Anyone listened to SAW II lately? (Page 1 of 2)

nice topic! i listen to sawII maybe once a year. this was the first music my cat heared when she was a little kitten. we love afx!

Selected Ambient Works II by Aphex Twin.

One of his greatest albums, I had to throw the album away this year because the discs were too fucked up to play anymore (ie it had been on repeat for > 10 years). I like SAW 85-92 also maybe even better and Polygon Window Surfing on Sine Waves, those 3 are imo among the great masterpieces of electronic music

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they better call those movies sick instead of saw 1, 2 , 412 cause they are

Agreed!

Really? I have SAW 85-92 but don't rate it as you guys do.

@ Squadra

Sadly my discs of SAWII faced the same fate, can't keep the feckin things.
Might get the vinyl version for myself for Christmas

SAW II was THE album that got me interested in electronic/synthesizer oriented music. I have played it to death too and used to put it on several times a week before going to sleep a few years back. Sometimes i accidently had it on repeat which gives you a weird feeling when you wake up the next day

Bottomline, it is truly great still and re-hearable for may years into the future. My copy also got outplayed long ago btw

I read on the internet that the whole SAW II album was made on a SY99 from Yamaha, could be but nobody knows for sure. Jeff Mills also used a Yamaha SY/TG...

Rumour has it that Jeff Mills (and UR) used the TG33 which is the same as the SY22/35, the most "simplest" in the series (2 operator FM + vector rom wave synthesis) they are very cheap but great fun. Then there is the SY77/TG55 or something which is 6 operator FM + AWM synthesis. The SY85 is a bit of an odball in the series cause it has only AWM synthesis and no FM. The SY99 is the uber flagship workstation with 6 operator FM, importing of samples and a very advanced effects processor.

Again there is no proof he used that on SAW II, I just read it somewhere that somebody was claiming 100% that it was that synth, that he could recognise it instantly...but it could also be just a nutcase just randomly brabbling. I never had a SY99, just a SY77 briefly which I didn't touch much so I couldn't tell.

I dunno, that stuff is always interesting to know what gear is used on certain tracks, at least I think it is.

Nobody is going to make another SAWII if they buy a SY99 but if you are into synths and you listen to SAW II don't you wonder how it is made? (ok maybe after listening to it for the 50th time)