Learning Serum
3h 9mBeginner2018-12-21
Authors

Rick Schmunk
Professor at the USC Thornton School of Music
Course details
By gaining a solid understanding of sound synthesis, you'll be empowered to create and shape your very own sounds. In this course, learn how to use Serum, the popular synth plugin, through a series of practical lessons, tips, tricks, and sound design projects. Instructor Rick Schmunk goes over wavetable synthesis, as well as how to shape sounds using ENVs and LFOs. Plus, he covers how to use macros to add real-time changes, how to create and edit sounds, and more. Throughout the course, Rick shares tips and tricks for more efficient, nuanced usage of the tool. As new features are added to Serum, this course will be updated to ensure you're prepared to leverage all that this wavetable synthesizer has to offer.
Learning objectives
Wavetable warping
Oscillator tuning
Shaping sound
Assigning and adjusting LFOs
Macros
Advanced filter presets
Adding effects
Creating and editing sounds
Learning objectives
Wavetable warping
Oscillator tuning
Shaping sound
Assigning and adjusting LFOs
Macros
Advanced filter presets
Adding effects
Creating and editing sounds
Skills covered
SerumXfer RecordsSound DesignAudio and MusicVideoLearning
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Learning Serum, a soft-synth plugin
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Serum overview
1. Oscillators
- 04 - Wavetable oscillators
- 05 - Oscillator unison
- 06 - Wavetable warping
- 07 - Oscillator tuning
- 08 - Oscillator phase
- 09 - Sub Oscillator
- 10 - Noise Oscillator
2. Shaping Sound
- 11 - Filter module
- 12 - Advanced filter presets
- 13 - Envelopes
- 14 - Assigning and adjusting LFOs
- 15 - Custom LFO shapes
- 16 - Macros
- 17 - The Matrix section
- 18 - Adding effects
3. Global Settings
- 19 - Global settings
- 20 - Advanced Unison settings
- 21 - Chaos
4. Creating and Editing Sounds
- 22 - Preset #1 - Sine bass
- 23 - Preset #2 - Saw wobble bass
- 24 - Preset #3 - LFO motion pad
- 25 - Preset #4 - Classic pluck
- 26 - Preset #5 - LFO sequence
Conclusion
- 27 - Next steps