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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 29/01/2026

New video about turning my guitar pedals into FX racks inside Serum 2. Spoiler: it was hard to do but the end result is something I'll use for years 💪 youtu.be/QSenkZicqK0?...

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Why I modeled guitar pedals in Serum 2’s fx rack (and how I did it)

YouTube video by Noise Dept.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 04/12/2025

Day 4 of trying to put all of my guitar pedals into Serum 2's FX rack - it's the legendary Swedish chainsaw this time. Serum did not want this one to happen but we discussed it and came to an agreement. (25% of this video is a demo of how DC Offset/biasing works)

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 13/11/2025

Day 3 of trying to put all of my guitar pedals into Serum 2's FX rack - this time it's the legendary ProCo RAT (I'm working with the JHS PackRat but it's the same circuit)

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 07/11/2025

Here's my walkthrough of all the categories in the content bank youtu.be/NzAFLaYxTn8?...

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Oblivion Engine presets demo by Geoffrey Day of Noise Dept.

YouTube video by Kilohearts

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 07/11/2025

It's N7 day and we dropped a big robots dark cinematic preset bank for Phase Plant right on time. Really proud of this one! youtu.be/AOcCMAQ_7vg?...

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Oblivion Engine – a Kilohearts Content Bank by Noise Dept.

YouTube video by Kilohearts

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 05/11/2025

Nothing longer on YouTube yet, but def keep an eye on TheNoiseDepartment on there cause I'll be starting up the long form thing sooner rather than later!

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 05/11/2025

Day 2 of trying to put all of my guitar pedals into Serum 2's FX rack - tackling a fuzz sound this time with the EHX Big Muff Pi OpAmp

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 30/10/2025

Day 1 of trying to put all of my guitar pedals into Serum 2's FX rack - starting with the tube screamer

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 09/09/2025

Sweet! I get a lot of DMs elsewhere so ideally I'd like to keep bluesky closed. You don't have any public portfolio anywhere?

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 07/09/2025

Hello hello! Thanks for the reply! Before doing any mockups, do you have a link to a portfolio site I might look at which shows some of your previous work? Ideally anything in the general realm of UI or interface design. Seems like you have a broad skill set!

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 03/09/2025

Shoot me your portfolio if interested! Check out the Noise Dept site for the Serum 1 skin design if curious about the direction. (See first post for images of that)

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 03/09/2025

Keep in mind that custom skins arent officially supported yet, so the dynamic parts of Serum 2 can't change. That stuff is locked behind a json file that isn't exposed to developers yet. But that's the easy part. The hard part is putting a new spin on the PNG graphics.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 03/09/2025

Anyone in #designsky or #producersky have recommendations for a talented GUI designer who wants to take on a reskin of Serum 2? A truly tedious project (so much so that someone already bailed) but it's in demand. I get asked about a Noise Dept style skin a lot since we did S1. And we have budget!

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 23/08/2025

When I first started covering songs in the "argent metal" style I knew something about it was different then every other metal music I had heard before but I didnt know what it was. Today, I think the answer is about what those soundtracks were trying to accomplish - we just came along for the ride.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 23/08/2025

Correction - I didn't make up that term, it was someone in my YouTube comments. I just platformed it and it took hold as a memorable phrase over time. I even see companies using it in their ads which is wild.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 23/08/2025

There's a fine line between "hybrid" music and argent metal - I made up a term relating to @mick-gordon.com figuring out where synths and recorded metal overlap so that people who enjoy it have a term to hold onto. But sometimes I wonder if being eternally stuck to doom was the wrong call.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 23/08/2025

Argent metal is electronic music and FX mastery disguised as metal. That's why it's so hard for everyone to nail it. (I'm still trying)

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 12/08/2025

New freebie patches for Serum 2 - a collection of 7 super powerful "glitch sound" generators complete with source audio. Use it for the built-in sounds or use it as a template for your own unique source material! (Demo video coming to Instagram tomorrow) thenoisedept.com/pages/free #producersky

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 11/08/2025

Really liking this new freebie synth library full of source recordings of Deckard's Dream - Jason Graves and team knocked it out of the park sulcatasound.com/sounds/p/rep...

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 24/06/2025

Almost done with a new serum preset pack for Noise Dept. This has nothing to do with it but it was a fun mistake.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 25/05/2025

More synth drum tests 👇

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 24/05/2025

Testing out the early stages of drum kit pieces that I synthesized from scratch 👇

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 24/05/2025

Some adventures from this week: ableton Tension into a guitar pedal 👇

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 01/05/2025

Out now on all platforms 🦇 Veil of the Eternal Night Original Campaign Soundtrack - a collection of orchestral and metal themes inspired by Castlevania and written for the MythCraft TTRPG experience. geoffplaysguitar.bandcamp.com/album/veil-o... #ttrpgsky #vgmsky #musicsky

(Poster) Original Campaign Soundtrack. Veil of the Eternal Night - Music by Geoffrey Day. Additional music by Si Rutherford. QuasiReal Publishing.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 28/04/2025

I've got a bunch of new fantasy & metal music on the way - see ya on Thursday #musicsky #musiciansky #producersky #ttrpgsky

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 22/04/2025

Another cpu-melting patch from today

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 21/04/2025

23 effects total - distortion stacks doing the heavy lifting

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 21/04/2025

Built this MG style patch using #serum2 - getting pumped for the new doom game

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 19/04/2025

Tonight I cloned my Sunn 0)) Life Pedal in Serum 2's FX rack. Sounds just like a (digital) fuzz should. Being able to stack multiple distortions and eqs is such a game changer for serum 💪

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 29/03/2025

That's sick! You sampling recordings / hardware? Btw I learned scripting and have a few half finished instrument laying around. Haven't had a chance to really explore K8 yet tho

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 29/03/2025

This is a big softball q but got any underrated libraries / any libraries which end up in every project?

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 18/03/2025

I'm here for the synth company love - just a buncha pros making great stuff

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 10/03/2025

Been in a cave (and will be in a cave a bit longer) to wrap up a whole bunch of music

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 14/02/2025

We're doing a sale all weekend over at Noise Dept! Tons of Xfer Serum presets for metal, rock, and industrial music. Shop the store ➡️ www.thenoisedept.com

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 13/02/2025

Serum into Raum into MHB Green. Most of that grime is coming from serum's x-shaper distortion mode.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 12/02/2025

(Doesn't talk about apps like bluesky or the one-letter one though. Just the video-centric platforms.)

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 12/02/2025

I got really distracted and caffeinated and made this social media content guide. It's not an algorithm god. IMO it's more like an onion. Read -> www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vmvnt...

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 11/02/2025

More VCV rack exploration: ✅ pitch bend works ✅ surge xt chorus rules ✅ plays nice with bitpunk

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 05/02/2025

And Ableton can even automate the knobs! Dream come true.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 05/02/2025

Day 1 and VCV Rack is impressing the hell out of me. Shoulda jumped on this ages ago.

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Geoffrey Day @thenoisedept.com · 24/01/2025

Hello! Just here to keep it low key and share random synth stuff

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