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Clatters Machines Garden Listener

Clatters Machines Garden Listener

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Main features

  • Sourcesurface-conductivity changes generate MIDI notes and control voltages
  • Pitchselectable scales, MIDI channel and octave-dependent CV output filtering
  • OutputsMIDI/TRS type A, pitch CV and independently attenuated gates/triggers
  • Packageprobes and reusable electrode pads; pitch-CV calibration required

Overview

The Garden Listener is a random control messages generator from biometric signals. It detects conductivity variations on living beings’ surface and transforms them into MIDI notes, ranging from C-1 to C8, and CV signals (0 – 5V). Its behavior can be tamed through the one-knob menu from which you can choose and modify:

  • probes’ sensitivity (making it more or less sensitive to current variations);
  • scale (chromatic, major, minor, indian and arabic);
  • MIDI channel (from 1 up to 16);
  • LEDs’ brightness.

Conductivity variations are detected by the Probes Input and converted into MIDI notes in real time according to the Main menu settings. Each MIDI note exits through the MIDI output, allowing you to take advantage of the sound of either any synthesizer equipped with a MIDI port or any VST in your DAW, and gets converted into an analog signal.

Trigger and Gate are fired every time a new note is generated, their voltage output can be modified with the respective attenuator (0 – 5V).

All the MIDI notes are converted into variable voltages (0 – 5V) depending on their pitch and exit through the CV output (1V/oct).

The CV output behavior can be modified via the Octave Selector which acts as a “CV equalizer” from which you can choose to generate CV only if the respective MIDI note lies within a certain octave range.
For once, leave those LFOs alone, and let any living conductive being modulate your signals.
The module comes with 3.5mm white probes and a set of snap-on adhesive reusable electrode pads. A MIDI-TRS type A adapter (not included) is required for the MIDI output.
The module requires calibration for a proper 1V/oct output.

If you’re looking for more probes, electrode pads replacements or a MIDI-TRS cable, check our suggestions on the Tools You Might Need page.


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General

HP
8 HP
Functions
Controller
Height
3U
Synthesizer form factor
Control voltage or gate connectivity

About the brand

Clatters Machines

Clatters Machines blends meticulous hardware design with organic experimentation, hand-assembling boutique Eurorack modules—such as complex stereo digital oscillators, spectral output stages, and bioelectric modules that translate the conductivity of living plants into control voltages. Their tactile instruments invite musicians to explore shifting harmonic textures and unconventional interfaces where nature and electronic synthesis meet.
Origin
IT
Founded
2020
Products
8
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