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Seraphim Giveaway

FluidShell Design and Loot Audio kindly offer Seraphim, Stigmata, and Subliminal Keys for FREE to one lucky BPB reader (two more readers will receive Seraphim).

But before we move on to the giveaway, let’s take a closer look at the new Seraphim virtual instrument by FluidShell Design.

There is something to be said about the melding of organic and electronic elements for instruments. It is that hint of the familiar mixed with more synthetic timbres that can really get those creative juices rolling!

Seraphim is a Kontakt library that aims to take a new approach to creating sounds. This is done through the use of reverberating spring tanks and a series of filters to shape the sound.

Make no mistake, Seraphim has a character all of its own and might be the crucial element to your next production – it is a nuanced and expressive instrument. If you play gently and lightly, you can coax out airy and delicate performances. Slamming down on the keys lets an element of force pervade through the timbre.

Seraphim offers a different approach to sound design. It’s an instrument for Kontakt (requires full version) with a strong electro-acoustic essence. 

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The reverberation tank and filters alone would make you think Seraphim has a somewhat metallic and sharp quality about it. Instead, with some clever sound design, you can make it sound almost like a woodwind of sorts.

To make the most of Seraphim’s sound engine, the instrument can be played lightly, favoring fine, airy tones, or, on the contrary, it can be played more forcefully, allowing for sharp, massive nuances.

The wavetables are constantly changing as well, lending an evolving character to even more sedate sounds.

The flute-ish sounds have a certain degree of warmth I’m not sure I’ve heard with most physical modeling synths. It does call to mind synths like Plasmonic or Chromaphone, which take a similar approach to sound creation. It is always a joy to get something like this, in my humble opinion.

Beyond just the character of the sound, each of the instrument’s four oscillators comes with a bevy of creative features. You’ll find each individual oscillator has pulse width modulation and individual LFOs. This can create interesting textures and changes the character of a resulting sound quite a bit.

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Seraphim is a unique instrument that fuses together the synthetic and acoustic, and for one lucky reader, they’ll be able to get it for free.

Seraphim is available for Kontakt, which is available for Windows and Mac computers. Supported plugin formats are VST3, AU, and AAX. It is a universal binary, so no matter which side of the Silicon divide you’re on, you’re good.

The Giveaway

To join the giveaway, please answer the following question in the comments section below: What is your favorite type of synthesizer?

We will randomly pick three lucky winners on July 21st, 2023.

The prizes are:

  • 1st Prize: Seraphim + Stigmata + Subliminal Keys
  • 2nd & 3rd Prize: Seraphim

Thank you to FluidShell Design for this giveaway!

The winners are:

1) Stefano

2) Gatis

3) JoMusic

Congratulations! :)

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Liam is a producer, mixing engineer, and compressor aficionado. When not mixing, he can be found pretending to play guitar, as he has been doing for the last 20 years.

317 Comments

  6. Michael

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    I love classic analog synths like the prophet V, Jupiter 8, and of course juno. I’ve never tried them irl but sampling them is my favorite thing to in my daw

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  7. Luca

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    I like synths with a rich front panel full of controls, doesn’t really matters if they are analog or digital

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    • Trevor

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      I love modular synthesis. It gives you so many options and discoveries to make especially when you connect something you probably shouldn’t have connected and it turns out to make some crazy cools sounds

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  10. TM

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    For hardware, can’t beat that classic 80’s analog sound. For digital, wavetable synthisis just offers so many options

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  13. Don

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    I have two in the First place. They are knifonium if I want to obtain rich bass and lead sounds and Fxpansion Strobe2, it is amazing for pads.

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  15. Wojtek

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    It’s thermo ballistic rocket running trough my bedroom with hot wave on the table… but it’s kinda analog room-pler in core. So i think it’s not accountable.

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  23. Ralf H

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    Within the last months, I discovered the wonderful world of granular synthesis, so this is my favourite right now.

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  25. Shannon McDowell

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    Wow, so many types to choose from… Lately, I’ve preferred the sound of analog-sounding synths, but for sound designing I use Serum wavetable synth.

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  29. Blisscuits

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    I like the normal subtractive type. Especially either hardware (easy to tweak!), but also software modulars are great for this because you end up experimenting and the berserk modulation options spice up standard tones.

