Control Room

**StrandFlow Update — 1 November 2026 (r22)** *Create your movement. Explore every function.*

**ORB Point-by-Point Drawing**

• Create panning routes by clicking each position, or move the cursor and press **Space** to place a point.
• Follow numbered points, direction arrows and a preview of the next segment.
• Select **Done** or press **Enter** to finish.
• Use **Undo**, **Backspace**, **Delete** or right-click to remove the last point while editing.
• **Clear** starts a new route. Select **Draw** again to extend an existing route.
• Supports **256 points**. Reaching the limit preserves every existing point.
• Routes loop back to START and need at least two points.
• Save and load reusable ORB presets. Routes and settings are also included in saved projects and restored automatically through **Load Project**.

**Illustrated Help & Guidance**

• Added relevant screenshots to help users identify the controls being explained.
• Introduced bold cyan-blue headings and clearer guidance sections.
• Updated ORB instructions for point placement, editing and saving.
• Added standalone audio and MIDI setup guidance, including **Options at the top left**, output devices, external audio interfaces, stereo channels, buffer settings and MIDI controllers.
• Updated Creator & Vision artwork with separate function panels and the creator’s studio portrait.
• Help images are included for offline use.

**Complete Guided Walkthrough**

• Expanded the Guided Tour from seven steps to **34 workflow steps**.
• Covers setup, importing, sample editing, tuning, tempo, presets, Strands, effects, compression, envelopes, piano performance, MIDI patterns, ORB, spectrum, recording and saving.
• Highlights the relevant controls and reveals the piano drawer where needed.
• **Open Panel** buttons let users explore separate function windows and return to the tour.
• Includes Back, Next, Skip and Finish controls.
• Restart anytime through **Help / Guide → Guided Tour**.
• Tour navigation preserves audio parameters; changes you deliberately make remain in effect.

**Performance Improvements**

• Optimized sample reading to reduce unnecessary processing.
• Reduced memory use through shared voice-window data.
• Reduced background UI work when ORB and MSEG windows are hidden.
• Local eight-note effects-rack testing measured approximately **18% less processing time** at 48 kHz with a 256-sample buffer. Results vary by system.
• Existing DSP algorithms, parameter IDs and project/preset formats are retained.

**Also Included**

• 20 ORB factory motion paths, tempo sync and fading afterglow.
• ORB processing before the piano effects chain.
• Brushed red-and-silver Recombined Output panel.
• Disabled hover popups.

**Before Installing**

• **Save and back up your projects.**
• Close StrandFlow and your DAW.
• Extract the ZIP fully to a permanent folder.
• For standalone, use the new Standalone folder and run **Create Desktop Shortcut.cmd** if needed.
• For VST3, replace the **entire StrandFlow.vst3 folder** in your existing plugin location. Avoid duplicate copies and rescan your DAW if required.

Existing activation and trial data remain in place. Updating does not restart the trial.

The patch ZIP contains complete replacement standalone and VST3 files; it is not an automatic installer. **Windows x64 only.**

Download: https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow Support: strandflow@outlook.com

**StrandFlow r21 — 31 October 2026** *Draw your motion. See your sound move.*

**NEW: ORB Spatial Motion**

• Explore 20 factory motion paths with adjustable speed, tempo sync, stereo width, depth and wet mix.
• Draw your own panning route directly in the ORB display.
• Save and load custom paths as reusable presets.
• Restore ORB paths and settings with your DAW sessions and StrandFlow projects.
• ORB now runs before the piano effects, allowing delays and reverbs to respond to the panning movement.

**ORB Visual Improvements**

• Glowing paths, direction arrows and a clear starting-point marker.
• Audio-reactive orb colour and brightness.
• A soft, coloured afterglow tail follows the orb and fades naturally.

**Updated Workstation Finish**

• Recombined Output now features brushed red-and-silver metal, fine grain, bevelled edges and recessed shading.
• Hover popups have been disabled. Help remains available through Help / Guide.

**Updating** Close StrandFlow and your DAW before replacing files. Back up your projects and previous version first.

For standalone, use the updated Standalone folder and recreate your desktop shortcut if needed. For VST3, replace the complete **StrandFlow.vst3** folder in your existing plugin location, then rescan your DAW.

