Mod ANYTHING With Serum's LFOs

[@nicf8978]

everyone: HoW tO SeRuM dUbStEp BaSs Au5: How to exclusively use Serum as your DAW

[@futuri7tik742]

Lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elzurixmusic]

I can already tell it's going to happen in the future, Serum Loops Studio

[@colinbrash]

“Hey guys, I figured out a way to use Ableton Live inside Serum and I wanted to share it with you...”

[@zxp3ct3r41]

Everyone's gangsta til Au5 pulls up to flex

[@TGKawikachu]

we're all talking about how Au5 uses serum exclusively as his daw, but we're not gonna talk about his voice it's asmr worthy omg

[@alexc9278]

I LOVE YOU! your knowledge is INSANE

[@georgew.douche26yearsago65]

An staggering amount of quality here. You, sir, are a pleasure to listen to. Not only you pack the video with useful knowledge but you also present yourself in a sober way nothing like other obnoxiously loud meme-infused 'producers'. Kudos and never stop, my friend.

[@jonasmostert3294]

You're a wizard, your mana is brainpower and your spellbook is creativity. Incredible!

[@spencerrobinson5386]

Wow, this is a gamechanger... this is the coolest tutorial I've seen since the hypergrowl

[@pentprod7766]

Au5 is not from our time

[@ryan_1314]

A nifty thing I figured out by using both this tutorial and the noise oscillator mod tutorial is that you can create custom LFOs for the noise mod. You can record the LFO/waveform using the technique you used in this video, and then use that LFO waveform in the noise oscillator and modulate parameters from the noise oscillator and use it as a separate LFO/envelope. I hope someone may find a use for this!

[@Missing_Lynx]

Ok Austin you gotta tell us... how'd you get the scopes and meters embedded into Ableton?

[@au5music]

IL Wavecandy

[@Missing_Lynx]

@@au5music Thank you!

[@defconsound2565]

Ahh!

[@DunLan]

@@au5music says two words and youtube suggestion translating to English... Lol even KZbin knows you're not human.

[@shane5003]

LOL what's up Alex was wondering the same thing - Plugin Credits Code & GUI: Didier Dambrin I think that guy might be a genius. Like every amazing Fruity Loops thing came from him oh and by the way he can code OpenGL visual shit too perfectly

[@truthordarrenmusic]

Once you have this set up, if you change the waveform in Serum to a sine wave then it's basically like your "Phase Mod anything with Serum" tutorial, where you could then take this technique even further!

[@Dwooswa]

damn this is seriously ingenious. i bet you can make rocket science easy to understand

[@Prison_Mike8931]

Everything changes after this tutorial 🤯

[@onpatrolforthejuice]

I never in a million years would have thought to do that. You're the man!

[@Weird-AI-Music]

I have been experimenting with this & found that making a wavetable with a straight line on the bottom then morphs to a straight line on the top & then modulating the wavetable works better but would not have thought of it without this video, Thanks Au5!

[@FaresMason]

Saw this on instagram yesterday and I have to say that we appreciate you listening and making this tutorial. EDIT: everyone's gonna be asking this but how did you get the spectrogram and meter?

[@au5music]

I couldn't not make this after the flood of requests :D The meters are IL Wavecandy. It's great cause they stay on top of everything

[@FaresMason]

@@au5music I really hope IL port all their vsts to mac one day.

[@cowbless]

There's also a really cool free visualizer tool called Signalizer. One downside is it can't stay on top of things AFAIK, but it's still a mighty powerful tool.

[@GooseTronics]

i am so glad u asked this question and got a answer! producer community is freaking awesome!

[@Bassgorilla]

The elephant in the room is the oscilloscope integrated into the GUI of Ableton. What kind of Harry Potter wizard magic is that?

[@au5music]

It's IL Wavecandy

[@au5music]

Also thanks for stopping by!

[@Bassgorilla]

I get it. Its an overlay. Wheew, thought you were rocking an Uber Beta release. Looks great and the Berlin crew should consider adding it.

[@au5music]

@@Bassgorilla I fully support this idea

[@cowbless]

Cool! You can do the same process in Reaper with its parameter modulation system, one of the possible sources being the volume output of a track. Or you can also bind one VST parameter to any other VST parameter directly through the same system.

[@naijadzns6896]

I know nothing about the process of making music but I do love Your music and that just deserves a sub

[@potatosan4250]

Im not sure how long it took you to do this but bless your soul it was Worth it 😂❤

[@whisperfw4016]

shit like this is why i payed 300 eu for suite, thank you sooooo much for not only showing how its done, but also explaining it in an easily understandable way!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@razvanrusan9319]

Damn, I wanna hear how much better an Au5 dubstep banger that uses this technique can sound!

[@Trozer]

We can use the Envelope Follower for those who doesn't have CV device!!!

