My serum is bugged. See the picture above. I recently upgraded from serum to serum 2. I have tried reinstalling and moving folder with no luck. Any recommendations?

In a world of paid updates and subscription models the free update was an absolute godsend from xfer. I had my mom buy me serum 1 when I was 14 years old and just getting in to production. Now at 25 I'm sitting in my studio messing around with serum 2 feeling 14 again.

Steve, you rock. Thanks for the 11 years of tinkering. Here's to 11 more!

I recently got the free trial rent to own for serum 2 and when I download it, it only downloads the presets and not the vst's. When I try to add the plugin to my FL, it doesn't show up after scanning. Am I doing something wrong? and can anyone help me fully install it?

Hi there, very new to Ableton and Serum. I’ve created a clip on Serum but can’t seem to get it amongst my other instrument clips in Ableton itself?

Hey guys if you like the dark ghost mode skin, you can download it free here (theres also new Expansions for Serum2):

https://www.dnalabssoftware.com/vst-skins

I got Serum 2 for free as I owned Serum 1. Bc of overloaded servers in the first day, I skipped the donation part. However, I would really like to donate as I think it's an amazing plugin, and I really appreciate Xfer giving it to us for free.

Is it still possible to donate somewhere?

i have had serum 1 for a while now, no issues at all.

i just downloaded serum 2 and it installed fine, but when i turn on an OSC just to test, it won't register the keys. Serum 1 still does after the install of 2, even if both are open and running and then switching back and forth arming each one.

is there a setting within serum 2 that i have to select? or is it a specific setup in Ableton's MIDI settings?

any help is appreciated!

Hi all, when your daw cannot find the serum 2 file, go into program files- common files- vst3. Click the serum2.vst icon and will go into contents-x84_64-win and rename the serum file. then make sure that folder is selected in the file paths.

I tried for hours to find a solution but this actually worked for me.

I am quite new to serum. I tried to drag and drop the sample into the wavetable from the FL studio browser. But nothing happens. Am i doing something wrong?

If I buy through splice with a payment plan, can I still upgrade to serum 2 for free?

Hi i just installer serum 2 i cant open in Logic but it works in Ableton 11 Anybody who knows heats wrong

I use serum(1) a lot and it's annoying that the presets and tables are disordered. I mean there's no order to them. I think originally it was working ok, but now it's not. It would be nice if it was alphabetical or numerical. It makes it a lot harder to find things quickly, especially wavetables (which you might want to try a whole bunch etc).

Apparently it's only a mac problem. I feel like there might be a solution using terminal or maybe a patch or something similar. Should I just reinstall? Anyone know?

hey guys, i’m trying to get a sample to play without increasing/decreasing speed as i play the notes. i tried online sources n the manual but i couldn’t find any info. normally i do this in ableton using warp but i want to play a legato portamento and simpler is shit for that. any help is really appreciated thank you :)

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Hey y'all,

discovered a pretty horrible bug in Serum 2. If you hit Clone on an existing serum 2 it creates a "ghost" version of said serum patch which literally plays every time you hit enter. I am unable to find it in the sampler list at all and it literally ruined my project. Was hoping someone has ran into something similar with a possible fix for it? I'm on FL 12.3 if that helps!

Whenever I make the note modulator modulate (let's say) a comb filter in the effects section, the comb filter is slightly off-key. I tune it to make it more accurate, but then I listen to a note further outside that range (maybe one octave up or down) and it's off key again.

In other words, the note modulator is slightly off key, even when the range is turned up to 100, even when I adjust the range, even when I change the position of the cutoff knob.

How can I make it so the note modulator tunes the comb filter to the exact note that's playing?

Assume I'm using the main filter (and its filter key track feature) for something else already.

Thank you!!

I am new to Serum 2 and I bought a music pack. I tried opening a music pack with files ending in extensions kt3,sfz,exs,fxp,nki.,sxi,sxt Serum 2 won't open them. What is the file extension after the . (period) to rename it so Serum 2 can open them up ?Any help would be appreciated thanks

Hey! im Working on a Dark Skin for Serum 2 - work in progress versions available at: https://www.stanleygurvich.com

Hey all,
Like most of you, I’ve been using Serum 2 lately and I’m loving a lot of the new features, but there’s one thing that’s been really bugging me. The loss of a feature I used all the time in Serum 1.

In Serum 1, I lived for recording wavetables in SerumFX. That "record wavetable" function was one of my absolute favorite ways to make custom tables, and it was super useful for quickly resampling and building unique sounds directly inside the plugin.

Now in Serum 2, unless I’m missing something (and please tell me if I am!), it looks like that whole feature is gone. I’ve looked everywhere and I just don’t see a way to record wavetables anymore. Not in SerumFX, not in the main synth. Sure, you can still record audio and import it manually, but the old workflow of capturing audio straight into a wavetable inside Serum was such a time-saver.

I was honestly hoping Serum 2 would take that concept even further. Like integrating the recording functionality directly into the main synth, so we wouldn't have to bounce between FX and Synth instances just to get a new wavetable going. But instead, it looks like it’s been completely removed?

If anyone knows a workaround or hidden feature I’ve missed, let me know. Otherwise...
Xfer can we PLEASE get that feature back? 🙏

@9:57

Whenever I replicate the exact settings in serum 2, the arp only cycles literally one octave up instead of playing the scale

Even the default settings in the video @10:05 play an arp. I’m using the keys on my laptop keyboard. I’m not aware of any software updates since the release. Need help

Ive been seeing alot of CPU/ bug related posts here and everytime i see them i just kinda think to myself it just got released 2 weeks ago.

Not only was this a free update but it seems to be a passion project/ community oriented. Maybe we could all just chill with the complaints, send any issues to customer support on Xfers website and chill out a bit.

I get that the complaints may be valid but we all know that any reasonable issues will be addressed so i dont see a point in flooding this sub with CPU questions and gripes.

Its not so much a matter of clearing this sub of repeat topics but more of maybe showing appreciation for the work and recognition of the focus of Xfers team to make something awesome for us.

Hi,

I want to toggle between wavetables in an oscillator with my midi controller. Anyway to do this in Serum 2?

(I'm trying to build a comprehensive preset for live sets. The goal is to perform without having to look at the screen and make almost anything I want within a single preset. So working with different wavetables would be helpful.)

Whoever made the windows xp skin for serum 1 I’m begging you to make one for serum 2 I’ve been looking all over the internet but I guess it’s still too soon