Synesthesia Mandala Drums Google Group

An excellent source of samples is http://www.freesound.org/

toe...@gmail.com (Jason) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:16:01 UT

I found some excellent percussion and synth samples there. And best
of all, it's all free! [link]

mandala broken!

boke...@hotmail.com (bokeman) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:27:51 UT

I´ve got a problem with my mandala. They sent it to me with metalic
crew broken. And not only that, but also there is not sensibility in
the center of the zone 1. Have you had any problems with yours? How
can I claim to send me a new one?

COULD I COMPOSE A SECUENCE OF NOTES?

boke...@hotmail.com (bokeman) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:32:24 UT

Hi, I´d like to know if I can compose a secuence of notes. For
example, in the preset "Magundhi", you can play the different notes in
a predetermined order to sound the melody. Can I do the same with my
own notes extracted from a midi editor? Thank u!!
My mail: boke...@hotmail.com

Debate sobre samples

boke...@hotmail.com (bokeman) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:15:09 UT

Hi, I´m a new member. How can i download samples for my new mandala?
thanks

VAC not showing up as an audio driver

ama...@gmail.com (Adam) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:07:28 UT

I want to use the VB app in Cubase, so I downloaded VAC and installed
it. Problem is the VB software doesn't see the driver. I've tried
several other applications and they see VAC fine. Any ideas? I am
running WinXP SP3, the latest VB software and the latest VAC. I have
an M-Audio Profire 2626.

Presets not loading...

mauihomic...@gmail.com (mauihomicide) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:49 UT

hi everybody

I purchased my Mandala USB Drum about a month ago and am since then
experiencing major problems which I can't get rid of.
I've already looked into many forums but could't find any similar
problems yet.
It seems that my Virtual Brain is unable to open up any preset - the
name change in the preset list will take place, but the instruments

Mandala Drums For Sale.

kd.dary...@gmail.com (KD) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:40:58 UT

Hello Friends,
I regret to post, but due to the economic times, I have to put my 3
Mandala 2.0 USB drums for sales.
I’m asking $200.00 per drum plus shipping charges.
If you are interested please email me directly, and I can forward you
Pix.
Kd.dary...@gmail.com
Thanks,

Foot controller help?

nickosdrum...@gmail.com (Nicko) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:34:19 UT

Hi,

This isn't so much related to the Mandala pad itself but I thought
someone might be able to answer this (fairly) simple question with
regards to electronic drumming with the Mandalas and foot controllers.

Basically, I'm using the Mandala pads with Battery 3 but I'd also love
to incorporate my Roland FD-8 foot controller (along with the

Mandala's with 1/4 output/input

drumcycle...@gmail.com (drumcycle007) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:17:19 UT

Upon looking closely at Danny Carey's set up on his Paiste cymbals
poster, I noticed that the mandala drums on his kit have 1/4inch
outputs. They do not have individual brains, like the original
versions of the drums. Anyone know what's up with this?

mandala drum for sale

williamsandwilli...@gmail.com (greenscreens) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:33:32 UT

mandala drum for sale with usb cable. any reasonable offers accepted
just email me at williamsandwilli...@gmail.com

im in the US but will ship overseas

Is it possible to play a Mandala with your hands?

noodlyoddn...@gmail.com (Kris) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:39:20 UT

I might be working with some Conga drummers soon and I thought it
would be cool to give them some Mandalas to hit with their hands along
with their congas. Do you think that it would work, or would it be
better to use drum sticks for the pads? Thanks.

THE NEW ONE! .... error

viru...@gmail.com (AJ) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:33:13 UT

That happend after instalation of MaxMSP.... reinstalation,
uninstalation of it doesn't help

Massage:
"the procedure entry point patcher_resolvepatcher could not be located
in the dynamic link library MaxAPI.dl"

Any ideas?

