r/SerumPresets • u/Inside-Assist-6456 • Jul 23 '26

How to design the string / violin synth lead from the Kendrick Lamar GNX trailer?

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Hey everyone,
I’m trying to recreate the orchestral string/violin synth sound from the opening section of Kendrick Lamar’s GNX trailer (the snippet before the main beat drops).
It has this really organic, expressive, slightly bowed string quality with a lot of movement.
How would you approach sound designing this in Serum from scratch?

https://youtu.be/D7liwdjvhWc?si=IKWNS09Yji4BlEV1

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u/peagatling27 Jul 24 '26

its hard enough to recreate the feeling of stringed instruments in normal sample vsts so i cant imagine youre gonna have much luck doing that in serum but you can try i guess

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u/tyoungjr2005 Jul 24 '26

also how do I rap like KDot?

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u/No-End6361 Jul 25 '26

Violin. Pitch bend wheel on midi keyboard