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and random. These are selectable by holding down the P button and pressing up or 
down (the 7-segment display will show you which number of arpeggiator pattern is 
currently selected – they appear in the order they are mentioned in the previous list). 
Note that if you are in a 2, 3, or 4-note polyphony mode, the arpeggiator will take this 
into account, and do a round-robin arpeggiation. You can also easily access monophonic 
arpeggiator mode by going to Preset 00.  

 
Using a USB-MIDI Knob Controller – 

 

Let’s say you don’t actually want a keyboard, you just want to have the knobs of a knob 
controller output directly to CVs. To do that, go to Preset 5. This preset doesn’t have 
the first few outputs taken up by pitch handling. 

 

If the device doesn’t automatically put out CC#s 1-12, then use the MIDI learn 
functionality described above to learn the correct CC#s.  

 

If you have a pad controller or MIDI drum pad, it will learn the note-ons as gate 
outputs. 

 

 
With A Joystick Connected: 

 

Set it to Preset 00. 

 

Just plug in a HID-compatible joystick (like the Logitech 3D Extreme Pro) and wiggle 
it around!  Push the buttons and you will see them come out as gates. Check each axis of 
the joystick and it will come out as a CV on one of the outputs. The order of the 
outputs is just the order they are reported by the joystick, so you simply have to test it 
and see what it does. 

 
 

Summary of Contents for MantaMate

Page 1: ...tive outputting pitch information Try touching the top left and top right round buttons on the Manta These will transpose up and down by an octave The amount of transposition will be shown on the 7 se...

Page 2: ...hat the voltage on output 1C will change as the MantaMate arpeggiates to show the current surface area covered on the currently stepped hexagon play around with having some hexagons more covered than...

Page 3: ...Figure 2 Keyboard Left Option Menu...

Page 4: ...le VCO VCF VCA with and EG controlling the VCA and 1A 1B 1C controlling the VCO freq EG trig and VCF freq respectively One difference is that you should use the trigger input on the envelope generator...

Page 5: ...ing that you are currently editing that step You can also hold down a Lower Hexagon and touch more Lower Hexagons to select multiple steps to edit Touch one of the lit up Upper Hexagons Notice that th...

Page 6: ...n E and F and touch the top slider while holding it down you will set the glide time for the pitch of that step which applies to the glide TO that step Doing the same and touching the bottom slider wi...

Page 7: ...on Menu by holding down the bottom left round button and touching the top right Upper Hexagon That will present you with another page which is exactly the same as the first but it relates to the secon...

Page 8: ...Mode Left Option Menu We call the bank of 13 stored compositions a Composition To locally store the current sequence into your current Composition hold down the bottom left round button to enter Left...

Page 9: ...on flash memory that will be retained even when the device is powered down You can test it out by turning the MantaMate off and on again and then navigating to your saved preset TURNING A SEQUENCER IN...

Page 10: ...get the feel for recognizing it The different preference modes are all explained in the manual Once you are in the Internal Clock Preference it should display 00 on the 7 segment display with both of...

Page 11: ...controlled by the two sliders and four possible trigger outputs selectable by the four lit up upper hexagons Activate some steps by touching them while in Play Mode top right round button is amber The...

Page 12: ...k trigger output is very useful Try Presets 01 and 02 These are similar to Preset 00 but the random voltage outputs are put through a comparator so that random Gates and Triggers come out instead CLOC...

Page 13: ...own the P button and pressing the DOWN button That will subtly change some of the values in the current patterns Try it out with drum modules plugged into the outputs and you can get really nice varia...

Page 14: ...needed for the monophonic pitch handling If you want to save the learned MIDI CCs you can save a preset by pressing S 7 segment will flash and then selecting which present number you want to save to T...

Page 15: ...knob controller output directly to CVs To do that go to Preset 5 This preset doesn t have the first few outputs taken up by pitch handling If the device doesn t automatically put out CC s 1 12 then us...

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