Multiphonics CV-2
Modular synthesis software environment from Applied Acoustics Systems — a virtual modular built around control voltage thinking. Sound design and patch contributions across versions 1–3 of the flagship release.
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Story
A path that started at sea.
Service, then sound.
Before the studio there was the U.S. Navy. Clifton served as an Operations Specialist aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) and USS Belleau-Wood (LHA-3) from 1997 to 2001, working radar, navigation, and communications, and graduating top of his boot-camp division in Great Lakes, Illinois.
The years that followed traced a winding line through finance, technology, and international peace work — each role sharpening the listening, account-management, and teaching skills that now define the way he works with instrument designers and clients.
Education.
Bachelor's, Cal State Fullerton · Associate's in Business Administration, Citrus College · U.S. Navy Operations Specialist Training (FTC C School, Great Lakes, IL) and Communications Specialist Training (NTTC A School, Meridian, MS).
1997 – 2001
U.S. Navy · USS Essex / USS Belleau-Wood
Operations & Communications Specialist · Sasebo, Japan
Operations & Communications Specialist · Sasebo, Japan
2001
Pendulum Distinction is born
The label and studio identity that gathers everything that follows.
2001 – 2008
INX Services · Executive Director / Operations Supervisor
Corporate partnerships with Nordstrom, Target, Wal-Mart, and Apple.
2001 – 2005
Wells Fargo · Business Account Manager
Helped drive a desk to $41.3M in 2003.
2008
Global Peace Exchange · Rwanda Program
Assistant Director · taught English and international engagement in Butare and Gitarama.
2010s
Haken Audio · Business Development Manager
Demonstrating the Continuum and Eagan Matrix worldwide.
2017 – 2025
Superbooth · NAMM · Synthplex · ContinuuCon
Brand ambassador and demonstrator across Berlin, Anaheim, Burbank, Asheville, and Paris.
2025
Booker T. Washington in Ragtime
Stage debut at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center.