DivKid’s Flow 3 Demo: Joranalogue’s Filter Becomes a Street Weapon

DivKid kicks things off with Joranalogue’s Flow 3, a 6HP filter that doesn’t just sit there – it fights back. This isn’t your granddad’s lowpass: auto-dynamics and built-in self-modulation mean Flow 3 can envelope-follow, self-patch, and generally cause trouble in any Eurorack rig. It’s inspired by auto wahs, but pushes the concept far beyond stompbox territory, giving you a state-variable filter with all the trimmings.

The panel’s packed: initial frequency with 1V/oct tracking, resonance ready to self-oscillate, decay control for the envelope follower, and CV over everything. There’s even a range knob that flips from positive to inverted control, plus separate outputs for low, band, and high pass, making it a proper spectrum-splitter. DivKid’s not here to sell you a polite filter – he’s here to show how this thing can chew up your signals and spit out something musical, wild, or just plain weird.

Flow 3’s built-in envelope opens the door to self-patched madness. DivKid stacks internal and external envelopes to create accents and acid lines that bounce harder than a drunk on a trampoline. By routing the envelope out and back into the module, or anywhere else in your case, you get dynamic filter movement that’s always in sync with your groove. Even basic saw waves get a new lease on life when you patch like this.

It’s not just about stacking envelopes, though. Flow 3’s outputs let you split your signal for creative effect sends and pseudo-lowpass gate tricks. Run the bandpass out into another filter, FM it with Flow 3’s own envelope, and suddenly you’re carving frequencies like a chef with two knives. The onboard modulation isn’t a gimmick – it’s the secret sauce that turns this filter into a real street weapon.

DivKid dives into features that separate Flow 3 from the pack: envelope following that tracks your input’s dynamics, CV over every parameter, and the ability to ping, FM, and even turn the decay envelope into an audio-rate oscillator. The filter doesn’t just follow – it leads, especially when you start patching CV in wild ways and using the range knob for inverted or positive modulation.

The video’s full of clever tricks: hard-syncing for musical intervals, using the envelope as a modulator and a sound source, and self-patching for chewy, vocal, or just plain nasty tones. If you’re after sterile, look elsewhere. This is envelope abuse in the best possible sense, with modulation sources multiplying like rabbits in a rave bunker.

This is where things get rowdy. DivKid runs Flow 3 through its paces with a buffet of patches: auto-wah drum breaks, dynamic spectrum splitting, classic acid squelch, and filter pings that morph into everything from clicky percussion to monstrous analog kicks. If you like your kicks complex, there’s a patch that spirals out of control (in the best way) with envelopes stacked, folded, and fed back.

Each demo shows Flow 3’s ability to switch roles on the fly: muting drums with auto-switch, sending only the high end to effects, or layering resonance for “whippy” performance moves. The bandpass out keeps your effects return clean, and the envelope follower means every patch pulses with your playing. This isn’t a filter for polite background duty – it’s a hands-on, performance-ready chaos module.