Bad Gear - SERUM

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about SERUM. Is this cpu hungry software synth released by Steve Duda s company XFER the industry standard for wavetable synthesizer s, dubstep wubs & wobbles, EDM synth donks or are there better alternatives out there when it comes to modern VST instrument s. Is it too hard-sounding for analog synthesizer aficionados? Can it keep up with its competitors Phase Plant or Vital?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:45 Overview XFER SERUM
01:29 Wavetable Oscillators
01:57 Wavetable Editor
02:10 Wavetable Warp (Sync, FM, Stretch)
02:27 Unison
02:32 Sub Oscillator, Noise (Samples)
02:43 Filter Section
03:06 Envelopes (Drums)
03:11 LFO Section (Dubstep Sounds)
03:23 FX Section
03:32 Mod Matrix (Drag & Drop Modulations)
03:52 Modulation Sources (MPE, Macros, Chaos Generator)
04:05 Patches
04:32 CPU consumption, Limitations
04:51 Where does SERUM come from? Pricing, Alternatives
05:20 Hate
05:45 Jam 1 (Analog Techno)
06:40 Jam 2 (Outboard Industrial)
07:38 Finale (Hard Psytrance)
08:06 Verdict
09:13 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout (Ableton Live Vocoder x SERUM)

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@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

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@CyanBlackflower 9 ай бұрын

Well, well. I don't use Serum. The only software I use these days are Ableton, Reason, and a few vst plug ins from Arturia & Roland. + a few hardware synths and devices. However, I'm not here to digress. I only want to remark on how entertaining this video was IMO. A talent I rarely see. You got yourself my LSD (Like, Sub, Digress) Comment bundle. Well Done.

@____.__._.._ 8 ай бұрын

"This bad boy has so much Bad Gear inside"

@VladTheSour 8 ай бұрын

just stumbled upon your channel. why is there no good gear video? i want to hear what you like as well.

@SonglyWryt 8 ай бұрын

Have you done a video on surge vst

@djatlasmusik 8 ай бұрын

i used to think serum sounded bad and is too thin or not warm. The truth is actually quite thick and lush if you know how to UTILIZE serums souund design tools properly. YES it lacks sort of the true warmth of anologue, but the sounds that u can make from it when u master sound design comes very close to analogue. AGIAN FOR SOMEONE WITH LESS TIME> OUT OF THE BOX COULD NOT MAKE THESE LUSH SOUNDS EASY, it would be easier to just purchase sylenth or uhes zebra or something more analogue sounding

@digidope 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Steve Duda has never advertised Serum, gives free updates for life and still makes a living with it. Not bad for a VSTi.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

The man. The legend.

@Bittamin 9 ай бұрын

Steve is infact a Duda

@bonaventura_AKA_ben 9 ай бұрын

@@Bittamin even the comments here are entertaining

@voltijuice8576 9 ай бұрын

Nice! Serum definitely deserves a CLAP

@Indi3R 9 ай бұрын

it is its on advertisement. Its not uncommon for me to have 5 or 6 serums in any one project. I most always use it for bass.

@jbognap 9 ай бұрын

It sucks when the kind of sounds you've dreamed of for 40 years are so easily available, but are now considered passe.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

I feel the exact same way!!!

@arnehurnik 9 ай бұрын

I imagine it's like the DX7's sounds quickly becoming stereotypical. Since we live in a world where every teenager with 1000+ dollars to spend on a computer and music software can make it, so there's just so much of it. But I think it's also going to get nostalgic just as quickly and stay around.

@aneveningwithebola2727 9 ай бұрын

What's current?

@xxGhc 9 ай бұрын

There are no outdated sounds, just badly composed music

@Positive_Tea 9 ай бұрын

The sounds are played out in the 2020s but they'll come back!

@SeamlessR 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: the Monster 3 table is a recording of me going "woau" into a mic ! :D

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Oh, the bass master! An honor to have you around!!!

@Baegus 9 ай бұрын

The best thing about Serum has always been its design. Everything is so easily accessible, so intuitive and easy to learn, the visual feedback is amazing.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

True that!

