Bad Gear - SERUM

[@AudioPilz]

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[@CyanBlackflower]

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.

[@____.__._.._]

"This bad boy has so much Bad Gear inside"

[@VladTheSour]

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

[@SonglyWryt.Bon-Burr]

Have you done a video on surge vst

[@djatlasmusik]

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]

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]

The man. The legend.

[@Bittamin]

Steve is infact a Duda

[@bonaventura_AKA_ben]

@@Bittamin even the comments here are entertaining

[@voltijuice8576]

Nice! Serum definitely deserves a CLAP

[@Indi3R]

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]

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

[@AudioPilz]

I feel the exact same way!!!

[@arnehurnik]

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]

What's current?

[@xxGhc]

There are no outdated sounds, just badly composed music

[@Positive_Tea]

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

[@SeamlessR]

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

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@eliaz1929]

There is no way.

[@Baegus]

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]

True that!

[@bestformspielt]

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]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@xsm5525]

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

[@GeeOhGe3]

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

[@partlysimpson5154]

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

[@uly1981]

going directly for the virtual jugular, i love it

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@rdmoonie]

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]

The man. The legend.

[@waynesilverman3048]

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

[@marcus268]

​​@@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.

[@illford]

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

[@kelainefes]

Yes.@@waynesilverman3048

[@voltijuice8576]

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]

Great sound design synth!!!

[@koalemos1679]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@j.lindback]

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

[@illford]

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

[@snesmocha]

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

[@BuzzaB77]

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.

[@Nova_Afterglow]

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]

Tape Echo really helped here!

[@TheChrisBagel]

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]

👍👍👍

[@napotronix]

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]

Thank you so much!!!

[@southhour5241]

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

[@brianaaland5263]

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

[@stoatystoat174]

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

[@napotronix]

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

[@syukinami]

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]

👍👍👍

[@SlackerMcCracker]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@ExpendableSith]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

Thank you so much for watching!!!

[@VirtualModular]

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]

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]

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

[@lucasbowerman2664]

The visuals especially on the second jam are sooo cool

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@amygdalos96]

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]

Thank you!!! Great workflow!!!

[@naswalt]

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

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@PanopticMotion]

Brilliant! More software synth reviews please.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@PaulEubanks]

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

[@huntergalloway3944]

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

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@lesterfalcon1350]

Matt is AWOL, Vital is spazzing out.

[@BellXllebMusic]

This is going to make many people angry :D

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@remka2000]

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

[@heppuman]

My eyes when I saw the title 0.0

[@stuartcommon4651]

That's it I'm leasing

[@PeanutButterAM]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@hubbarao]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ActualKaktus]

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]

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

[@44gg37]

Omnisphere weighs too much to be this influential 😂

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thanks!!!

[@snesmocha]

@@44gg37my omnisphere folder is 400 gigabytes 🥲

[@adirsab]

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

[@peterbondmusic]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Djmontanamtl]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Redonepunch]

You consistently have incredible production in your videos.

[@drudigger]

The psytrance goes so hard man. Sounds great.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@gelatinous6915]

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]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@jeffreyorion]

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]

These are pretty big shoes to fill;)

[@knobelfix]

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

[@treetopjones737]

Or a song about a model.

[@AudioHaze]

Dude you make me want to be a better creator, thank you for these vids. Also the jam at 6:45 is GOD TIER

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@ianvjones]

your demo tracks are always so dope!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@kerzwhile]

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]

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

[@patrickhayden7206]

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]

Rock Rap 'N Roll = GarageBand 1993? kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2SWh3mfi7KqZqs

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@AaronSmith_avocadosmith]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestions, thanks!

[@sequentialvibe7805]

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]

Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!

[@RobertKildoo]

Most Meta episode ever!!! (Not the social media company, but the deep cut...). Dig it

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@MT-rc3gn]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@moliver_xxii]

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]

Thank you so much!!!

[@keegancantrell554]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

This episode gave me Stabbing Westward flashbacks. Being a casual synth fan, I had no idea how many bands I liked must have used this exact synth.

[@AudioPilz]

Stabbing Westward, totally forgot about them!!! Nice!

[@dragonsfire07]

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

[@AudioPilz]

That sums it up nicely

[@PHILLEZ]

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

[@dragonsfire07]

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.

[@illford]

​@@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

[@mikeklubnika]

6:53 that is a really cool way of showcasing software synths edit: no fucking way you made it a building

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ThePdeHav]

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]

I feel you;)

[@skriptico]

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

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@ahans6548]

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

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@h2o1969]

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]

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

[@h2o1969]

​@@AudioPilz I liked that sound. 😊

[@danieklerr]

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]

One person’s Bad Gear…;)

[@MortFantome]

Man, incredible presentation, sick music and humor

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@go-away-5555]

These videos take me 30 minutes to watch with all the pausing to read the memes.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@rubartknas7075]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Vielen Dank!!!

[@djplatinium100]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@AKJ828]

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

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@leviathanops4524]

I love the editing and shitposting so much, the lord of war and skynet bits got me so good

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@ZachNa]

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]

Great suggestions, thank you!!!

[@jimmylaze]

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

[@voltijuice8576]

@@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]

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

[@lesterfalcon1350]

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.

[@charlyandco.4488]

The jams are insane today ! Awesome job !

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@apoplexiamusic]

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]

Word!!!

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@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 :(

[@WhiteWulfe]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@tomalaerts8839]

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]

Those are super interesting!!!

[@tomalaerts8839]

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

[@MixologistMilo]

Just consistently love the way you see “Paatrons”. Everything else is great also

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@tru4158]

Austrian Vsauce does it again

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@3D6Space]

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]

Thank you! Love the UC33!!!

