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Sphere Flow

Move the sphere. The sound dances.

visionOS

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Free on the App Store. The Creative Pack — a one-time $149 purchase — adds the Diorama and Theater Stages and the full Dynamics set.

REQUIRED COMPANION

The free plug-ins — AAX, AU and VST3 for macOS, in one installer: SphereReceiver, SphereDownMix and SphereConstellation. Sphere Flow controls their parameters, letting you draw your panning freely.

Download v1.4.0 →

Sphere Flow

VISION PRO · HANDS

Sphere Flow Pocket

IPHONE · MOTION

SphereConstellation

PLUG-IN ONLY · BEDS

A controller application for Apple Vision Pro — it pairs with the dedicated plug-ins and moves sound at will.

Sphere Flow pairs visionOS with your DAW to do what every immersive mixer has always wanted. It was designed by Yujiro Yonetsu — a working Dolby Atmos mixer — around the way real sessions actually run.

Draw your pans as freely, and as wildly, as you like. Connected to the SphereReceiver plug-ins, everything you perform is written as automation — and whenever you want, it can be converted into the Pro Tools native panner.

New in v1.4

  • Beyond Pro Tools: AU and VST3 builds of SphereReceiver and SphereConstellation. Logic Pro instances appear in Sphere Flow through the bundled Sphere Bonjour Helper.
  • New bed formats: 5.1, 7.1, 7.1.2 and 9.1.6.

WRITE DONE, SphereDownMix and the ADM conversion to the native panner remain Pro Tools territory — in the other hosts, your performance lives on as plug-in automation.

Use it for

  • Panning in Pro Tools
  • Moving mono and stereo tracks freely
  • Post, music, immersive mixing

Features

  • Converts pans into Pro Tools native panner automation (ADM export)
  • Connects to the SphereReceiver plug-ins over the network
  • Stays reversible with SphereDownMix
  • Three Stages (two in the Creative Pack)
  • Plenty of physics options (Creative Pack)
  • Constellation mode (Creative Pack)

In detail

Overview

In your DAW

Pro Tools — insert SphereReceiver (AAX) on the track. The full system lives here: WRITE DONE, SphereDownMix and the ADM conversion to the native panner.
Logic Pro — insert it like a regular audio plug-in.
Nuendo — choose SphereReceiver (VST3) in the channel's panner selector.
Studio One — choose SphereReceiver (VST3) in the channel's panner selector.

Step by step — converting to the Pro Tools native panner

Insert SphereReceiver on the track you want to perform — insert slot I is the recommended spot.
In Plug-in Automation, enable every parameter for writing.
Set the track ready to write automation — Touch mode here, with PLUG IN write-enabled.
Put on Vision Pro and launch Sphere Flow. Check it has found the instance you inserted — Sphere Flow lists every instance on the same Wi-Fi network.
A cyan sphere appears in front of you. That is the sound itself.
Tap it and it clings to your hand. (While it clings, keep your hand open — it avoids a stray tap, and you'll feel all the more like a wizard.) From there, perform freely — X, Y and Z inside SphereReceiver follow, and the sound draws exactly the performance you intend.
The automation is drawn. Until now, this was as far as it went — and as sound, it is already enough. But the joy of a mixer lies elsewhere: in the Pro Tools panner moving, in the ball in the Dolby Atmos Renderer moving. Every mixer knows the feeling.
So here is the flow we built to make that dream real. Insert SphereDownMix in slot J — the same width the track originally was. At this stage, a NO PILOT alert is showing.
Switch SphereReceiver's MODE to DONE, and SphereDownMix reads WRITE DONE. From here the track outputs audio exactly identical to before the Sphere plug-ins went in. The automation on SphereReceiver stays, but nothing needs to come off the inserts — the track is effectively its original mono self again.
Now press ADM REC on SphereReceiver — it builds an ADM file with the automation written in. Two cautions: pre and post roll off, and locate to a clean, definite position. Play through the range you want to export, then switch ADM REC off — the file lands in the Sphere ADM folder inside your session folder.
Import that ADM, and the rest is easy. A silent clip lands spotted to time, carrying the native pan automation — copy it over to your original track.

Version history

v1.4.0
  • AU and VST3 builds of SphereReceiver and SphereConstellation. WRITE DONE, SphereDownMix and ADM EXPORT remain Pro Tools (AAX) only.
  • New bed formats in all three plug-ins: 5.1, 7.1, 7.1.2 and 9.1.6 alongside 7.1.4, matched channel by channel to the Pro Tools native panner. 7.1.4 is unchanged.
  • Sphere Bonjour Helper — AU instances appear in Sphere Flow's receiver list.
  • Editor windows can be resized (uniform zoom).
Older versions (6)
v1.3.2
  • MOTION (TRAIL) on SphereReceiver and SphereConstellation: one automatable switch that leaves a short energy residue and a diffuse trail behind a moving sound. Off by default — and bit-identical to previous versions while off. Note: the effect is applied inside the plug-in and is not carried into ADM export / WRITE DONE — keep the plug-in inserted on tracks that use it.
  • SphereConstellation: Pitch and Roll now rotate around the constellation's own axes (aircraft-style). Single-axis automation plays back unchanged; lanes combining Yaw with Pitch or Roll render with the new composition.
  • SphereConstellation now works as a mono- or stereo-to-bed insert: mono lands at Centre, stereo at L/R, and the group transform pans them into 5.1 / 7.1.4.
  • Automation reliability overhaul — touch begin/end is monitored, retried and always balanced, fixing writes that failed to start or silently stopped in busy sessions.
  • Connection reliability: guaranteed-unique Bonjour names, automatic port fallback, and an OSC receiver that no longer needs a Pro Tools restart to recover.
  • Refreshed button design with status lamps across both plug-ins.
v1.2.0
  • CENTER control (HARD – PHANTOM) on SphereReceiver and SphereConstellation: re-image the centre channel from the physical C speaker to an L/R phantom centre, constant-power, automatable.
  • SphereConstellation: Group Pitch and Roll now allow a full ±180° rotation with wrap-around.
  • Clearer Constellation 3D view — front axis and zenith marker stay readable at any rotation.
  • Compatibility: Constellation automation written with earlier versions plays back mirrored (Group X) or at twice the angle (Pitch / Roll) — re-write those lanes after updating.
v1.1.2
  • New plug-in: SphereConstellation — moves a whole 5.1 / 7.1.4 bed as one body (position, yaw, pitch, roll, scale), driven by Sphere Flow or its own sliders. Seven automatable parameters.
  • Automation reliability improvements and a refreshed, higher-contrast look across all three plug-ins.
v1.0.3
  • Automation writing moved to a dedicated high-priority thread — lanes stay smooth even in heavy sessions.
v1.0.2
  • Stall gate: when the position stream pauses, lanes bridge with a natural slope instead of a stair step.
v1.0.1
  • Initial release.
Platform
Apple Vision Pro
OS
visionOS 26 or later
Requires
Pro Tools with SphereReceiver on macOS, same network
App Store →

Free on the App Store. The Creative Pack — a one-time $149 purchase — adds the Diorama and Theater Stages and the full Dynamics set.

REQUIRED COMPANION

The free plug-ins — AAX, AU and VST3 for macOS, in one installer: SphereReceiver, SphereDownMix and SphereConstellation. Sphere Flow controls their parameters, letting you draw your panning freely.

Download v1.4.0 →
Privacy Policy Support

Dolby and Dolby Atmos are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Pro Tools is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. Apple Vision Pro and visionOS are trademarks of Apple Inc. Sphere Flow is an independent product and is not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by these companies.