that may be confusing is that the second sequencer appears above the first, even though
on the ouputs of the MantaMate, the second sequencer is output below the first.
-ALTERNATE TUNINGS
•You can change the tuning from standard 12-tone equal temperament to something
more interesting. There are 100 factory tunings built into the MantaMate, and you can
also load in your own (see the manual for directions on that). You can easily switch
between the first 32 tunings in the factory presets by entering the Right Option Menu
and selecting one of the lower hexes. They represent factory tunings 00-31, starting at
the lower left hexagon. Actually, the lower left hexagon is written over by whatever
Global Tuning is selected from the MantaMate interface (you can read about that in the
manual). Some of the tunings are very subtle, and won’t really be noticeable except
when not using more than one pitch at a time.
USING THE INTERNAL MANTAMATE CLOCK –
•Let’s say you don’t have an external clock source handy, or you don’t want to use one
up. The MantaMate also has a useful internal clock. Here’s how to use it.
•Unplug whatever clock source you have connected to the CLK IN jack on the
MantaMate.
•On the MantaMate panel, press the “P” button 3 times. This toggles through the
different “Preferences”, and the third Preference is Internal Clock, the one we want. You
can tell which preference you are viewing by the decimal points in the 7-segment
display. If both decimal points are lit, you are in Internal Clock Preference. Try toggling
through all the preferences by pressing P several times to 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 the decimal points lit up. 00 means that the internal clock is off
(the default). Press the UP button on the panel to change this to 01. This will turn on
the internal clock. The tempo of the internal clock is the number displayed (if it’s
greater than 00) plus 60. So we currently have a 61 BPM clock. The default division is
8th-note, so you’ll hear 8th-notes at 61BPM. Try raising the clock tempo by holding
down the UP button until you get to 60. That would mean 120BPM.
•Now let’s play with the division. While still in the Internal Clock Preference, press the
“S” button to enter the Internal Clock Division Sub-Preference. You’ll see that the left-
most digit of the 7-segment display goes blank; now only the right digit is lit. Use the
UP and DOWN buttons to adjust the division. It’s in powers of 2, with 1 being a whole
note, so 4 = 8th-note and 5 = 16th-note. Try going all the way up to 9 (256th note). Pretty
fast! If you go past 9, you’ll notice that the right digit blanks, and now the left digit is lit.
Above 9, the division control actually changes to allow for randomized clocks of
different speed ranges. 0 is very very slow, and 9 is extremely fast, but the clocks will be
randomized within those speed ranges. Just press the DOWN button to get back to the
regular clock divisions after playing around with the randomized clock speeds.
•To go back to the main Internal Clock preference, just press S again. Now you should
see both digits on the 7-segment display lit up.
•If you want to turn the internal clock back off, just set the number on the Internal
Clock preference back to 00.
