FM and Phase Modulation Explained in Xfer's SERUM

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You have probably already used the FM Mod knob in Serum. And most definitely it sounded thicc and created a great bassline effect. But have you ever wondered what is actually the "science" behind FM - Frequency Modulation (or rather Phase Modulation in Serum)? In this video, Will explains everything you need to know!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:46 FM Synthesis: What are the carrier and the modulator?
1:55 How does the modulator affect the carrier?
2:54 How can you adjust the speed of the pitch change (vibrato)?
3:25 How does the effect change when you increase the frequency of the modulator
3:45 How do you determine the pitch movement? Serum actually uses Phase Modulation!
5:08 When does the phase change and what does its change affect?
7:05 How can you change the amount/timing of clicks due to abrupt change in phase?
8:48 So what is actually the difference between Frequency and Phase Modulation?
9:36 Creating different sounds with 2 sine waves: Changing the shape of the carrier
10:07 What does the change of the waveform look like (Bend+ / Bend-)
12:34 Use Bend / FM Mod to make a sound more wet
13:41 RECAP
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@fathedonist519 3 жыл бұрын

This cleared things up for me in regards to FM synthesis, more vids like this please. Great video and explanation!

@lojo11audio 3 жыл бұрын

Best explanation I’ve seen on KZfaq

@minionmuse8884 3 жыл бұрын

The cleanest explanation ever!!!🔥 Also am waiting for more explanations on various other things. (Your background kinda compliments the FL Studio)

@sanskiii8139 Жыл бұрын

best explanation on this topic I've ever seen

@Ghosthack Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@moosescarf 7 ай бұрын

This is the best explanation of FM and Phase modulation I believe I've ever seen. Great work dude!

@user-jl6ki2ep2l 3 ай бұрын

Great explanation! Thanks for sharing!

@azschrreff 9 ай бұрын

MUCH APPRECIATED, TEACHER!

@giordansprock7787 Жыл бұрын

Cheers for the amazing video dude! Have been struggling to fully wrap my head around FM synthesis but this helped so much!

@mitchelldavid2916 2 жыл бұрын

this is awesome man, thanks for explaining so simply!

@eleanors3496 Жыл бұрын

This was so awesome. I've watched a whole bunch of videos (and some of the other ones are great too!) but this cleared a lot of things up for me. Thanks!

@nikunj8938 3 жыл бұрын

Really amazing explanation boii🤘🏻🤘🏻

@DaddaPsy 3 жыл бұрын

Very well explained! I think you kind of put words on something i subconsciously understood. Considering that FM something where the modulator signal is pitched very low, you can "hear the actual movement of specific shape". This is very fun to do with the noise oscillator by turning the pitch down in it and let it modulate OSC A or B

@shaylinsuren1027 3 жыл бұрын

very clear explanation 👍🏽 thanks!

@theunconciousmind7314 Ай бұрын

Thats why serum sound so good in FM 😮 I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY AND WHY IT SOUNDS SO DIFFRENT FROM VITAL AND I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE UNISON! Thank you thank you thank you! Brilliant explenation! Pure clairity.

@gri_sh5081 Жыл бұрын

Very Informative, Thank you !!

@luciandeloware 2 жыл бұрын

banging video thanks so much mate

@MaikSchott Жыл бұрын

Very good explained! Thanks a lot.

@DWinters Жыл бұрын

Very helpful explanation, thank you

@Garbagepaildumpsterfire 11 ай бұрын

This was very helpful! tysm

@michaelvaughan2888 3 жыл бұрын

great video, such a good explanation, makes perfect sense

@Freedomintertainment Жыл бұрын

That was excellent teaching

@samusbros66 Жыл бұрын

Bro, bro u have improved my mind, listen a wave just watching it's mind blowing, thank you very much for this tutorial

@vnyk8357 3 жыл бұрын

very well explained! i lloved it

@Eric-Marsh 17 күн бұрын

Good explanation - thanks

@brianenrhrj9299 3 жыл бұрын

youre amazing dude ive learned so much from you ( :

@dcodex2376 3 жыл бұрын

dope thanx. stoked on Massive X and PM, it's kinda like it has an extra two OSC's for modulating VS the idea of MOD targets in Serum, then the noise OSC you can load any sample like Serum has it's noise osc too as a MOD target. This is probably a reason I've been having so much fun with it and why it feels so fresh,(and crazy how they all blend well) and finally wrapped my mind around the custom LFO ratios and preset shapes, at least sorta ugh workin on it!

