Uses standard hardware

Flowfal is designed to use off the shelf smartphones and watches. There is no requirement for bespoke hardware. If you have a smartphone the you already have all you need to try out Flowfal,

A new type of controller

Flowfal allows modulation inputs to be captured in the studio in a more tactile and expressive way than editing curves on a screen. If you have two different controllers mapped to inputs from a phone, or watch, then you can play with these as the track plays in a more music way than just moving sliders. For example, flicking your wrist can produce quick movements that would be hard to make using traditional controllers.

Musically useful

Flowfal presents sensor inputs in a range of different ways, allowing different modulation parameters to be changed in different ways. Input signals all have separate filters allowing the speed of response to be traded off with smoothness for each signal.

Dance

Flowfal allows input from dancers and other movement professionals to trigger sounds. For these applications dancers may be wearing a watch on each wrist, or even on each limb. With Flowfal the dancers and no longer dancing to music, they are the music.

Interactive

The interactive mode of the Flowfal client application allows users in installations to choose what sound they would like to control.

Spatial

Smartphones, and most watches, have a compass sensor which allows Flowfal to be able to move sounds around you in 3D space. Using full surround sound systems like Ambisonics means you can even move the sounds overhead.

Robust enough for Live Performance

Flowfal has been around in this incarnation since 2016. It has been used in many professional music, dance and installation productions. It is robust enough for the demanding conditions of love performance and has been engineered to be exceptionally responsive, with sub 10ms latency easily achievable.