PS
I'm so frustrated about this MaxMSP... from the begining I had errors

Dead spot on Mandala

drumfir...@gmail.com (acousynth) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:08:30 UT

Just discovered a "dead spot" on the mandala drum! Meaning no sound!
Closed out of Control Burst and Battery 3, unplugged the usb cable,
plugged it back in, opened Control Burst and Battery 3 again and it is
still present. All cells have been accurately ranged (C3-C#3, D3-D#3,
etc.) in Battery 3. I have not been beating the crap out of my

How many factory presets are there supposed to be with v2.0?

toe...@gmail.com (Jason) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:50:53 UT

I just got mine today and the presets only go up to 79, then
(undefined) up to "85 tester", then (undefined) up to "100 new kit
(kit)".

Is this correct? Or am I missing some presets?

Mandala on Vista Freezing - help

swick...@gmail.com (Swicked) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:15:12 UT

I have been having issues with my Mandala from the beginning. #1 i
bought it used (hopefully thats not the issue)
but 2 the program freezes up if i start to play alot of notes.

Any ideas/fixes?

THANKS

Using 2 USB Mandalas with Battery 3

mr.spli...@hotmail.co.uk (Mandala Tom) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:03:38 UT

Iv already got 1 USB Mandala which im running through Battery 3 (which
is spot on!). I've now decided i need another!
So im wondering if its possible to run 2 Mandalas through the control
burst program to control Battery 3?

The reason im unsure is because the control burst assigns a midi note

Windows 7

grantmul...@gmail.com (grantmuller) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:23:36 UT

All,

If anyone is wondering, the Mandala works much better in Windows 7
than it did in XP (never tried it on Vista). The driver installs
correctly and identifies the device by it's serial like it does on a
Mac. The Virtual Brain is much more responsive (I was down to 2.0ms
latency with a Presonus FP-10 without issue).

New Virtual Brain Software Update

rps...@gmail.com (rps462) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:22:47 UT

Anybody know when one might be coming .. and what the possible
upgrades might be? There have been quite a few tossed around at least
in these forums. How-bout it Synesthesia!!!

Sharing Presets

soave...@gmail.com (Soave) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:33:20 UT

Wondering if anyone else is interested in sharing some custom presets
for battery 3? I've got a bunch of my own I've created and I'm going
to try to upload them into a folder sometime later this week to the
file sharing part of the site. Maybe if I start others will follow
and upload some presets.

Audio preferences not saving

detoxl...@gmail.com (Mike Reetz) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:56:51 UT

I had my mandala stored for a few months when I moved, just
reinstalled the full version brain and things aren't working. It shows
up in device manager as 'USB audio device'. When I set up the drivers
page, it wont seem to save (nor does it work). I am confident I have
the setting right. I use a tascam 1641 and an M-Audio Audiophile

FOREIGN CUSTOMS - England

viru...@gmail.com (AJ) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:04:53 UT

hej guys!
Is there anyone from the UK? Just waiting form my Mandala and wonder
how much tax charge I'll need to pay...
I've found on HM Revenue that gonna be 2,5% (the price is below 290
pounds), but I just wanna be sure and have some cash in door..

btw.... how long it takes to release my package from there?! I can't

v1 w/ vb

mr.ji...@gmail.com (jilsk) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:46:11 UT

when using the v1 with the virtual brain, i can't seem to get any
position info registering. still new to the vb, so if its an easy fix
im sorry. thanks.

virtual brain for pc

erbeniyat...@hotmail.com (paketa) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:56:20 UT

My mandala virtual brain is defective
can send me a new one?
the program does not start in any way
I could not test it yet and I bought it about a month ago.
delete and reinstall is not a solution
I had already tried before. Thank you.

Midi Channel Settings.

kd.dary...@gmail.com (KD) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:51:47 UT

Hello Everyone.
I'm trying to find away to set 5 zones, and have all zones on one midi
channel, but the CC # to start at 36, or C1 instead of C3 and 7 zones
with the Mandala Control Burst.
Can any one point me to the right direction?

