Malekko MANTHER Quick Start Manual

WARNING To reduce the risk of electrical shock do not expose to water, rain or any moisture. Do not use in direct sunlight. Do not open the enclosure. If you require servicing, please contact Malekko directly. Use only the 9V power AC adaptor provided with Manther. Do not use around heat (stoves, furnaces etc.). Do not use abrasive chemicals to clean your unit or LCD screen. Do not apply unnecessary pressure to the LCD screen. MANTHER is a full featured, tabletop monosynth with an analog signal path, an advanced 64-step digital sequencer and onboard delay. The heart of this beast is a coveted CEM3340 based VCO IC chip. The analog filter is based on an SSM2044 chip. The Source Mixer allows for total control over the Square, Triangle, Saw, Tri Shape, Noise and Sub Oscillator levels with individual wave outputs. Dial everything from heavy basslines to screaming leads to stomping kicks. Manther growls like no other. Automation recording is available for parameters of the LFO, VCO, SOURCE MIXER, VCF, VCA, ENVELOPE as well as GLIDE and DELAY. Once automation is recorded it can be saved within a total of 64 presets. This allows for recall of intricate sound sculpting and numerous animated creations. Easily build songs by simply selecting presets to play in any order. Program notes quickly using the keyboard. Utilize the Repeat and Probability functions per step for a unique and inspiring approach to gate pattern formation. Even route the LFO to modulate the Delay time. The intuitive menu offers additional control and setup of the more complex features: Sub Semitones, ADSR envelope, Sequence direction (FWD, REVERSE, PENDULUM and RANDOM), Sequence division and multiplication, LFO phase, additional Delay features, Clock settings and more. INS and OUTS include: CV, MIDI, CLOCK, GATE and LFO and pairs brilliantly with Eurorack. Features include: • 64-step sequencer • Keyboard with octave transpose controls • Onboard Delay with Time, Mix, Regenerate and Sync controls • Individual Outputs for Square, Saw and Triangle waveforms • Mixer for Square, Triangle, Saw, Sub Osc and Noise • Audio Input • 4 banks of 16 presets each • Song Mode • Record automation of features per step for: LFO, VCO, DELAY, VCF, ADSR Envelope and GLIDE • Gate Probability, Gate Repeat, Gate Delay and Accent per step • Morph control over automation • Route LFO to modulate delay time • LFO Sync • Assign modulation of Pulsewidth to LFO, Manual or Envelope • Glide control per step • FWD, REV, PENDULUM and RANDOMIZE sequence directions • Tempo control • Switches for LFO shape • Switches for Envelope direction and VCA control • Range switch • Gate inputs and outputs • LFO output • CV inputs for VCO, VCF and VCA • MIDI in and out • Headphone Output

10 EXTERNAL AUDIO INPUT (routes to VCF) 11 MIDI INPUT 12 MIDI OUTPUT 13 VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) CV INPUT 14 HEADPHONE OUTPUT 15 MAIN OUTPUT 16 VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) CV INPUT 17 ENVELOPE GATE INPUT 18 POWER IN and POWER ON/OFF BUTTON 1 LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) OUTPUT 2 VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) CV INPUT 3 SEQUENCER CV OUTPUT 4 SEQUENCER GATE OUTPUT 5 INDIVIDUAL SQUARE WAVE OUTPUT 6 INDIVIDUAL SAW WAVE OUTPUT 7 INDIVIDUAL TRIANGLE WAVE OUTPUT 8 ANALOG CLOCK INPUT 9 ANALOG CLOCK OUTPUT TRI FOLD FOLD ALL (see MENU) CEM3340 NOISE LFO ENVELOPE VCF OUTPUT VCA SHAPER SOURCE MIXER SUB SQUARE SAW TRI DELAY ENVELOPE LFO NOISE EXT INPUT VCF SHAPER SOURCE MIXER SUB SQUARE SAW TRI OUTPUT VCA wavefold all DELAY EXT INPUT

