No, I am not in love with every part of it, but the things I really like, I REALLY like. This will subtly open and close the filter over time, adding small, evolving changes to the timbre.įinish the patch by adding a tiny bit of noise (8 o'clock is a good setting), which will add some grit to the sound.I honestly just don't feel like I can say enough good about this package as a whole. In the LFO section, set rate to 2.94Hz and the shape to triangle, and then raise the mod wheel slightly, to a value of around 0.05. Go to the wheel-mod section and activate the filter button, which will now allow us to modulate the filter with an LFO, setting the amount of modulation with the mod-wheel. Using Arturia Prophet V again, create another single-sawtooth oscillator patch with a long attack/release filter. The "Rhubarb" synth patch has a simple single-sawtooth patch similar to the one we created for "Cliffs," but with some subtle modulation. "Rhubarb" is a fan favourite from SAW II, and it explores similar ambient drone territory to that heard on "Cliffs." The rhythmically shapeless piece is based around a beautiful-sounding chord progression that is repeated throughout the entire song, without getting repetitive. For this article, I'll use Arturia Prophet V, a software emulation of the 1978 classic Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, a versatile go-to synth. The good news is that the core synth sounds are actually relatively simple, and can be created on any analog-style polyphonic synthesiser. A Yamaha CS-5 was also present during the album's recording, as James wrote the liner notes to the album directly on the actual synth, which was later sold at auction. An Oberheim Matrix-1000 is commonly rumoured to be the main synth on SAW II, mostly based on similarities to its presets. James' earlier work, the exact gear and samples used are shrouded in some degree of mystery. Selected Ambient Works Volume II has gone on to be highly influential to electronic and ambient musicians alike.Īs with much of Richard D.
Most of the tracks were never given official names, and are instead commonly referred to by unofficial names based on pictures from the album's artwork. SAW II delves into dark ambient territory, with eerie soundscapes, drones, and repeating loops that approach the 10-minute mark. The album was a departure from Selected Ambient Works 85–92 in that it is largely beatless, dropping much of the techno stylings of its predecessor. Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II turns 25 today.
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