[@IDMENTAL]

Nice to know that there is Artists who keep on grinding Music Art to the next level. Thnx for new tricks and inspiration. Now I will do some magic with my old Virus TI!! Peace!

[@argiopeMusic]

Very nice... now I must see if possible to route Serum's LFOs to CV Out to modulate Eurorack... just because, why not... 🤟

[@rainingnights1409]

this dude can straight up cure cancer with serum

[@saev6730]

You are geniuous Austin, couldn't even think this possible.

[@TitanChaosProduction]

Mind Blowing🤯 Thank you so much on sharing the knowledge out

[@TheGannoK]

So, I'm really curious about that dB meter and the oscilloscope, is that fancy editing, or is your Ableton modded? if it's modded how do I implement those features?

[@Akasu]

Image-Line Wave Candy

[@Akasu]

@Music Media Production Both Windows/Mac for native version. It's Windows only for separate VST version.

[@Akasu]

@Music Media Production Yes.

[@raymondiscool1]

Me a simpleton who just enjoys your music: whaaaht so that’s where lazers come from... 😦 🤣🤣🤣

[@MAE917MUSIC]

This is something i was waiting for BIG UPS AU5 !!! MUCH LOVE DAWG!

[@aydo8]

i thought your last serum video was insane. This is like on a whole diff level man.

[@dcodex2376]

Max4live devices are the consistent reason I keep upgrading Live. Awesome knowledge Au5 legendary!! you're doing a lot for electronic music!!! I'm using one of your sample basslines from a pack off of Black Octopus in a Halloween track I'm working on and super stoked to build the rest of the track around it you rock!

[@henriquematias1986]

That's one of the most 1337 and sickest setups i have seen someone running. Great stuff man, thanks for sharing, it's hard to find inspiring material nowadays. This video just hit the spot. Subscribed and clicked the bell! By the way, i love that spectrogram you got on the bottom left and the oscilloscope overlay on the top right.. do you explain that part of the setup in any of your videos?

[@slocm3z]

this man is the wizard. amazing work!

[@richardsomerville5725]

thanks bro for for more awesome technique and insight.Truely there are endless creative possibilities with LIVE.

[@Soltansound]

Love this brother!

[@odetomykitten]

Hey man amazing tutorial. And can you recreate the flute-y arp sound that you made in your melt song? It feels so buttery smooth. My heart just.....!

[@gagnorblu]

Any chance of doing some advanced Sine Compression tutorials in your next masterclass, Austin? Frequent showed us how to get the basics down, but there's a huge difference between the basics and advanced Jade Cicada sine compression.

[@0Human1]

wow this is super sick, well done AU5.

[@suckerr70]

Wow. I've wondered about this for a while. This is sooo cool thanks!

[@oxymoreproducer]

I see Au5's Ableton has spectrum visualizer in the down-left-hand corner, wave visualizer in the top-right-hand corner, and master volume on the full right. How can I get those ?

[@artifica0]

Is there not any Max for live tools that let you draw lfos like serum then?

[@au5music]

I'm sure there are... But Serum tho...

[@artifica0]

@@au5music Lol :)

[@jakeairbender8941]

Shaper isn’t bad. Nice to have options though. I also like using gatekeeper with CV tools.

[@ethanserjak321]

Awesome Idea! This is pretty easy to do in Bitwig. Instrument Rack - Instrument or Audio through. FX Grid - Serum. (with the wavetable x LFO trick shown here) // (volume reduction and gate in post) In the FX grid, set up an audio sidechain (snag serum's output) and route it to a Modulator Out. Connect the modulator out to a macro on the FX grid. Back inside the FX grid, run the audio straight through, input to output. Then you just put any instruments/ effects inside the FX grid container. Then you just use the macro. Changing the serum LFO will change the macro movement. You can do this multiple times inside the same master instrument rack, which is pretty cool. Maybe there's an easier way to do this, but it worked. If Au5 ever reads this, really enjoying the serum masterclass! That shit slaps.

[@MIDNIGHTCVLT]

There's a easy way to do it with just LFO TOOLS and there's no need to do all this tedious stuff

[@ethanserjak321]

@@MIDNIGHTCVLT yeah I realized that like an hour after this post haha. There's actually a cv in modulator as well that I didn't notice before.

[@MIDNIGHTCVLT]

@@ethanserjak321 yeah! But i have been doing what you said and i think it may be better since i can have more than 1 serum so i can modulate with different lfos!

[@BookooZenny]

Damn, an actual wizard

[@cygenta_modernCRTgamer]

"Look what they have to do to mimic just a fraction of our power" - Bitwig

[@RAISING_WOLVES]

I've just used your guide and applied it to Shaperbox 3 - Sending a DC signal through volume shaper. Massively underrated potential hacking plugins with CV. You can also create a better version of the Max4Live device Honey Mapper using a macro in Vital mapped to LFO phase, with the rate set to 'FREEZE' - can scrub through the lfo with the macro. (automating the Honey Mapper device doesn't render, but this alternative will) THANK YOU!!!!

