We’re just scratching the surface of what’s possible with Serum, but what we’ve covered so far is the blueprint for everything. Try assigning LFO 1 to OSC A’s Pan control as well, so it’s now affecting the wavetable position and the panning of the entire oscillator. Naturally, this has the same effect on the movement of the wavetable position.
In the LFO panel (the right-middle blue grid in the centre of the interface), we can start changing the shape of this LFO signal, and therefore the behaviour of the WT Pos knob as we hold down notes.Ĭlick and drag a node to change its position, double-click to create a new node, and drag the blue nodes between light nodes to create a curve shape between nodes.Ĭhange the Rate knob below to make this LFO move quicker or slower.
Now when you play a note on Serum, the wavetable position in the oscillator display will start moving on its own – it’s being controlled by LFO 1, which is Serum’s first LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator). Once this is done, a blue ring should appear over the WT Pos control (if not, try again and try setting WT Pos to its lowest setting). Why sit there waggling the WT Pos control when you can have Serum do that for you? Find where it says LFO 1 in the centre of the synth, and click-drag from that rectangle to the WT Pos control. Xfer Serum is a Wavetable synth, and each selection you make for the oscillator wave is actually a selection of an entire bank of waves, which you move through using the WT Pos control.
#SERUM VST PLUGIN SOUNDS FULL#
The full name of the control is ‘Wavetable Position’. This shows a little more clearly what happens to the sound when you use the WT Pos control. To shed even more light on what’s happening, click on OSC A’s wave itself, and the view will change to a 3D view. You’ll see the wave change shape as you do this, and more importantly, you’ll hear the result the changing wave has on the sound. For OSC A, select Spectral > Reesey Mess 2 of the wave, then slowly move OSC A’s WT Pos knob up and down while Serum is producing sound. Now head to the Menu at the top-right, and select Init Patch, then select Init Modulations, to arrive back at the setup we had when we loaded Serum.
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Changing them for this patch creates a bit of a different sound, but not hugely – this particular preset is characterised by its heavy use of effects. We can change the wave each oscillator is playing using the menu at its header. These are the main parts of the synth that produce the sound most other sections are about changing that sound once it’s been produced here at the oscillators. Select the LD In Your Face patch from the Leads category, and take a look at the two oscillators – OSC A and OSC B. Either start clicking on the left and right arrows at the top right of the interface, or click on the preset name to bring up a more comprehensive way to select your sound from the factory sound bank. Let’s select a preset to begin to discover what Serum is capable of. The sound you get from this initialised patch should be pretty basic. Load the Serum VST (or other format) onto a MIDI channel – it won’t make any sound until you feed it some MIDI notes via that channel in your DAW, whether through programming MIDI or via an external MIDI controller. Once installed, Serum can be found in your DAW’s Browser as an Audio Unit, AAX or VST plugin. Once you’ve installed the synth, it’s time to get going. We’re going to help you ascend that curve quickly and get going with Xfer Records’ uber-synth. There are also plenty of ready-made Expansion Packs for the synth to boost its capabilities.ĭespite this, there’s still a learning curve to Serum. It’s true – you can find many VST plugins out there that have more oscillators, more LFOs, and other functions, but Serum’s ability to put just what you need front-and-centre has helped it become a go-to synth to call up time and time again. On the surface, Serum might seem like a lot of other synths.
It’s one of the most talked about synths in the world, and for good reason – Xfer Records’ Serum is a straightforward piece of software, but at the same time it’s one of the best VSTs out there – one of the most powerful, great-sounding tools out there to help you make better music.
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