Existing activation and trial data are retained. Updating does not restart the trial. Older projects without ORB settings open with ORB disabled.

**Download:** https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow **Support:** strandflow@outlook.com

STRANDFLOW UPDATE — 29 OCTOBER 2026 Release r19

DETACHABLE PIANO

• Open the keyboard in a separate, resizable Piano & Performance window.
• Arrange it beside the main interface or on another monitor.
• Clear sections for playing controls, articulation, effects and the 61-key keyboard.
• Dock it again using DOCK PIANO or by closing its window.
• All five themes supported.
• Fixed an issue preventing the Detach Piano button from responding.

NEW KEYBOARD PLAYING MODES

• Poly — up to eight voices for notes and chords.
• Mono — single-note playing with last-note priority.
• Legato — overlapping notes change pitch without restarting the sample.
• Portato — softer attacks and releases for gently articulated notes.
• Mono and Legato include optional portamento with adjustable glide time from 0–2000 ms.
• Supports onscreen keys, hardware MIDI and MIDI patterns.

INDEPENDENT STRAND ENVELOPES

• Eight individual MSEGs replace the previous global envelope.
• Shape each Strand with 40 points, smooth or straight transitions, adjustable amount and independent cycle length.
• Includes 21 factory shapes, including Trance 2, plus saving and loading your own shapes.
• Processing occurs before the shared piano effects, allowing existing reverb and delay tails to continue.
• Older global-envelope sessions transfer their shape to all eight Strands.
• Legacy global automation lanes are not remapped; check older automated projects before replacing your previous build.

PER-STRAND AUTO COMPRESSION

• New AC control for each Strand.
• Stereo-linked compression with automatic makeup gain and smooth bypass.
• Saved with sessions and new sound presets.
• Compression can raise background noise and is not a peak limiter.

PORTABLE PROJECT FOLDERS

• Bundle session settings, source audio, sound preset, MIDI pattern and all eight MSEG shapes.
• Include the current completed recording when available.
• Restore using LOAD PROJECT and keep the complete folder together when moving it.

WORKFLOW AND PRESENTATION

• Rebalanced controls and panel spacing.
• Blue-neon Piano and yellow-neon MIDI Pattern shortcuts.
• Green-neon Neutral Reset and red-neon Recombined Output surround.
• Darker sapphire-metal Midnight theme.
• Expanded Help & Guidance covering new controls, detached windows, saving and audio troubleshooting.

OPTIMIZATION

• Reduced unnecessary processing when Strand MSEGs are disabled.
• All ten automated regression suites passed, including recording, project recall, articulation, detached windows and extended MIDI looping.

HOW TO UPDATE Back up your projects and previous build. Close StrandFlow and your DAW before replacing files.

Extract the ZIP fully. Replace the complete StrandFlow.vst3 folder in your existing plugin location, then rescan your DAW if needed. For standalone, use the new Standalone folder and update your shortcut if its location changes.

Existing activation and trial data are retained. Reimport your activation file only if requested. Updating does not restart the trial.

Windows 10/11 x64 — standalone and VST3 included.

Download: https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow

Support: strandflow@outlook.com

STRANDFLOW UPDATE — 29 OCTOBER 2026 · r20 Global shaping and a refined metal workstation

GLOBAL MSEG

• New pink-neon Global MSEG shortcut between MIDI Pattern and 3D Spectrum.
• Separate editor with 40 points, 21 factory shapes, Amount, loop length, smooth curves and Save/Load Shape.
• Shapes the combined sound before the piano effects, allowing existing reverb and delay tails to continue naturally.
• Works alongside the eight independent Strand envelopes.
• Saved with full sessions. Older sessions load with the new global stage switched off.

COLOUR-COORDINATED STRAND MSEGS

• Each editor now matches its Strand’s spectral colour.
• Tap a Strand MSEG button to enable its envelope and open the editor.
• The button stays illuminated while enabled; tap again to bypass.
• Closing the editor leaves the envelope active.

