FLOW house

User Manual / Flow House Synth Edition

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OVERVIEW
8DM Flow House Synth Edition, is our fully multi sampled 8DM Flow House Synth Edition utilizes all our experience
syntheizer edition of our upbeat and positve Flow House from 8Dio – with our new 3.0 Chaos FX Engine, 3D rendered
series. Unlike our Groove Designer Edition, the Synth layout and hyper flexible interface. We made it easy,
Edition contains every single synthesizer used to craft the hyper-flexible and with our modern Flow House sound
loops & fragments contained in all our Flow House right out of the box.
demoes. All layed out chromatically on the keys, ready for
you to mix, merge and mangle to your heart’s content.
PATCH DESCRIPTION CC LIST

“SYNTHS” Contains three different banks of custom CC 01 - Master Filter
created synthesised content.
CC 12 - Patch Scrolling
CC 32 - Previous Patch
+bass
CC 33 - Next Patch
+leads
+pads CC 64 - Sustain

any of the following may cause engine conflicts

CC 74 - Filter Low Pass
CC 75 - Filter High Pass
CC 76 - Filter Attack
CC 77 - Filter Decay
CC 78 - Filter Sustain
CC 79 - Filter Release
CC 82 - TG Automation
CC 83 - SC Automation
CC 84 / 124 - Causes standard keyboard functions
which may disrupt usage

SYNTH Browser SYNTH controls
This library is built around an internal browser that The GLIDE bypass & slider can used to activate and
allows easy access to all sound banks. All the core adjust portamento amount, or simply to make the
sounds come preloaded in the main browser, with synth monophonic.
intuitive navigation options so you can audition the The “CHAOS“ banner will randomly select a synth, or
entire library without having to load any further if “STACK“ is active will randomly stack synths. This
patches. Everything is right at your finger tips, so button also randomises all active effects on the sub-
you can get right back to making music. sequent page. To master rest the effects, simply ALT
Click the banner.
*TIP: Use CC 12 to scroll through the available
grooves, or CC 32-33 to progressively navigate *TIP: The STEREO SPREAD can also be altered by se-
through them. lecting the stereo icon.
SYNTH ADSR SYNTH MODULATION
“STACK” Allows you to stack any number of synths When in the “PITCH“ panel a “MOD“ switch will become visi-
ontop of one another, effecively giving you access ble. This option allows you to draw in modulation wave shapes
to an infinite amount of oscillator and preset layer- that will affect the overall pitch dependant on the settings be-
ing capabilities. low. This is a great tool for creating anything from soft vibrato,
to insane octave jumping madness. And as with the other con-
Aswell as being able to have different “GLIDE” val- trols, this can be altered on a per synth basis.
ues for each synth, both the “VOLUME“ & “PITCH“
ADSR controls can also be set independantly for DEPTH - Depth controls the amount of pitch modulation in
each synth inside a patch. To access these controls semitones.
simply toggle the named buttons pictured above. RATE - Rate controls the time signature of the sequence.
RETRIGGER - Adjusts whether the modulation sequence is
The Chaos Engine is perhaps
our most extreme feature.
We wanted to take the
concept of Chance and port it
to our user-interface.

effects
The Effects page consists of multiple rack effects.
To scroll through the available effects you can use
the scroll bar on the far right. To auto scroll up and
down you can click on the bottom left / right, top
/ left right or middle left / right, this will auto scroll
to the approriate position.
SEQUENCER contains a polyphonic step sequencer. GROOVE allows you to switch between 4 user assigned sequences on
the fly. RATE alters the time signature of the played polyphonic sequence. LENGTH alters the duration of each sequenced note.
RANDOM applies human-esque qualities to the sequence, slightly nudging each note progressively out of time, and STEPS
selects the amount of available steps in the sequence.
To access the sequencer module, simply select the MAIN/SEQ tab, which will bring up the active sequencer table. The default
view shows you which velocities you are triggering for each given step in the sequence. To see what keys are being triggered,
select KEY on the lower left hand side of the SEQ module. This allows you to alter what keys are being triggered for each step
in the sequence.
ARP The arpeggiator has all the function you would expect and more. RATE allows you to alter the time siganture of the ar-
peggiations. LATCH will hold the note progression even after releasing the keys. SWING will adjust the swing amount while
OCTAVE selects the range the arp will play. REPEAT allows you to select how many times you would like each note struck, while
LENGTH adjusts the amount of time a played not will be held for. STACK (only available when GLIDE is bypassed) will underlay
any arpeggiation with the full untouched chord itself. MAIN/SEQ opens up the sequencer panel, this is used for drawing the
velocity automation for the arp. To alter the arp “type“ simply choose from the PRESET dropdown menu.
The settings page consists of a PANNER control allows you to pan each successively played note in a different direction depen-
dant on the WIDTH value. STEPS adjusts the amount of steps available in the SEQ panel, while PRESET CC allows you to select
a CC to control the arp “type“ PRESET list, which is a great tool for altering the direction of the arp mid sequence.
FILTER controls an independant LOW PASS [CC74] and HIGH PASS [CC75] filter. These smooth filters can be directly
controlled by the interface, or by the included ADSR envelope [CC’s 76-79]. VINTAGE enables a subtle phaser affect which is
great for adding a thin resonant level of air on top of the filter. You can even automate the filter with the included sequencer,
located on the SEQ page. And Of course, you can hit CHAOS in order to randmise every relavant parameter.

