How to Make Custom Wavetables in Serum 2
Four ways to build your own wavetables in Serum 2: drag a .wav onto an oscillator, draw in the editor, type a formula, or bake FX in with Resample to Oscillator.
Sound design breakdowns, production techniques and honest studio advice from the team behind 97+ packs — written for producers who finish tracks.
Four ways to build your own wavetables in Serum 2: drag a .wav onto an oscillator, draw in the editor, type a formula, or bake FX in with Resample to Oscillator.
Serum 2 replaced the single FX chain with multiple buses, added a Bode frequency shifter, three new reverbs and an Overdrive mode. Here is how I route all of it for bass, pads and leads.
Two filter slots, 11 new analog-style types, per-oscillator routing. Here is my working map of the Serum 2 filter section, with exact picks for acid bass, pads and formant sounds.
Drag-and-drop routing, four BPM-syncable envelopes, chaos LFOs and performance macros. Three real patches with exact settings, plus the mistake that ruins most demo presets.
Wavetable, Sample, Multisample, Granular, Spectral - what each Serum 2 engine actually does, when to reach for it, what it costs your CPU, and one concrete patch idea per engine.
The exact Serum 2 preset folder paths on Mac and Windows, how to move the library to another drive, and why presets sometimes vanish after an update.
Two ways to install Serum 2 presets: the one-click .SerumPack import and the manual folder method, with separate steps for Mac and Windows plus fixes for missing presets.
A guided first session in Serum 2: tour the interface, build a supersaw from init with real settings, then learn by reverse-engineering presets.
A working producer's guide to RnB in 2026: the four modern lanes, extended chords, drum feel, mixing for warmth, and the Serum 2 presets and sample packs worth loading first.
My honest 2026 rundown of the Serum 2 bass presets worth loading: subs, reeses, growls, 808s and house bass, with concrete settings and audio demos.
The full Serum 2 preset catalog, sorted by genre and by sound type. Free packs first, then the paid packs worth your money - with honest notes on which to skip.
The tech house preset packs I'd actually load in Serum 2 in 2026, what each one is good for, and how to make presets work in a real club track.