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Sound design puzzles!

🕑 Added 2024-09-30 23:06:09 +0000 UTC

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Gunnar Jackson

i was having trouble using serum 2 with the challenges. Could the patrons have a serum 1 installer to be able to seamlessly do this challenge?

Matan K

This is so great Val, TYSM!!!

DJ Fuzzy Logic

This is really awesome! Going through lvl 1. It would have been nice if it don't show the sound name in the track - so part of the challenge would have been figuring that out, e.g. this is an 808, this is a Reese-kind sound, this is an fm-ed square... You already inspired other Patreons to issue their own puzzles which looks like a beginning of a good sound design learning trend... so big big up to yourself!

TJ Willson

this is super ingenious. what a great way to learn sound design! my only recommendation would be to do this with mp3 renders, text files, and serum preset files. import the renders for audio reference, have a text file for the hints, and serum presets available to check each step if needed. might be a bit more to organize file-wise, but it’d enable any DAW user to engage in the lessons. anyway, thanks again for always providing educational and fun content! 🙂

Jacob Frey

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Jacob Frey

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By Design

Hey Jason, try re-installing serum into your VST3 folder. I tried doing this and it worked. Hope this helps!

Brent Hronik

thank you so much for these! Hella stoked to give them a try

Jason M Kenney

can you add wav files of what they are supposed to sound like? for some reason serum in vst3 isn't loading for any of them

Josh McMahan

As a learning producer, this is straight GOLD. Anything else you can come up with like this is a godsend! Keep it up! P.s. *a version for phaseplant would be AMAZING* <3

CHa05 Dr01D

These are sick

SamL

just got around to actually doing this. i'm learning! actually impressed with myself that i figured some out. BUT the real question is, that sine pluck, do i recognize that from a tipper track!? edit:hmm ok maybe not tipper but i know that little riff

Christian Valentin Brunn

What’s your serum version? It should be something like 1.368, maybe try updating?

CONVERXION Music Official

all of the serum files are missing in mine ;-;

Heaven Break

thank you so much for teaching us how to get to the levels we want to achieve, much love <3

Heights__

Holy shit. This is like, literally the best way for me to learn. I love you

L_lovescat

sick

Lou_S

The true test of someone's knowledge is how easily they can break down complex subjects like this into easy-to-understand ideas and this is about as straight forward of a lesson as it can possibly be. Bravo!

Lou_S

The left side is the first step, the right side shows you four steps to achieve a cool sound from the first step.

Sixstringz

Ok, I feel dumb. What am I supposed to do? I don't get it. What the aim of the game? I only glanced at level 1 quick, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Recreate the sounds?

Marco

def make moreeeee this is a cool way to learn

Marco

amazing!!! thank you

SamL

literally was trying to get people to do this together on discord recently

SamL

😍 dude youre the best!

marlo

from another comment it seems like stems would be a good idea both for people with different daws and those who have problems like mine

marlo

thank you!! maybe it's a problem with my installation, but ableton isn't able to load serum for me because it thinks it's missing, so i'm not able to synthesize any of the sounds you made D: i have both the 64 and 32 bit version in my vstplugins folder. ableton only recognizes the x64 one though, so did you happen to use the 32 bit version? or maybe it's looking for serum in a different folder on my computer?

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Sean

I have not even tried them yet but please make more

Christian Valentin Brunn

maybe after I make my Phase Plant video, planning on doing a complete walkthrough of everything in it

ravi kumar

can we have a phase plant version

Scott Rasmussen

This is the coolest thing ever, thanks so much 🤘

Christian Valentin Brunn

I can make more and make them more complex if that's what the people want :) didn't want to go too crazy with this first try at this concept.

XilateMusic

out of curiosity, do you have intentions of releasing the pre ideas, and we can send back our ideas and see what you think in general? seems like much but it just seems like it'd be cool for interaction! :)

BassTi

omg, this is such a sick concept! thanks a lot! will go through all of them now and learn new stuff :)

Colin Costa-Walsh

So cool thank you Val!

ARK_Music

Will the next puzzles contain more complex sound design?

Christian Valentin Brunn

Oh that's a good idea! Would it be useful if I do stems for each sound where it first plays the final result and then after a pause it plays the individual steps one after another?