Native Instruments launches $99 A.G. Cook synthesizer

Native Instruments has launched Super*Saw, a $99 software synthesizer built around stacked sawtooth oscillators and co-developed with Grammy-winning producer A.G. Cook. The instrument is available now directly through the company.

The release represents a two-year collaboration between Cook and Native Instruments’ design team. Rather than starting from scratch, the developers built the software directly from Cook’s own production sessions and patches. The result is a tool tailored to a specific, trending sonic texture.

The supersaw sound has cycled in and out of mainstream electronic music for decades. Its current resurgence is largely driven by the hyperpop genre, a market where Cook holds significant influence as the founder of PC Music and the 2025 BRIT Producer of the Year. His production work with artists like Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek has made his take on the supersaw highly recognizable to listeners.

From a product strategy perspective, Super*Saw is designed to handle multiple roles without requiring users to switch instruments. It features mono and poly modes for leads, basses, stacks and chords. Technical specifications include two independent 8-voice oscillator banks, an X/Y Morpher for continuous interpolation between four distinct patch states, and built-in chorus, delay and reverb effects. Chord, scale and quantize tools sit alongside per-voice glide and offset controls for stereo motion.

The preset library covers a range of textures, including blissed-out harmonies, metallic dissonance, ravey leads and what the company describes as impossible glides. The synthesizer integrates directly with Native Instruments’ existing hardware, specifically Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine. Pricing the instrument at $99 while tying it to this hardware ecosystem allows the company to sell a software tool directly linked to a defining trend in contemporary pop.