Free Serum Alternatives

The best free alternative to Serum is Vital, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Serum and 11 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Serum are Helm, ZynAddSubFX, Odin 2 and Surge Synthesizer.

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    Vital

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    Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer with drag'n'drop modulation workflow and animated preview of the synth's inner workings where needed. Comes with many modulation sources (including audio-rate), MPE support and FX chain.

    8 Vital alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Ui, sound posibilities, effects, just everything really

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    3 oscillators (2 in serum wasn't enough for me personally), free version contains full functionality, tons of tutorials in YouTube

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    • Almost everyone thinks Vital is a great Serum alternative.

    • Vital is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Serum.

    • Vital is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Serum.

    • Vital is Freemium and Open SourceSerum is Paid and Proprietary
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    Helm

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    Helm is a free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer with a powerful modulation system. Helm runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows as a standalone program or LV2/VST/VST3/AU plugin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. ZynAddSubFX icon

    ZynAddSubFX

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    ZynAddSubFX is a fully featured open source software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments, from some common heard from expensive hardware to interesting sounds that you'll boost to an amazing universe of sounds.

    30 ZynAddSubFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    It has so many options and you can make your creativity fly even if you are not a pro at producing

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think ZynAddSubFX is a great Serum alternative.

    • ZynAddSubFX is Freemium and Open SourceSerum is Paid and Proprietary
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    Odin 2

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    Odin 2 is a versatile 24-voice polyphonic synthesizer that covers about every type of synthesis out there. Odin 2 is released as open-source software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  6. Surge Synthesizer icon

    Surge Synthesizer

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    Surge is an open source digital synthesizer originally written and sold as a commercial product by @kurasu (Claes Johanson) at Vember Audio. The synth uses subtractive hybrid synthesis and each patch contains two 'scenes' which are separate instances of the entire...

    39 Surge Synthesizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Dexed

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    Dexed is an FM-type softsynth developed by Pascal Gauthier of Digital Suburban. It is an ideal application for importing, playing and editing/managing sysex patches from both the classic Yamaha DX7 synthesizer and the TX7.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Dexed is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Serum.

    • Dexed is Free and Open SourceSerum is Paid and Proprietary
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    KIA Instrument

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    Movement in nature has inspired us for centuries. And now, the sounds of movement in nature have inspired a new instrument that will put you into a creative state of flow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    NES VST

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    The NES VST is designed to emulate the 8-bit sounds of the Nintendo, remaining faithful to the specifications of the 2A03 chip.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Tunefish 4

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    A virtual analog synthesizer, Tunefish v4 was developed as a smaller replacement of Tunefish v3 with roughly the same power - some might argue it's even more powerful. It was also ported over to Linux and MacOS and was given a new polished UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Synth1

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    Synth1 is a software synthesizer modeled on the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Red Synth. It combines the common sound synthesis method of Subtractive & FM synthesis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    padthv1

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    An old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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