Which iOS Synth is somewhat similar to Serum?

attakk

@drewinnit said:

@attakk said:
Modulate the hell out of each - including FM one oscillator with the other.

Are you doing this by connecting the pitch input of one WT osc to the pitch output of another?

Cheers

I do it by using the output of the 1st wt oscillator to modulate either the pitch or the phase of the 2nd wt oscillator. Both give me very similar results (modulating the pitch gives me more harmonic overtones to my ears although adding a scaler module with a value between 1.75 to 2 to the 1st wt osc and using that scaled value to modulate the phase of the 2nd osc increases the harmonic overtones to almost the same to my ears) - however using the 1st wt oscillator to modulate the phase of the 2nd - for me - keeps the tuning of the 2nd oscillator more stable and more musical:

A very simple example:

david_2017

BLEASS megalit maybe worth a look too. Also WT and some really cool modulations and effects (including MB compression)

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/bleass-megalit/id1596728818

drewinnit

@attakk thanks for the explanation, I will experiment with this

attakk

@drewinnit said:
@attakk thanks for the explanation, I will experiment with this

Yeah - I’ve seen lots of people discuss how it won’t work but actually trying it, well, it sounds pretty decent to me. My example there is simple, but of course you can amp envelope the 1st wt output before modulating the 2nd osc, or lfo it - you can do whatever you like. I often have lfo controlled warp fx on the 1st oscillator so it’s not a static waveform that’s modulating the 2nd osc. And certain wt’s you can scan the wt position via an lfo - just experiment. Personally most times I stick with a sine wave and just warp fx it a tiny amount.

FM purists may say whatever from a technical point of view but for me it’s how it sounds and for what I do it sounds pretty damn FM-y to my ears (whether I’m modding the pitch or the phase - I just prefer the phase most of the time).

You can get pretty close to a number of Serum tutorials I’ve found (especially using the graphic modulators) - usually it’s Drambo’s filters that stop you getting 100%, or they’ll use the Hyper/Dimension FX & OTT or some weird feature of the distortion fx rack or something (I use it as auv3 so 3rd party fx such as WOOT aren’t an option within Drambo itself unless I build one but that’s above my skill set!
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