Patrick Breen’s Auriteq Flow: Daw Control at Warp Speed

Patrick Breen wastes no time: the Auriteq Flow isn’t just another plastic slab with a few knobs—it’s a hands-on DAW controller built to bulldoze the sluggish bits of your recording and mixing routine. Right out of the box, it takes everything annoying about mouse-centric sessions and slaps it into submission, letting you tackle levels, panning, sends and more with a single flick or twist.

What sets it apart from your average MIDI controller? Flexibility. The Flow’s controls aren’t locked to one function; instead, they’re ready to be reshuffled for whatever stage of the process you’re in. If you’ve ever raged at your DAW for hiding basic tools behind a labyrinth of clicks, this box is about to become your new best mate.

Here’s where things get spicy: the Auriteq Flow rocks seven different scenes—think of them as switchable brains for the same hardware body. Patrick breezes through how each ‘scene’ transforms the controller, so you’re never stuck in the wrong mode mid-session. Recording, producing, mixing? Each gets its own tailored set of controls, ready to swap at lightning speed.

No more menu-diving or reconnecting gear just to get hands-on with a new workflow. It’s all mapped and ready, and the layout is intuitive enough that you won’t need to keep a cheat sheet taped to your desk. Once you get the hang, it’s like muscle memory for your DAW—just punch a button and go.

We all know the pain: you’ve got a killer plugin chain you use on every vocal take, and you’re sick of rebuilding it from scratch. Enter the Flow’s chain and preset recall. Patrick shows off how a single press loads entire plugin chains—EQ, compressor, saturation, whatever you fancy—complete with all your settings. It’s the sonic equivalent of a shortcut to the rave bunker, bypassing all the queueing faff.

Even better, you can set up performance templates and bring them up on demand for vocals, guitars, or whatever your session throws at you. This is workflow sorcery for the impatient, and if you’re bouncing between sessions or tracking ideas on the fly, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

Let’s face it, endless mouse clicks are the death of creative flow. Patrick hammers home how having real knobs and buttons in the mix brings back that old-school, hands-on vibe. There’s something about physically riding a fader or twisting in a plugin tweak that just feels right—especially when you can do it without hunting for the right window.

Mixing with the Flow is refreshingly tactile. You can cruise through buses and tracks, make snap adjustments, and even check your LUFS and mono mix right from the controller. It turns what could be a spreadsheet slog into a proper jam session. If you’re still mixing with a mouse, ask yourself: do you enjoy pain?