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How to Make an Oldschool Kick Crunch in Serum 2

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Jim
Jim, On Point Samples
20 March 2025 · Short 0:49

My notes from this Short

01

A 909 split into punch and crunch

I split my 909 into a punch, which is processed in bus 1, and a crunch in bus 2. To get that crunch, I first add some gain, then asymmetrical distortion, then an EQ curve to boost the mids.

02

The overdrive stack on the mids

Then the overdrive stack. Put it around six and just focus on the mids. This is huge for hardstyle. Then another EQ.

In main I add another asymmetrical distortion on tube and some soft clipping, and there you have your oldschool crunch.

Serum 2 FX chain for an oldschool hardstyle kick crunch: asymmetrical distortion, an equalizer and an overdrive distortion with the stack on 6
Asymmetrical distortion, an EQ, then the overdrive stack on 6.
What I use in this video

Serum 2

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