WORKSTATION VISUAL UPDATES

• Embossed metal frames and recessed displays added across waveforms, Recombined Output, expanded sample, Spectrum, MIDI grid and MSEG graphs.
• Vintage-style metal dials with ridged edges, contrasting pointers and illuminated value rings.
• Detached Piano styling now matches the main workstation.
• FX Order dropdown aligned with neighbouring controls.
• Five evenly spaced shortcuts for Piano, MIDI Pattern, Global MSEG, 3D Spectrum and Neutral Reset.

HELP AND FIXES

• Fixed the Help panel overlapping its Back button.
• Added dedicated Global MSEG guidance.
• Updated instructions for envelope controls, routing, saving and resets.
• Updated appearance guidance and copyright notice.

HOW TO UPDATE Download the latest Windows package: https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow

Back up your projects and previous build. Close StrandFlow and your DAW, then extract the ZIP fully.

Replace the complete StrandFlow.vst3 folder in your existing plugin location. Avoid duplicate copies and rescan your DAW if needed.

For standalone, use the updated Standalone folder and refresh your desktop shortcut if its location changes.

Existing activation and trial data are retained. Reimport your activation file only if requested. Updating does not restart the trial.

Support: strandflow@outlook.com

STRANDFLOW UPDATE — 27 OCTOBER 2026 Release r18

GLOBAL MSEG

• Shape the combined processed sound with 40 adjustable envelope points.
• Includes 20 factory shapes and options to save and load your own.
• Adjustable amount, smooth or straight curves, and 1–32 beat cycles.
• Follows DAW timing when synced, or Manual BPM independently.
• Processes before piano effects, allowing reverb and delay tails to continue naturally.
• Fully themed window. Starts disabled; A Original bypasses it.

CYMATIC BLOOM

• New eleventh Spectrum view with luminous, audio-driven patterns.
• Ripples spread across the display like waves on a pond.
• Responds to Strand activity, Solo and Mute.
• An artistic cymatics-inspired visualisation, not a physical simulation.

MIDI LOOP EDITING

• Type precise Start and End values alongside slider adjustment.
• Enter applies changes; Escape cancels.
• Invalid ranges are rejected, with Undo available for accepted edits.

WORKSTATION IMPROVEMENTS

• Taller sample panel with a deeper waveform and clearer control spacing.
• Separate Sound Presets and Visualisation & Modulation sections.
• Updated Help guidance and guided-tour highlights.

HOW TO UPDATE Download the latest Windows package: https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow

Close StrandFlow and your DAW before replacing files. Replace the complete StrandFlow.vst3 folder in your existing plugin location.

Existing activation remains intact. Reimport your activation file only if requested. Updating does not restart the trial.

Windows 10/11 x64 — standalone and VST3. Support: strandflow@outlook.com

STRANDFLOW — 26 OCTOBER 2026 UPDATE Output monitoring & MIDI workflow improvements

RECOMBINED OUTPUT

• Larger recording panel with a neon-red surround and clearer spacing.
• Deeper, wider waveform monitor.
• Waveform colour smoothly follows the strongest processed Strand, respecting Solo and Mute.
• Silence and A Original playback fade to a neutral colour.

OUTPUT LIMITER & PEAK MONITORING

• Optional stereo-linked sample-peak limiter for standalone playback, DAW output and audio recordings.
• Adjustable ceiling from −12 to 0 dBFS.
• Blue highlight clearly indicates when the limiter is enabled.
• Ceiling control greys out while disabled and remembers its setting.
• Gain-reduction display, held peak reading and resettable clipping indicator.
• Limiter settings are retained in sessions and preserved when changing presets or using Neutral Reset.

The limiter starts OFF. It controls sample peaks; it is not a true-peak limiter or a guarantee of safe listening volume.

MIDI PATTERN WINDOW

• Clear sections for transport, files, generation, editing and loop selection.
• Labelled genre, root, scale, bars, complexity and density controls.
• Improved spacing and a larger default piano-roll view.
• Styling follows your selected theme.

REFINEMENTS

• Reduced unnecessary limiter-control redraws.
• Updated Help guidance.

HOW TO UPDATE Download from https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow

Close StrandFlow and your DAW before replacing files. Replace the standalone folder or the complete StrandFlow.vst3 folder in its existing location, then rescan your DAW.

