Welcome!
Here you'll find the FlowStone synth Saguaro.one available in Windows VSTi format as free download for your enjoyment...
With the wonderfully bad taste of oldschool 90's visual design, using mainly the saw waveform (hence the name saguaro) Saguaro.one combines and mixes saw with sine, triangle, square and noise in selectable pre-wired Osc modules. No analog emulation, no special unison, no stereo FX, no delays nor reverb built in. Just pure harsh-digital-mono mayhem.
There is no regular oscillator section exposed on this synth, only three main parameter knobs and the fundamental saw adjustment.
This is intentional. Very ROMpler'y indeed...
Saguaro.one is a highly experimental synth and as such it has some sound issues including clicks and aliasing etc. So beware.
As creator of Saguaro.one I am not in any way shape or form an audio/DSP-engineer. I take no responsibility for damages, psychological or otherwise caused by use or misuse of this software. Don't stare at that smiley for too long! ;-)
To understand the idea of the synth choose a default (blank) patch and try the different Osc modules. Tweaking P1, P2 and P3.
Adjusting these parameter knobs on an already made preset won't yield a satisfactory change since they are likely already modulated.
Saguaro.one is a pasttime dabble... so there will likely be more osc modules. When and how many depends ultimately on any public interest for the plugin.
If you enjoy Saguaro.one you can show appreciation and support me as a creator by making a Paypal donation. Takes a bit of time putting larger Flowstone schematics together, even technically simple ones. Contributions will encourage future updates and exports as FlowStone is updated.
Saguaro.one was built for fun and personal learning purposes in 2022. Using pure distilled silliness and irony
and FlowStone. Naturally.
However it has been updates a few times since then...
Big thanks to MV
His contributions to the FlowStone community made this plugin possible.
MV deals in more advanced audio/image processing than any of the modules of his implemented in Saguaro.one
MV's website can be found here
Both standalone / vsti version:
You can emulate ASIO device by using ASIO4ALL driver
which can be found here: https://www.asio4all.org/
Specific to vsti version:
April 2023 update NEW
March 2023 fourth update
March 2023
Note:
These are possible updates if interest for the plugin
is great enough and it's CPU usage doesn't hit critical levels
even on fast systems
Selected features
Disclaimer:
As the FlowStone export of the synth is free... Charging money for Saguaro.one or bundling it with other software and selling it without permission is not permitted. Modifying Saguaro.one or any part of it's code without permission from it's creator is also not allowed.
If you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions surrounding this little Saguaro.one VSTi / Standalone synth project. Let me know...
There is no official support for the Saguaro.one synth since it is both free and at the mercy of my ignorance and any behaviour inherent to FlowStone itself.
But you are welcome to report any bugs or incompatibility issues with different DAWs and/or Windows versions.
Be aware that messages regarding bugreports and suggestions might not always be answered. But I will read all and take them into consideration...
Regards
/R
Proudly presenting my idea emphasizing the G:
I'll make a synth plugin and call it... uhmm... Saguaro.one
Spanish speaking person next to me:
- You know it's pronounced Sa-w-uaro... Right?
Me:
A plugin based on saw it is then...