@ganapathyaiyappa3327 3 жыл бұрын

OUTRO TRACK IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD

@ColdRane Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@rasabiharidas8737 Ай бұрын

Thank you bro!

@ELMNTALV1Music 3 жыл бұрын

Best explanation iv heard

@basho5493 Жыл бұрын

Great vid!

@Ghosthack Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gentleuproar8297 Жыл бұрын

Wow dude that was sick! You break out the crayons!!!! No crazy terms but you still tell us what's going on.

@gudgejm 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who's trying to understand FM it made me super confused how people actually used phase modulation so frequency was different than i would expect it to be, this video cleared this up for me, thank you so much! Big thumb up

@henri470x 3 жыл бұрын

OMG BEST EXPLAINATION EVER IN THE INTERNET, THANK YOU SO MUCH SENSEI.

@Ghosthack 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! ;)

@chekromlek1918 2 жыл бұрын

you help me to understand the phrase a lot

@flyoverfredusa 2 жыл бұрын

super helpful

@blindcamel6236 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff

@eiis06 Жыл бұрын

i love sound design

@lavicho.5184 2 жыл бұрын

deserves more views

@ArtfulRascal8 3 жыл бұрын

i appreciate it, bc i never caught on till now.

@pheymee88 Жыл бұрын

What a discovery! :O I'd never doubt it's actually not FM :O

@jackgrothaus2722 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I understand calculus now

@carlosperez8321 2 жыл бұрын

You're da best ma g 👌🏻

@sirmatthewbaum 3 жыл бұрын

youre a beast

@JyoHxOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Best Explanation Ever!!! Very educational & easy to understand🔥🔥🔥

@cooksoni.a Ай бұрын

this is a good video, but i think it might be incorrect for most FM implementations. I think it's usually not the pitch of the carrier being modulated by the phase of the modulator, but instead the phase values of the carrier are stored in a lookup table containing the values for a single cycle of it's waveform, and it's being read through by phasor (a ramp wave generating values from 0-1 repeatedly). then the modulating operator disrupts the phasor and causes it to read the carrier's lookup table at different points depending on the phase value of the modulator at each sample, thus modulating the phase of the carrier.

@fano72 Жыл бұрын

Ok cool. But WHY is phase Modulation actually preferred by most plugins?

@t.d.3803 4 ай бұрын

Fun fact: with sine waves FM and PM are mathematically the same.

@sebastiendas 3 ай бұрын

why are diagonal and horizontal lines outputting one singular pitch? shouldn't the diagonal one be changing?

@indraprakash3458 3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏿

@blindcamel6236 Жыл бұрын

so why does serum's knob say FM if it's not frequency modulation?

@MikeRenouf Жыл бұрын

This is a really interesting video and very clear explanation. I think the answer to your question is simply that the mathematics required to create FM synthesis effects in a digital environment is best done using the technique of phase modulation. It provides near enough the same sonic output, but is more easily coded than using actual FM. I'd be happy if someone corrects me or gives a better explanation. 🪐✨

@kezwikHD Жыл бұрын

First of all, great video, it cleared up a lot for me. Still i am confused about one thing: You said "The frequency of the modulator changes the frequency of the carrier" (before you went into detail about phase modulation) Now i am new to the whole topic so i might be wrong, but the sine wave of the modulator has just one frequency, if the frequency of the modulator (lets say it's 5Hz) changes the frequency of the carrier, then the carrier frequency would be constant because the modulators frequency doesn't change at all (it stays at 5Hz) Am i missing out on something here?

@MikeRenouf Жыл бұрын

The point you're struggling with I think is that frequency is a description of how fast something is changing. The modulator's pitch is constantly changing (the sine shape is going up and down). If you say your car is going 10 miles per hour it is at a fixed speed - but it is constantly moving...

@ganapathyaiyappa3327 3 жыл бұрын

Hey guys can we get a video on fixing emptiness in a track and how to fix low ends of the track please