[@unduloid]

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]

Brostep Synth No.1

[@treetopjones737]

Cue South Park "Bro-down" episode.

[@jocamiah]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Diva is moving up my list. Thanks!

[@PhilipVideos21]

Your jams are killerrrrrrr holy moly!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Drunk-on-Bleach]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Vielen Dank, großartiger Vorschlag!

[@jooei2810]

Tbh, who would not like this awesome random noise generator!

[@AudioPilz]

Really helpful!

[@TravisBeckMusic]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@TheDreamElectric]

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]

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

[@AudioPilz]

The man. The legend.

[@skelly790]

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

[@fakshen1973]

It's a great general synth. It's very straight forward. It gives you plenty of options and modulation without being too difficult to navigate. It came at a time when most people were using NI's Massive with its limited set of wavetables. Serum was a godsend and basically ended Massive.

[@AudioPilz]

That sums it up nicely!

[@DataBroth]

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

[@AudioPilz]

So many powerful plugs!

[@0815Snickersboy]

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

[@treetopjones737]

The price of Vital is perfect.

[@NIRVANABLEACH2]

Vital is soooo god dam good.

[@natejustice1109]

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.

[@unemployablegraduate]

I’m kind of impressed that you got through the whole of that without mentioning NI’s Massive once!

[@AudioPilz]

Wait for it;)

[@christianleduc1593]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

[@dk101likeu]

Loved the Eco-GOA trance punishment! ...Serum feels over used to me...Nice work as usual man!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@tbornottb303]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@roscius6204]

Really liked the Serum screen overlays, especially the monumental, somewhat architectural one.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@meanguitar]

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

[@meanguitar]

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

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@rorz999]

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

[@meanguitar]

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

[@southhour5241]

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

[@sparabo3780]

Can’t say anything about this. I never use things like that. I’m old und do not use vsts. But! Liked the shoutout. Great as always.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@joonglegamer9898]

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]

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

[@shawnmurphy4757]

This video nails it. I got Serum for the power, barely use it because of the sound.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ledheavy26]

I unironically really love powerful vst synths.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@artisan002]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ZiegWarheit]

I guess the appearance of Serum was unavoidable here %)

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it was about time!!!

[@jesusrocks7500]

Genius as always. I've owned so much gear that's been your subject matter, but I had an epiphany regarding hardware synths... Most of them are fancy software driven controllers. I've sold off every piece of hardware except my SH-4D. I'm pretty sure it'll soon be on a Bad Gear episode and hopefully before you review the Gaia 2. I've got the Serum Demo but I don't see myself shelling out two Benjamins for it. Vital has become a mainstay with it's ability to run so many modulators in stereo, but NOTHING can keep up with Phase Plant. Amazing visuals and music in this episode. (If I weren't on a minimal fixed income I'd probably be a Patreon guy!)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!! The SH-4d is moving up my list!

[@treetopjones737]

Roland re-imagined Gaia as a WT synth. Loopop just reviewed it.

[@lundsweden]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea, thanks!!!

[@VincentVenoir]

Eschatological PSYBM Goa Trance Punishment is my new favorite genre, thank you

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@hardwaresecuritymodule]

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]

Thank you!!!

[@marcus268]

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

[@cooptrol]

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

[@AudioPilz]

There are some similarities!

[@knobelfix]

To be honest this was the best demonstration of Serum - at least compared to when I scoured KZbin two months ago to decide between Serum and Pigments. I knew I should have gotten Serum - it just has more character than most other software.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Character it has!

[@electricmiragemedia]

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

[@AudioPilz]

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

[@OrganicGreens]

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]

Agreed!!!

[@GuyGamer1]

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

[@voreshbo7031]

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]

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]

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.

[@jvedra9041]

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

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@SolarLiner]

If you wanna use your CPU for some more cooking you can feature Arturia's Pigments next.

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

[@jj_mccarron]

bass music producers like myself in the early 2010's migrated so quick to serum and the music everyone was making sounded distinctly "serum-ey". it's a fantastic investment but for me, massive is still the one.

[@AudioPilz]

I really like Massive!!!

[@AviPFine]

I mainly use serum to convert drum loops and reprocess complex wt positioned lfo mods into simple wts, or cool sounds on other hardware synths i use, to send to my hardware wt synth (modwave): And the resynthesis on serum is great. You can say serum is cold or tinny, but with all the filters it has, and eq options, I'm thinking it's all how you use it. Maybe it's easier to make a thin tone than a fat one, but you can still do it on serum. One last thing ive always liked about it too is you can make your own sounds also with the formula parser. I've actually made lots this way that I like at least Love the memes though!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! Great heads up!!!

[@maxmatson1578]

Even though Steve Duda didn't work on the downward spiral he was an employee for Trent and then (nothing) studios collective he did a remix with them on one of their signed bands called "12 rounds" called "pleasant smell"

[@AudioPilz]

Legendary!

[@__3028]

at this point I just come for the sweet demo jams

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@010203109]

What's mind boggling is Dune 3 (which was on a really good sale for less than half the price of Serum earlier this summer) has tons of modern high quality wavetable goodness without burning so much CPU. I'm using a Ryzen 3900X, but it's still very unusual for a premium software synth made/updated in the past few years to eat...maybe a few percentage CPU while over 30 voices of polyphony are active on an absolutely indulgent pad preset. It's just incredibly powerful for polyphonic sounds. Effortlessly more rich and vibrant for the ears than the often heavily desaturated visuals of the recent Dune movie were for the eyes. Easily lends itself to trance of course, but I'm sure with some tweaking it could do plenty of other genres. Also has some really good filters. Synapse did a pretty good Minimoog emulation, and clearly folded that work into their flagship as well for improved virtual analog goodness.

[@AudioPilz]

Interesting, thanks for posting!