Lo-Fi Keys and Textures in Serum 2: A Practical Guide
The exact chain I use for wobbly tape keys in Serum 2: pitch drift LFOs, a vinyl noise layer, an analog low-pass, gentle overdrive, and granular texture beds. Real settings, no sample chopping.
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How to Make Phonk Sounds in Serum 2 (Cowbell, Bass, Leads)
The exact Serum 2 settings behind phonk's core sounds: the metallic pitch-bent cowbell, the distorted cowbass, dark detuned leads, and that lo-fi tape drift. Plus house phonk vs drift phonk, explained with numbers.
How to Make Future Bass Chords in Serum 2 (Step by Step)
The full future bass chord recipe in Serum 2: unison and detune values, OTT-style multiband compression, filter wobble, and the baked-in sidechain pump - with every setting spelled out.
Vocal Chops in Serum 2: Sample and Granular Methods
Five practical ways to build vocal chops inside Serum 2 - sample oscillator, multisample mapping, granular textures, spectral ghost vocals, and a fake vocal from scratch when you have no sample at all.
How to Make Evolving Pads and Atmospheres in Serum 2
A pad that doesn't move is just a long chord. Here's the exact Serum 2 recipe I use: three detuned layers, slow LFOs, a granular texture layer, and one full patch walkthrough.
Serum 2 Spectral Oscillator Explained (With 3 Sound Ideas)
Spectral resynthesis sounds like a DSP lecture, but it's the most underrated engine in Serum 2. Here's how it works in plain words, plus three patch recipes you can build today.
How to Use Granular Synthesis in Serum 2
Grain size, density, position - the three controls that matter in Serum 2's granular engine, plus three copy-paste recipes for pads, rhythmic chops, and lo-fi texture.
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.
How to Install Serum 2 Presets (Mac & Windows)
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.
Serum 2 for Beginners: Learn the Basics in 30 Minutes
A guided first session in Serum 2: tour the interface, build a supersaw from init with real settings, then learn by reverse-engineering presets.