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What Does Serum’s Hyper/Dimension Effect Actually Do? (Patreon)
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So, looks like People want more Bitwig Tutorials & Presets 😅 Recreating Serum Hyper/Dimension in Bitwig Studio with simple Grid modules is entirely possible using chorus-style micro delays, voice stacking, stereo spread, and slow modulation. Hyper is essentially a multi-voice micro-delay chorus, while Dimension can be approximated with four short delay lines, out-of-phase summing, subtle amplitude modulation, and light panning.Key Takeaways
Serum’s Hyper section can be approximated with a multi-voice micro-delay chorus: use a very short delay per voice, modulate delay time with an LFO for pitch movement, and spread voices across the stereo field.
In Bitwig Grid, recreate Hyper by stacking 7 voices, setting the delay modulation source to per-voice, and using Stack Spread to offset each voice’s LFO phase so the chorus voices do not move identically.
For a less predictable and more diffuse chorus, replace evenly phased modulation with randomized per-voice modulation, and optionally vary LFO speed per voice in addition to phase.
Add stereo width by inserting a pan control after the delay and modulating it with a second Stack Spread set to -1 to +1, so each stacked voice lands at a different stereo position.
Stacked chorus patches can become much louder because multiple voices are summed; compensate with a gain stage or use Voice Stack filtering/muting so only one voice carries the dry low band.
A practical improvement over the stock effect is to exclude bass from the chorus/unison treatment: split the signal with a crossover, process only the high band with the stacked delay chorus, and pass the low band through mostly untouched.
A quick stock-device substitute for Hyper is Bitwig Chorus+ with about 8 voices, adjusting speed and depth to taste; the transcript notes that the result is very close, with differences mostly coming from parameter choices.
Serum’s Dimension section is interpreted here as four short delay lines with slow amplitude modulation, not pitch modulation: use 4 voices, give each a slightly different delay time, modulate gain slowly with an LFO, and apply mild stereo panning for width.
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