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Jake states that he's used Serum in his track 'FUK UR MGMT' from his album 'Occult Classic'. He continues to say:'it took some getting used to mainly because im used to the filters and routing in massive. They have a similar feel for sure, but there are some differences that you gotta feel out.my favorite thing you can do in serum that you should play around with is routing oscillators into eachother (using the FM mode like FM from B etc) you can get some really weird sounds that kinda remind me of the 'phase Mod' in massive.
Deadmau5 gets a great sound and good master from proper sound design and mixing. So at the mastering phase he doesn't have to do much. The earlier work is more important here than the mastering stage. He admits, 'there is no magic master chain', that is always good for the mix.
There's just a lot more flexibility with sound in general in serum. Its a very powerful and versatile synth!
For example every time i've hung with mat zo, i see him use it in a totally different way than i do. We are all starting to really dig into that synth and figure out what it can do!' 'I use Ableton Suite 9 currently. Large range of synthesizers, favourites include IL Harmor, Roy Papen's Blue 2, Adam Szabo JP6K, Serum, Spire, and of course Massive. As for processing I use Fab Filter Pro-Q 2 as my primary equalizer, Camel Audio Camelcrusher and Sugarbytes WOW for distortion, iZotope RX2 and Ozone 6 suites for various purposes, Valhalla shimmer for reverb along with Room and Ubermod for spatializing. Oh and BazzISM and Drumatic for creating drum samples And thanks to Eoin (Noisestorm) I just started using oxford transmod for transient modification.' Mention 'wavetable synthesis' around most producers and the first name you're likely to hear is, the ubiquitous synthesizer from Native Instruments and a favorite of new and seasoned EDM producers alike.
If you asked me whether or not I thought was an actual wizard, I’m not sure if I’d be able to give you a straight answer. The reasoning behind this is that his company’s product, Serum, might as well be pure magic.
I know this seems silly, but Serum itself is flawless. I have been using it religiously now for the past 3 or 4 months and it has quickly become my go to plug-in for creating almost any sound. Steve Duda and the team have created a true wonder in Serum and it has elevated my ability to create and experiment with sound in an unprecedented way. Honestly, if I could give Serum a rating above the maximum amount, I would.Serum has defined itself as the new industry standard for VST synthesizers. The organization of the interface goes above and beyond what a large majority of other software synthesizers provide and is unmatched by any currently on the market.
Everything is compartmentalized and labeled and almost every knob, fader, or button brings up a description window when hovered over. Serum easily lets any producer become familiar with the pieces of a synthesizer that you shouldn’t have to struggle to discover, thereby giving you more room to play with its more exciting and unique features. One of the key features Serum exhibits is the ability to drag and drop source and destination parameters for easy modulation.
While not intuitively apparent when first opening the device, I think Xfer still made a great decision by including this drag-and-drop feature as most of their users have some familiarity with, which uses something similar.Being a wavetable synthesizer, like NI Massive, the possibilities for creative freedom are almost infinite. Xfer has implemented a separate wavetable menu that pops up when clicking on the smaller, yet still visually appealing, wavetable window that is shown on the upper half of the synth. This is where things start to get good: Serum allows you to draw in up to 256 separate instances of waveforms to create a unique and dynamic wavetable. It even lets you specifically enter a mathematical formula to create a waveform, should you choose. This is previously unheard of in the soft-synth world and gives users a multitude of possibilities and outlets for imagination.
Finally, Serum offers 2 more fantastic features in the form of the ‘FX’ and ‘Matrix’ tabs. The FX tab gives you 10 preset effects options and acts like a mixer channel in most DAWs.
The effects provided are incredibly high quality and I find myself using them more and more as my familiarity with Serum increases. The Matrix tab essentially gives you explicit control over any parameter that has been modulated or affected otherwise and is very straightforward. Xfer goes even farther to provide more visuals in the Matrix tab as well which allows users to really feel at home in their product.This isn’t the first time I’ve recommend Serum. Ever since I first spent about 20 minutes messing around with it I’ve been in love and have spread the good word of Xfer Records and Steve Duda’s amazing achievement. If you’re looking for a new favorite synthesizer, there’s no need to look any further than Serum. First off, I own licenses to probably 25 of the 'top rated' VST synths on the market, some of which include Massive, FM8, Sylenth1, Rob Papen's (everything), Diva, Zebra and the Korg Legacy Collection (which still kick butt today) and DUNE 2, to name a few. So, I've had a chance to work with a lot of the big ones out there, and each are different, they are all good in their own right.
I only point this out so people have a reference point.I also have to admit that I am NOT a great sound designer. I'm just not.
I can't hear something in my head and turn a few knobs and get what I want like some people can. It's just not that easy for me, and I DO understand the principles of sound design fairly well.
There is always something wrong for me. Either the sound quality of the oscillator isn't what I expected which throws me off, because then I am trying to figure out how to fix it, or the filter and effects routing is limited, or I can't visualize how things are routed or related, or maybe the interface is just laid out in a clunky way that doesn't do anything to help me fiddle with what's going on with the sound. I'm a very visual learner which is one of the reasons I like synths like Rob Papen's Blue II (one of my other favorites) and why I like Ableton Live over a lot of other DAWs: Ableton is simple, streamlined, easy to work with etc. It's really frustrating to have a great sounding synth that I can't figure out how to program in an easy and straightforward way. It's even more annoying when the preset browser is clunky or badly organized.So first off, almost ALL of the functions in Serum are on 5 screens, and most of the important ones are on 1 screen.The screens are:.
