Deep House lives and dies by its sound palette — smoky late-night textures: sub-heavy basses, dusty organ keys and plucks that sit behind the beat. In this guide we break down how to get that sound in Xfer Serum 2, and we're giving away 13 presets so you can start with professional patches instead of an init screen.
Start with the free pack
Download the Free Serum 2 Deep House Presets — 4 bass · 3 plucks · 2 keys · 2 synths · 1 chord · 1 pad, each with an audio demo, all royalty-free. Install takes under a minute: unzip into Serum 2’s user preset folder and rescan.
The sound of Deep House
Reference points: Kerri Chandler, Lane 8 and Chris Stussy. Typical tempo sits at 118–123 BPM. The core palette is smoky late-night textures: sub-heavy basses, dusty organ keys and plucks that sit behind the beat — and that's exactly what the free pack covers.
Serum 2 workflow that actually works
Load a preset from the pack and study the macro knobs first — they’re mapped to the musically useful ranges. Then open the wavetable view and watch what moves: that’s your map of the patch. Small edits to unison, filter drive and LFO shape take a preset from “ours” to “yours” in minutes.
Pro tip: Keep the bass mono below 120 Hz and let the pads breathe with a slow attack — depth comes from restraint.
When you outgrow the freebies
These 13 patches come from the same design sessions as our 851 Serum 2 Presets Bundle — 851 presets across every genre, one download. Producers who grab a free pack can unlock it with a one-time upgrade offer at checkout.
FAQ
Do these work in Serum 1? No — they use Serum 2’s engine. Serum 2 is a free update for Serum owners.
Are they really royalty-free? Yes. Releases, client work, beats for sale — no credit required.
Can I use them in any DAW? Any DAW that hosts Serum 2: Ableton, FL Studio, Logic, Cubase, Studio One and the rest.
I run Monosounds.studio and make the packs myself. Ten-plus years of producing, 97+ releases, 16,000+ downloads. Every Serum 2 preset we ship passes a CPU check on a mid-range laptop and gets used in a real track before release. If it does not survive a mix, it does not go in the pack.
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