Folktek - Resonant Garden :: How-To Example Settings #1 - Shimmering Choir

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"This video explains how to set up the Resonant Garden from scratch to achieve a shimmering choir sound. The PDF settings diagram for this example can be found on our website @ https://folktek.com/products/resonant..."

NAMM 2024: Folktek Resonant Garden

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"At NAMM 2024, Sonic State had the opportunity to explore Folktek's latest creation, the Resonant Garden. Jeff demonstrated the electro-acoustic resonating instrument which boasts an intuitive design that encourages tactile interaction. Users can tap anywhere on the instrument to generate sound, and the Resonant Garden sends it through three effects processors. Each processor features seven distinct effects, providing a diverse sonic palette. The effects can be seamlessly changed by tapping on the hexagon interface, allowing for real-time experimentation.

Jeff talked to us about Folktek's recent developments, with the revelation that the company has undergone some company changes, and Resonant Garden represents a flagship product in Folktek's reintroduction to the market under new management. The instrument promises not only the revival of some classic designs but also the introduction of newer models that were previously unreleased.

Resonant Garden Price: 959 GBP"

Folktek Resonant Garden [jam sesh]

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"The Folktek Resonant Garden is an electro-acoustic instrument capable of producing an incredible range of sounds, from highly delicate drone/ambient moods, to full-throttle walls of glitchy, distorted, yet delicious noise. It can be used stand-alone, as shown here, or in collaboration with standard Eurorack gear. Now available at https://Folktek.com"

Folktek RESONANT GARDEN

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"If you're checking this out you probably know a little about it, if not here's some info from the site https://folktek.com/products/resonant-garden

These became really popular after this video of Trent Reznor using a similar instrument by Folktek [posted here] I'd say you can get the same sort of results from the Resonant Garden as Trent is getting in this video.

Disclaimer: I have used this instrument and while I thought it was very cool I didn't really understand it. From what I can tell, it works as intended, but it basically makes strange and unpredictable sounds so I can't say if it is working 'right'. I doubt it's very complex internally so if there was a problem it wouldnt take much to tweak it. I don't think there is anything wrong with it, its just that since it's basically a chaos device I can't vouch for what it's supposed to do."

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Folktek Resonant Garden 2017 Copper/Bamboo Edition w/original box, jumper cables, manual, & PSU

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You can find demos in previous posts here.

"Folktek Resonant Garden.
2017 Copper/Bamboo Edition.
Includes original box, manual, 4 jumper cables, & PSU.

Never left my studio- Mint condition.

I've made an extensive sound library over the years, so I no longer need it.
Selling it to fund the purchase of something even weirder."

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Folktek Resonant Garden w/ Original Box

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"2018 Folktek Resonant Garden Standalone Synthesizer With Strings, Eurorack Patchable.

The Resonant Garden is an acoustic-electronic hybrid designed to create anything from beats and oddities to dense sound scapes.

The garden essentially utilizes three Alter circuits but each equipped with a mic pre-amp, and 4 garden (stringed) panels for generating acoustics. By plucking, rubbing, tapping or even bowing, those micro-acoustic sounds become amplified and effected by the Alter in any number of ways. In essence, the garden is a large microphone designed to pick up vibrations.

EFFECTS

There are two Alter 1 designs and 1 Alter 2. Each Alter 1 has seven different DSP effects which is selected by touching the copper hexagon:

1; long delay (capable of near infinite feedback looping)
2; tight, notated granular delay
3; huge plate reverb
4; shimmering reverb
5; distortion and multi-filter
6; pitch delay
7; stutter glitch

Alter 2 has the following effects:

1; analog delay
2; reverb with infinite capture and lp + hp filters
3; choral
4; palindrome reverse delay - backward/forward repeat
5; time stretch
6; pitch shift (notated semi-tones
7; time stretch glitch

CONTROL

On each of the Alter sections, the following is present:

- control for the gain of the mic pre-amp or any incoming audio.
- controls for mix, X, Y and filter as well as clock.
- all effects have a variation of a filter which may change effect to effect.
- X and Y control various rates.
- clock control adjusts the rate which controls the DSP which can drastically change the effect. In doing so it does slightly lower the quality of the output signal but the results are fantastic. This clock is not for synchronization.
- mix, X, Y and filter all have CV control inputs.
- Each control level or cv input is visualized on the control panel.

