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Do the same as the monophonic keyboard example but repeat the 1A/1B/1C output
patch on 2A/2B/2C with another oscillator/filter/envelope/VCA combo. The two sliders
will come out 3B and 3C, but there won’t be any trigger outputs.
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Try it out! Also try presets 03 and 04, they are 3-voice and 4-voice keyboards
respectively.
ARPEGGIATOR KEYBOARD –
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Change to preset 01.
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Set up a patch like as in the MONOPHONIC KEYBOARD example.
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Add to this patch a connection between a clock output on your modular synth (could
simply be a low frequency square wave) and the CLK IN jack on the MantaMate, to
send a clock signal to this jack.
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Hold down the bottom-left round button on the Manta. This displays the Left Option
Menu.
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While holding the Left Option Menu button down, touch the hexagon that is in the 2
nd
row from the top, third from the right (marked “arp” on the picture below). This
hexagon will turn red (or flash if you are using a 1
st
edition Manta). The MantaMate is
now in Arpeggiator Mode. Let go of the Left Option Menu button to return to the
normal view on the Manta.
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Hold down some hexagons on the Manta and it will arpeggiate them. Notice that 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 others and hear the effect – it’s really fun.
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Try out some different patterns! Hold down the bottom-right round button to enter the
Right Option Menu. The second row of hexagons from the top in the Right Option
Menu is a set of patterns for the arpeggiator. Try switching those around.
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How about a polyphonic arpeggiator? Copy the monophonic patch 1A/1B/1C outputs
into the row 2 outputs(and 3 and 4 if you’ve got enough modules handy), like you did
when trying out DUOPHONIC/POLYPHONIC KEYBOARD functionality. Then,
hold down the bottom-left round button to enter Left Option Mode, and select one of
the leftmost 2
nd
row hexagons to choose
Monophonic/Duophonic/Triophonic/Quadraphonic polyphony. In arpeggiator mode,
this will apply the arpeggiation as a round-robin rotating through the outputs. Try this
with similar timbres on the different voices, then try it with different timbres for the
different voices – it produces a very interesting effect. You can get beautiful undulating
patterns by holding down more notes than there are voices, and offsetting octaves on the
different voice synth patches, resulting in a complex pattern.