@bestformspielt 8 ай бұрын

This is such an important point! I used wavetable synths before - like the on that comes with live or the excellent vital, which is a little undersold in this video to be honest. And while those provide you with more or less the same options, it wasn't until I bought serum when I truly started to get into sound design. Serum told me how to design exactly the sound I am looking for. Now I can do it with all the others but I still use serum on every track because it is just so easy and intuitive to work with.

@elephantapede 9 ай бұрын

I'm amazed at how you can kick the crap out of any genre consistently.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@xsm5525 8 ай бұрын

he didn't target 'drift phonk' though so that one got away!!

@GeeOhGe3 8 ай бұрын

@@xsm5525 that shit sucks already he doesn't even need to talk about it

@partlysimpson5154 6 ай бұрын

I think with this synth there is no limits of one runs out of ideas or sounds

@uly1981 9 ай бұрын

going directly for the virtual jugular, i love it

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

😀😀😀

@koalemos1679 9 ай бұрын

I love it but Serum definitely is the DX7 of our times. It’s digital sound is burnt into my brain.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Agreed!!!

@j.lindback 9 ай бұрын

Nah, that would be Sylenth1, but it's definitely the Roland D50 of the 2010's! (Both Serum and Sylenth1 are amazing, though!)

@illford6921 8 ай бұрын

@@j.lindbackStylenth1 isn't as ubiquitous tho. Pretty much everyone has Serum, I have seen a fairly high amount of people without Sylenth1

@snesmocha 8 ай бұрын

To be fair… you can make just about any sound with it lol

@BuzzaB77 8 ай бұрын

Nah, I think certain presets are overused. But I think Serum, Vital, and even massive are waaaay too flexible to identify from non-common presets.

@rdmoonie 9 ай бұрын

Serum has been my main driver for years. Making presets and having them sound amazing is so simply in Serum. Hats off to Duda!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

The man. The legend.

@waynesilverman3048 9 ай бұрын

@@AudioPilz Is serum better to make psych trance then on korg minilogue and other synth (apart from roland Tb3)

@marcus268 9 ай бұрын

@@waynesilverman3048100%, saw a tutorial with a sub37 wavetable, i think of sellimg the sub because serum can do it like the original. Hint google wavetables serum, insert favourite synth in the search.

@illford6921 8 ай бұрын

@@waynesilverman3048I don't think it matters. Any synth can do anything with enough effort

@kelainefes 8 ай бұрын

Yes.@@waynesilverman3048

@voltijuice8576 9 ай бұрын

I've only played with Serum a few times, but what stood out for me is the filter selection. As a mostly west-coast/modulation person it blows my mind when I do reach for a filter and am surprised that most softsynths don't offer many types. Also while it's obviously designed and marketed for EDM I'm sure that Serum can sound more subtle and varied without too much work.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Great sound design synth!!!

@Nova_Afterglow 9 ай бұрын

i did rent to own on serum through splice like 3 years ago when i first got started. it has been my go-to synth because of how many sound packs are being offered by really good sound designers. there are things you can do in processing to add warmth to the synth. i personally run all my serum tracks through a tape vst to add that subtle warmth and grit that can make all the difference.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Tape Echo really helped here!

@lucasbowerman2664 9 ай бұрын

The visuals especially on the second jam are sooo cool

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@napotronix 9 ай бұрын

Wow, great tunes, Florian. I've been using Serum for ages but usually remain stuck at talking refrigerator bs but you make it sing!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@southhour5241 9 ай бұрын

Serum is easy if you can't use you have serious issues, it's the main sound design tool in the industry.

@brianaaland5263 9 ай бұрын

@@southhour5241 Manners are the cornerstone of society, if you can't use them, you have serious issues...

@stoatystoat174 9 ай бұрын

If you tell strangers they have serious issues then you have serious issues@@southhour5241

@napotronix 9 ай бұрын

@@southhour5241 It's not an operational issue, I just don't gel with metallic sounding wavetable synths.

