SampleSauce — a plugin by Sungwoo
Seven moves.
One chain.
The filter, the wobble, the tape, the space, the clip, the movement. The exact moves you reach for to flip a sample — one knob each, in one plugin, and you can drag them into any order.
- Seven sound-shaping moves in one window
- Drag to reorder the chain — saved with your session
- Save your own presets · light on CPU
30-day money-back guarantee · Free for Own Your Masters students
60 seconds
The actual interface
One window. Zero menus.
Pick a move, flip its switch, turn the knob. That's the whole manual.
Drag to reorder
Grab the ≡ and move any effect up or down. Audio runs top to bottom — halftime last, filter first, whatever the flip needs.
One knob each
Every move is dialed to sound right the moment you touch it. Shift-drag for fine control, double-click to reset.
Save your sound
Six starter presets, plus write your own — they save your settings and your chain order, and follow you into every session.
Hear it before you buy
Seven moves. Press play.
Hit Play on any move, then flip Effect / Original to A/B the difference. (Clipper's on a drum loop; the rest on a melodic one.)
Halftime
Drop a sample an octave and stretch it to half-speed, locked to your tempo. One mix knob.
Filter
Two knobs — low pass to darken, high pass to thin. Add resonance for bite.
Vinyl
Tape and vinyl pitch wobble — just the warm warble, no hiss or crackle to clean up.
Saturate
Warm it, then push it to grit. Anti-aliased, so it stays musical even when you slam it.
Space
A clean reverb and a tempo-synced delay, blended to taste with two knobs.
Clipper
One knob sweeps soft saturation to a brickwall ceiling. Tames peaks and fattens — shown here on drums.
LFO
Tempo-synced volume movement — smooth tremolo to hard rhythmic gating. 1/16 to 1/3.
No overclaiming
What it is. What it isn't.
What it is
- ✓An algorithmic processor that delivers the behavior of classic studio moves with proven DSP.
- ✓Built for sample-based producers working with loops, breaks, and chopped vocals.
- ✓One knob per move — fast to dial in, light enough to run on a laptop.
- ✓A one-time purchase with free updates. No subscription.
What it isn't
- ✕Not a component-level circuit model of any specific hardware.
- ✕Not captured from real gear — no impulse responses or reference files.
- ✕Not a mixing-engineer suite. The EQ and channel-strip clutter is left out on purpose.
- ✕Not trying to replace a mastering chain for a $50k studio.
Who made this
Built by an artist and producer.
I'm Sungwoo. I've been making music for over a decade — it started in my garage in Fort Lee, New Jersey, making beats with my college floormate pH-1. I produced five tracks on his mixtape; Jay Park saw the video, signed him, and one of my beats landed on his debut EP for a major Korean label. Since then I've performed at KCON three times and been featured on Korean national TV.
After more sessions than I can count, I kept reaching for the same seven moves to flip a sample — and kept paying the "setup tax" of stacking plugins to do it. So I built them into one.
The moves I actually use, one knob each, nothing else.
One plugin. One price.
Get SampleSauce.
SampleSauce 1.0 · Mac & Windows
$19
One-time · yours forever · free updates
- All seven moves: Halftime, Filter, Vinyl, Saturate, Space, Clipper, LFO
- Drag-to-reorder chain, saved with your session
- Six starter presets + save your own
- Input & output gain with an analog-style meter
- VST3 + AU (Mac) · VST3 (Windows) — Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, GarageBand
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Instant download · signed installers for Mac and Windows
Questions
Asked & answered.
Will it work in my DAW?
Yes — SampleSauce ships as VST3 and AU, so it runs in Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, GarageBand, and any DAW that supports those formats. Mac (AU + VST3) and Windows (VST3).
Do I need to know mixing or music theory?
No. Every move is a single knob. If you can turn it until it sounds good, you can use it — there are no menus to learn and no manual to read.
Can I change the order of the effects?
Yes — drag any move up or down in the chain and the audio runs top to bottom in that order. Filter before saturation, halftime last, whatever your flip needs. Your order saves with the session.
Can I save my own presets?
Yes. Hit “+ Write Preset,” name it, done. Your presets save every knob, every switch and your chain order, and they show up in every session and every DAW.
I'm in Own Your Masters — do I get it free?
Yes. During launch, course students get SampleSauce free. It'll be added to the course as a bonus lesson when SampleSauce launches. Can't find it? Email sungwoo@heysungwoo.com.
What if it's not for me?
30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Put it on a real beat — if it doesn't earn a spot in your chain, email me for a full refund.
Do I pay again for updates?
Never. It's a one-time purchase with free updates for life. No subscription, no “pro tier.”
Pairs with
VocalSauce.
The vocal counterpart to SampleSauce: the whole vocal chain plus hook FX, one knob per move. Or get all 6 in one bundle for $99, 40% off.