Smoove Grooves | October 5th 2021 | Size: 717.4 MB
源自 Roland 合成器的 Monster 模拟锯齿机 • Jupiter 和 Super Jupiter 波浪 – 将 Jupiter 6 与双 MKS80 相结合！ • 堆叠和失谐多达 23 个锯齿（包括一个巨大的低音炮） • 毛刺按钮，用于即时音乐随机补丁 • 灼热的俱乐部主音或闪亮的模拟琴弦……您的电话
Insanity Saw 诞生于一个非常简单的问题：你会不会有太多的锯齿？我们在实验室里的本能回答是“不，当然不是。多锯好！” （正如罗伯特·海因莱因（Robert Heinlein）曾经说过的那样，“一切都过分了——适度是给僧侣的”——这对合成器和其他东西都有好处。）
但这个想法诞生了。很多锯子。都堆起来了。可调。不只是一遍又一遍地使用相同的锯子——来自不同乐器的不同锯子，每个锯子都有自己略微不稳定的模拟魔力。自从 Roland 开创了“堆叠锯”概念，他们的 SuperSaw 早在 90 年代，我们觉得在这里使用 Roland 设备作为我们的源材料是公平的。具体来说——来自 Jupiter 6 的两个锯齿（每个振荡器一个），加上来自 Super Jupiter MKS80 的两个锯齿（每个振荡器一个），再加上来自不同 Super Jupiter MKS80 的另外两个锯齿（每个振荡器一个）——因为在一个边缘天才的时刻，Mongo 买了两台 MKS80，理由是它们放在一起听起来更好。 （他是对的。）
加上从以一致模式运行的超级木星上提取的几批额外的锯齿波，所有 16 个振荡器都堆叠在一起。加一个子。这也是一个锯齿。
什么不包括？嗯：正弦波、方波、任何味道的脉搏波、噪音……如果你想要那种闪亮的小玩意，给自己一些蹩脚的“合适的合成器”。因为我们这里只有锯子。很多锯。所有的锯。
单击单个振荡器可以为您带来狭窄、结实、昆虫般的旋律补丁，它们在混音中来回编织。堆叠三个或四个可以打开经典的合成器领域——有弹性的复音、行走的贝司、过滤器的乐趣等等。或者继续前进，将锯子叠在锯子上，以获得狂欢国歌的引导（过滤器向上）或甜美的唱歌弦洗涤（去除边缘并进行一些明智的信封工作）。当然，您可以随时按下 Glitch 按钮来创建一些即时的随机补丁——其巧妙的“音乐智能”随机化旨在经常为您提供良好的结果。
控制组取自 MiniJupe——因此已经针对 Roland Jupiter DNA 量身定制——包括高通和低通滤波器、单声道和复音模式、非常酷的滑音/滑音控制、带有淡入的双 LFO，以及一些简单但精心挑选的效果。然而，最大的乐趣来自于堆叠、失谐和传播各种振荡器波。事实上，真正考验意志力的不是每个补丁都按着按钮……
Insanity Saw，顾名思义，既是基于锯的，又有点疯狂。如果你想要一个功能齐全、无所不能的合成器，这不是它。但是，如果您只是想体验一下拨出 23 个老式 Roland 锯齿振荡器，然后用它们在颤动的立体声音响中演奏出巨大而美妙的和弦的美妙体验，那么这就是为您准备的。忘记牛铃，你需要更多的锯子。
Monster analogue sawtooth machine sourced from Roland synths • Jupiter and Super Jupiter waves – combine a Jupiter 6 with twin MKS80s! • Stack and detune up to 23 sawtooths (including a massive sub) • Glitch button for instant musically-randomised patches • Searing club leads or shimmery analogue strings… your call
Insanity Saw was born from a very simple question: can you ever have too many sawtooths? Our instinctive answer here in the lab was “no, of course not. More saws good!” (And as Robert Heinlein once said, “Everything in excess – moderation is for monks” – which holds good for synthesisers as well as other things.)
But the idea was born. Lots of saws. All stacked up. Detunable. Not just the same saw over and over – different saws, from different instruments, each with their own slightly wonky analogue mojo. And since Roland pioneered the “stacked saw” concept, with their SuperSaw back in the 90s, we felt it only fair to use Roland gear as our source material here. Specifically – two sawtooths from a Jupiter 6 (one from each oscillator), plus two sawtooths from a Super Jupiter MKS80 (one from each oscillator), plus another two sawtooths from a different Super Jupiter MKS80 (one from each oscillator) – because in a moment of borderline genius, Mongo bought two MKS80s on the grounds that they’d sound better stacked in unison. (And he was right.)
Plus a couple of extra batches of sawtooths taken from the Super Jupiters running in unison mode, where all 16 oscillators get stacked. Plus a sub. Which is also a sawtooth.
What’s not included? Well: sines, squares, any flavour of pulse wave, noise… if you want those kind of shiny baubles, get yourself some lame-assed “proper synthesiser”. Because all we’ve got here is saws. LOTS OF SAWS. ALL THE SAWS.
Clicking in a single oscillator can garner you narrow, wiry, insectoidal melodic patches that weave to and fro through the mix. Stacking three or four opens up classic synth territory – bouncy poly tones, walking basses, fun with the filter and so on. Or keep going, stacking saws on saws, for rave anthem leads (with the filter up) or sweet, singing string washes (with the edge taken off and some judicious envelope work). And of course you can always just punch the Glitch button for some instant randomised patch creation – its clever “musically intelligent” randomisation is designed to give you good results more often than not.
The control set is taken from MiniJupe – so already tailored to a Roland Jupiter DNA – and includes both high- and low-pass filters, mono and poly modes, a very cool glide / portamento control, twin LFOs with fade-in, and some simple but well-chosen effects. The big fun, though, comes from stacking, detuning and spreading the various oscillator waves. In fact, the real test of willpower is not sticking in all the buttons for every patch…
Insanity Saw, as the name suggests, is both saw-based and a bit mad. If you want a properly versatile, do-anything synth, this isn’t it. But if you just want the glorious experience of dialling up 23 vintage Roland sawtooth oscillators and then playing huge, wonderful chords with them in lushly throbbing stereo, then this is for you. Forget cowbell, you need more saw.
