Bad Gear - SERUM

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness 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)