- Product: Serum 2
- Developer: Xfer Records
- Version: 2.1.5
- Format: VST3, AAX, AU
- Requirements: Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
- Source: xferrecords.com/products/serum-2
The original motivation for creating Serum was to have a dream synthesizer that did not exist: a wavetable synthesizer with a truly high-quality sound, visual and creative workflow-oriented interface to make creating and altering sounds fun instead of tedious, and the ability to “go deep” when desired – to create / import / edit / morph wavetables, and manipulate these on playback in real-time.
Serum version 2 blasts the sonic palette wide-open, offering the user ridiculous power, control and expression over their sonic output – with many oscillator types, flexible effect routing, arpeggiator and clip sequencer – the goal with Serum 2 was to empower Serum users to fully realize their sound and music ideas into form.
v2.1.5 changelog:
- added “restore locks when host sets state” preference (enable from serum2prefs.json file)
- added “show in matrix” to modulation right-click menu
- added “sustain” option for limit same note poly to 1 to select whether it applies when sustain pedal held
- added fx rack scroll position memory when switching between racks or tabs
- added mono->stereo support to serum 2 fx
- added option to apply tuning to pitch expression
- added persistence for env auto-zoom setting
- added shift key support for fine adjustments to matrix amount and output sliders
- added theme.json colors “oscmappingactivekey”, “oscmappingguideline” & “oscmappingrange”
- fixed arp notes cutting out on transport start if transport position jumps and bpm sync enabled
- fixed chaos lfos not set to free when loading s1 presets
- fixed crash in convolve fx when loading irs with fewer than 256 samples
- fixed crash when loading default.fxp
- fixed distortion when reading 32-bit pcm wav files
- fixed expression and mono aftertouch values not updating at note on when playing mono legato
- fixed loop end points off by one when loading sfz, wav and flac files
- fixed lfo rate not playing at displayed value for some serum 1 presets on apple silicon
- fixed lfo snap to grid when drawing flat or ramp sections with left-click tool
- fixed macro values not updating at note on when yz -> macro 1, 2 or xyz -> macro 1, 2, 3 enabled
- fixed multisample loads via rocker switches not added to undo history
- fixed notes from clip player getting stuck on in arp after stopping and restarting host transport
- fixed pitch bend and mod wheel automation from clip player not updating correctly in bitwig studio
- fixed portamento sliding to wrong note when using multisample osc with mono disabled, legato enabled and non-zero osc pitch
- fixed preset database corruption errors when synced with google drive on macos
- fixed preset database metadata import from certain s1 versions
- fixed preset notes (text) being lost after re-saving preset and subsequent move, rename or database rebuild
- fixed rare crash on windows with particular acid ladder settings
- fixed sfz loop_crossfade not set to 0 by default, and not disabled when set to 0
- fixed sfz not able to reference files outside of
default_path - improved “edit custom curve…” by opening curve for currently selected mod source if assigned to target param’
Hello, are there any extra steps needed to install this or do i just use the .dmg file?
There should be an installation guide from V.R. in the files, right?
In both zip files there’s only the .dmg and nothing else, which i haven’t opened yet
Understood. Follow what your gut says, Marko. I’m not a Mac user, so I’m sorry I can’t help much from here. But what I can say is that V.R. is a trusted team, so you’ll be safe.
Alrighty then, thanks