The LFO-driven flanging Rate can either be set manually or synced to the BPM of your song, while the Depth control lets you alter the amount of LFO modulation. Though appearing relatively basic, Serum’s Flanger can be tuned to pinpoint the sound you’re after. There’s also some incredibly high quality, switchable high/low/band-pass effects filter that can be placed pre or post distortion, with separate Drive and wet/dry Mix controls that can be modulated.
With 14 different styles of distortion onboard, ranging from characterful tube saturation all the way through to harsh sine shaping, there’s no sound you can’t get with this effects rack. Serums distortion unit is an absolute beast. Let’s take a closer look at each of these effects units. I’m pretty sure nobody needs 13 different distortion types in a synthesizer, but it’s there, whenever you might need it to spice up your sounds.
The raw power of Serum’s native effects is downright impressive. It’s quite a shame that Serum can’t process Live Audio, as it would make a stellar multi-fx unit, but this is what the standalone “Serum FX” VST is for The entire FX section is almost too good to be true, with ten great sounding effects that can be modulated, combined and freely re-arranged in the effects signal path. No Xfer Serum VST review would be complete without mentioning the amazing FX unit.
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The noise and sub oscillators are somewhat less exciting than the two wavetable OSCs, but they both pack a few bonus traits which make them equally useful and an essential addition to Serum’s sound engine.įor example, the sub oscillator can be routed directly to the output section, which is an easy way to fully build a bass patch inside Serum, without having to reach for an external sub source to be layered underneath. The digital, spectral and vowel sections feature numerous complex and abstract wavetables which are perfect for crafting a wide range of modern leads and bass sounds, as well as pads, drones, and pretty much everything else you could want from a wavetable synth. The analog section features numerous variants of the classic VCO style single cycle waveforms (sine, triangle, saw), along with some iconic sounds such as the TB-303 acid bass The built-in wavetables are neatly sorted into four categories by type. TIP: Try dragging and dropping a PNG into the wavetable editor in Serum, to use it as a wavetable. The editor features a large number of customization tools, yet remains an intuitive and easy to use environment suitable for experimentation and detailed tweaking of the wavetable at hand.Īnd did we mention you can also use pictures to create a waveform? Using any audio file, you can create completely new and unique sounding wavetables using Serums built-in wavetable editor. Serum comes bundled with over 150 different wavetable shapes, which is a formidable amount of different sounds to choose from.īut those 150 wavetables are pretty much the tip of the iceberg for sound design newbies & veterans alike.Īside from being able to morph between wavetables and import external ones, Serum’s party piece is the external audio function. The two wavetable oscillators are the focus of this VST. It runs 4 separate oscillators, including: Serum’s sound engine is ultra clean & Xfer Records have done an impeccable job of making it as high quality as possible!
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