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The Nano 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 of what is essentially an expanded micro garden.

The Nano Garden essentially utilizes a single Alter circuit with 7 effects selected specifically for this instrument. Each is also equipped with a mic pre-amp, and 2 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. Aside from the internal mic, the nano can be used to process external signals with any of the internal effects as well.

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The Folktek Nano Garden likely uses DSP effects based on the Alter euro module; users suggest exploring PT2399 chips for similar effects.
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A large piezo paired with a hi-Z amplifier is recommended for optimal sensitivity; scavenged smoke alarm piezos can be used.
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Combine multiple piezo elements in parallel for larger surfaces; guitar pickups may be added for enhanced sound capture.
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Building a noise-making box with piezos and a digital delay can emulate the basic Luminist Garden's looping capabilities.
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Spin FV-1 chip is suggested for reverb, delay, and modulation effects, with SpinCAD GUI aiding in algorithm creation.
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