[@nonebits]

Niice Idea! You can use LFOTool too, and will not need Midi Input(For Audio Tracks) and Adjust Mod Curves cause "Volume" in LFO Tool is just a Attenuator. You just need to use a DC Offset "Generator" before LFOTool (Bitwig has a native one, i dont know in ableton). Other advantage of LFOTool is the LFO Dedicated Interface with Resize. 🤪

[@Adimysk]

my heart breaks whenever i see max for live >< ill afford it someday!! thanks for the vid!

[@au5music]

its free with ableton, no?

[@Adimysk]

@@au5music the middle version doesnt have operator or max for live (and a few other ones) its about a 400 buck upgrade

[@Adimysk]

@Dodge nah its not worth cracking anymore. too many cypto scammers out there. i own the whole thing now. just had to save and be smart!

[@Adimysk]

@Dodge let me be more clear. im 30 and have some kind of income and these people make amazing things and deserve to get paid for them. but i was once young and cracking too so., its a mindset thing

[@XeudoCode]

Mr.Bill on his Apophenia breakdown: Am I a joke to you?

[@uhfexx8353]

you're like a producing genius! thanks for sharing

[@Rico2tasty]

bruh, this man is a mad scientist

[@evlinium6048]

is there any way to do this without max for live? this is incredible 0.o and which ableton skin is this?

[@AsdAsd-ns9nn]

Project walkthrough of Wasteland remix when?

[@joshraich9789]

awesome vid brother, but maybe process your voice with spiff on the high end to remove the lip smacking and watery sounds that are brought up with the multi band comp etc. just an idea, cheers for the content

[@vxe1392]

That's amazing 🤯 , sidenote what oscilloscope is that??

[@au5music]

IL Wavecandy

[@markdunsing4929]

I have blue cat and it is also a great oscilloscope

[@ordinarypablo]

this guy is breaking the matrix

[@pugiman3811]

You are a very very smart person au5.

[@lazyenglish7029]

@Au5 How did you get that gain meter and oscilloscope into your ableton layout? And is it possible on mac or pc only?

[@AVDRE]

Would love to see how you would use phaseplant

[@gorka.zolotaya]

hi, help me please to get this volume meter that is right

[@adamsmith7058]

Gatekeeper outputs CV. So you could use that with CV tools also.

[@HermanvanGelder]

Your thoughts on Cableguys Midishaper? Or any of their plugins? I love Serum LFO but Cableguys GUI is also very intuitive.

[@SkyyySi]

Hey Au5, how did you get that Wave form analyzer in the top right? It it also IL Wavecandy or some option in the options.txt file? Same for the large peak meter.

[@Gorae0122]

Whats that thing on the left of serum showing Waveform?

[@damenace9863]

Very inspiring, but why not mod anything with LFO tool? I did a rebuild of the M4L Shaper tool like this: Create and Effect Rack with 2 chains: Rename first chain to "LFO" and disable audio. Rename second to "Audio" On LFO chain insert Melda MOscillator, LFOTool and CV - In. Edit the MOscillator waveform and max it out and turn the Custom knob all the way up. Load one of the Trancegate presets in LFOTool and set Rate to 2 bars (just for testing). For CV-In set CV-From to current track and select "....| LFO | Post Fx". Set mode to "DC", polarity to "UNI" and range to "0.10V". Press play and CV-In displays same curves as LFOTool. Before saving minimise MOscillar and LFOTool and keep CV-In maximised in effect rack, now you can modulate anything with LFOTool...... Do you like the filtershaper in shaperbox but not the filters and curves, build your own: Create Effect rack - Autofilter , 2 instances of the created shaper above, map it and done.... Use Min value on CV In for offset. Do you want to use Gatekeeper? just remove MOscillator and replace LFOTool, set DC output in Gatekeeper to to UNI and set range of CV In to 10V. Have fun and go crazy.......

[@au5music]

I have a thing for Serum

[@Ry3Music]

You are actually a genius...

[@Matt-mn1nn]

really cool stuff man thanks for sharing

[@xX_dash_Xx]

0:51 FL gang, we bout to head out

[@teqnify63]

🖐

[@izzurumusic]

Let's see how it goes

[@kuzide2078]

there NEEDS to be a way ;-;

[@au5music]

FL Voltage Controller or Peak Controller. Check the pinned comment

[@kuzide2078]

@@au5music you are god ;3

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

Did you ever mess with Reason, and the ReWire function to Ableton? You can cross audio, sync clocks, and send control signals, and use the routing matrix in Reason's synths for lfo's and modulation. Your imagination is seriously the only limit.. lol Especially if you love modular synthesis and sound design.

