Serum In Depth (Skillshare)

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Serum In Depth (Skillshare)

This is a knob by knob breakdown of Xfer Serum for beginners wanting to learn every basic feature in the synth and how they work. Let me know if there are any questions and I'd be happy to answer them.

Design a sound of your choice using some of the features we learned about in the lesson. If you understand how the oscillator tab works try using some basic automation to make your sound more expressive. To take it a step further try integrating a sound you designed into a track you're working on.

Index (In order of appearance)
Master Volume - Video 3, 2:06
Oscillator A – Video 3, 2:30
Pitch Control – Video 3, 3:32
Unison, Detune, Blend – Video 3, 5:36
Phase, Random (OSC A) – Video 3, 7:45
Wavetable Position – Video 3, 8:54
Warp – Video 3, 10:01
Pan, Level (OSC A) – Video 3, 11:00
Sub – Video 3, 11:23
Noise – Video 3, 14:17

Filter – Video 4, 0:11
Oscillator Activation, Filter Tracking – Video 4, 1:46
Cutoff, Resonance – Video 4, 3:37
Pan (Filter) – Video 4, 5:31
Drive – Video 4, 6:43
Fat – Video 4, 7:12
Mix – Video 4, 8:29

Zoom – Video 5, 1:10
Attack – Video 5, 1:50
Decay, Sustain – Video 5, 3:37
Hold – Video 5, 5:16
Release – Video 5, 6:10

LFO 1 – Video 6, 0:40
LFO Grid – Video 6, 1:07
Premade LFO – Video 6, 7:04
Grid Separation – Video 6, 7:34
LFO Modes – Video 6, 8:13
Rate Options – Video 6, 10:55
Rise – Video 6, 13:48
Delay (LFO) – Video 6, 15:16
Smooth – Video 6, 15:41

Velocity Control – Video 7, 0:24
Note Track – Video 7, 2:39
Voicing Control – Video 7, 4:10
Portamento – Video 7, 7:44
Mod Wheel, Pitch Bend – Video 7, 10:40
Macros – Video 7, 13:13

Source and Destination – Video 8, 0:46
Amount – Video 8, 1:43
Type – Video 8, 5:20
Aux Source – Video 8, 7:22
Mod – Video 8, 10:20
Output (Matrix) – Video 8, 11:48
Right Click on Knob – Video 8, 13:07

FX List – Video 9, 0:27
FX Signal Flow – Video 9, 0:39
FX Bypass and Mix – Video 9, 2:04
FX Automation – Video 9, 2:38

Chaos – Video 10, 0:07
Range – Video 10, 4:08
Width – Video 10, 4:45
Warp (Global) – Video 10, 5:25
Wavetable Position (Global) – Video 10, 6:48
Stack – Video 10, 7:54
Mode – Video 10, 8:42
Oscillator Settings – Video 10, 9:32
Main drop down menu – Video 10, 12:33

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