Existing activation and trial data are retained. Reimport your saved activation file only if prompted. Updating does not restart a trial.

Windows 10/11 x64 — Standalone & VST3 Sounflow Productions Feedback: strandflow@outlook.com

STRANDFLOW — KEYBOARD PLAYBACK & FEEDBACK UPDATE 25 October 2026

More consistent keyboard timing, cleaner high-note playback and an easier way to share your ideas.

New Features

• Added Keyboard Pitch mode selection in the Piano panel.
• Sampler retains the original behaviour: higher notes play faster and shorter; lower notes play slower and longer.
• Preserve duration changes note pitch while keeping the source playback timeline independent of the note played.
• The new mode supports on-screen keys, external MIDI, MIDI patterns and chords.
• Added a themed Feedback form under Help / Guide, with selectable feedback reasons and an editable comments template.
• Feedback prepares an email to strandflow@outlook.com with the subject “Strandflow feedback loop”.
• Choose your default email application, Gmail, Outlook web or copy the message for another provider. Review and send externally.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected repeated attacks that could sound like a double echo on higher notes in Preserve duration mode.
• Improved pitch alignment in the duration-preserving engine.

Quality of Life

• Added Clear / New Feedback to restore the comments template and reset the feedback reason.
• Added a highlighted reminder to clear the form after sending feedback.
• Clearing the form retains the selected email provider.
• Added a copy-and-paste fallback for long feedback messages.
• Refined the Light theme with a brighter pearl-white finish and polished highlights.
• Updated Help guidance for keyboard pitch modes and the feedback workflow.
• Optimised the new pitch processing and checked playback, project recall and theme layouts.

USAGE NOTES

Release held notes and play them again after switching Keyboard Pitch modes. Sampler remains the default, including for older projects.

Preserve duration is pitch transposition, not automatic tuning or formant correction. Extreme shifts can still change the sound’s texture and increase CPU use. BPM and individual Strand Speed controls continue to affect playback duration.

StrandFlow Update — 25 October 2026 Release r14 | MIDI Creativity & Tempo-Synced Delays

EXPANDED MIDI GENERATOR

• Expanded to 28 genres, adding Melodic Techno, Progressive House, Downtempo, Organic House, Dream Pop, Minimal, Triplet Trance and Broken Beat.
• Eight scales: Major, Minor, Dorian, Pentatonic, Lydian, Mixolydian, Phrygian and Hirajoshi.
• New Complexity and Density controls for simpler, richer, sparser or fuller patterns.
• More varied rhythms, recurring phrases, chord inversions, note lengths and velocities.
• Generates across the selected loop range, including 32-bar patterns.
• Works locally without an internet connection.

NEW PIANO DELAY

• Added a themed Delay section beneath Sustain.
• Ten styles: Mono, Stereo, Ping Pong, Dub, Tape, Digital, Slapback, Wide, Triplet and Multi Tap.
• Tempo-synced timing, Feedback and Mix controls.
• Follows manual BPM or available DAW tempo when Sync is enabled.
• Works with onscreen keys, MIDI controllers and MIDI patterns.
• Use independently or alongside Sustain.
• Echoes are included in Recombined Output recordings.

MIDI EDITOR IMPROVEMENTS

• Select 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 bars, or create a custom loop range.
• Drag the Loop selection handles to adjust the repeating section.
• Start and End display the selected boundaries.
• Undo supports loop-range changes.
• Updated workstation layout and Help guidance.

GETTING STARTED For MIDI patterns, choose your genre, scale, Complexity and Density, then press Generate MIDI. Generation replaces the current pattern; Undo restores it.

For delay, try Ping Pong with 1/4 timing, Feedback 0.40 and Mix 0.30. Play and release a piano key to hear the repeats. Delay applies to MIDI Play rather than normal sample playback.

UPDATING Includes the Windows standalone application and VST3 instrument. Close StrandFlow and your DAW before replacing files. Replace the complete StrandFlow.vst3 folder in its existing location, then rescan your DAW.

Existing activation remains valid. Updating does not restart the seven-day trial. Older projects open with the new Delay switched off.

