Folktek Luminist Garden Video 1

YouTube via benpumpkin. Folktek on Ebay
"Folktek Luminist Garden by Arius Blaze - an expanded version of the micro garden. video 1 more info at folktek.blogspot.com"

Folktek Luminist Garden Video 2

Folktek Luminist Garden By Artist Arius Blaze

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"Here's a rare opportunity.A Folktek Luminist Garden soundboard/synth/effects whatever you want to call it.To get one if these you have to import it after a wait for it to be made then pay VAT on top once delivered in a month or two.It's signed by the artist who makes them,Arius Blaze of Folktek.This one has a 9 volt adaptor for 240v UK too to save the hassle. Just take a look and listen on YouTube to experience it. Mine is a 2010 model signed Folktek '10 on one side and Arius Blaze on the other.Be aware though,these are handmade even if advanced circuit bending,quirky,don't always do as they are told but tremendous fun and very capable in the right hands.Fully working but sold as seen,any trial welcome,possible swap outside this place for analogue or modular gear,contact me for that.This would make a great sound source for a modular too.Cash on collection or Paypal and post.UK bidders only please.Website is www.folktek.com ,Write up below from website ; The Luminist Garden created by Arius Blaze - one of the finest and sweetest sounding folktek works. This work is an expanded version of the Micro Garden, capable of making lush choral waves and entire compositions as a standalone work. The expanded soundboard has multiple pick ups that run into the delay - which offers time settings from extremely tight notated repeats to about 1.5 seconds with near infinite undecaying feedback that essentially acts as a looper allowing one to make beats by tapping the board and plucking or rubbing the strings. The delay runs into a very lush and unusual "wave reverb" that has the ability to act more as a wave generator, creating waves that can endlessly extend - based on the original note but with the ability to pitch shift the feedback, resulting in something like what is called "convolution". The result is rich electronic music from an accoustic source. Sweet ambience and micro musical. Stereo out, custom lamps and switch, runs on 9v DC power adapter (standard plug jack and power rating)."

Folktek Art The Luminist Garden

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See the Folktek label at the bottom of this post for more including video of The Luminist Garden.

"The Garden is a conceptual sound art work and a phenomenal instrument for extending micro sounds into waves or generating odd sounds based on an accoustic source. The Garden is a part of the electrocoustic section of the works of Arius Blaze. Please go here to see more: http://ariusblaze.com/electrocoustic.html

This work is an expanded version of the Micro Garden, capable of making lush choral waves and entire compositions as a standalone work. The expanded soundboard has multiple pick ups that run into the delay - which offers time settings from extremely tight notated repeats to about 1.5 seconds with undecaying feedback that essentially acts as a looper allowing one to make beats by tapping the board and plucking or rubbing the strings.


The delay runs into a very lush and unusual reverb that has the ability to act more as a wave generator, creating waves that can endlessly extend and are based on the original note but with the ability to pitch shift the feedback, resulting in something like the NI effect called "convolution".
The result is rich electronic music from an accoustic source. Sweet ambience. Stereo out.
There are sound samples on the blog page: http://folktek.blogspot.com/2010/01/luminist-garden.html, each a single take with no editing or external effects.

The feedback can be adjusted to generate long perfect extentions of micro sounds to become waves then captured in long format if desired. There is as much musical potential as there is a potential for strange sounds - bits of waves can be strecthed in real time and become distant-relative abstractions of themselves.

There has not been a single displeased buyer of the any of the Garden series - it is an extremely solid conceptual work with a huge sound.

This piece runs on supplied 9v power adapter, stereo 1/4" output to amp or mixer, custom folktek hardwood box with jointery, custom lamps and switch."

Folktek Luminist Garden

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"Very Rare Folktek Luminist Garden Synth Circuit Bent Synthesiser -Hand Made by Arius Blaze


http://folktek.blogspot.co.uk/2011_08_01_archive.html

http://folktek.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/luminist-garden.html

http://folktek.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkcD0bDBr6c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_AWM1H1rIA&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWFrzBRFexM&feature=relmfu

Comes with a hand written manual by Arius Blaze Plus a Correct Power Adapter.

