Serum 2 alternatives

The ranked shortlist

Ordered by genuine fit for someone leaving Serum 2, not by who asked. Hyperwave — the free browser generator this site publishes — is in the list, and ranks #2 on its own merits.

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

   Split the job in two and Hyperwave takes the table half: a free browser node graph (a patchable flow of connected modules you route the sound through), no account, nothing to install.

   You see each frame four ways while you build, and it exports the packed float32 WAVs Serum loads directly.

   Build a wavetable in HyperwaveWavetables for Serum

3. Waved Studio

   Waved Studio keeps you in the browser for free: a wavetable synthesizer and editor with FM operators, motion curves, and a 3D topology view, running as a progressive web app with offline support.

   Its canvas is fixed at 64 frames of 2,048 samples, with exports documented for Serum 2, Vital, and Phase Plant.

   Visit Waved StudioHyperwave vs. Waved Studio

4. OSS Wavetable Creator

   OSS Wavetable Creator buys export reach: a €40 desktop editor whose compatibility list spans dozens of software synths plus hardware layouts from Waldorf, Novation, IME, and Synthesis Technology.

   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