Includes all previous r13 improvements.

STRANDFLOW UPDATE — 25 OCTOBER 2026 Release r16 | Keyboard Effects & Creative Control

NEW — KEYBOARD FILTER

• Ten variations: DJ Sweep, Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Notch, Low Shelf, High Shelf, Peak Sweep, Twin Peaks and Resonant Low Pass.
• Speed and Mix controls adjust the sweep and its intensity.
• DJ Sweep cycles between low-pass and high-pass filtering.
• Filter speed runs independently of BPM.

NEW — EFFECT ORDER

• Choose the order of Sustain/Reverb, Delay and Filter.
• Six combinations let you place filtering before or after delay and reverb.
• Parallel + Filter is also available.
• Changing the order clears existing effect tails.

NEW — KEYBOARD OCTAVE

• Added beside Keyboard Pitch: −2, −1, 0, +1 and +2 octaves.
• Works with onscreen keys, MIDI controllers and MIDI patterns.
• Supports Sampler and Preserve Duration modes.
• Release and replay held notes to hear octave changes.
• Sessions remember your selection; switching sound presets retains it.
• Recorded and exported MIDI notes remain unchanged. Use the MIDI Pattern octave buttons to transpose the actual notes.

UPDATED — FACTORY & CUSTOM PRESETS

• All 20 factory presets now include tailored keyboard Sustain, Delay, Filter, FX Order and Keyboard Pitch settings.
• Combinations range from tight rhythmic effects to spacious ambient tails.
• Newly saved custom presets also store these keyboard settings.
• Older custom presets remain compatible and retain the keyboard settings they did not previously store.

IMPROVED — KEYBOARD PRESENTATION

• Tidier layout with separate performance, routing and effect rows.
• Sustain controls are violet, Delay amber and Filter green.
• Matching slider colours brighten as values increase.
• Updated Help guidance explains the new controls.

HOW TO TRY THE CHANGES Open Piano, select a factory preset and play keys or a MIDI pattern. Keyboard effects operate in MIDI Play, rather than normal sample transport playback.

DOWNLOAD & UPDATE https://sounflow.com/apps/strandflow

Close StrandFlow and your DAW before updating, then extract the ZIP fully.

Standalone: keep StrandFlow.exe and StrandFlow.ico together. Run Create Desktop Shortcut.cmd to update your shortcut.

DAW: replace the complete StrandFlow.vst3 folder in its existing location, then rescan your plugins.

Your existing licence remains valid. Reimport your activation file only if requested. Updating does not restart the seven-day trial.

Windows 10/11, 64-bit — standalone application and VST3 included.

Sounflow Productions Feedback: strandflow@outlook.com

STRANDFLOW — INITIAL RELEASE 23 October 2026

One sound. Eight Strands. Your creative world.

The first Windows release of StrandFlow brings spectral sound manipulation to a standalone application and VST3 instrument for compatible DAWs.

New Features

• Import a sample and separate it into eight coloured frequency Strands.
• Shape each Strand with Level, Speed, Pitch, Pan, Width, Solo and Mute.
• Explore ping-pong delay, ambient shimmer reverb, sweeping filter, phaser, granular, glitch and tape-drift effects.
• Select sample regions precisely using the expanded sample editor, with Reverse and fade-in/out controls.
• Detect the sample’s key and transpose its root while preserving its major/minor relationship.
• Adjust manual BPM or synchronise playback with your DAW.
• Play samples using the 61-key on-screen piano or an external MIDI controller, with chords, Hold and adjustable Sustain.
• Record, import, edit, quantise and loop MIDI patterns, or generate patterns using 20 genre starting points.
• Explore 20 factory presets and save your own configurations.
• Choose from six demo samples with matched listening levels.
• View live audio through ten spectrum visualisations.
• Record up to ten minutes of combined output and export WAV, MP3 or FLAC.
• Personalise the resizable workstation interface with five colour themes.
• Learn through the built-in Help guidance, optional guided tour and linked video walkthrough.

AVAILABILITY

Windows 10/11, 64-bit. Includes standalone and VST3 formats, a seven-day trial, and manual paid activation for up to two computers.