Rebuilding Depeche Mode’s Wavetable Synth Sound in Serum
Soundfly’s resident synth expert tackles a patch rebuild from Depeche Mode’s classic new wave archive using the soft wavetable synth Serum.
John is Head of Production for Soundfly. He’s directed, produced, filmed, and edited more than 50 online courses, including courses made in collaboration with major partners like Carnegie Hall, NYU, and Splice. Collectively, his videos have over 1.6 million views on YouTube. John's background is in engineering, composing, and mixing. However, the love at the molecular level for all these things is synthesis. He's produced music for ads for major commercial production houses for major brands and has mixed major film soundtracks, such as the indie hits Experimenter and King Jack. John Hull is the instructor for Soundfly's Advanced Synths and Patch Design course.
Soundfly’s resident synth expert tackles a patch rebuild from Depeche Mode’s classic new wave archive using the soft wavetable synth Serum.
In this excerpt from Soundfly’s “Advanced Synths and Patch Design” course, we look at how wavetable synthesis works and what makes it unique.