{"id":29070,"date":"2023-09-17T14:10:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=29070"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:30:11","slug":"drum-and-bass-sounds-in-serum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-and-bass-sounds-in-serum\/","title":{"rendered":"How to design drum and bass sounds in Serum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/what-is-drum-and-bass-music\/\">Drum and bass<\/a> is one of the many genres that powerhouse wavetable synth <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39137242-serum-2-au-by-xfer-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Serum<\/strong><\/a> excels in.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tutorial above, veteran DJ and producer Erb N Dub breaks down how to design polished <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/genres\/drum-and-bass\/presets?device_uuids=2b29d289-415d-4138-bb0d-2e529b1067e3\">drum and bass sounds in Serum<\/a> in under five minutes. 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