A synthesizer with a place for two
Sit on opposite sides of Dato DUO and each player has a different job. One changes the sound while the other works on the sequence. You can hear how each decision changes what the pair is making.
NL NetherlandsIn practice. Dato’s DUO puts sound controls on one side and an eight-step sequencer on the other.
What to keep in view
The photograph shows the instrument. The maker’s documentation explains the two sides and their controls.
The two sides of the instrument
The arrangement makes collaboration a feature of the instrument’s layout. The players can trade sides to hear what the same pattern feels like from the other set of controls.
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A musical idea, made visible.
Both give players a physical way to change a musical sequence and immediately hear the result.
Keep the headphones. Change the part.
Compare an instrument laid out for two players with headphones built around components their owner can change.