@TheChrisBagel 8 ай бұрын

Single most used plugin I've ever bought! The possibilities feel truly endless, I still get new sounds out of it all the time. The ability to render the entire patch as a new wavetable is wild, and continues to yield new results.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@tru4158 9 ай бұрын

Austrian Vsauce does it again

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@naswalt 9 ай бұрын

long time coming, I've been waiting to come home from work to check this one out. Love how the serum drums sound!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Nice, I hope it was worth the wait. Thanks!!!

@drudigger 9 ай бұрын

The psytrance goes so hard man. Sounds great.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@BellXllebMusic 9 ай бұрын

This is going to make many people angry :D

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

It doesn't sound soooooo bad to make me angry;)

@remka2000 9 ай бұрын

with the speed at memes are showing up mostly. I'll need two screens soon

@heppuman 9 ай бұрын

My eyes when I saw the title 0.0

@stuartcommon4651 9 ай бұрын

That's it I'm leasing

@SlackerMcCracker 9 ай бұрын

like always: u r a good musician. It doesnt matter what u use 4 your tracks. they r always fire. props

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@syukinami 9 ай бұрын

Good watch! As someone who has dabbled in many modern Drum & Bass tunes, the reality is that Serum is good for both analog and extremely digital sounds. The basic waves and noises can yield fantastic results with some of the misc LPs in terms of sounding analog, while the reverb and comb filters are in a league of their own in terms of assisting with the creation of harsh leads and basses. Genuinely really surprised that more synths haven't implemented a reverb filter like this one has.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@PanopticMotion 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant! More software synth reviews please.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@PaulEubanks 9 ай бұрын

He was going to do Pigments, but as soon as the GUI opens you run out of RAM

@ianvjones 9 ай бұрын

your demo tracks are always so dope!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@jeffreyorion 9 ай бұрын

We need you to do a song about the Autobahn, so we can have a head to head comparison of the best Florian in synth music.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

These are pretty big shoes to fill;)

@knobelfix 9 ай бұрын

Let‘s do A2, you can visit me for the finale in Kärnten.

@treetopjones737 9 ай бұрын

Or a song about a model.

@amygdalos96 9 ай бұрын

HOW DARE YOU :D I guess it was inevitable that serum appeared on this show. Jokes aside I use rarely anything else on my productions. Drum Samples with Kikzilla, Serum for Synths and Hainbachs "Noises" for Atmosphere. That combination gives me the best results for acid techno. awesome episode!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Great workflow!!!

@PeanutButterAM 9 ай бұрын

So much respect for the time that must be put into these videos. 💪🏽🤘🏽

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@kerzwhile 9 ай бұрын

Very cool and to be honest, probably my Fav version of the theme song yet! 😉🤔😅 edit: god damn this thing sounds great! 😮 Your original stuff is bad ass!! Wheres YOUR full length album? Been loving Alex Balls latest. 😊

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!! Shameless plug: full tracks and extended jams can be found on Patreon

@peterbondmusic 9 ай бұрын

The video production is great with the perspective stuff etc. And of course the jams are always great.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@Djmontanamtl 8 ай бұрын

That Hard Psy Trance transition was the best transition in YT history holy christ man! Wow🔥

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@charlyandco.4488 9 ай бұрын

The jams are insane today ! Awesome job !

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@ActualKaktus 9 ай бұрын

Serum is literally the sound of today. It was also the sound of "today" almost a decade ago. A behemoth. I'd love to hear what you have to say about Omnisphere.

@drudigger 9 ай бұрын

Omnisphere is great imo, definitely would love to see a video also.

@44gg37 8 ай бұрын

Omnisphere weighs too much to be this influential 😂

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Great suggestion, thanks!!!

@snesmocha 8 ай бұрын

@@44gg37my omnisphere folder is 400 gigabytes 🥲

@adirsab 17 күн бұрын

@@44gg37 Omnisphere is much more influential then serum. musicians and producers in every genre are using it.

@unduloid 9 ай бұрын

I bought Serum a couple of years ago, and I never used it in my tracks. Not even once. Maybe I should try making some brostep!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Brostep Synth No.1

@treetopjones737 9 ай бұрын

Cue South Park "Bro-down" episode.

