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Ableton Live Plugins

Flowfal uses Max For Live plugins to process the movement data received from the Flowfal Apps running on client devices. A number of different plugins are available to control different parts of Ableton Live in different ways.

FlowfalMaster

This is the plugin that controls the whole of the Flowfal system

Common Controls

Some of the controls are the same across most of the Flowfal plugins: these are covered in this section

FlowfalInspector

This plugin allows you to see what data is being sent to a given channel at any point

FlowfalMap

This plugin maps movement to any automatable Live control

FlowfalGain

This plugin allows movement to control the gain of the signal passing through it

FlowfalOsc

This plugin uses movement to output OSC to other applications

FlowfalMidiGate

This plugin uses movement to gate MIDI notes being sent through it

FlowfalMidiNote

This plugin uses movement to trigger the production of a MIDI note

FlowfalMidiNoteRange

This plugin uses movement to select a MIDI note from a given range of notes

FlowfalMidiTranspose

This plugin uses movement to transpose MIDI notes

FlowfalMidiVelocity

This plugin uses movement to alter MIDI velocity values

FlowfalMidiCc

This plugin uses movement to produce MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) data, normally to control an external synth

Client Devices

Movement inputs to the Flowfal system are produced by phone and smartwatch client devices running the Flowfal App

The Phone and Watch client apps

A guide to the phone and watch client apps

Android Watch OS devices

A guide to Android Watch OS devices that can run Flowfal

Apple Watch devices

A guide to Apple Watch devices that can run Flowfal

Performing With Flowfal

Things that you might want to consider when using Flowfal in a live performance situation

Lock To A Channel

For performances you may want to lock your Flowfal devices to a single channel

WiFi router setup

How to set up a dedicated WiFi router for performances

Tutorials

A set of tutorials are provided when you install Flowfal. These will take you through all of the things Flowfal can do in detail

01 Intro

A general overview of Flowfal with three different sounds to control

02 The Basics

How to add Flowfal to a new Ableton Set, and the add mapping movement to a Live parameter

03 Acceleration And Rotation Inputs

How to use acceleration or rotation inputs in Flowfal plugins

04 Attitude Inputs

How to use attitude (roll, pitch and yaw) inputs in Flowfal plugins

05 FlowfalMaster

How to use the FlowfalMaster plugin to control the rest of the Flowfal system

06 Mapping movement to parameters

How to use the FlowfalMap plugin to map a movement to any mappable Live parameter

07 FlowfalInspector

How to use the FlowfalInspector plugin to see what movement data is being created by a given device

08 Gating MIDI Notes

How to use the FlowfalMidiGate plugin to gate a stream of MIDI notes

09 Controlling Track Volume

How to use the FlowfalGain plugin to control the volume of a track

10 Producing MIDI Notes

How to use the FlowfalMidiNote plugin to produce MIDI notes with movement

11 Transposing MIDI Notes

How to use the FlowfalTranspose plugin to transpose MIDI notes with movement

12 Producing A Range Of MIDI Notes

How to use the FlowfalMidiNoteRange plugin to produce a MIDI notes from a range of notes

13 Producing MIDI CC Messages

How to use the FlowfalMidiCc plugin to produce MIDI CC messages, normally to control an external synth

14 Theremin

How to use the Flowfal to imitate a Theremin using two phones or watches, one for each hand

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