Mandala Drum Forums

Hey everyone,

I’ve made a short walkthrough video of the Mandala drum pressure & slide modulation and note features using Ableton Live.

Check it out on my Instagram and TikTok channels:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM-4v_Mt ... JydmFwbg==

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdx6WtBh/

There are more in-depth videos on my YouTube channel, along with breakdowns of my Mandala Pressure and Slide Control Device and Mandala Note Tuner Device for Ableton Live

Mandala feature walkthrough and Pressure & Slide Control
https://youtu.be/8qBLsoDgPwQ?si=bV-0PTQY0yBJV7uA

Mandala Note Tuner Device for Ableton Live
https://youtu.be/rffEuJpc-08?si=QoSWf9KbyqJPuyAM


I’ve started posting a lot of Mandala content on my socials so please follow my channels if you’re interested in keeping up to date on my Mandala tips, tools, tutorials, presets and demos:

www.instagram.com/stubrowndrums
www.tiktok.com/@stubrowndrums
www.youtube.com/stubrowndrums

thank you ..will check them out

This is really cool, Stuart! I had wanted to achieve the same thing, and set up a slide on/off switch on Ableton, using a macro dial for volume of the effect.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNJ9x3ExuWH/

But being able to delay it would be perfect! When you call this a Ableton Rack - is it a Max for Live device, a Midi Effect Rack, Instrument Rack, etc?

amidatong wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 4:09 am This is really cool, Stuart! I had wanted to achieve the same thing, and set up a slide on/off switch on Ableton, using a macro dial for volume of the effect.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNJ9x3ExuWH/

But being able to delay it would be perfect! When you call this a Ableton Rack - is it a Max for Live device, a Midi Effect Rack, Instrument Rack, etc?

Hey, it's a MIDI effect rack I created using Ableton stock devices rather than Max4Live. I had Tobi Hunke (AbletonDrummer) try and build a Max4Live device to do the same thing but we hit a lot of obstacles and had to give up! So instead I figured out a neat way to build this using a combination of stock Ableton MIDI and MPE devices and some clever internal mapping within the rack. Any questions hit me up!

Also check may more detailed post on the Ableton racks here: viewtopic.php?t=1746