@ddespair 9 ай бұрын

Great vid! So glad I found your channel!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@Redonepunch 4 ай бұрын

You consistently have incredible production in your videos.

@huntergalloway3944 9 ай бұрын

That last track was incredible! I’d love to hear a long version. I like Vital and am team Matt.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Shameless plug: full tracks and extended jams can be found on my Patreon

@lesterfalcon1350 8 ай бұрын

Matt is AWOL, Vital is spazzing out.

@patrickhayden7206 9 ай бұрын

If you're gonna do plug-ins do a video on MTV Music Generator/Music 2000, EJay Clubworld, or any of the sequencers we could make music on gaming consoles with....The Korg DS one on Gameboy wasn't the only one some of us started with....Again, I love your channel. You remind me everything I love is "Bad Gear".

@eudubmonia 9 ай бұрын

Rock Rap 'N Roll = GarageBand 1993? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ljiamau7PbYH0.html

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Great idea, thanks!!! Music 2000 is universally loved tho;)

@401dB 20 күн бұрын

🤣 3:36 I had to rewind it a couple of times after my brain was like, "Wait, did he really just sneak that image in there?" Another masterpiece!

@AudioPilz 14 күн бұрын

;) thank you!!!

@artisan002 9 ай бұрын

Excellent music as always. And Serum's vocoder is surprisingly good.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@lundsweden 9 ай бұрын

The Korg Z1 promised so much and delivered so little in the late 90s. Due for a Bad Gear roast?!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Great idea, thanks!!!

@christianleduc1593 9 ай бұрын

So now, you would need to do the old Rebirth !

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

@hubbarao 9 ай бұрын

Honestly my favorite set of Bad Gear jams in a while! Love the combination with analog processing

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@apprentice0ne 9 ай бұрын

Thats some crazy video editing, nice job

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@ExpendableSith 9 ай бұрын

I gave up on music years ago, but back then I was really immersing myself in synth culture. I still get the memes and the jokes, and I love tuning in to your videos every week. Thanks for the laughs and the jams, dude.

@MoonWalkersbin 9 ай бұрын

gave up on music?? how is that even possible? I am reaching out for some noise source every day. Let it be a guitar or banjo or ipad synths... Come on.

@ExpendableSith 9 ай бұрын

@@MoonWalkersbin my heart wasn't really in it, and hadn't been since high school. In my adult life I tried to get back into it as a way to have a "cool hobby" to impress people and make myself attractive, but someone I really respected the opinion of called my music mechanical and soulless. I just kind of stopped after that. I don't have the time or energy now, what with 50-60 hour work weeks. It doesn't really matter, I never made anything worth a damn anyway. She was right, it WAS mechanical and soulless.

@j.k.2684 8 ай бұрын

@@ExpendableSith Working 50-60 hours a week without joy and having no energy left after that sounds machanical and soulless. With music or other things: Dont try to impress anyone, just make it for yourself and enjoyment. Hope you find your way! Wish you all the best!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!!!

@VirtualModular 8 ай бұрын

I gave up on music for 10 or 15 years, was probably the right decision 😅 I was just into different things, fitness, bike racing, marriage/kids etc. Then I downloaded VCV Rack one day and remembered how much I love making srange noises. Don't let anyone else tell you music is not worth doing! It's worth it if you enjoy it.

@eudubmonia 9 ай бұрын

Oh he went there. HE WENT THERE. You beautiful iconoclast you. The schadenfreude for those of us who remember when Crystal by Greenoak was the pinnacle of free VSTi's...

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I LOVED Crystal!!!

@moliver_xxii 9 ай бұрын

your videos are like those slideshow presentations we did in school trying to look cool by using all the fontwork and transitions but YOU take it to a higher ground. the animations in the jams were next level! you must really put effort in that.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@Drunk-on-Bleach 9 ай бұрын

Damn dude das war richtig knackig man A+++ Vid Als nächstes bitte Massive

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Vielen Dank, großartiger Vorschlag!

