Acid Rain Technology - Ripsaw

Developed for modular musicians who want thick, evolving textures and precise control in minimal space, Ripsaw delivers lush stereo spread, advanced tuning options, and a completely new approach to visual feedback.

Like Chainsaw, Ripsaw gives you those classic, detuned super-saw and square wave sounds – but here you get 4x polyphony of 7 detunable voices per note, allowing for complex chords and huge stereo presence. Whether you're playing stacked power chords or floating harmonic pads, Ripsaw delivers with manual and CV control over spread and wave shape.

A new “Shift” parameter introduces a second oscillator hard-sync’d to each waveform, enabling wild, phase-locked modulation and a signature “Supersync” tone. As with Chainsaw, the waves are automatically panned across the stereo field – instant width, no mixer tricks needed.

You’ll immediately notice the front panel covered in 77 blue LEDs, which act as a dynamic display for tuning, waveform spread, and quantization – a beautiful and intuitive way to stay oriented even in dense patches. You can fine-tune the oscillator or engage semitone quantization via the encoder, depending on how exact or expressive you want your control.

Features:

• 4x polyphony with 7 detunable saw/square voices per note
• New “Shift” sync oscillator for unique Supersync sounds
• Stereo output with auto-panned voices for wide imaging
• 77-LED display for visual feedback and control
• Fine tune & semitone quantization via encoder
• Runs on the new HEX platform – swappable firmwares via USB-C

HEX Platform – One Module, Many Voices

The new HEX platform: a flexible 6hp DSP engine that can load different firmwares for oscillators, full voices, and sound processors. Firmware is easily swappable via USB-C (just drag and drop), and each will be released as a standalone module with its own uniquely designed panel.