Using the Noise Oscillator as a sample player offers many benefits. – of course, you’ll want to enable keytracking and disable ‘one-shot’ mode in the Noise Oscillator settings so it plays/loops as you might expect from an oscillator. Noise Osc as 4th Oscillator You can also put single-cycle waveforms (which Serum can also export from the WT Editor Export menu) in the Noise OSC and use it like a 4th oscillator. For example, you could load a vocal sample and enable keytracking to create a vocal chop lead.
The Noise Oscillator is essentially a stereo/mono sample player that offers controls to tune the pitch, adjust the panning, set the ‘sample start,’ and enable keytracking for determining the pitch of each note when playing sounds across your keyboard. It has the capability to playback a variety of samples. Serum’s Noise Oscillator functionality goes beyond playing a typical white-noise sound. Steve Duda Playing Samples with the Noise Oscillator You can import either single-cycle or complex waveforms and then use Serum’s host of modulating options, real-time wavetable manipulation, advanced filtering, and a suite of effects modules to create truly unique sounds.ĭrag and Drop from any sample library You can also drag-and-drop audio files to the noise oscillator, and Serum will embed it in the preset (meaning the noise is not needed if you want to share the preset). One of Serum’s most marveled features is the ability to import audio directly into the two Wavetable Oscillators and use the advanced options of the Wavetable Editor to manipulate custom wavetables, or you can also simply drop samples into the Noise Oscillator and take advantage of Serum’s impressive features to stimulate new creative ideas. Former Icon Instructor and Serum’s lead developer Steve Duda has successfully created a ‘dream synthesizer’ that delivers high-quality sound, an immersive feature set, and unmatched sound sculpting possibilities that are all driven by a creative workflow-oriented interface. Serum is an incredibly innovative wavetable synthesizer from Xfer Records, creators of the extremely versatile LFO Tool.
Boost your sound design skills with this Xfer Serum tip exploring how to use the Noise Oscillator to transform samples in unique ways.