As you already know, Serum is a phenomenal synth, but it doesn’t come with too many presets, and you’ll soon want to grab some more. Luckily since Serum is uber popular, there are thousands of third-party presets available.
No matter what genres you produce, be it electronic, house, edm, hip hop, lo-fi etc. there are a lot of quality xfer serum presets packs for you to download. We’ve included both the best free serum presets, as well as premium patches and sample packs.
So, let’s jump into the list of our favourite Xfer Serum Presets and patches you can download right now!
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PresetShare
PresetShare.com is a free platform dedicated to the exchange of presets for various VST synthesizers, including Xfer Records’ Serum. Users can explore a vast library of Serum presets across multiple genres and sound types, all contributed by a community of creators. Look for public Serum preset bundles for particular genres curated by the community.
Sam Smyers Serum Packs
Sam Smyers has curated a series of very popular Serum preset packs that cater to producers seeking high-quality sounds for genres like Tech House, Melodic Techno, Afro House and subgenres. His collections are designed to provide both versatility and inspiration.
Tech House Collection Vol. 4
This volume offers a diverse range of presets tailored for Tech House enthusiasts. The pack includes basses, leads, plucks, and pads, each crafted to fit seamlessly into modern Tech House tracks. The presets are designed to be both rich and dynamic, allowing producers to create compelling soundscapes. Each preset is crafted to provide a polished and streaming-ready sound.
For a detailed walkthrough of the Tech House Collection Vol. 4, you can watch the following video:
Limitless Bundle by MDK
MDK’s Limitless Bundle is 3 serum presets packs in one. Limitless 1, 2 and 3 are incredible serum preset packs, designed for electro breaks, 8-bit, chiptune etc. A master in both engineering and synth sound design, MDK has sunk all of his music production chops into these unique sounds
All of the sounds in the Limitless bundle have full Macro controls so you can have more fun tweaking and adjusting them.
Included are 128 Serum Presets, as well as 300 audio samples from the legendary “Leviathan” packs.
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Unison by Echo Sound Works (Free)
Made by the awesome Echo Sound Works, Unison is a collection of 60 analog synth inspired presets you can use with serum. The presets are all oozing with retro character, while made to fit with the modern music production workflow.
ESW have sampled iconic synthesizers, like the Moog Model D, Juno 60, Propher and Jupiter-8, to bring you the cream-of-the-crop of analog synth sounds, from basses, to leads, keys and pads.
One of the best free serum presets packs out there, these free wavetables and patches will be useful to producers of any genre.
Each sound has it’s own set of macros, to give you more flexibility during sound design sessions.
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Future Bounce 2 by Surge Sounds
Surge Sounds is one of our go-to sources for awesome serum packs to use in electronic music productions. Future Bounce 2 includes 128 awesome presets with full macro’s, which were inspired by some killer Future Bounce tunes by artists like Brooks, Mesto and Mike Williams.
In addition to the future bounce and future bass serum presets, you’re also getting 3 “construction kits”, which consist of 344 loops, 125 stems and 52 drum and melodic MIDI files as well as 35 drum samples.
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Melodic Dubstep 2 by Surge Sounds
Surge Sounds‘ Melodic Dubstep 2 is one of their newest packs, this time, inspired by Seven Lions and Au5, to bring you the best of Melodic dubstep goodness.
With Melodic Dubstep 2, you’re getting 128 serum presets, as well as 24 Cthulhu presets in addition to 494 loops and 53 MIDI files, to use in all of your productions.
You also get 3 Ableton Sessions, that show how awesome this pack can be when used to it’s full potential.
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Drip Sauce by Production Master
Drip Sauce is probably the most all-encompassing pack we have on this list. Drip Sauce is one of our favourite resource packs for Trap music. Fusing melodies and drums of artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Trippie Redd and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, this pack will have you creating trap hits instantly.
