Xfer Serum Synthesizer - Sound Design + Music Production (Udemy.com)
Learn to create your own sounds, sound design, synthesis, and music production with Xfer’s Serum synthesizer
Created by: Tomas George
Last updated August 2026
What you will learn
- Confidently navigate serum and start design their own sounds
- Have a better understanding of sound design, synthesis and music production
- Learn more about Serum and have fun whilst learning
- Learn how to use Serum for making their own bass parts, synth leads, pad sounds, pluck sounds or any other synth sound
How it compares
Against the other 241 rated Udemy courses in Music Production on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 24% of them
- Reviews523#68 of 242 by number of reviews
- Length2.8 hoursshorter than 61% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 95% of them
Course Description
BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUDIOENGINEER CHRISTOPHER CARVALHO AND MUSICPRODUCTION INSTRUCTOR TOMAS GEORGE.
By the end of the course, youll be able to confidently use Serum to edit preset and create your own soundsIn this course,we'll be teaching you the essentials of Sound Design and Synthesis and Music Production in SerumWhat makes us qualified to teach you?
Christopher Carvalho is a professional audio engineer and producer.
Tomas George has a MMus Masters Degree in Music Production and a BA(Hons) Degree in Music Composition. He is also the creator of some of the world's most popular music production courses - with over 100,000 studentsThere are many music production/mixing coaches online. This one stands out from the rest. Chris has a knack for presenting information in a concise way. - Adam DaudrichTomas was clear and concise, really useful information for me to write down before I buy Logic Pro X so now I feel a lot less intimidated when opening logic for the first time tomorrow - Simon Barton-ChappleVery useful lectures which provide me a lot of information and improve my skills dramatically. His teaching method also helps me easily to understand. Thank you so much Tomas. - Huy NguyenOur Promise to YouChristopher is an experienced Audio Engineer. If you have any questions about the content or synthesis, sound design or music production in general, Christopher will always be responsive to questions and direct messages.
What is this Serum course all about?
In thisguide to Sound Design, Synthesis and Music Production in Serum course, youll not only learn all the tools and processes to edit presets, but youll learn how to make your own sounds from scratch!
This course will cover everything you need to know about Serum, including:
OscillatorsWavetable EditingCreating your own WavetablesFiltersEnvelopesLFOsFXThe Modulation MatrixThe Global SettingsAnd much more!
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!
Cheers,Tomas and ChristopherWho this course is for:
Anyone looking to use Serum to Design their own Interesting Unique SoundsAnyone looking to understand the Theory of Sound SynthesisBeginners wanting to learn about Sound Design, Synthesis and Music ProductionIntermediate and Advanced users wanting to learn more about this powerful synth
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
523 Reviews
Tomas George
Hi, Tomas here. I'm a UK Music Producer, Composer and Audio Engineer.
I've been producing and writing music now for over ten years andI've gotaMMusMasters Degree in Music Production and a BA (Hons) Degree in Music Composition.
I really enjoy creating and editing all types ofmusic, but I especially love teaching it online.
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Reviews
By Lyo on 10/26/2020
Really practical! Help me so much as a new producer
By Tim Shipp on 10/24/2020
Very easy to understand! I've been using Serum for over 2 years and the way that I've been slowly learning is reverse engineering presets. But now I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with this plug-in! Thanks guys!
By Orlando Llanes on 10/20/2020
If it weren't for the instructors, I likely wouldn't have known that Serum exists! I started this course not knowing what affects what, or how. After completing the course, I'm confident enough to make my own sounds from scratch. Among the many possibilities, is a sound that cycles through the wavetable layers to achieve a custom arpeggiation. Well structured, and incredibly useful course!
By Charles on 9/25/2020
This was not a sound design class at all but just a basic over view of Serum. I would not recommend this course as there are better sound design courses and Serum courses.
By Adam Conev on 9/20/2020
Sometimes I would personally welcome more practical examples (for example FX section) - use of those effects in some musical ideas (2-4 bar chord progression, loop, or something). Listening to arpeggiated g minor chord for hour was a little too much and annoying. Overall the course was fine, especially oscillators section. Lot of nice informations.
By Sonicallys on 9/4/2020
I apreciate the fact that there are subtitles ! The person is very calm and the pace is just perfect it makes something complicated very simple !
By Thomas Tiedemann on 9/1/2020
This course seems very much not for any skill level, but for beginners. The information given by the instructor was surface level at best, pretty disappointing when as an intermediate user looking for more advanced sound design tips.
By HaYun Chung on 8/25/2020
It is really useful and makes me understand really well
By Ella Lyons on 8/16/2020
Great course for anyone trying to understand Serum. This course has given me a a great overview of the different options and what they do. The instructors are easy to listen to and provide lots of helpful tips.
By Kalin Katev on 8/2/2020
This course is mostly about showcasing the different aspects of Serum, as listed in the course content. The authors explain the features of Serum well, consequently going step by step through oscillators, wavetable editing, etc.
However, we never get to create a fully developed sound. While showcasing Serum's features is in of itself important, sound design is more than just the sum of Serum's components. There are many (free) videos online that explain what the EQ, Phaser, Wavetables etc. are, but not so many that really explain how to develop your sound.
The music production aspect of the course, as written in the title, is not expanded upon - and this is my biggest complaint about the course. It's a misleading title. Music production implies creating a track, or integrating a Serum synth into a given track and modelling its sound to fit into it. This is what would make this course really special.
By Jonathan Scott on 8/1/2020
So far the effects portion is at least somewhat informative with good examples but I learned nothing new about serum. The first half of the course has been far too basic. I was expecting some examples of how to build good basses or leads not just showing you the basic stuff you can easily figure out yourself. Not impressed with this course so far, but the effects section has at least SOME promise.
Edit - Not sure how to DM so I'll just reply here. Like I said in my original post, I would like more examples on how to build sounds. Build a lead, a bass and a pad to give ideas HOW to use the synth
By aditya karmokar on 7/26/2020
awesome course
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