The Mandala™ 2.0 High-Def Drum & Synthesizer

Features for Budding Musicians

A tool for exploring your music, discovering your inner artist. It’s the new do-everything instrument. For those who are still probing their muse, the Mandala offers a rich, satisfying way to experiment.

• A new kind of synthesizer, the Mandala 2.0 packages a musical range so wide it simultaneously offers players the top of the line, most accurate model of a physical drum – along with a library of sounds derived from more than 100 other instruments.
• In all, the Mandala 2.0 features four gigabytes of sound samples.
• It’s a synthesizer with drumsticks, with a drum pad so sensitive it responds even to a fingertip touch.
• One pad can accommodate from one to seven different zones of sound – each of which can be configured as a separate instrument, with an array of specialized settings. Players can have a snare, a bass and a cymbal (or a harp, marimba or organ, or any other instrument) – all in the same drum head, all at the same time. One Mandala can act as one drum, as an entire drum kit, or as an eclectic combo.
• The accompanying software lets players synthesize a host of new sounds and expand their drum kits and sample libraries at will. The software automatically accommodates up to five separate drum pads. It’s also designed to inspire and facilitate composition – along with the included instruments, players can add their own samples to the library, and use the effects to mold and create their own sounds.
• It’s a different product for everyone who buys it. It can be as simple or as complex as you want – and it can be the best drum you’ve ever had, or any other instrument you can imagine.

It’s actually possible for anyone to learn music… on a drum.

• It’s a plug and play computer peripheral – simply plug the USB cable into PC or Mac, and start playing.
• Mandala’s easy-to-use software comes with more than 100 presets for out-of-thebox functionality. Players also can create their own configurations as they explore and discover virtually unlimited musical possibilities.
• It works seamlessly with most major music software, including Apple GarageBand, Ableton Live, and Native Instruments Battery and Reaktor.

Inventor and physicist Vince De Franco developed the Mandala with professional drummer Danny Carey of the progressive rock band Tool.

• The Mandala 2.0 is the only electronic drum that truly emulates an acoustic drum.
• It’s the only drum pad that knows exactly where it’s hit and how hard, across seven assignable zones – with an immediate trigger delivering the fastesttraveling sound possible.
• Whereas most electronic drums have one zone in the middle that detects the strike, Mandala’s creators invented and patented a technology that enables the drum pad to detect the exact location and strength of every point of contact across the entire pad.
• With 128 concentric rings from the center to the edge – each offering its own sound variation – the Mandala offers unprecedented musical breadth.