CORNFIELD ELECTRONICS Mantra User manual

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Mantra
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Aplay‐alongsynthinanexoticscale.
How to use:
There are two drone sequences which you can play along to. We call
these: Drone A and Drone B.
Each drone consists of:
percussion, bass, and a melodic obligato part
Drone A is pre-loaded and ready to play when Mantra is turned on.
To start the drone: press the left button. The red LED will begin
blinking, and the drone will begin playing. Now you can play a "lead"
over it.
To stop the drone: press the left button again. The red LED will
stop blinking.
To choose drone B: double-tap the right button and press D on the
keyboard.
To choose drone A: double-tap the right button and press C on the
keyboard.
The keyboard is tuned to an exotic scale.
The "white" keys are the scale itself (so you can't go wrong if you
just stay on the white keys :)
The "black" keys repeat the note of a neighboring white key with an
added "bend" to the note.
The top pot controls the portamento speed of the lead voice. Turning
it all the way to the right turns portamento off.
The bottom pot controls the speed and intensity of an autowah effect
on the lead voice. Turning it all the way to the left turns the
autowah off.
To raise the lead voice by an octave, tap the right button once.
To lower the lead voice by an octave, tap the left button once.
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Typesofbuttonpresses:
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Tap: quicklytapabutton
Press: long‐pressabutton
Double‐Tap: quicklydouble‐tapabutton
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