Serum vs. Vital VST comparison
27-11-2020
Name
Price
189$
free
Built in presets
so-so
good
Amount of 3rd party presets
huge
small
Presets Browser
yes
Search in presets
yes
Categories
yes
Select multiple categories
yes
Store SCW in preset
yes
Microtuning
yes
Resizable UI
yes
scale ratios
scale ratios
yes
can full screen
buggy resize
too thin font
can full screen
buggy resize
too thin font
visual feedback
good
better
Skins
yes
no
Has Keyboard, Mod / Pitch wheel, Glide, Mono, Legato, Always
same
OSC
2 + sampler + Sub (only 6 shapes)
3 + sampler
Direct Out
Only sub and noise
everything
wave morph modes
22
12
Macro
same
ENV
4
6
LFO
8
8
LFO can be ENV
yes
LFO has Delay and Smooth
yes
LFO presets
yes
copy LFO
hold alt
random LFO
yes, 2
yes, 4
random LFO modes
1
4
max oversampling
4x
8x
LFO freq
Hz
time
Modulation max rate
100 Hz
1000 Hz (0.001 sec)
Mod dest and side-chain (SC)
has AUX source, it is like SC in Massive
drag and drop MOD env on morph curve
has AUX source, it is like SC in Massive
drag and drop MOD env on morph curve
Sort modulation
filters
2
3
num of types
96
64
filter edit
switch display mode
acts like X-Y pad
SCW inport modes
7
3
MPE
yes
Reverb
okay
good
Distorsion
16
6
unison stack modes
Storing Presets
a little messy
stores wavetables, presets, LFOs in Vendor's folder (fixed Serum's issue)
custom distortion wave shape
render last note
hyper / dimension
filter level
modulate lfo anchor X-Y position
silence tails when DAW stops
no
drag and drop picture
Not the same
LFO can sync freq to pitch
Custom Wave Morph Mode
Coarse Pitch
Hidden here
Tooltips
LFO: select dots
FX insert unit with macros
Lock Mod Matrix on preset change
spectral morph
some filters has extra rotary
filter type morphing
LFO: quick draw
tranpose snap
Stereo mod for modulators
Unison mode per oscilator
only filter
waveform and spectral analyzer
text to wavetable
search in wavetable list
extra midi modulators
more voice stealing options
Spread
Vital tips:
ctrl + mouse = precise increment
alt + click = enter value
click on waveform to see spectrogram
double click = default
shift + change pitch = jump by octave
draw and copy/paste shapes right in the LFO
use spectral view mode to see spectral morph
use mouse wheel to tune modulation amount without drop the source on destination
you can mute modulation
disable compression by sliding stripes (ratio)
scroll mouse to zoon bands
smoth can be switched to fade-in
use shift to edit all LFO curves
More: Vital Synth Hacks and Secrets by Baphometrix