ACOUSTICS

Each garden panel is equipped with a contact mic. A contact mic is designed to pick up vibration. The mic pre-amp is specifically designed to deal with the frequencies of the contact mic by boosting certain frequencies and dulling others in order to optimize the sound quality. The mic pre-amp has a gain control so the level can be adjusted according to how you intend to play."

Folktek Resonant Garden

Published on May 1, 2020 Stefano Bertoli

"Folktek Resonant Garden short session with bow, flumi mallet and an Azzam Bell"

Folktek Resonant Garden, Conduit and Omnichord Impro

Published on Apr 3, 2020 Stefano Bertoli

"Psy/Drone live session with Resonant Garden, Conduit and Omnichord"

Folktek Resonant Garden

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"Gorgeous, equal parts instrument and decoration.

This is part of Folktek's original copper run, bought as part of the first preorder."

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FolkTek Resonant Garden Alter Circuits Acuostic Synth FX Sound Box

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"The Resonant Garden is an acoustic-electronic hybrid designed to create anything from beats and oddities to dense sound scapes.

The garden essentially utilizes three Alter circuits but each equipped with a mic pre-amp, and 4 garden (stringed) panels for generating acoustics. By plucking, rubbing, tapping or even bowing, those micro-acoustic sounds become amplified and effected by the Alter in any number of ways. In essence, the garden is a large microphone designed to pick up vibrations."

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Folktek Limited Edition Resonant Garden #1 of 10

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"This edition of the ResonantGarden is limited to 10 and only 8 will be sold currently (all on auction oncea week).

The differences betweenthis Resonant Garden and the standard edition Resonant we sell:
- The panel art isdifferent and has been created by Arius Blaze
- The wood is not bamboobut cherry and has been routed around the top
- there is a plaque onthe back which indicates special edition number (this is Nano SE1),number within the edition (this is #1 of 10) and it is signed by theartist Arius Blaze

There will be ongoinglimited special editions of both this and the Nano garden with different artdesigns. To see the current auction for the Nano Garden please see our otherauctions.

This includes a powersupply, a manual, four 3.5mm jumper cables and a Folktek box."

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Folktek Limited Edition Nano Garden #1 of 10 acoustic electronic synthesizer

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"This edition of the Nano is limited to 10 and only 8 will be sold currently (all on auction once a week).

The differences between this Nano Garden and the standard edition Nano we sell:
- The panel art is different and has been created by Arius Blaze
- The wood is not bamboo but cherry and has been routed around the top
- has a plaque on the back which indicates special edition number (this is Nano SE1), number within the edition (this is #1 of 10) and it is signed by the artist Arius Blaze

There will be ongoing limited special editions of both this and the Resonant garden with different art designs. To see the current auction for the Resonant garden please see our other auctions.

This includes a power supply."

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When my cat is playing experimental Music.

Published on Sep 5, 2019 Sound Provider

"Total Studio Life experience today, I was doing some Mastering when my lovely cat propose me to do some experimental drone Music, So here is a part the result :D

For people who are interested my kitty use a Diy "Garden Synth", a DIY synth I build years ago after after watching Folktek Resonant or Luminist Garden from the genius Arius Blaze with H9 effects from Eventide and my old Tape delay the beautiful Roland Space Echo.

I build the 'Garden Synth' with one old random box + Guitar and Bass String and cheap Piezo Mics"

Happy Knobbing 2019 and the Resonant Garden

Published on Jun 10, 2019 Wein Glas

"The annual modular synth meeting 'Happy Knobbing' in Fischbach/Germany! I had a wonderful time with wonderful people!

And I got a Folktek Resonant Garden that is responsible for the soundtrack of this short tour!"

Folktek Resonant Garden Acoustic-Electronic Synthesizer

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"The Resonant Garden is an acoustic-electronic hybrid designed to create anything from beats and oddities to dense soundscapes. From its inception in 2006, the original garden has gone through many changes and refinements; micro garden, luminist garden and illuminist garden and finally this latest and likely final version. The garden essentially utilizes three Alter circuits but each equipped with a mic preamp, and 4 garden (stringed) panels for generating acoustics. By plucking, rubbing, tapping or even bowing, those micro-acoustic sounds become amplified and effected by the Alter in any number of ways."

