       Q. How do I mount my Mandala drums?

       Q. Can I connect my Mandala to my computer through a USB hub?

       Q. How do I connect multiple Mandalas to the same computer?

       Q. Can I connect more than 5 Mandalas to the same computer?

       Q. I don't see my Mandala in the pull down menu in the Audio/Pad Driver window.

       Q. Do I need to add an Audio Interface to my computer in order to play my Mandala?

       Q. What’s the deal with this Audio/Pad Driver Window thing? Tell me about the settings.

       Q. My Mandala isn’t reacting when I hit it. What did I miss?

       Q. How can I achieve near-zero latency with my computer?

       Q. How many zones can I hit at the same time?

       Q. When I change a preset or set up multiple zones my drum only plays a sound registered to zone 1 or 2.

       Q. Do I ever have to calibrate my Mandala?

       Q. When I hit my pad I see zones light up in more than one drum in the Master window.

       Q. My SoundBlaster isn’t putting out clean sound when I play my Mandala.

       Q. How do I get my custom sounds to play?

       Q. What can I do to make the Virtual Brain program faster?

       Q. How do I use Mandala pads with other MIDI programs?

       Q. How do I send Virtual Brain audio to other programs?

Mandala™ 2.0 Product Specs

Mandala Hardware:

Drum Pad Dimensions:

Strike zone diameter: 11”

Enclosure width: 12”

Depth: 2”

Weight: 4 lbs

Connectors:

USB

Sensing Capabilities

128 concentric rings of strike position resolution

128 levels of strike velocity resolution

Mandala Software:

700 megabytes of drum and instrument samples

*3 GB bonus sample library - Black Beauty Snare*

Configure up to 7 zones per Mandala:

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Per-Zone Settings:

Instrument, Note, Volume, Pan, Pitch, Attack, Hold, Decay, Scale Type, Scale Pattern, Scale Step, Scale Range, Effects Send Level

Comes with more than 100 presets for easy out-of-the-box playing

Works with 3^rd-party music software: Garage Band, LIVE, Battery, Reaktor, etc.

Connect multiple Mandalas and build a kit that fits your abilities

Load your own sound library into the included Virtual Brain software

All effects parameters controllable real-time by strike position and velocity

Audio Effects:

Filters

AllPass, BiQuad, Cascade, Comb, Hilbert, PhaseShift, Resonant, State-Variable, Teeth

Chorus

Flanger

Ring Modulator

Pitchbend

3 Band Equalizer

Digital Delay

Reverb

Musical Scales:

Major, Minor, Diminished, Wholetone, Indian, Gamelan, Ryuku, Pentatonic Major, Pentatonic Minor, Blues Major, Blues Minor, Combination Diminished, Melodic Minor, Chromatic

Musical Modes:

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian

Scale Play Patterns:

UpWave, UpRep, DownWave, DownRep, CenterWave Up, CenterWave Down, Velocity Up, Velocity Down, Random

System Specification

Windows 7/Vista/XP, Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM (recommended)

Mac OSX 10.4.x or higher, G4 1.4 GHz or

Intel Core Duo 1.66 Ghz, 1 GB RAM (recommended)

DVD drive (for installation)

1.5 GB of free disk space/4 GB for full sound library