[@alexaidt]

I noticed your Ableton has a few things mind does not (the little diagram top right, and the other bottom left). Is this some plug in or mod?

[@au5music]

It's IL Wavecandy

[@ConnWilliams]

mate, howd you get the oscilloscope?

[@auryle]

Au5 in 2050: "Yeah, I can control the power grid using my mod wheel in Serum"

[@mntmntmnt]

Oh boy, im really hyped for this

[@DM_K7]

Serum is awesome for days ! I wonder if I can modulate maybe some kontakt instruments with ,good stuff dude

[@PrinceOfPersiamusic]

You waitsting your time making music, you should apply for Space X project or NASA....

[@lexydrow]

Oh au5 again ;D so happy

[@Theshred12]

how did you get that scope in the upper right corner?

[@shane5003]

A significantly less involved set up which I think uses a better UI is to use the live API functionality In Max for Live to take advantage of the entire automation structure in clips and map those to anything, which you can also do with envelope re-triggering on new MIDI notes. clip automation with loops and ability to dump in different little functions and skew them and drag around and tempo sinc them etc., everything you get with clip automation. you then dump that out multi map eight with the ability to set inversions and change the transfer function of the slopes. The reason I don't find myself doing it much though, which is the same issue here, is that live.remote.~ (which is The object that allows us to do audio rate remote mapping from Max for live) has a slew jitter of about 10 ms. It's flocking brutal. So if you need timing critical shit you're better off keeping your audio rate modulators within their own plug-ins. It's fine if it's max with in that same patch, but as soon as you start trying to modulate something external to that patch you run into this issue. you can even test this assumption natively using the now included in live 11 envelope and try and cut the attack off anything transient by mapping it to a gain. You'll notice sometimes the transient sneaks through because this method doesn't get there in time to lower the volume. I mean if this wasn't a problem I think we would already have amazing modulation audio rate matrices manipulating any parameters that we want at harmonic intervals generating custom spectra(of course most of these destinations would have to be custom max devices that don't interpolate the published parameter input with little ramps to smooth controllers). you could literally have one meta envelope generator sequence modulating multiple destinations on multiple tracks, invert the polarity between those things on the left and right channel etc. But since it all shifts around randomly and can't guarantee timing accurate enough to even prevent Flams in transient percussive hits more less anything phase synchronous so carrier and modulator are guaranteed to make comb filtering combinations and, well, it would just be awesome if they figure this out since they bought cycling 74 like what five years ago now?

[@eosmusic9872]

Epic man

[@dwellerinblack7816]

Nice! Anyway to do this in Cubase LE?

[@evryflaremusic3243]

When people say that dubstep artists have no talent: They are VERY wrong lol

[@sweetguy85]

I can't find dislike button in au5 videos

[@nathancorvera668]

Did you code your Ableton to include the oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzer to be part of the theme (the display)?

[@au5music]

It's IL Wavecandy

[@mcgruffmo]

awesome video - thanks man!

[@Ginkeh]

Brilliant! Thanks, and following :)

[@serjah9]

thanks man. worked out great.

[@Matizxer]

Thank you Austin)

[@JuxGD]

absolutely insane. i think this would also work with Vital?

[@JuxGD]

just tried on FL Studio, it's a little different, not true DC. but using Fruity Peak Controller and a regular sine wave, with an LFO modulating its level, you can effectively modulate anything if you link the controllers right

[@acupuncturmusic]

9:34 I think Au5 is first person to make OwO bass

[@TheEviltaco666]

my caveman brain wouldn't know how to utilize this in a track but I love learning about all the crazy shit you can do in Ableton

[@duvanr]

How do you have those wave and spectrum visualizers in the corners? Also, thanks for the tutorial.

[@au5music]

It's just IL Wavecandy

[@RemAtmos]

I'm curious if this could also be done with LFO tool. I'm wondering this because Serum takes up a lot of screen space, so if possible, perhaps LFO tool could be a better option? Also, how did you figure this out and how long did it take you? This is sick (just got Ableton finally, so I can now use this).

[@adamsmith7058]

Lfo tool outputs midi cc. So, yes.

[@bci3937]

complicated, i use bitwig :) thanks for the demonstration

[@djatlasmusik]

PLEASE AUG! I cant save razor presets how do u save razor presets, i think realkor is stuck on demo mode should i reinstall? can u do a tutorial how to save presets u make on reaktor

[@RisetotheBottom00]

How do I get that oscilloscope?

[@namansanghvi9653]

Can you make that instrument rack available for download?

[@feyblemusicchannel]

I gotta find a way to utilize this in FL

[@_pitchblvck_9872]

how do you get an oscilloscope in ableton????

[@MrFango63]

You are the best bro 👏👏👏

[@rileyvickers3537]

YES M8 love these videos