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How to Use the Acid Ladder Filter in Serum 2 for Techno

This new filter for Serum 2 is great for techno production. Super easy to make.

My notes from this Short

01

Resonance on the low mids

I shorten envelope 1 for the volume and make sure to add release to both envelopes. Then I open up the filter and select the Acid Ladder.

Add some resonance and make sure you're hitting the low mids. Add envelope 2 to the cutoff and make it open up around 1000 Hz.

Serum 2 Filter 1 for an acid techno line: the Acid Ladder filter with envelope 2 on the cutoff, opening from 333 to 976 Hz
Envelope 2 on the Acid Ladder cutoff, opening from 333 to 976 Hz.
02

High velocity on the cutoff and curve

Now I use the node to accentuate high velocity with the cutoff, and I add the same thing to the curve. Make sure in the matrix that it actually goes up.

The hard clip in the effects is doing all the hard work. Just add a Diode in front.

What I use in this video

Serum 2

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