I can make ok supersaws, but I want to know if there is any other way to make supersaws. I'm working on a song right now that requires a supersaw. Can someone help me? Thanks.
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well, there's so many different ways of making a "supersaw" sound, i think i'll just stick to the basics of what a typical supersaw would use. my most basic setups tend to use 3 main synths, one using a saw wave, one using a square wave, and one using a triangle wave. i usually add some stereo detune, chorus, and some reverb to all of these. of course, in addition to these synths, you're going to want to have a bass, and a mid as well. a nice way to round out the sound is to add a bit of white noise, and use the stereo enhancer to make the white noise at 100% stereo so that it sits towards the edge of the mix and doesn't interfere too much with the "meat" of the sound. if you need some clarification on anything that i mentioned here, please ask!
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Thanks for helping!
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alright, so a mid is basically a synth that's generally playing notes about an octave above the bass. my mids typically have a rough sound, in order to balance out the smoother sounds of the chords playing over it. also, mids should never play more than one note. they're basically like a bass, just slightly higher. and for your next question, you can try out whatever! i'm just giving a basic template, and feel free to explore different sound textures as you please. don't feel limited by what you see/hear others doing, you can learn from them, apply that information and technique to your tracks, and ultimately make your own, new sounds.
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I'm confused on how to make a mid, can you help me with that? Also, does the saw synth have to consist of all saws, or can I mix it up? Thanks for helping. :)
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The way I usually make supersaws is with a Heisenberg or Space. For Heisenberg, I set one oscillator on a square wave and the second and third on sawtooth. I keep the fourth on sine or Hermann von Helmholtz. I set the semitone to –infinity. The second step is offset. I offset the first saw by about 0.5, and the other around -0.5 to detune them. I offset the fourth oscillator by about 7. You also should pan each saw away from center by about 40%. The fourth oscillator is to make the detuning "irregular" and more random. I modulate the three oscillators by the fourth one by about 10-25%. The last step is detune, which is at the top. I set spread for 100 to increase stereo width, and set the Unisono to 3, and detune to about 4 cents. You can also go to the pitch envelope and set the ADSR to different values from about -2 to 2 and have decay loop on. Since a lot of things are going on, the sound is somewhat chaotic and turbulent, which is great for supersaws, and doesn't require any external effects.