurry?

adl · Post by **adl** » Tue Apr 07, 2026 10:15 am

Trancit wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2026 9:56 am
waxdoctor wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 1:31 pm Latest Ableton Live version (12.3.6) on a mac mini m2 pro
Ableton has by default their software scaling for plugins enabled which can indeed make scaled plugins appear very blurry...

When you search for Serum 2 in the browser and you rightclick the entry, do you see any "Auto-scale plugin window" entry there (directly on the top of the rightclick menu)??
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If it´s there and checked, try to uncheck it and drag a fresh instance of Serum 2 into the Arrangement... is it still blurry?

No, i think that´s a Windows only option. On Mac that entry is not there.

Trancit · Post by **Trancit** » Tue Apr 07, 2026 10:22 am

adl wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2026 10:15 am No, i think that´s a Windows only option. On Mac that entry is not there.

Ok, sorry... Windows guy here...

While on Google it names me the same option for Mac...weird...

sempondr · Post by **sempondr** » Wed Apr 22, 2026 5:11 pm

Version 2.1.4 is out.
BTW, is there a place where one can read a change log for latest releases?
I'm paying for it via Splice.

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Wed Apr 22, 2026 5:24 pm

sempondr wrote: Wed Apr 22, 2026 5:11 pm Version 2.1.4 is out.
BTW, is there a place where one can read a change log for latest releases?
I'm paying for it via Splice.

https://xferrecords.com/forums/general/ ... hange-logs

The release notes are found in "your account"->downloads. You need to log in through your Splice account credentials

tripleflows · Post by **tripleflows** » Mon Apr 27, 2026 12:54 pm

In the Xfer account, I do not find the change log at Downloads at all.
Where is that visible?

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Mon Apr 27, 2026 1:03 pm

Here:

https://www.xferrecords.com/product_downloads/serum-2

You can find a "Release notes" -> View button near the download link.

But, it only seems to cover the latest version...

- Mario

User3 · Post by **User3** » Tue May 05, 2026 6:14 am

Can Xfer Records modify Serum 2 so that it can utilize the GPU to considerably reduce the load on the CPU when creating sounds?

tumface · Post by **tumface** » Tue May 05, 2026 7:40 am

Let me answer that one for them: no

User3 · Post by **User3** » Tue May 05, 2026 8:03 am

tumface wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 7:40 am Let me answer that one for them: no

Why? Could you please elaborate on this?

tumface · Post by **tumface** » Tue May 05, 2026 8:12 am

Communication with GPU is usually high latency, and with few guarantees about that latency. It would be hard to guarantee hitting a deadline like filling an audio buffer at even 512 sample latency. And, the way to use 3D or GPU compute APIs and shaders is basically OS * vendor, so you end up having to write the code multiple times and maintain multiple copies of it for each variation. And lastly, most audio processing stuff that isn't FFT-based or large-batch resampling usually have reference algorithm designs that don't map well to GPUs, anyway.

User3 · Post by **User3** » Tue May 05, 2026 2:59 pm

Could a GPU potentially excel at generating the later stages of a sound—such as the reverb tail—as well as predicting which note might be played next and pre-rendering it in advance? For instance, could the GPU's parallel processing capabilities be used to "play" a multitude of notes ahead of time, from which only a specific subset would ultimately be selected?

sempondr · Post by **sempondr** » Tue May 05, 2026 4:17 pm

User3 wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 2:59 pm Could a GPU...

Not gonna happen.

mutagen · Post by **mutagen** » Tue May 05, 2026 4:32 pm

User3 wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 6:14 am Can Xfer Records modify Serum 2 so that it can utilize the GPU to considerably reduce the load on the CPU when creating sounds?

The Anukari synth author has a 3 part blog series on why they went back to the CPU from GPU rendering if anyone wants to dive deep into the technical issues surrounding GPU audio rendering.

https://anukari.com/blog/devlog/anukari ... gpu-issues

sidenros1 · Post by **sidenros1** » Wed May 13, 2026 8:11 am

Anybody know if it is possible to downgrade a preset made in a newer version of serum 2 to an earlier version?

Official Serum 2 thread!