@ahans6548 9 ай бұрын

The Bad Gear episode I didn’t know I wanted 😫😩

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@sequentialvibe7805 9 ай бұрын

Great episode! Since you are doing software too, I would love to see Caustic 3.2 from Single Cell Software on your show!. It is the virtual groovebox of the Christmas past!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!

@jvedra9041 9 ай бұрын

killer jams, as usual. You're a wizard, man.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@MortFantome 8 ай бұрын

Man, incredible presentation, sick music and humor

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@ZiegWarheit 9 ай бұрын

I guess the appearance of Serum was unavoidable here %)

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was about time!!!

@ThePdeHav 9 ай бұрын

Love your pasta clips of complaints. You out did yourself this time. Laughed out loud at many of them. Tried to explain to my gf why they are funny. Probably end up sleeping in the studio Maintainance room tonight.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

I feel you;)

@gelatinous6915 9 ай бұрын

Seeing a Roland Space echo and a Moog filter pedal sitting next to a janky old controller with duct taped faders always cracks me up. Love this show

@Yuzuki1337 9 ай бұрын

It's the "crackhead underdog and millionaire kid jam" - a true classic of friendship!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@skriptico 8 ай бұрын

uuuuh non ci avevo mai pensato! Lots of work must be done in the digital realm! :P

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

True that!

@MT-rc3gn 8 ай бұрын

I have never even owned a synth but i still watch these videos to listen to those sick ass tunes you crank out 😂

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@PhilipVideos21 9 ай бұрын

Your jams are killerrrrrrr holy moly!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@c1ty-hunt3r 8 ай бұрын

Great demos as always.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

@SlamAcademy 8 ай бұрын

You are a badass. Love these videos, the music, and especially the wicked editing style! Seriously laughing my ass off over your approach!~. Keep it up, and thank you!!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@corradomorgana 9 ай бұрын

Pigments next?

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

@ZachNa 9 ай бұрын

DO VITAL NEXT! That definitely wouldnt be redundant! Also I've commented something similar to this before, but there's a serious lack of videos about the Jupiter X's built in synth engines. Particularly the XV-5080. A video using one of those/comparing the XV-5080 emulation to the original would be awesome, but I'd imagine that would be difficult to fit into the bad gear formula.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Great suggestions, thank you!!!

@jimmylaze 9 ай бұрын

Vital isn't bad gear though for the Low low price of free, how can it be?

@voltijuice8576 9 ай бұрын

@@jimmylaze - Haven't used Vital much, and don't think it's "bad". BUT - there's bound to be a contingent of complainers who are eager to brag that they paid more for some other wavetable synth.

@treetopjones737 9 ай бұрын

@@voltijuice8576 Like "you're not a REAL guitarist unless you have a VINTAGE Strat."

@lesterfalcon1350 8 ай бұрын

Vital is falling apart and Matt is AWOL Maybe review when he's back from the dead and got it back to it's former glory.

@TravisBeckMusic 8 ай бұрын

Spectacular episode! I love Serum but agree with you about the timbre.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@SoundmanCH 9 ай бұрын

Einfach nur herrlich diese Videos ❤

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Vielen herzlichen Dank!!!

@axxojaxx2510 9 ай бұрын

Serum is the Call of Duty of synths 😄

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Nice analogy!!!

@coyote-wang 9 ай бұрын

If you're a destitute American like me there's also the free/open source Surge Synth for wavetables and MPE support with a $0 budget

@coyote-wang 9 ай бұрын

And also I can run multiple copies of Surge at the same time on my meek little celeron mini pc.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Wow, didn't know. Thanks for posting!!!

@rorz999 9 ай бұрын

Surge is an awesome alternative to Serum, although I prefer Vital

@coyote-wang 9 ай бұрын

@@rorz999 Yeah for me support for SCL scala file tuning and MPE are what make Surge my favorite.

@southhour5241 9 ай бұрын

Surge XT is incredible, and more powerful than serum by a long shot but it isn't as fast to work with.