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  31. Gustaf

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    With one hand on my heart, “cinematic” instruments\synth have me a little fed up… actually very fed up. Surely it is that they do not inspire me much or are for different musics than the ones I ride for. Yes yes, this will not be a very popular message hahaha, but it is what happens to me.
    Synth type? Any of the classics… Juno-60… Minimoog… CS 80 the DX7 etc etc, anyone… and with one of those I make noises and noises at will.
    Anyway I thank the Bpb people. All the best

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  43. Antoine B

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    My favourite synths will have :
    Good clear UI with big enough labeling of controls
    Midi Learn
    A good preset selection with a fully functional preset system that means adding, renaming, categories, etc (see U-He plugins for perhaps the best implementation out there)
    Something too often overlooked, good filters, again U-He rock, as well as Spire filters are awesome.
    Some synths unfortunately appeal to ultra geeks and are difficult for the modern enthusiast, so I would encourage manufacturers to think how to provide interactive info through the interface, even if only a text at the bottom like on the Valhalla plugins.
    Good luck and wish everyone to enjoy making music they love, I will go do that right now ;)

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  44. Xaither

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    FM synthesis has some extremely unique and iconic sound designs which I’d probably go with. Not to mention serum is just my go to synth!

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  61. Schabbes

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    Modular! Or the big monster synths that do it all, like Avenger or Pigments… or the free ones… or hardware analog synths.. let’s go free analog hardware modular monster synths!

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  63. Aleks MZ

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    I will answer that my favorite is Wavetable. But it is important that the synthesizer is modern with wide possibilities, such as Vital, for example.

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  68. Ryan B

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    Wavetable synthesis has been my most reliable workhorse for so many years, but now that I’m going deeper into granular for sound design, it’s hard to go back. And even then, I’m also writing new hobby music that relies more on analog modeling so it’s kind of all over for me. I suppose I’ll have to say granular is my favorite:)

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  73. BeakyJay

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    Love pretty much all of them that I’ve tried except modular synths in the DAW. If you’re going to make me pick a favourite, it would be a synth that takes your own samples and messes them up in a good way, like Alchemy in Logic Pro X or Iris 2.

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  81. blortblort

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    Subtractive, Additive, granular, physical modeling, FM…Any synth that has a nice modulation matrix or some other means of producing an ever changing motion to the sound. 😎

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  89. Adilbek Temirkhanov

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    I like soft synths that are rather inspired by analog originals than entirely emulated. Thank you for giveaway!

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  114. Oliver

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    Can’t call myself a synth expert by a longshot, but love messing around with modular sequencers for some unusual microtonal/spacy/chaotic textures. So, i guess modular??

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  117. Ford

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    My favorite type of synthesizer is generally anything new and experimental with uncommon features that can produce extremely unique sounds.

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  121. Caspar de Roij

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    For virtual, nothing beats Diva for me. Hardware – microfreak:) So powerful for such a small device!

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  125. Jon Kunis

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    My favorite type of synth is an analogue digital replica with many different classic sounds and good presets that have very basic type sounds in them. Arturia analogue lab would be my favorite if they didn’t have such random preset names and no way to find just the basic simple sounds without listening to every preset. Thus, the NI one that comes with Kontakt is prob my fav. doesn’t sound quite as good as analogue lab v but way quicker to find sounds

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  126. John B.

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    My favourite kind of synthesizer is subtractive. Call me old school, but I can dial in the sound I need and tweak to my requirements most easily with a subtractive synth. Wavetable would probably be my second choice.

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  127. Simon

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    Anything Granular! Hard to pick 1 favourite as lots have differences that make each unique in sounds and features.

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  129. Joseph Wilk

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    Like many here, I have a fondness for subtractive analog polyphonic synths (as I am a sucker for a lush pad sound).

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  135. Paj

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    VI synths—all of ’em! I do not take their developers and availability for granted. Life, finances, space and time are too short otherwise.

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  143. Tamer

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    The type of synthesis Bucket One, The Crumar Bit emulation uses… I know it’s some type of Digital syhthesis because it has DCO’s but it sounds like the filters are analog. It’s dual timbral, rather than multi or two layered. I just don’t know any other synth quite like it… there’s even FM of the filters and LFO’s which I’ve never really seen before.

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  146. Coral

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    I tend to use more frequently virtual analog, subtractive polyphonic, sample based and additive synthesizers.

    Thank you for informing us new tools and freebies, amazing work!

