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Simple Flowstone synth with a smile to take you back to the 90's... Just a fun personal project.
This synth uses mainly the saw waveform (hence name "Saguaro") which it adds/subtracts/mixes with other basic waveforms in prewired schemes (selectable as Osc Modules, utilizing varying amount of oscillators).
Up to 64 voices depending on CPU, it Features no analog emulation, no special unison, no effects like delay, chorus, reverb or any other FX processing. Only straightforward harsh digital-mono mayhem with some filtering. No secret internal workings except for FlowStone's excellent audio/dsp engine itself and a great deal of internal modules created or optimized by MV (see link below).
Saguaro.one doesn't feature a regular oscillator section, only 3 main parameter knobs are exposed and a fundamental saw adjustment. This is intentional and very rompler-like yet without being a rompler.
Apart from this Saguaro.one do however feature rudimentary modulation by 2 LFOs and 2 Envelopes. It also features an auxiliary (extra/sub) oscillator.
Saguaro.one can be considered a barebone 1+1 oscillator synth of sorts. Osc Module + Aux Oscillator.
To understand the idea of the synth choose the default patch (INIT) and try the different Osc modules, tweaking P1, P2 and P3. Adjusting these parameters on an already made preset will likely not yield a satisfactory change, since they might be modulated already.
Big thanks to MV his contributions to the FlowStone community made this synth possible. MV deals in even more advanced audio/image processing than any of his modules that was used for this particular synth. MVs website can be found here
Disclaimer
This is an experimental synth and as such it does have sound issues including clicks and some aliasing. I am by no means an audio/DSP-engineer. Saguaro.one is a pasttime dabble and there might be more Osc Modules. When and how many depends ultimately on any public interest for the plugin. Let me know if you find this plugin fun or useful in some way.
Version 0.579 Update #3 December 2025:
Version 0.576 Update #2 December 2025:
LFOs Key Stepper 16.
- New waveform: Gate (PW Square)
- New slider for setting pattern start position. Start position applies to when triggering/retriggering current pattern
- Adjusted Key Stepper schematics. Hopefully fixes some of the issues with retrograde playback, "transpose at pattern end" problem and perhaps minor recording issues
- Hovering anywhere above the LFO screen or the Start Position slider now shows current step at playback.
Reworked synths knob-activation logic.
- Changing preset is still quite slow but now slightly faster than atleast most recent versions of Saguaro.oneGUI.
- Changed some bitmaps and adjusted some knobs that were not aligned correctly
Reviewed By Warkyuu [all]
July 29th, 2024
Version reviewed: 0.524 on Windows
This is probably one of the coolest plugins I have discovered recently, and one of the best plugins I've seen created in flowstone. It is very versatile in the sounds it can create, and it features a playful and great looking UI.
The issue I had with it below has been fixed. Thank you dev, this synth is incredible :).
̶I̶t̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶u̶n̶f̶o̶r̶t̶u̶n̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶e̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶.̶ ̶E̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶l̶u̶g̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶o̶a̶d̶e̶d̶, ̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶d̶o̶w̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶l̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶s̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶l̶u̶g̶i̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶l̶o̶a̶d̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶e̶l̶e̶c̶t̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶u̶d̶i̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶f̶u̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶n̶i̶c̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶t̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶I̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶l̶u̶g̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶j̶e̶c̶t̶, ̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶s̶a̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶o̶a̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶j̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶n̶c̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶y̶n̶t̶h̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶s̶u̶m̶i̶n̶g̶.̶
Response from Saguaro from Saguaro.one on July 29th, 2024
Thanks for feedback...
If you download the plugin again the issue you decribed has been fixed in a covert update.
Actual update will be uploaded soon, with some more fixes and added features.
Have fun.
Reviewed By elviecho [all]
October 18th, 2022
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Windows
My first thought was: A Pokemon Synth?
Like the author wrote, it is not perfect, the possibilities are sparse and sometimes it sounds very harsh.
But I like it. I went thru the presets and found some surprisingly charming ones.
If you are in Lo-Fi and if your inner child is still alive...this thing can bring a smile on your face.
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Just keep it simple since I'm not a studio-engineer, DSP- nor a math-guy
Have fun! And make some noise... or noises perhaps :-).
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