With your purchase, you get 50 serum Presets, in addition to an awesome selection of Loops and One shots. Everything from massive 808’s, Pads, Drum Loops, Keys, FX shots or even guitar melodies, are covered with Drip Sauce.
If you’re a producer making trap and don’t have Drip Sauce yet, what are you even doing?
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Patchworx – Synthwave Serum Presets by Loopmaster
Loopmasters’ Patchworx – Synthwave preset pack is the perfect Serum addition for those warm 80s synthwave vibes. From warm and crunchy bass sounds, to keyboards and analog synths, this pack has nailed it’s 81 awesome sounds.
In addition to this, they’ve also included a bunch of wav loops to play with as well.
Having been used in both film and TV, it’s the perfect starter pack to get that characteristic sound of the 80s.
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Pumped: Serum Lo-Fi Hip Hop Essentials by W.A Production
While Serum can sometimes be confused as an instrument more tailored towards bass heavy genres. In fact, you can also create some incredible Lo-Fi vibes with the Pumped Serum Lo-Fi Hip Hop pack from W.A Production
The sound design specialists at W.A Production have nailed it yet again, all of the 125 presets sound great and inspiring, ready for your next chilled out tracks.
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Haze LoFi presets by Echo Sound Works (Free)
Echo Sound Works always deliver, with both their paid products and free offerings. The Haze LoFi pack is a teaser pack, to a larger, more comprehensive Lo-Fi pack.
Don’t let it dissuade you from getting this however, Haze is still an awesome Free download, offering 25 Serum Presets as well as 35 Drum Loops and 75 One-Shots.
All the sounds are high quality and awesome to play with, so get it and enjoy it just as much as we have been.
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Light Serum Presets By Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique’s Light Serum Presets pack offers 64 patches to play with, which include bass sounds, plucks, stabs, brass etc. Light is awesome for those more ambient and atmospheric tracks, with a bright and chilly feel to all the sounds.
Light will not revolutionize your preset game but it will give you some cool new stuff to add atmosphere and brightness to your music.
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Hip Hop Serum Presets by BVKER (Free)
From rumbling 808s, to heavy reese basslines, the BVKER Hip Hop presets pack is perfect for everything hip hop, trap, or more. An Awesome free serum presets resource, BVKER’s hip hop presets are all sounding great.
This BVKER freebie pack contains 15 presets and 2 wavetables, taken from their premium Hip Hop pack.
Get your free download now, and you can start cooking up some ___ type beats, today!
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How Do I Install Serum Presets?
Installing Serum Presets is extremely easy. To help you along this process, we’ve made an awesome video, explaining this in detail.
If you’re not up to watching a video right now, we also have a great 2-minute tutorial article on How To Install Serum Presets
How Do I Make My Own Serum Presets?
Making your own Serum Presets is an awesome way to create custom sound packs for your own music. Designing your own basses and leads for the genre you’re working in, whether that’s house music or anything else, can help you speed up your workflow.
If you’ve made a sound you love, you can save this in Serum as a custom patch. Name these patches however you want them, and they should be done already.
To find and share these resources, click on Menu, and go to “Show Serum Presets Folder”, which will then bring up the folder, in which your presets are. That’s it, you’re free to share your free serum presets, give your friends a download, they’ll appreciate it.
Once you know how to share your presets, all that’s left is to immerse yourself in sound design.
If you want to learn more tips and techniques about sound design, we have awesome video tutorials on creating sounds inspired by great producers like Mr.Carmack and Medasin.
Finishing Up
We hope you enjoyed this article for the most amazing premium xfer serum presets and best free serum presets and free sounds. Whether you want to make Future House, Future Bass, Hip Hop, House, Trap, Lo-Fi or anything else
Serum is an awesome soft synth, but adding your own resources, whether it be basses, chords, leads or loops, can take your project to the next level.
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Toms is a music producer & DJ, born and raised in Post Soviet Latvia. Currently based in Brighton, he has extensive experience with all things production, especially mixing & mastering. Tom creates music under the alias Sovereign.