How to clone a synth sound in serum?

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findingthesound

Hi Steve and first, your synth is a killer!

I would like to know the steps to import a sound, let's say a virus reese or wobble note that I would sample, and then make it a "clone"?
There are so many options that I'd like to focus on that side first before beginning experimenting.

So, I would cut my sample of my virus note in my DAW, then drag'ndrop into the OSC A, and after?

I would like to find the original movement of the sample if you now what I mean….

Hope I'm clear! ;)

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steve_xfer

if it has no pitch modulation, drag it to the 3rd option which appears (pitch average) and you should be done. You might want to use "fade edges" in the editor->Process menu after importing and maybe morph->crossfade or morph->spectral. The manual covers this topic better than I could type here, I'll try to make a video covering it also.

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findingthesound

Thanks Steve,
I managed to get close with the first option and an envelop to modulate the wavetable, since there are some pitch movement…
I think it's really an intuitive synth with cool modulation capabilities like massive which is really good, but I need to grasp some concepts of the wavetable cause that is the really powerful part of this synth. Very well done Steve! Congrats!

A first video explaining how the wavetable works, how to clone different kind of synth sound, editing the imported waveform and al, would be the first thing to do I think, cause as I said the rest of the synth is clearly layout so only neebies to synths would need a general walkthrough video… ;)