Flow DSP Announces Exciting Integrations and Partnerships at CES 2025

One of the most unexpected booths at NAMM 2025 was undoubtedly that of Flow DSP, the Integrated Development Environment for Audio that was created by Tymphany and is now becoming a separate business unit. Flow DSP has recently joined the Qualcomm Voice & Music Extension Program to help deliver innovative DSP and AI solutions for the audio industry running on Snapdragon Sound platforms. The Flow DSP team also announced an exciting integration with Elk Audio, creating an embedded Linux platform that runs VSTs with 2ms latency.
 

The Flow DSP booth at NAMM 2025 seemed similar to some surrounding companies in that area of the show, where a member of its team played a guitar. The originality is this case was that the sound from the electric guitar was being processed with VST effects plugins on a Linux platform that combined Flow DSP’s audio signal design with Elk Audio’s ultra-low latency OS.

A short conversation with the team present at NAMM revealed that Flow DSP is now an autonomous venture committed to quickly expand its industry presence through strategic partnerships. This is because Tymphany has decided to branch off its software solutions products into a standalone business unit under the name Flow DSP. 

This was originally the overarching audio development software platform created to meet Tymphany own systems activities, and which includes Flow Studio, a graphical design editor, embedded Flow DSP Engine (pre-integrated on leading processors), Flow Audio Objects product-ready processing modules, and Flow Open Architecture for custom development. This Integrated Development Environment for Audio was until now also offered as a standalone license through the Peerless component business unit of Tymphany.

 

And the first sign from this new positioning as an independent business unit is that Flow DSP is now working with Qualcomm to streamline audio development on Snapdragon S7 Sound and S7+ Sound Gen 1 platforms. This collaboration optimizes Flow DSP’s technologies with Snapdragon S7’s high-performance capabilities, advanced AI features, and energy-efficient battery optimization to deliver the next generation of innovative solutions to the audio industry.

 

Flow DSP brings Tymphany’s proprietary technologies, including Advanced Playback, AI DeepTalk, and Room Correction to the Snapdragon Sound platforms. Additionally, existing technology partners that have already joined the Flow ecosystem with their integrated algorithms (such as Dirac Live) can now also support the Snapdragon S7 and S7+ platforms. With this integration, Flow DSP aims to help audio OEMs accelerate innovative developments that leverage the unique capabilities of the Snapdragon S7 and S7+ platforms.

“The Snapdragon S7 and S7+ Sound platforms are the most advanced audio platforms in the industry. The computation and AI power are industry leading. Running Flow DSP on these powerful platforms could help enable our customers to develop very innovative products. This aligns with our vision to help the audio industry accelerate development allowing faster response to market trends and consumer demands. We are also looking at the future and planning out how to enable Flow DSP to run on the Snapdragon S5 Gen 1 Sound and Snapdragon S3 Gen 1 platforms very soon,” says Hong Lam, Business Head of Software Licensing and Audio Software Design Suite at Tymphany.

The other example of industry collaboration was an exciting project to present at the NAMM Show and was the mentioned integration between the Swedish company Elk Audio and the Flow DSP platform. Originally presented at CES 2025, the integration creates a streamlined platform for professional audio products, including but not limited to, running VST plugins or Edge AI/ML applications.

 

Elk Audio OS is a complete embedded Linux distribution tailored for real-time audio applications, providing the performance and reliability needed to transition from dedicated DSP systems to Linux in the development of audio and music devices. As Jyri Pakarinen and Lawrence Iviani, explained to audioXpress, this integration created a groundbreaking end-to-end hardware and software stack that combines Flow DSP’s audio signal design with Elk Audio’s ultra-low latency OS. This enables developers to bring new products to market by leveraging existing VST plugins and algorithms, while skipping traditional DSP development complexities. 

The integration also allows the freedom to choose the optimal CPU for the project needs – from cost-effective to high-performance – without vendor lock-in. Up to 90% CPU utilization with rock-solid reliability, powered by Elk’s dual-kernel architecture, enables the fastest real-time audio processing available for embedded Linux systems. And Flow DSP adds one stack for countless audio products – from effects processors and guitar amps to audio interfaces and beyond. More importantly, this is a solution designed from the ground up to support next-generation AI/ML audio applications.

After CES and NAMM, the Flow DSP team will present these initiatives and integrations at ISE 2025 in Barcelona. Flow DSP will soon also have a dedicated website. For now, more information can be found in the Peerless website.

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