Tags: Mandala, Synesthesia, Synthesizer

Synesthesia Announces Mandala™ 2.0 High-Def Drum and Synthesizer

Now With USB Link and Lower Price, Still Fastest Trigger and Precise Strike Detection Across Entire Pad; Developed with Drummer Danny Carey of Tool

123rd AES Convention

Synesthesia this week unveiled Mandala™ 2.0 (http://mandaladrum.com) – a new version of its wildly popular, patented high-def drum and synthesizer, co-developed with professional drummer Danny Carey of the progressive rock band Tool.
WHAT: The USB Mandala 2.0 is the only electronic drum that
faithfully emulates an acoustic drum, and then transcends
it. A new kind of synthesizer, the Mandala offers the
world’s fastest trigger, precise strike detection across the
entire pad, and a musical range so wide it can act like the
top-of-the-line Black Beauty Snare Drum — or virtually any
other instrument imaginable.

Whereas most electronic drums have one zone in the middle
that detects the strike, Mandala’s creators developed 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.

WHO: Vince De Franco - inventor, physicist and musician - founded
Synesthesia to develop his state-of-the-art electronic
sensor technology and to use it to create products that
inspire imagination and exploration. Tool drummer Danny
Carey uses seven Mandalas every night on stage because, he
said, it’s “the only way I can trigger and control all the
sounds I want to play.”

HOW: The Mandala 2.0 retails for $349, and will be available
November 1 online at http://mandaladrum.com and
www.musiciansfriend.com.

WHERE: The Mandala was developed at Synesthesia in Laurel Canyon,
Calif.

Contacts

Edge Communications, Inc.
Ken Greenberg, 818-990-5001
ken {at} edgecommunicationsinc(.)com