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Folktek Resonant Garden

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Ambient Soundscape in C Minor

Published on Feb 13, 2019 theianboddy

"Improvising an ambient soundscape in C Minor.

Tip Top One has a sample of an ambient bed prepared on my Serge system.

I'm then mixing in some analogue Ring Mod FX from the Cwejman FSH1 & Livewire Dalek Modulator (sitting in the rack to the right).

The Make Noise DPO is providing the bass & the Mutable instruments Braids the higher notes.

These are being triggered via semi random gates from Marbles which are driving the Rene sequencer for the bass & the Pressure Points for the high notes. I'm also manually playing the Pressure points which is being quantised from an Intellijel uScale.

FX are courtesy of the Folktek Resonant Garden which is off camera."

Folktek Resonant Garden (No Talking, Patch and Set Up in the Description)

Published on Jan 30, 2019 Stefano Bertoli

"First session with Folktek Resonant Garden alone, no external effects nor EQ.
One patch only and three different, very simple, FX set up combinations. Every set up has been
played with fingers, violin bow, flumi (gummy gong mallet) and two different Buddha Machines
on both Gardens (metal spring trees) and on the instrument surface itself.
I also played with different effects parameters (later in the description).
Patching of the three Alter (FX) elements (Alter I left and right, Alter II in the center):
Alter II out into Alter I (first on the left) input, Alter I out into Alter I (second one
on the right) input, Alter I output right into GO:MIXER.

00:00 COMBO I: Alter I (left) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter 2 Effect 1, Analog Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter I (Right) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF)

03:30 COMBO II: Alter I (left) Effect 6, Pitch Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: Damping) Alter II Effect 6, Pitch Shift (Control X: Pitch, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter I (Right) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF)

08:08 COMBO III: Alter I (left) Effect 6, Pitch Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: Damping) Alter II Effect 4, Palindrome Delay (Control X: Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter I (Right) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF)"

Folktek Resonant Garden

Published on Oct 29, 2017 Sir Folktek

"The Folktek Resonant Garden is an acoustic-electronic hybrid instrument. See/read more on Folktek.com
In these first videos, the cv functions are never used and there is no external processing. Videos to come will cover the use of cv as well."

via Folktek

"The Resonant Garden is an acoustic-electronic hybrid designed to create anything from beats and oddities to dense sound scapes. From its inception in 2006, the original garden has gone through many changes and refinements; micro garden, luminist garden and illuminist garden and finally this latest and likely final version.

The garden essentially utilizes three Alter circuits but each equipped with a mic pre-amp, and 4 garden (stringed) panels for generating acoustics. By plucking, rubbing, tapping or even bowing, those micro-acoustic sounds become amplified and effected by the Alter in any number of ways. In essence, the garden is a large microphone designed to pick up vibrations."

EFFECTS
There are two Alter 1 designs and 1 Alter 2. Each Alter 1 has seven different DSP effects which is selected by touching the copper hexagon:

1; long delay (capable of near infinite feedback looping)

2; tight, notated granular delay

3; huge plate reverb

4; shimmering reverb

5; distortion and multi-filter

6; pitch delay

7; stutter glitch

Alter 2 has the following effects:

1; analog delay

2; reverb with infinite capture and lp + hp filters

3; choral reverb

4; palindrome reverse delay - backward/forward repeat

5; time stretch

6; pitch shift (notated semi-tones

7; time stretch glitch

CONTROL
On each of the Alter sections, the following is present:

- control for the gain of the mic pre-amp or any incoming audio.

- controls for mix, X, Y and filter as well as clock.

- all effects have a variation of a filter which may change effect to effect.

- X and Y control various rates.

- clock control adjusts the rate which controls the DSP which can drastically change the effect. In doing so it does slightly lower the quality of the output signal but the results are fantastic. This clock is not for synchronization.

- mix, X, Y and filter all have CV control inputs.

- Each control level or cv input is visualized on the control panel.

ACOUSTICS
Each garden panel is equipped with a contact mic. A contact mic is designed to pick up vibration. The mic pre-amp is specifically designed to deal with the frequencies of the contact mic by boosting certain frequencies and dulling others in order to optimize the sound quality. The mic pre-amp has a gain control so the level can be adjusted according to how you intend to play.

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