Synesthesia Unveils 'battery 3' Presets for Mandala, Showcasing Hd Drum's Unparalleled Level of Pro Audio Software Control

'The Mandala is the Best and Most High-Definition Wayof 10 zones center to edge, 20 velocity layers and 6
to Control All the Pro Audio Software Out There,'round robins; (3) Snare Off, and (4) Snare Off with
Says Mandala Inventor Vince De FrancoRim, each consisting of 4 zones center to edge, 20
Laurel Canyon, Calif. - Showcasing the Mandala'svelocity layers and 6 round robins.
unprecedented ability to control pro audio software,"The Mandala drum controls pro audio software with
Synesthesia Corporation today released 50 Nativeunprecedented resolution," said Vince De Franco,
Instruments Battery 3 presets for the Mandala 2.0,Synesthesia founder and CEO, and inventor of the
along with an HD Black Beauty Battery 3 Player forMandala.
Mandala."These Battery presets really just provide an example
They are available now to anyone via free downloadof what drummers are capable of accomplishing with
from the company's website atthis instrument. Our goal has always been to give
The presets configure drum sampler Battery 3 for usedrummers and musicians a way to experiment and let
with the Mandala (Battery 3 required, and is nottheir imaginations fly, while never losing the basic
included with the Mandala), using only samples fromfunctionality that they're already comfortable with."
the Battery 3 12GB library of more than 100 drum kitsThe Mandala works seamlessly with most major
with more than 23,000 individual samples. The presetsmusic software as a USB MIDI controller. In addition to
configure the Mandala pad as a straightforward MIDIBattery, it works with Reaktor, FXpansion BFD,
controller. The Battery 3 presets also:Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason and Apple
* Assign samples in up to seven circular trigger zonesGarageBand.
across the Mandala pad.Mandala's Virtual Brain software is available online for
* Extensively use the Mandala's 128 circular strikefree download at Even without buying the Mandala,
zones to change triggering and effects parameters asanyone can download the software and tinker with it -
drummers play, for true HD drumming.on its own, or with other PC or Mac-compatible
* Cover playing styles from straightforward groovesmusical devices.
to experimental sonics.Synesthesia also is producing a series of video
The HD Black Beauty Battery 3 Player for Mandalatutorials for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
offers drummers the most accurate digitalThe company will make them available on its website
representation of an acoustic drum, via 3,360 samplesand on YouTube later this year. The series of videos
of a single vintage 1970s 5x14 Super Sensitive Ludwigwill walk users through the entire process of using the
Black Beauty Snare Drum.Mandala - from physically connecting the drum to a
A drummer's sound changes with every strikecomputer, to using the EZ software, on through to
anywhere on the surface of the Mandala, just like withsetting up advanced audio techniques using the pro
an acoustic snare. Four separate players include: (1)version of the Virtual Brain software.
Snare On, and (2) Snare On with Rim, each consisting