250+ Free Serum 2 Presets: What Is Inside and How to Use Them
A full walkthrough of our 250+ free Serum 2 presets: what's in each of the ten categories, how we made the patches, the royalty-free license, and how to install and rework them.
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How to Make Tech House Bass in Serum 2
Two tech house bass recipes for Serum 2: the rolling offbeat workhorse and the vocal formant stab. Real settings, real BPM numbers, no vague advice.
Serum 2 CPU Optimization: 12 Fixes That Actually Work
Serum 2 is heavier than Serum 1 on some patches. Here are 12 ranked fixes, from unison discipline to the Serum.cfg GPU trick, that actually drop the meter.
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.
Serum 2 Filters Explained: Every Type and When to Use It
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.
Serum 2 Oscillator Types Explained (All 5 Engines)
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.
Where Serum 2 Stores Presets: Folder Locations on Mac & Windows
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.
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.