Mantis Specifications

- Four Voice Polyphonic Hybrid-Analogue Synthesiser
• 200 Patches
    * All patches in RAM so can be overwritten
    * Bank A: 100 Factory presets
    * Bank B: 100 User presets (all set to initial patch)
    * Compare function
    * Initialise patch function
• Four Voice Polyphonic with 2 analogue signal paths
    * Mathematically generated oscillators designed by Chris Huggett
    * Analogue signal path designed by Chris Huggett
• 2 Oscillators plus sub-oscillator and detune oscillator per voice
    * Sine / Triangle / Saw / Pulse / Organ / Mantis special (7 segment wavetable)
    * 9 additional and original 256 byte 8 bit wavetables taken directly from the OSCar source code
    * Shape control and shape modulation input
       - Sine / Organ: Adds negative harmonics in the clockwise direction and negative + positive harmonics in the anti-clockwise direction plus lifting the fundamental
       - Tri:  
       - Saw: 
       - Pulse: Will vary the width of the pulse for pulse width modulation with perfect square at the centre
    * Pitch modulation control
    * Octave selects per oscillator
    * OSC 1 SUB follows oscillator 1 parameters one octave below
• Oscillator Drift
    * Creates random pitch variations between oscillators
• Multi-mode state variable VCA filters with overdrive
    * 2 Analogue filters - 1 per signal path
    * Low Pass / Band Pass / High Pass in 12dB and 24dB configurations
    * Additional WBAND (series) and WSTOP (parallel) types
    * Filter Cutoff
    * Filter Cutoff Modulation
    * Filter Resonance
    * Filter Width
    * Filter Width Modulation
    * Filter Keytrack
• LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)
    * 2 LFOs
    * 4 waveshapes per oscillator
    * Fade In / Fade Out parameter
    * SYNCable
    * Rate control
    * One-shot mode
• Envelopes
    * 2 Independent envelopes
    * ENV 1 normalised to amplitude
    * ADSR
       - Sustain Fall parameter for shaping during key-down
       - Repeat which can be used to create looping envelopes
    * Velocity positive and negative control
• Ring modulation
• Noise
    * Decimation control for noise complexity
• Mixer
    * First mix: OSC1 and OSC2
    * Second mix: OSCillators and noise
    * Third mix: OSCillators + noise and Ring modulator
• VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier)
    * All amplification is done in the analogue domain in multi-stage VCAs
• Modulation Routes
    * Control - 6 choices of modulation parameters
    * Source - 6 choices of effectors from envelopes and LFOs
    * Scale - choices of controls used to scale the effect of the modulation
• Glide
    * Glide amount
    * Auto-glide mode
• Indicator LEDs
    * Two LEDs for Voice
    * LED for Keyboard activity
• Master tune
• Master volume
• Triggering
    * ENV 1 Legato
    * ENV 2 Legato
    * LFO Keytrig
    * LFO Keytrig
• CONNECTIONS
    * Master power switch
    * DC 9V input
    * USBC
    * MIDI IN / OUT / THRU
    * Sustain pedal input (switch)
    * Pedal input (continuous)
    * Stereo 1/4” line Outs: L/Mono and R
    * Stereo 1/4” headphone out
• Multi-function Joystick control
    * Left / right for pitch bend
    * Performable vibrato
    * Latching hold mode
• Arpeggiator
    * 6 arpeggiator types
       - Up, Down, Up/Down 1, Up/Down 2, Played & Random
    * Sync rates control from 2nds to 32nds
    * Tap tempo button
    * Swing including positive and negative swing
    * Auto clock sync
       - Detects MIDI or USB-MIDI clock and synchronises the arpeggiator automatically
    * Latch via joystick HOLD
    * 6 Octave range
• Dedicated tempo control
• Quad (four voice), Duophonic and Monophonic voicing modes
    * Quad mode: true four-voice with 4 oscillators per voice
    * Duo mode with dual split simple filters - one filter for each voice path
       - Can be used in conjunction with Quad mode, i.e four voice with dual filters
    * Mono mode
    * Voice Spread control for stereo width out of the dual filters
       - Works in either filter mode
• Digital Effects
     * Reverb time
     * Reverb level
     * Reverb High Pass Filter
     * Reverb Low Pass Filter
     * Chorus level
     * Chorus type
• Keyboard Control
    * 37 Full-size semi-weighted velocity-sensitive keys
    * Channel aftertouch
    * Octave shift
• Weights and Dimensions (product unboxed)
    * 618 x 320 x 112 mm
    * 5.34 kg

Includes:
* Power Supply (9V 600mA)
* USB C lead
* Getting Started Guide

Pricing MSRP:
* US: $1,499
* EUR: €1,599 inc. VAT
* UK: £1,349 inc. VAT

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