@mattioyt 8 ай бұрын

Damn the jams keep getting better!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@electricmiragemedia 9 ай бұрын

That jam with the acid echo was incredible. You had me pausing and trying to figure out your serum settings @@

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! The RE-201 really helps!

@joonglegamer9898 9 ай бұрын

Thats how I feel when I use DAWs (so I don't). Hey Florian, I've got a question for you - when you do these productions week after week, doesn't it feel crazy stressful to come up with 3 jams for each episode? I mean it's probably a great way to discipline yourself to be creative but still, I always kinda wondered about that. Your Jam 2 is SICK btw!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!! This pressure is actually the only thing that keeps me productive

@keegancantrell554 9 ай бұрын

He can't keep getting away with this! These jamz are too powerful

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@shadowcat4372 9 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this one

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

It was about time, thanks!!!

@3D6Space 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your awesome review of this archaic software I never heard of before!! I have several versions of the Evolution UC33 and earlier versions of that hardware... love that you used it in this video. I don't use them much anymore, but they have the standard midi connections and don't require a computer, unless you have an old windows 98 machine to build the plug and play set up to quickly synch them to the antique bad gear that I use... thanks to you, mr. bad gear himself.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Love the UC33!!!

@djplatinium100 9 ай бұрын

really hope to see vps avenger and phase plant one day :) nice episode

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@dragonsfire07 9 ай бұрын

Serum is slowly becoming the sylenth1 of wavetables, but Serum is actually worth it

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

That sums it up nicely

@PHILLEZ 9 ай бұрын

I love my sylenth1. Why do you think its not worth?

@dragonsfire07 9 ай бұрын

Its still a good VST dont get be wrong, especially with the sheer number of presets people have made, but I feel there are better plugins out there, especially now.

@illford6921 8 ай бұрын

@@PHILLEZI think Sylenth1 is just one of those synths where it's not bad but there's a lot of synths that do similar but with more features

@h2o1969 9 ай бұрын

Great vid! I plug ins and vst' s so often frustate me, but this gives me a lot of options that are so uard to do in normal hardware.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! It's the sound of the 2010s

@h2o1969 9 ай бұрын

@@AudioPilz I liked that sound. 😊

@AEONRINGS 9 ай бұрын

Dude you really excel at EBM. Keep it up man!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@tomalaerts8839 9 ай бұрын

A good month ago I bought Pigments 4 half price during an Arturia promotion. It is truly endless, and it looks kinda similar in power. I also have U-he Hive 2 and that one is quite inspiring, really. Hopefully you can eventually look at them as well.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Those are super interesting!!!

@tomalaerts8839 8 ай бұрын

@@AudioPilz Hive 2 seems to be light on my cpu so far, a bonus. It has a fun gui as well.

@ncapone87 9 ай бұрын

I've never used Serum but that sound at 4:17 was used in Sonic Mania. I couldn't pick this synth out otherwise

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Classic wub!!!

@toussaintthomas8015 9 ай бұрын

I'm so ready for this

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

😀😀😀

@foxxo6963 9 ай бұрын

holy shit that second jam itched my brain just right

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@TheDreamElectric 9 ай бұрын

Duda made some great synths in Reaktor back in the day. They are probably still on NI site in the user library. I believe they were originaly made for NIN to use on tour.

@synthnchill7457 9 ай бұрын

@dreamelectric2256 you know his username or any names of the instruments?

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

The man. The legend.

@skelly790 9 ай бұрын

@@AudioPilz Sure, but Reaktor always sounds like Reaktor.

@ledheavy26 9 ай бұрын

I unironically really love powerful vst synths.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@WhiteWulfe 9 ай бұрын

Love the fact you snuck in the Pokémon Go factions in the intro!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@cooptrol 9 ай бұрын

Serum and EDM reminds me of the supersaw frenzy of the Trance days...

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

There are some similarities!

@DataBroth 9 ай бұрын

Vital is sick, love that plugin serum and phaseplant are rad too

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

So many powerful plugs!