Main synthesis page. Wavetable editor. Effects rack.
Modulation Matrix. Global PageSerum doesn't suffer from a lot of shortcomings.First, and often overlooked is the patch browser. The browser has a very 'Rob Papen' multilevel style to it.
One click gets you access to all of the sound folders in your presets folder, and they are organized exactly the same way on your hard drive. Adding new patches is as easy as dropping them into that folder, which you can access from the main menu. If you've worked with Zebra or and of the Rob Papen synths, you'll know what I'm talking about. As long as you organize your folders correctly you can get to ANY patch in the synth with 2 mouse clicks: One to open the menu, and a second to pick the preset.Next, programming Serum is really as easy as I have found anywhere else, and where it concerns the main oscillators or the wavetables themselves, Serum is HUGELY visual.
You can see the wavetable, and see exactly how the oscillator is cycling through the wavetable's frames as it’s playing in real time. It's like someone finally pulled back the curtain and let you see what's going on behind it. Serum has pulled some visual tricks from both Zebra and Razor.Next, Serum sounds incredible. It's not trying to sound like 'real' analogue, but you can get really good analogue sounding results with it. (Like Sylenth1, DUNE 2 or even Diva good.) You can also get sounds that sound NOTHING like analogue because it is a wavetable synth. So, the instrument has a HUGE range, but at it's heart there are only 2 main oscillators, one noise oscillator and one sub. You would think that this would seriously limit your creativity, but it's an illusion of simplicity because each of these oscillators has a trick up it's sleeve.The two main oscillators can be set to use a single wave frame (like a saw, or square.
Or 150+ others!). These oscillators can also be run through the filter just like a subtractive synth. It sounds really good doing this!
Next, the unison controls are right there, so you can take a saw, turn it into a super saw, and then play with the DYNAMICS of the super saw's unison voices. It's visual, it's clear. Most importantly, you can have something that sounds amazing in seconds, and it’s fun to experiment with. I use FL Studio in conjunction with Image-Line's native plugins, like Harmor and Sytrus. When I was first introduced to Harmor in one of the demo projects, I was completely dumbfounded (the name fits the plugin, my mind was definitely harmed.) The wall of knobs sent chills down my spine.
3 years later, I now bust out Harmor for leads, basses, pads, and plucks. I know what every single knob does now, and it's routine at this point. Now I, like basically everyone else, knew ALL about Massive. I even cracked it just to see what I could get out of it, and I was pleased with the results. Then I saw Serum. Without even needing to get hands on, I knew I needed it.
About a month ago, I started the $10 per month payment plan for Serum. Now first and foremost, I'm not a professional producer by any means, so when I want to try out a plugin, I will illegally download and crack it, just to learn it, meaning I don't pay for my plugins unless they're too good to pass up. Serum is one of those plugins.
Steve Duda is a man worthy of respect. He is a God in my eyes. Serum's versatility is practically unmatched by any other soft-synth, and yet, he manages to contain this monster in such a neat and visually appealing way, so I can officially say goodbye to Massive. Going from the headache-inducing Harmor, to such a masterpeice in workflow optimization gives me so much satisfaction in designing patches for Serum. It's like I've found my one and only true love.
Serum is on track to becoming my favorite soft-synth I've ever used. 5/5 hands down. I've used Massive and FM8 in the past which are great synths, but they have there own distinct sound which they are really good at creating but restricts how you can use them.
I bought serum due to good reviews from other people and i use this in every single one of my productions now, and is my absolute go-to from now on. The main thing that makes this synth so good is how versatile it is. The option to be able to use your own custom wavetables makes you sound different from other people which is what really restricts other softsynths out there. You can make this thing sound as big or as small as you want it to, and that's really why Serum is so widely used. Serum is seriously the best plugin I've ever worked with. I bought Massive and FM8 in November of 2014, and they taught me the basics of both Wavetable and FM Synthesis respectively.
However - I always felt restricted with NI Massive and I've never been able to create the sound I wanted with it.Then I bought Serum.Serum is not only a wavetable synthesizer, you can do FM in it as well. You can import samples and turn them into wavetables, and so so much more. It is the best plugin I've ever used and I aim to make it my main source of power in my studio. It is a 10/10 plugin. I hated massive as a wavetable synthesizer because I didn't understand the routers and it's display is disgusting to my eyes.
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So when I found out about serum I was very impressed. I love making my own wavetables it's easy to use and can get some cool sounds out of it.
My one issue with it is that it uses to much cpu. I have an intel core quad running at 3.6 GHz (Q6600) and some sounds I make use 33% of the cpu which means I can't layer synths over each other made with serum and it leaves little room for other plugins.
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Among the remixers, Nero make 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' sound like it stuck a fork in an electrical socket, and Shiba San renders 'I Remember' as pulsing U.K. In the last half-decade, Joel Zimmerman (a.k.a. Deadmau5) has become one of the most bankable and outspoken artists on the EDM scene.
5 Years of Mau5 acts as a portable Deadmau5, collecting the Toronto producer's best tracks, as well as remixes from artists in the orbit of his mau5trap label. To hear what makes Zimmerman the elite sonic engineer that he is, dig the rich harmonics that comprise 'Some Chords,' the corrosive dubstep break in 'Raise Your Weapon,' or the interlocking arpeggios of 'Strobe.' Among the remixers, Nero make 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' sound like it stuck a fork in an electrical socket, and Shiba San renders 'I Remember' as pulsing U.K.