User Guide

Data Types & Signal Flow
Poly and Mono Sections In Audio Applications
To get any data to flow through a poly or mono section you have to connect it up correctly. In most cases you’ll want to use MIDI input from a
keyboard or other source to generate notes. You then want each note to make a sound that you can hear.
The most common setup would be as shown below:
1. The MIDI to Poly module converts incoming MIDI note data into Poly signals
2. The Poly section processes the signals
3. The Combiner module then combines the independent Poly signals into one Mono signal
4. The Mono section applies processing to the result
5. The final signal is sent to your Sound Card via a Direct Sound Out or ASIO Out component within FlowBotics Studio
NOTE: If you don’t have Direct Sound Out or ASIO Out component no audio processing will be performed.
A complete, usable poly section always starts with a MIDI to Poly module and ends with a Combiner module. The only exception is if you’re
using a Signal Analyser to look at the output from a Poly section.
You can have a Mono section without a Poly Section. This is what you’d have if you were creating an effect that performs some DSP on an
incoming signal. However, if you want to hear anything you have to connect a Mono section to an Output device via a Direct Sound Out or
ASIO Out component.
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