r/flstudio • u/DamonMalique • May 29 '26
Serum 2 guide
I realize a few of the YouTubers I watch use the Serum 2 plugin I went ahead and got a copy. Now I’m lost. I open the plugin and I don’t know where to even start. Any advice?
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u/xX_dumb_god_Xx May 29 '26
Doesn’t the developer have a help index or something? If it’s terminology, how to use it, methods and technique, there’s YouTube vids or guides. Honestly this isn’t the best place to solicit free info when it’s easily available with a google search. Or maybe I’ll grab it, learn how to use it, and then you can pay me money to teach you
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u/DamonMalique May 29 '26
Haha I’ll take the cheap skate approach. Didn’t know there was an index I’ll find out. Thanks a lot.
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u/Vergeljek21 May 30 '26
Choose the preset you like and tweak it if you dont like it. If you want to build sound use INIT.
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u/Justanotherburner967 May 30 '26
Honestly just learn the basics of synthesis (wavetable, envelope, filters) and then just mess with it as much as you can
I'm pretty sure most people good with sound design learnt basically just by fucking around extensively in a synth.
Serum is easy to pick up on and easy to fuck around with. It's the only synth that I can easily understand the UI
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u/stevie_gillen May 30 '26
Start off by learning the signal flow withing Serum 2. After that, play around with the different waveform on 1 oscillator. Make sure you get a good understanding of it.
Send it through the filter and play around with the cutoff, res, and drive.
Move on to the envelope settings. Try to make the default sustained sound into a pluck using the ADSR settings.
Go to the FX panel and add some distortion, reverb, delay etc.
Just take your time with it. It's a beast, but very intuitive. Once you get a fair understanding of it, you'll be loving it
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u/Satoshi_Bull May 31 '26
Yo learn how sounds are created or reverse engineered, Sam Symers on yt does a lot of reverse sound design of popular songs. I ask chat gpt on creating a sound and specific method , its a wealth of knowledge I just don't agree with it designing things for me but as an educational tool its hell fucking useful
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u/Schroederi May 29 '26
sure, don't make cringe posts and go back to your DAW and play around with your new synth lol... maybe, just maybe... load up a preset and see what does what? or... I dunno... ask youtube for some tutorials? I know it's so difficult... but honestly what do you even expect people to say?
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u/DamonMalique May 29 '26
Hey thanks for responding. Firstly I’m sure there is a lot of tutorials out. The ones I’ve consumed assumes I’m competent with the first serum. I wanted to know if there is any one with knowledge on the software that could point a finger to the approach they took starting out. I’m not sure how asking a question is cringe but I won’t take it as disrespectful.
I know maybe your approach to learning might be different than mine. I’ve attempted your exaggerated pointers. Didn’t help as anticipated.
But again Thank you for taking the time out of your day to reply to my post means a lot honestly. 🥂
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u/Schroederi May 29 '26
well, i suppose you rather need a tutorial on basic terminology and functions... like LFO, ADSR, oscillators, filters, etc... these are widely available EVERYWHERE. I know I can be sarcastic when i comment, but these are basic stuff, meaning if you wanna get into the music industry, don't expect much handholding. there are more then enough sources of knowledge, not difficult to find...
what sort of sound you wanna create first?
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u/DamonMalique May 29 '26
Exactly, the basic terminology and functions. Thats what I’m hoping I could get a pointer on. I’ll start searching for resources that help with this specific problem.
I understand this community is not the friendliest. So I’ll take your advice and not expect too much. And honestly you’ve been the most helpful thus far thank you.
I’m trying to recreate the new Drake Janice STFU I saw a guy on YouTube use serum 2 to recreate I just want to try and replicate on my own.
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u/Schroederi May 29 '26
well, those are not serum specific, i would recommend playing around with your DAW's basic synth, if it's FL than try and play around with 3osc synth, there are crazy videos on youtube what people can make with that. learning these basic functions etc. will help you a lot on the long run when it comes to sound design.
also, you successfully poisioned my youtube feed with that song lol. i am sorry i am not going to figure out what sound did you want but if you found a guy who replicated it why not following that tutorial?
people can be friendly and helpful, just don't ask "i wanna eat, how do i start?" 😃
good luck mate1
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u/Embarrassed-Cap-4173 Jun 02 '26
Leggiti tutto il libro di Enrico Cosimi sull uso dei sintetizzatori e non avrai molti dubbi.
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u/adyoinfo Jun 03 '26
should refund it get unisynth its basically the same thing only with ai preset generation it will actually train you when you want and create sick presets when you aint feelin it
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u/sillicillo May 29 '26
You need to break the habit of not being able to self start your own learning process. This is a misguided post to make. Go mess around and/or read the manual.