User manual IMAGE LINE SOFTWARE SAWER OVERVIEW

[. . . ] Sub oscillator (-2 to +2 octaves) with level, phase & detune controls. 8 voice UNISON with user-adjustable stereo panning, detune and 'Octaver'. The Octaver expands the harmonic range and flexibility of the unison sound. Additionally it allows to support the creation of realistic 'vox-like' effects. [. . . ] Unison is similar to chorus in that copies of each voice (note) are detuned and panned to create a thicker audio texture. Higher levels create a wider stereo field. Image-Line Sawer - Oscillators Oscillators Oscillators are the basic sound sources of a synthesizer, Sawer has 2 Oscillators (Main and SUB Oscillator) and one 'Noise' source. The main oscillator generates SAW shapes that can be further filtered. The SUB Oscillator can generate SAW or SQUARE shapes and has level, phase, octave and detune controls. These oscillators features together with 'Unison' in the Master Controls section and the Effects Section allow Sawer to create thick, lush textures and cutting leads. Controls Main SAW oscillator NOISE LVL (Level) - Controls the level of the Noise oscillator. Noise can be used to give a sharp, breath or metallic attack quality to sounds. SYNC FREQ - When Sync is selected (the switch is to the upper right of the Sync-knob), the Mainoscillator syncronizes its phase to (an unheard oscillator's) frequency. In other words, every time the Sync-frequency oscillator completes a cycle the Main-oscillator is forced to reset it's cycle from the beginning. Automating the Sync-frequency control is an effective way of generating cutting and evolving saw-sounds. Sub Oscillator RETRIG (Retrigger) - Resets the phase of the Sub Oscillator at note-on events. PHASE - Phase relationship between the Sub-saw and Main-Saw oscillators. DETUNE - Offsets the tune of the Sub-oscillator. Image-Line Sawer - Filter Filter Section The Sawer filter can be used to shape the output from the Oscillators transforming the sound into something completely new. The Sawer Filter operates in LowPass (two filter slopes 12 & 24 dB/Oct), High Pass and Band Pass modes as described below. The LFO section can be used to control the Cutoff knob or the ENVELOPE section below. RESO (Resonance) - Filter resonance introduces a frequency boost, just prior to the cutoff slope, this gives the sound a metallic or 'resonant' quality. KBD TRK (Keyboard Tracking) - This links the cutoff frequency to the MIDI note number. Low notes will have a lower cutoff frequency for a 'darker' sound while higher notes will have a higher cutoff frequency for a 'brighter' sound. VEL TRK (Velocity Tracking) - This links the filter cutoff frequency to note velocity. Soft notes will have a darker more muted sound while hard notes will have a brighter sound. MODEToggles the filter between LP 12 / 24 - Low-Pass (12 or 24 dB per octave), frequencies below the cutoff are allowed to pass, those above are filtered out. BP - Band-Pass, a band of frequencies are allowed to pass, those above and below the center of the band (controlled by the CUTOFF knob) are filtered out. [. . . ] DOWN: Notes are played back from the highest to the lowest held and then the arpeggiator loops back to the start (4, 3, 2, 1 - 4, 3, 2, 1 etc). RND (Random): Notes are played back in random order from among those held. SYNC: Tempo Sync, this determines how quickly and in what time signature the Arpeggiator will play relative to the host tempo. 1/32 (32nd notes) is the fastest setting while 3/4 (whole notes) is the slowest. [. . . ]