The Settings page consists of the Envelope buttons which allow you to choose which filter type is controlled by the envelope,
and the Sequencer buttons which allow you to choose which filter is type is controlled by the sequencer.
We also included RATE which adjusts the speed of the sequence remaining synced to your host tempo. STEPS which adjusts
the available amount of steps in the Sequencer and ON NOTE which will restart the sequence upon every new note played.
EQ controls an 3 band Equaliser, we have included a handful of useful presets to help you in scullpting your sound. We also
have included a CHAOS control, this allows you to randmise every value, which is extremely useful for carving out new and
interesting sounds.

The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the CHAOS switch. Such as MOTION, which constantly
randomises and animates every relevant parameter. RANGE which alters the amount of randomisation under both MOTION
and CHAOS. And the CHAOS / FLOW switch which changes the type of randmisation available. CHAOS is purely random based
on a value below your current settings and the RANGE, whereas FLOW analyses and adjusts your current settings depending
on your RANGE allowing you to have a more subtle evolution of randomisation.
DEGRADER consists of a BIT CRUSHER and a DISTORTION unit. Of course we also have included a CHAOS control, which
allows you to randmise every value, which is extremely useful for carving out new and interesting sounds.

The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the CHAOS switch. Such as MOTION, which constantly
randomises and animates every relevant parameter. RANGE which alters the amount of randomisation under both MOTION
and CHAOS. And the CHAOS / FLOW switch which changes the type of randmisation available. CHAOS is purely random based
on a value below your current settings and the RANGE, whereas FLOW analyses and adjusts your current settings depending
on your RANGE allowing you to have a more subtle evolution of randomisation.
TRANCE GATE consists of a gate sequencer which allows you to stutter any sound. The RATE control alters the speed of the
gate which remains tempo synced to your host. The STEPS control alters the amount of available steps. And the MIX parameter
controls the strength of the gate. The CHAOS control allows you to randomise the gate.

The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the gate. Such as MOTION, which randomises the gate at the
end of each sequence, and ON NOTE which will restart the sequence upon every new note played.
SIDE CHAIN consists of a highly customisable waveshape, which allows you to shape the tempo locked volume swell. The
RATE control alters the speed of the pulse which remains tempo synced to your host. The MIX parameter controls the strength
of the pulse.

The Settings page consists of a single but vital control to help control the sidechainer. When active ON NOTE which will
restart the sequence upon every new note played, when bypassed the sequence will restart upon playing the first key, and will
continue to loop until stopped.
DELAY consists of 2 sequential delays, this allows you to build complex rhythms and sequences by simply using different time
values. Each delay has a wet MIX parameter, a tempo synced TIME control, and FEEDBACK and PAN controls to help control the
style and poer of the delay. We also went a step further, and added a a LOW and HIGH PASS filter to the end of the chain, this
allows you to filter out certain frequencies only in the feedback of the delay ensuring it doesn’t conflict with your main sound.
And, you guessed it, we included a CHAOS control, so you are able to randomise every relevant parameter, creating some truly
amazing delay patterns. Both delays and the filters also work intelligently, meaning if you are not using them or they are set to
a minimal value, they will bypass themselves in order to save your CPU load.
TRANSFORM contains a powerful impulse convolution with some truly strange and wonderful presets. To change what
convolution is loaded, simply select the preset dropdown menu, and load any of our hand designed impulse responses. From
fog horns, to car crashes, engine revs to world ending drones, we have included a handful of our favourite custom recorded
and designed presets. If you are feeling indesisive, you can also select the CHAOS control, which will randomly assign a preset
for you, as well as alter the available controls for some truly esoteric results. The included controls can help you further shape
the convolution, such as MIX which alters the wet value of the insert, SIZE which stretches or compresses the impulse,
PRE-DELAY which adds a small delay before the impulse is triggered, and of course a HIGH and LOW PASS FILTER, which
allows you to shape the frequency of the impulse convolution layer.
REVERB contains a powerful convolution reverb partnered with a digital reverb. To change what convolution is loaded,
simply select the preset dropdown menu, and load any of our custom recorded impulse responses. We have included a
variety, of real acoustic spaces we use and love, such as recording studios, churches, cathedrals and halls. As well as a few not
so acoustic spaces we equally love. We have also crafted a quick and useful room positioner tool, by clicking anywhere in the
“ROOM” area you can access a variety of crafted presets which load custom settings ontop of your chosen convolution reverb.
This is a great tool for quickly placing your sound in designed space. Or of course you can select the CHAOS control and let the
engine do the choosing for you.
The included controls are similar as to the TRANSFORM module except REVERB has a digital counterpart. This can be bypassed
by using the DIGITAL ON/OFF switch.
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