LED screen will show the following info for settings: • PRESET INDICATOR: A (BANK A) and 01 (preset number 1) • BPM • LFO SETTING (sync or not synced and rate) • DELAY SETTING • BAR GRAPH DISPLAY OF FADER/CONTROL POSITIONS • OUTPUT WAVEFORM PRESS THE START/STOP BUTTON. You will now see a blue light moving across each step button indicating playback. MANTHER ships with some already programmed presets. To recall these presets, hold the RECALL button while selecting one of the sequencer/step buttons. If you want to clear a preset, simply select SHIFT and then CLEAR. You can save a now empty sequence by holding SAVE and one of the step buttons/preset slots. THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN START RECORDING NOTES ON STEPS: 1. You can press the RECORD button and play the keyboard - every time you press a key, a note will record on a step. 2. You can program steps on or off on the sequencer and then hold those lit buttons/steps while selecting notes on the keyboard. • Once you have programmed some steps with notes, adjust the fader/control settings for the LFO, the VCO, the SOURCE MIXER, the VCF, VCA and ENVELOPE. • Save your preset: HOLD SAVE, then select one of the sequencer buttons 1-16 to save to a slot. • To expand your sequence to 32 steps, hold the 2:4 button and then select the 16th step button. The sequence you programmed into 1:4 will now automatically copy to 2:4. • To record automation of fader changes, hold RECORD while moving faders. You will see the LED of the fader with automation recording is now lit red. To clear pre-recorded fader/control automation, hold the CLEAR button while moving automated fader or knob. You can automate all of the faders as well as GLIDE and DELAY controls. FIND THE FULL MANTHER MANUAL ON MALEKKOHEAVYINDUSTRY.COM

LFO 1 LFO RATE CONTROL Controls LFO speed from minimum to maximum speed. 2 LFO DELAY CONTROL When LFO SYNC BUTTON (#5) is set to ON, the DELAY SLIDER will control the amount of time between a note or a key press and when the LFO ramps up to its full amplitude. When SYNC is OFF, delay range is approximately 30-500 milliseconds. 3 LFO WAVEFORM SWITCH Selects the LFO waveform shape. RAMP wave, SINE wave, SQUARE wave, and RANDOM are all available as modulation shapes. Additionally, there is a switch to invert the ramp wave into a sawtooth wave. 4 INVERT LFO RAMP SWITCH (SAWTOOTH) Set #3 swith to the top setting, then adjust this RAMP switch(#4) . 5 LFO SYNC ON/OFF When lit LFO will sync to BPM. VCO 6 VCO FREQUENCY MODULATION Turning the VCO MODULATION SLIDER up increases the amount of LFO modulation applied to the VCO’s frequency for vibrato effect for instance. 7 VCO OCTAVE RANGE SWITCH 16’ tracks with SEQUENCER and MIDI notes, 8’ is an octave above, 4’ is two octaves above, and 2’ is three octaves above. 8 VCO PULSEWIDTH SLIDER When PWM SOURCE SWITCH (#9) is set to MANUAL, the PW AMOUNT SLIDER varies the SQUARE wave’s pulsewidth. When the PWM SOURCE SWITCH is set to LFO or ENV, the PW AMOUNT SLIDER acts as an attenuator for pulsewidth modulation. 9 VCO PULSEWDITH MODULATION SWITCH Switch between LFO, MANUAL or ENVELOPE to control pulsewidth of the SQUARE WAVE. See #8 above for additional info. SOURCE MIXER The VCO waveform outputs are available for mixing and combining with the NOISE and SUB OSCILLATOR. 10 SQUARE WAVE LEVEL 11 SAW WAVE LEVEL 12 TRIANGLE WAVE LEVEL 13 TRIANGLE SHAPE / WAVEFOLD CONTROL 14 NOISE LEVEL 15 SUB OSC LEVEL Note: External Input is unity level