Tech House lives and dies by its sound palette — tight, groove-first sounds: punchy stab basses, clipped vocals-style synths and percussive hooks. In this guide we break down how to get that sound in Xfer Serum 2, and we're giving away 18 presets so you can start with professional patches instead of an init screen.
Start with the free pack
Download the Free Serum 2 Tech House Presets — 10 synths · 3 others · 3 drums · 2 plucks, 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 Tech House
Reference points: John Summit, Cloonee and Biscits. Typical tempo sits at 124–128 BPM. The core palette is tight, groove-first sounds: punchy stab basses, clipped vocals-style synths and percussive hooks — 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: Sidechain everything to the kick except the hook — the pocket is the genre.
When you outgrow the freebies
These 18 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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