@0815Snickersboy 9 ай бұрын

The workflow of phaseplant is lacking imo. having to add all the filters and oscs in everytime is not convenient

@treetopjones737 9 ай бұрын

The price of Vital is perfect.

@NIRVANABLEACH2 8 ай бұрын

Vital is soooo god dam good.

@natejustice1109 4 ай бұрын

I’ve used the Jupiter Bass preset on Vital (with some minor envelope and filter adjustments) on quite a few things I’ve done. It’s also a lot less overwhelming than Serum in my opinion.

@apoplexiamusic 9 ай бұрын

7:08 the fact that Serum is still used by MANY very advanced DNB producers for mind bending basses and incredibly punchy drums is more than proof that it still holds up ;)

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Word!!!

@apoplexiamusic 9 ай бұрын

@@AudioPilz i do however hate how its default unison stereo width makes it completely non mono compatible. I used to make these insane wide stereo basses with it and when i discovered that it was a best practice to have the foundational sounds of a track be mono compatible, i found out the hard way that my sounds did not hold up :(

@dewbluezero 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful, thank you!!! 🎉

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@MMIStudios 8 ай бұрын

This video just reminded me how much I miss my UC-33 controller.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

I need a second one!

@tbornottb303 9 ай бұрын

I loved all the cat stuff! SERUM is a comprehensive soft synth and your tunes were great!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@danieklerr 9 ай бұрын

Vital is ridiculously good, and has features that Serum doesn't have, and vice versa. I love them both! And I love making wavetables in the old freesynth FMetal. Bad gear? Not a chance!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

One person’s Bad Gear…;)

@rubartknas7075 9 ай бұрын

Alter Schwede (Ösi), was für ein GOA-Brett im Finale - Hammer!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Vielen Dank!!!

@AaronSmith_avocadosmith 9 ай бұрын

I love this. As an AAS and NI fanboy, I would love to see some Bad Gear episodes roasting their software if possible.

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Great suggestions, thanks!

@OrganicGreens 9 ай бұрын

I love the interface and control but something often sounds soulless about serum. It really does have the best interface in soft synths tho. So quick capable and a pleasure to use.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Agreed!!!

@GuyGamer1 9 ай бұрын

Just throw the chaos gen on your detune and filter cutoff. Maybe your wavetable for good measure. Wow. So analog now.

@voreshbo7031 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for always bringing a smile on my sad face and for being amazing with wording lieber Freund!😂 Ich habe nur eine Frage, nämlich ; How much gigabyte ram should i have to not destroy my cpu?😅

@iamdwsm 9 ай бұрын

It's something about wavetable synthesis, serum included, where like you say the sounds feel empty, like they're missing something, like they lack weight. I don't know quite how to put it. And it's not a digital vs analog sort of thing. There are some incredible soft synths out there, just something about wavetables, I don't know? Regardless, as always, amazing video!

@TheOfficalAndI 8 ай бұрын

Not using a fixed velocity and having it modulate the gain and other parameters would already make it less soulless. People just tend to use it in a specific way. It's a musicians job to bring soul into their music.

@__3028 9 ай бұрын

at this point I just come for the sweet demo jams

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@AKJ828 9 ай бұрын

You know shit just got real when Florian whippes out the space echo. BTW I appreciated the weird Goa Trance, make more!

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Sometimes you have to bust out the big guns!

@jocamiah 9 ай бұрын

Love that you went there. Never had the cpu problem on my M1 though. I have to ask. I Diva next?

@AudioPilz 8 ай бұрын

Diva is moving up my list. Thanks!

@twilightthepony 9 ай бұрын

Ah yes. The wubs machine.

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Wubs for days!!!

@hardwaresecuritymodule 9 ай бұрын

Nicely balanced. That first jam captured what I've always found difficult about software synths in general - they overpower absolutely everything else. It takes a lot of work to thin them down to mix properly with all my analogue and digital stuff, so whilst they have that initial "wow" factor, you quickly tire of them and go back to hardware!

@AudioPilz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@marcus268 9 ай бұрын

putting an Eq on your sound fixes that, serum has it even inside.