Thanks,

mandala virtual brain not work in pc

erbeniyat...@hotmail.com (paketa) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:54:43 UT

Hi, I purchased a mandala for about 3 weeks but the virtual brain
mandala NOT WORK I downloaded the updates and everything on the
website. In addition I have tested 10 pc
does not start and only runs the virtual brain mandala ez but neither
works well
I live in Spain a solución.Yo and I am using a translator, sorry for

Audio Kontrol and mandalas

doug_drum...@hotmail.com (dougdrums) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:45:28 UT

I've got my mandalas running through NI Audio Kontrol 1, I'm waiting
for battery because it is on back-order. Things are working, but I'm
getting that pop and crackle through the speakers. I don't know how to
make adjustments because the AK-1 driver takes over the vitual
brain..also the mandals just..well, shut off. Is this some kind of a

Why output sounds blows speakers?

dejanku...@gmail.com (dex) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:22:11 UT

Hello to everyone. I'm having problem that sound blows speakers when
my Velocity has reached a value of 30. Is it happening bacause of:
1. some bad setup that I did?
2. low quality of sample(which I doubt because it's sample from VB
library, 353 Tabla Na 1)
3. quality of speakers that I have?

virtual not loading presests stuck on pooooooolice

zyg...@gmail.com (zyguit) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:16:18 UT

i'm brand new to the mandala, just got a used one a few days ago.
Managed to get the EZ version going with latency. Now have full
version 1.50 up and running with virtually no latency but the presets
won't load in, where you would expect to see a slow moving solid red
line there, instead the bar moves about a 1/3, then then second 1/3

downloading files

doug_drum...@hotmail.com (dougdrums) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:05:00 UT

Hello. Just got my drums a few days ago. need some help. the battery 3
has all of the cool sounds, evidently, but it is a little expensive,
how do i download files from the group, my media player won't even
open them.

asio

dylan.conrad...@gmail.com (insertrandomnamehere) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:42:11 UT

I have had the mandala now for six months. I shelved it for a while
but now I am getting back into the swing of things. One problem that
I still haven't figured out is how to get asio to work on my laptop.
I have a HP 9500. When I select asio in the audio/driver window, I
can't get the test tone to work and audio flatout doesnt play in the

Using other triggers to control vb... help!!

super13p...@gmail.com (superpill) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:48:27 UT

Hey all! I've had a mandala 2.0 for a couple months now, and I just
recently got a roland td-3 so I can practise at night and not wake
anyone up. I am running a tascam usb audio interface (us-122l) and
some slow vista laptop for now.

I haven't seen another post about this, but I'm sure I'm not the first

Mandala 2.0 randomly stops working, zones messed up

guardinop...@gmail.com (Paul) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:37:41 UT

Hi,

I've had my mandala 2.0 for about a year and a half and have just
recently started to use it more steadily. But something funny is
going on. It will randomly just stop working, nothing registers,
nothing. I try restarting the software, restarting my computer,
nothing helps. Then, when it finally shows signs of life, the zones

Reflection Rising Drum/Tabla Sound

boesch1...@gmail.com (braeden) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:41:41 UT

Hey,
Does anyone know how to achieve this sound that's heard all the way
throughout Reflection and at the end of Disposition? I can do a
similar sort of thing on my Simmons SDS synthesizer but not quite the
same.

Hints? suggestions?
Thanks

Downloading

justinb0...@yahoo.com (drummss85) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:31:24 UT

Does any know how to download sounds into their mandala? Can you
download any sound that you want? I did see a video on youtube of a
mandala that had the intro to "Stinkfist" on it...How can I put that
on mine?

selling my V2 mandala drum

pasha.a...@gmail.com (Umar Agha) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:43:12 UT

Hey,
I wanted to make a post saying that I'm selling my mandala drum V2. How do I
go about this? For some reason, the emails I get from the group said I
should email this email address; but I think I can just post directly in the
group, right? Let me know!
-Umar

Mandala V2.0 not registering!!

justinb0...@yahoo.com (drummss85) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:33:33 UT

I just got the virutal brain to work but when I play the Mandala all
that shows up is the velocity. There is no green flash and no sound.
Does anyone know what the can be atributed to? I have already
downloaded ASIO4ALL and the new updates for it. Im stuck and not quite
sure how to fix this.

Thanks

Midi problems

ericwi...@gmail.com (CFF418) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:50:02 UT

I am a mac user And I have tracktion v.2 from mackie. I am having
problems getting midi to record. The traction software regonizes the
mandala and I get midi data on the track but no audio. Tried messing
around with the audio destination part of the track but to no avail.

