Michelangelo Nasso
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Clatters Machines

Designing a synth interface with nature in mind.

Clatters Machines
Designer
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Michelangelo Nasso
City
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Rome
,
Italy
Episode length
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48
min
Date
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May 18, 2021

How do you design an interface for true randomness? How many controls would you offer the user? What constraints should you define? In this conversation with Michelangelo from Clatters Machines, I try to understand the design decisions behind the Garden Listener. A Eurorack synth module that taps into nature, captures data from living beings and translates it to true generative control voltage.

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Synthux Interview

learn more about the designer

Instrument/s by the designer

Design and engineering

Sketches and prototypes

Prototypes // Garden Listener // Clatters Machines
Prototypes // Garden Listener // Clatters Machines
First layout sketch // Garden Listener // Clatters Machines
First layout sketch // Garden Listener // Clatters Machines
Components profile study // Garden Listener // Clatters Machines
Components profile study // Garden Listener // Clatters Machines