The Saw | Kontakt synth

Originating in the 90s as a preset on the Roland JP-8000 synthesizer, the ‘supersaw’ sound has become a staple across many genres of music. The Saw is an instrument born of my love for this sound.

Based around sawtooth waves multi-sampled from a eurorack 3340 style analog oscillator, The Saw allows you to move from a single rich sawtooth wave through to a giant sounding 8 voice detuned supersaw. Each voice is detuned resulting in a thick, luscious sound.

As you increase the number of voices each new voice is slightly more detuned than the last and spread across the stereo field (you can adjust how wide the synth gets with the spread control). The Saw is capable of huge bass and lead sounds in mono mode or thick poly synth sounds in polyphonic mode.

The Saw features two envelopes and a low pass filter to shape the sound further.