MaxMSP has stopped working?????

justinb0...@yahoo.com (drummss85) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:26:44 UT

Has anyone had this message pop up on them when they are trying to get
the Virtual Brain to work? I just got my 2.0 Mandala today and I can't
get it to work at all and MaxMSP message keeps popping up. I hope some
can help me with this because I am dying to play it!!

Here are my Laptop specs:

Dual and Triple Packs

kimwisniew...@gmail.com (Kim Wisniewski) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:41:42 UT

I am probably behind the times but just saw the Mandala Dual and Triple
Packs specials prices:
[link]
Nice!
K

Change to Group to Hopefully Kill the SPAM

kimwisniew...@gmail.com (Kim Wisniewski) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:28:46 UT

All,
Apologies for not acting sooner on the amount of SPAM this list has started
getting.
Google groups options aren't particularly good. The group has always been
"members only posts" but that doesn't stop the spammers from joining using
their robots.
So, I've changed the group settings to "Messages from New Members

V1.0 no longer on site?!?!!?

esoteri...@gmail.com (Esoterik) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:58:32 UT

I have been checking daily to see if it was no longer "out of stock"
and noticed it has disappeared. Is there anywhere else I can buy one?
I am very interested!!
Thanks for your time.

Mandala version comaprison

tim.maguir...@gmail.com (Tim) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:25:19 UT

Why is there a large price difference between version 2 and version 1,
i.e. version 2 seems to be much cheaper.

Thank you.

Samples?

m_jenk...@hotmail.com (Jones) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:22:03 UT

Hey guys,

I read a post about creating a new website for uploading samples. Any
progress on this? I'd love to hear what kinds of presets people are
coming up with, as well as sharing my own with the community.

Cheers,

Which USB interface for several Mandala pads ?

fboit...@yahoo.fr (Sonic) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:56:11 UT

Do you know which USB interface must be used if you need to plug 5
Mandala pads ?

Thanks !

Effects transfer through multiple Mandalas?

synchronicproducti...@gmail.com (SynchronicProductions) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:30:59 UT

Hi,

So I just got my 2nd mandala for my kit but I seem to be having
trouble setting them up.
If one of the mandalas has any effects going to it, they will transfer
through to the other mandala...

As you can imagine this is annoying if I'm trying to have one pad run
keyboards w/ reverb or whatnot and the other pad with just regular

mandala v.3

mr.ji...@gmail.com (jilsk) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:16:16 UT

does anyone know what the word is for any future mandalas? a hardware
brain with multiple inputs perhaps? maybe im just dreaming...

Custom preset video: 'Buddha's Echo'

synchronicproducti...@gmail.com (SynchronicProductions) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:32:00 UT

Here's a link to a vid I put on youtube awhile ago. Hope you enjoy and
I wrote the settings for it on the comments below it.

[link]

Any questions feel free to ask, and if you use the settings record
something & send me a link, it'd be fun to see what different peeps

Mandala + Battery 3 (Kontakt?)

mr.spli...@hotmail.co.uk (Mandala Tom) — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:00:22 UT

I’m currently attempting to control Battery 3 using my USB Mandala.
Everything should be working fine but when i try to load one the 50
presets a message appears saying that I don’t have an up to date
version of Kontakt.

Does anyone know if kontakt is actually required to this?

Any advice would be much appreciated

MAC Update : Audio/Pad driver window and no sound

fboit...@yahoo.fr (Sonic) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:54:48 UT

Hello,

On MAC the EZ version of the software works very well.

I have installed the latest one for MAC then updated it with the new
update.

When launching the soft I only have the main window with the 5 pads,
where is the Audio/Pad setup window ? The associated button seems to
have disappeared in this version.

Battery 3 sends mixed signals to garage band

soave...@gmail.com (Soave) — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:22:08 UT

Well I just got battery 3 and I'm loving the amount of instruments
available now. Only one problem though, I run control burst and get
the mandala running perfectly in battery 3. Then if I change the
output to soundflower 2ch and change garage band input to soundflower
2ch (like I would usually do with the virtual brain) when I hit the