Serum 2 alternatives

The ranked shortlist

Ordered for someone leaving Serum 2. Hyperwave is this site's free browser generator and ranks #2 here.

1. Vital

   The closest like-for-like swap costs nothing: Vital is a full wavetable synth with its own built-in editor, free in the Basic tier, with official Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux builds.

   Its editor draws tables from scratch, converts samples with pitch-splice or vocode, or generates them from text. Text-to-wavetable is capped at 5 requests a day unless you subscribe.

   Visit VitalHyperwave vs. Vital

2. Hyperwave

   This site's tool

   Hyperwave builds wavetables in a free browser node graph without an account or installation.

   Inspect each frame's waveform, harmonics, and phase while you build, then export a packed float32 WAV for Serum.

   Build a wavetable in HyperwaveWavetables for Serum

3. Waved Studio

   Waved Studio is a free browser synthesizer and editor with FM operators, motion curves, and a 3D topology view. Its progressive web app can cache assets for offline use.

   Its editor has 64 frames of 2,048 samples; WAV and AIFF exports offer several frame sizes, and its guide covers Serum 2, Vital, Phase Plant, Ableton Wavetable, and Bitwig.

   Visit Waved StudioHyperwave vs. Waved Studio

4. OSS Wavetable Creator

   Ocean Swift lists compatibility with dozens of software synths and hardware destinations for its €40 desktop editor, including Waldorf, Novation, IME, and Synthesis Technology devices.

   Batch and random processing renders multiple controlled-random wavetables in one pass, and the license lets you sell the tables you make.

   Visit OSS Wavetable CreatorHyperwave vs. OSS Wavetable Creator

Before you switch