One of the best parts of building FlowFrame has been seeing it evolve not just from my ideas, but from user-suggested features.
Some of my favorite features weren’t in the original plan. They came from musicians I admire, collaborators I trust, and friends who use FlowFrame in ways I couldn’t have predicted.
The Bulk Editor
This one came from my wife, Erin Lesser, an extraordinary flutist, teacher, and someone with an uncanny ability to spot inefficiencies. Watching her prep a pattern one day, she said:
“I wish I could change all these measures at once.”
She was right.
So we built the Bulk Editor, a way to create multiple measures with meter, easily. It saves time and reduces friction, which means more focus on the music itself.
Sharing Patterns by Link
This one came from Alan Pierson, a dear friend and artistic compatriot at Alarm Will Sound. He asked a simple question:
“Could I just share a pattern with someone by sending them a link?”
The answer, at the time, was no. But it should’ve been yes.
Now it is.
You can share any FlowFrame with a link. No downloads, no zip files, no need to walk someone through your tempo map over text. Just click, copy, send. It’s a small shift that opens the door to faster collaboration and deeper creative exchange, something Alan has always championed in his own work.
Remove Beat 1 Emphasis
During beta testing, I had the chance to hear Ben Russell play with FlowFrame. He was exploring rhythm: layering subdivisions, shifting feels, creating something intricate and propulsive.
But I noticed something: the emphasized downbeat (useful for many) was getting in the way of the rhythmic patterns he was trying to bring out.
That moment led to the “Remove Beat 1 Emphasis” feature. Now, you can turn off the default downbeat click and build patterns where every beat carries equal weight or where the emphasis comes entirely from the player, not the tool.
What’s Next
These features didn’t come from a roadmap, they came from real musicians solving real problems. User-suggested features are how FlowFrame will continue to grow.
I’m currently working on a feature to allow creating and sharing recordings. And I just had a conversation with my dear friend Mark Dupere regarding adding temperaments to the tuning options. This summer, I’m working on multi-language support, so that FlowFrame can be more accessible to musicians around the world. And beyond that, I’ll keep listening to your feedback, your frustrations, and your ideas.
If you’ve got one, send it my way at flowframe [at] flowframe [dot] app. Some of the best parts of this tool weren’t mine to begin with.