Purchased for a long term project that never materialised properly -used very little.

Nice Condition --the Copper Plate on top does have discolouration from use - ( this will happen after s short time as you tap the copper plate with fingers ! )"

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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Folktek Arts Illuminists Garden

via the Folktek blog

"This is the expanded Luminist Garden - an enormous body of sound from micro acoustics - also featuring an audio input with balance control.

Where the luminist is an expansion of the Micro Garden, this illuminists Garden takes the Luminist a step further, consequently becoming the next step in the evolution of the garden series.

The illuminists garden features an added circuit - a duplicate of the "wave reverb" in the Luminist but additionally adds options for each wave reverb to act as an analog style delay instead, adding a huge dimension of wave possibilities for sweet choral drone or added depth to acoustic micro beats. The original delay in the Micro and Luminist Gardens is still present with delays from micro-notated tight to roughly 1.5 seconds.

The 1/4" input allows you to send any audio signal in and balance it with the internal pickup of the sound board to use the Illuminist as a standalone processor or mix the external sound with that of the soundboard.

More info can be found on folktek.com, direct link"

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Klirrfaktor: Folktek Luminist Garden & Modular System

YouTube Uploaded by TheKlirrfaktor on Aug 3, 2011

"Folktek Luminist Garden & my modular system

First Session with this great instrument. All sounds (except the Luminist Garden) from my little modular system.

Sequencing: Pittsbsurgh Timetable, Doepfer A-155, MakeNoise Pressure Points & Brains, Malekko Wiard Noisering

Drums: Malekko Wiard Borg Filter, Doepfer A-117

Noise: 4ms Noise Swash, Bubblesound VCOb, MakeNoise Wiard Wogglebug, WMD Gamma Wave Source

Mello: Bubblesound uLFO

Recorded with Logic Pro.

Here you can find a hi-res photo of the patch: http://www.klirrfaktor.com/images/Klirrfaktor_patch26_Luminist_Garden.jpg

More @ http://www.klirrfaktor.com

Klirrfaktor"

Klirrfaktor Modular Videos


Playlist:
Klirrfaktor "AN4LOG": NoiseRing
Klirrfaktor: Circuit Bent Casio VL-1 & Metasonix S-1000 Wretchmachine
Klirrfaktor: Lost Harmonic Identity Part A
Klirrfaktor: TipTop Z8000 & MakeNoise Maths (as Oscillator)
Klirrfaktor: Circuit Bent Roland TR-505 Monster Drum and Bass
Klirrfaktor: Lost Harmonic Identity Part C
Klirrfaktor: WMD Gamma Wave Source & Geiger Counter making great noise
Klirrfaktor: Drum And Noise Part A (modular jam)
Klirrfaktor "AN4LOG": NoiseRing

Folktek Luminist Garden Video 3

YouTube via benpumpkin. Folktek on Ebay
"Folktek Luminist Garden by Arius Blaze - an expanded version of the micro garden. video 3 more info at folktek.blogspot.com you're strongly encourage to see all video for the full effect of this piece"

FOLKTEK = Luminist Garden = Acoustic Electronic Synth Art

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"The Luminist Garden created by Arius Blaze - one of the finest and sweetest sounding folktek works. This work is an expanded version of the Micro Garden, capable of making lush choral waves and entire compositions as a standalone work. The expanded soundboard has multiple pick ups that run into the delay - which offers time settings from extremely tight notated repeats to about 1.5 seconds with near infinite undecaying feedback that essentially acts as a looper allowing one to make beats by tapping the board and plucking or rubbing the strings."

For a direct link to the "Luminist" page of the folktek site including more information, sound samples and more photos please visit"

Roy Harter - Folktek Luminist Garden

YouTube Uploaded by paulfak on Apr 14, 2011

"Roy Harter, sound designer extraordinaire at SkinnyMan in NYC playing his Folktek Luminist Garden"

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Folktek Luminist Garden - NI Absynth ( Insect sounds)

Published on Feb 21, 2014 Anthony Distefano·278 videos

"Insect sounds by processing Folktek's Luminist Garden in NI Absynth."

