How to import wavetables into Serum 2
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Serum 2 from Xfer Records imports wavetables like this: drag-and-drop packed-WAV import at 2,048-sample frames (up to 256), as in Serum 1.
Every fact is verified against Xfer Records's own documentation or source code — sources at the end of the page, checked 2026-08-16.
What Serum 2 expects
Packed mono WAV import as in Serum 1: drag onto the oscillator waveform display (or use the WT Editor Import menu). Serum uses 2,048 samples per frame and holds up to 256 frames (2 MB of 32-bit data). Modes include Dynamic Pitch (Zero-Snap/Follow), Frequency Estimation (new in Serum 2), Constant Framesize (Pitch Average), and FFT 256/512/1024/2048.
Step by step
- Export from Hyperwave as a packed mono WAV at 2,048 samples per frame, up to 256 frames.
- Type 2048 in the Wavetable Editor Formula field, then drag the WAV onto the main waveform display so the data imports unaltered — or drop it on an import-mode zone (Constant Framesize, FFT, Frequency Estimation).
- To keep it in the Wavetable menu, save it from Serum into the User folder of the Tables folder — the menu only scans one folder level deep.
If something goes wrong
- My dragged WAV comes back resampled or altered in Serum 2.
- Type 2048 in the Wavetable Editor Formula field before dragging — the manual: 'Serum will then not have to alter the sample data at all.'
- Only part of my table arrives.
- Files over 256 frames exceed the 2 MB table limit. Export at 256 frames or fewer.
Export settings for Serum 2
Serum 2 has no dedicated export preset in Hyperwave — the default preset ("Default — 2048 × 256") writes 2,048 samples per frame, 256 frames, mono 32-bit float, and matches the layout documented above.
- Default — 2048 × 256
- 2,048 samples per frame × 256 frames · 32-bit float · 48 kHz