Getting started
From download to your first show in five steps. Each app has its own full guide once you're in.
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Install R-Flow
Grab R-Flow.exe and run it: single file, no installer. Windows SmartScreen may ask once; choose "More info → Run anyway".
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Sign in
R-Flow asks for your R-Flow account on first launch (create one free on this site). We email you a 6-digit code to confirm it's you. Then your purchased apps unlock automatically, or start the free 2-day trial.
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Point it at Resolume Arena
File-based apps like Deck View find your composition folder on their own. Live-control apps need one of Arena's two connections, and they are not the same switch:
- REST API: Preferences → Webserver → Enable Webserver & REST API (port 8080). Used by Resolume API to read your composition and trigger clips.
- OSC: Preferences → OSC → enable OSC input on port 7000. Used by DJ Sync, Smart Lighting and Auto Save for BPM sync and clip triggering.
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Run your first app
Open Deck View and your compositions appear newest-first. Expand one, inspect its decks, and try a setlist reorder with the preview before anything is saved.
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Go deeper
Every app below has a full guide: what it does, step-by-step usage, settings, and honest gotchas.
Per-app guides
Deck View
Browse Resolume compositions, inspect decks and clips, and reorder columns to your setlist with previews, automatic backups, and one-click saves.
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DJ Sync
Sync Resolume with Pioneer CDJs or Denon Prime players. R-Flow DJ Sync follows live deck BPM, auto-triggers mapped clips, and locks visuals to the music.
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Smart Lighting
Sync Philips Hue, LIFX, Govee & Nanoleaf lights to the beat with R-Flow: 35 effect presets, tap tempo, live audio BPM detection, strobe and blackout controls.
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Beat Bump
Beat Bump turns your Resolume stage layout into a step sequencer: program beat-synced panel bumps and export DXV3-ready loop clips you can drag into Arena.
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Slice Studio
Slice Studio for Resolume: import your Advanced Output layout, build 16 blendable stage Looks, and perform them live with an FFGL effect. Part of R-Flow.
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Set Timer
Plan your DJ set length with R-Flow's Set Timer: import tracks from Rekordbox, use cue points and transition overlap to estimate total set time before you play.
Open guide →Spidey Game
Turn a projector wall into a playable spider web-swinging game. Scan real objects with your phone, they become web anchors, and you swing between them with a controller.
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Video Tools
Batch video converter for Resolume VJs: turn folders of MP4, MOV, MKV and more into GPU-friendly HAP .mov files with bundled FFmpeg. No setup required.
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Pixel Map
Turn venue pixel-map images into Resolume Advanced Output presets: automatic fixture detection, input mapping, rotation, and readable slice names.
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FFGL Plugins
Install R-Flow's eight bundled FFGL plugins for Resolume Arena in one click: beat-reactive effects, loop crossfades, YouTube source, PTZ camera source, and more.
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Resolume API
Control Resolume from any browser: your own private r-flow.io link to your machine, shareable with your crew, with live clip triggering plus video and audio monitors.
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Show Transfer
One folder carries the whole Resolume Arena show, media, mappings and presets included, with every clip path relinked on import so nothing opens red.
Open guide →Photo Mapper
Click the structures in a photo of your stage and export a MadMapper project with them already traced. Line surfaces, quads for flat faces, several photos combined into one.
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Workflow & Safety
R-Flow's Workflow & Safety suite: timed auto-saves for Resolume, named setting presets, batch setlist reordering, advanced name matching, and one-click undo.
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Updates & Feedback
Keep R-Flow current with one-click GitHub updates, sign in to unlock your apps or start the free 2-day trial, and send feedback, all from one app.
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