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The Flow Motion Black Friday deal from Waves cuts 69% off this FM synth plugin, which puts it at $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
Flow Motion is a four-oscillator FM synthesizer built to make frequency modulation easier to program. Waves describes it as a rebirth of the dominant 80s synth sound.
FM synths like the Yamaha DX7 were all over 80s records, with bells, strings, brass and bass patches everywhere. They have stayed in use in music by Skrillex, Kavinsky and plenty of others.
FM programming has a reputation for being fiddly. Flow Motion tackles that with a graphic FM modulation matrix.
You drag and drop assignments between the four oscillators and see the routing straight away. Each oscillator has its own waveform control, and the connections between them give you visual feedback on every edit.
The engine works with Frequency or Phase Modulation. If you would rather start from a finished sound, there are over 1,000 presets that blend FM and analog technology. Waves lists screaming leads, rich pads, floor-shaking basses and big polysynths among them.
Here is the feature list from the maker:
The preset library mixes factory and artist patches. Flow Motion is also NKS-ready, so it fits into NI Komplete Kontrol and Maschine.
You can run it as a plugin in your DAW or as a standalone instrument, in the studio or live.
On Mac, Flow Motion supports macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it runs on Windows 10 and later in VST and AAX formats.
If you want an 80s-style FM sound without the programming grind, the visual matrix and the preset library are where Waves points you first.
Yes. Waves has Flow Motion FM Synth at 69% off for Black Friday, which brings it to $29.99. The Flow Motion deal runs until Nov 26, 2026. It is a synth plugin, and you get the full instrument with its 1,000+ presets.
Flow Motion has a 4-oscillator engine, an analog filter, a VCA and 4 envelope/LFO modulators. It adds a 16-step sequencer with recallable snapshots, a note sequencer and arpeggiator, a roster of effects, and over 1,000 factory and artist presets.
On Mac, Flow Motion comes as VST, AU and AAX, for macOS Monterey 12 through Sequoia 15. On Windows 10 and later it comes as VST and AAX. It also runs as a standalone instrument and is NKS-ready.
Its graphic FM modulation matrix lets you drag and drop assignments between the four oscillators, with instant visual feedback. Each oscillator has independent waveform control, and you can use Frequency or Phase Modulation or start from a preset.
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