Folktek Luminist Garden

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"The Luminist Garden created by Arius Blaze - one of the finest and sweetest sounding folktek works. This work is an expanded version of the Micro Garden, capable of making lush choral waves and entire compositions as a standalone work. The expanded soundboard has multiple pick ups that run into the delay - which offers time settings from extremely tight notated repeats to about 1.5 seconds with near infinite undecaying feedback that essentially acts as a looper allowing one to make beats by tapping the board and plucking or rubbing the strings.

The delay runs into a very lush and unusual "wave reverb" that has the ability to act more as a wave generator, creating waves that can endlessly extend - based on the original note but with the ability to pitch shift the feedback, resulting in something like what is called "convolution". The result is rich electronic music from an accoustic source. Sweet ambience and micro musical. Stereo out, custom lamps and switch, runs on 9v DC power adapter (standard plug jack and power rating)."

Folktek Luminist Garden with Custom Wood Lid

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"Up for auction is the Folktek Luminist Garden, an extremely unique and expressive ambient synthesizer. It is capable of creating lush choral soundscapes via a complex reverb and delay system. This particular device is the only one ever built with a custom wood cover/lid. This was specially ordered and designed to protect the device from dust or debris and to protect it should you ever wish to transport it. This device also features a built-in power supply capable of operating at either 110V or 220V."

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Folktek Luminist Garden with Absynth's Aetherizer

Published on Feb 10, 2014 Anthony Distefano·273 videos

"A little jam with Folktek's Luminist Garden and NI Absynth"

via Anthony Distefano on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Folktek Luminist Garden Intro for Interpol @ Coachella 2011

YouTube Uploaded by radyouber on Apr 15, 2011

"For More, Visit: http://www.radyouber.de"

via Folktek

"This video link was just sent to me by Joseph Fraioli of jafboxsound...
'not too long ago i created the intro for interpols 2010/2011 tour using solely the luminist garden. thought you may wan to check it out. heres from a recent show, a little hard to hear with the crowd cheering'"

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The Expanded Luminist Garden by Folktek

via Folktek

"Built by Request - an expanded version of the folktek favorite - the luminist garden by Arius Blaze. Larger sound board, multiple pickups and layers of routable processing - delay from notated tight to about 1.5 seconds, two selectable wave reverb/antique echo and attack filtration. The result is an extremely lush accoustic electronic environment."

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Folktek Resonant Garden Acoustic-Electronic Synthesizer

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via this auction

"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."

CLICK FOR MORE »

NOT NAMM: Folktek The Luminist Garden

via the Folktek Arts blog where you will find more images, samples and info.

"The Luminist Garden created by Arius Blaze. This work is an expanded version of the Micro Garden, capable of making lush choral waves and entire compositions as a standalone work.
The expanded soundboard has multiple pick ups that run into the delay - which offers time settings from extremely tight notated repeats to about 1.5 seconds with undecaying feedback that essentially acts as a looper allowing one to make beats by tapping the board and plucking or rubbing the strings.
The delay runs into a very lush and unusual reverb that has the ability to act more as a wave generator, creating waves that can endlessly extend and are based on the original note but with the ability to pitch shift the feedback, resulting in something like the NI effect called "convolution".
The result is rich electronic music from an accoustic source. Sweet ambience. Stereo out, custom lamps and switch, runs on supplied 9v power. The price is 850 and they are built to order."

Folktek Luminist Garden - NI Absynth "Noise Jam"

Published on Mar 2, 2014 Anthony Distefano·280 videos

"Having a little fun with the Luminist Garden and NI Absynth"

via Anthony Distefano on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Folktek - Three Luminous Gardens (Part 1)

YouTube via benpumpkin. Folktek on Ebay
"Arius Blaze of Folktek flexing more triple Luminous Garden action. Fancy! go to the folktek blog for more info and updates on folktek work:
http://folktek.blogspot.com
email to: folktek@gmail.com
http://folktek.com."

I'm not seeing Part 2 and these went up 5 hours ago according to YouTube, so here's Part 3.

Folktek - Three Luminist Gardens (part 2)


Folktek - Three Luminous Gardens (part 3)