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  153. Jay P

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    FM synths are evil – I like Granular but I have a real love for Additive synthesis – every sound is possible

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  159. Diego

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    Depends on the music one is making at that moment. Let’s throw in a multi engine one, with different kind of synthesis/oscillators

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  161. Aaron

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    What is my favorite type of synthesizer? That is a tough one. I suppose a good old fashioned polyphonic subtractive synthesizer. Preferably an analog one. ;)

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  163. Suny

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    Any synthesizer which is fun to use is fine for me, bonus points for a simple interface and multi synthesis engines (and/or bringing new aspects and approaches to synthesis)

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  166. Gregory

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    My favourite type of synthesizer is any of the old 80s synths like the D50, but that’s because of childhood memories and nostalgia! These days I love using software synths with either analog modelling or granular synthesis.

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  173. wexfero

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    What is your favorite type of synthesizer?
    Wavetables, eu prefiro os synths com interface simples, onde eu possa criar e modular todos os meus sons com precisao, uma bota pitada de sons dark.

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  174. wexfero

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    What is your favorite type of synthesizer?
    wavetables, I prefer synths with a simple interface, where I can create and modulate all my sounds with precision, a little bit of dark sounds.

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  180. Luko

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    Favourite as in most used would be subtractive/additive, favourite as being most interesting personally I like spectral synthesis, especially when using images to create sounds.

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  186. Darrel

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    Analogue subtractive synthesis, with lots of dedicated knobs/sliders & modulation options.

    Bonus points if it has audio input, a ribbon controller, aftertouch, and patchable routing.

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  189. Maurus Fernandes

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    My favorite Synth is wavetable synth which is Vital as it is free and with the highest sound quality and functionality. learning curve is relatively easy and the tone of vital presets is available online. This makes it my favorite type of wavetable synth.

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  198. Freddy

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    What is your favorite type of synthesizer?
    A VST of a (real) analog synth. Like Cherry Audio’s Mercury-4 or DCO-106. Even if I start with something completely different (like SynthMaster or Vital) I usually go back to either of them to make it my main synth.

    Might have to do with the sort of music I’m making or just my personal taste in sound. I’m not sure.

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  201. Wayne Parker

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    Strange Attractor Synthesis like Kult and Generate has peaked my interest of late for random and amazing sounds.

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  204. Carsten

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    I have no idea! I’m a guitarist – whenever I need some synth I frantically reach for something in my vsti folder. I use the NI stuff (from komplete 14) regularly. I love the Lounge Lizard from AAS. I guess that hardly can be called a synth :D

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    • Jawn

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      Any synth that allows you to create original ear candy never heard before. Analog and granular for hands on in the moment live feeling. Virtual software for post production and performance perfecting

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  210. Jawn

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    Any synth that allows you to create original ear candy never heard before. Analog and granular for hands on in the moment live feeling. Virtual software for post production and performance perfecting

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  214. Adrian Goodswen

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    My favourite type of synthesizer is a FREE synthesiser. That’s the correct answer, surely? 😆

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  222. Paul Shaw

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    Wavetable Based Synths with Sequencers & Arpeggiators (Serum, Vital) with expansion capabilities. Samplers/Romplers that support Multis (really really love CUBE by Lunacy Audio)

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  224. Mike W.

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    Still subtractive based synths, but also some additive, wavetable and spectral ones, be it soft- or hardware. Serum, Sylenth, Massive, Avenger, all U-He synths, Moog Subphatty, Roland System 8, Access Ti Virus, Oberheim, Spire, Pigments, etc.

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  234. Lou

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    My favorite is Physical Modeling Synthesis, as found in my Korg Oasys PCI, or Yamaha PLGVL150. I guess I’m mostly a fan of Yamaha/Sondius VL-VP tech.

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  235. Miguel Capelo

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    Wavetable / Granular.

    I also dip into old Roland emulations occasionally.

    Arturia is great too. Hope to own their bundle one day.

    Miguel Capelo

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  244. Eclectic Atrium

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    I like multi-engine synths where you can mix and match different methods in weird ways. Love the Seraphim demo!

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  248. John holiday

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    Synths like Serum and semi-modular synths from Arturia are pretty neat, i just really like electro music in general lol

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  262. Scot

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    Right now,
    Physical Acoustic Modeling Synths,
    But additive and wave table are a close second.
    Thank you for giveaway!

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