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No joy, he replied saying it was a teaser. Further pictures in a month.

You’re welcome.

As far as I can see it looks to have big knobs for “fuzz”, “mix”, “filters” and something else ending in “...ck” (possibly “feedback”, i.e. resonance). Looks like four filters with their own frequency control and what looks like “mod” for modulation depth. Can see an LFO knob with fast and slow speed settings. The knob for mod source suggests that only one source can be used at a time and looks to be “LFO”, “Exp” and I guess “env up” and “env down”. Independent attack and decay knobs too! I can’t see what the LFO control knob does, whether it’s for selecting wave shape or whether it is indeed possible to have it in addition to the envelope. There does appear to be at least one more large knob on the periphery so I can’t see what that does, maybe something for the fuzz part or a filter mode (LP/BP/HP/Notch) switch? I was surprised that the fuzz has a flip switch as opposed to stomp switch. I’ve asked for him to post a full shot.

@tonyxtiger

Just hit my Facebook feed:

I’ve set up a page for preset sharing:

MANTA I’ll kick things off with the following presets. I’ll add to these later and edit my post accordingly rather than creating a new reply each time. All presets were created using a Fender American Standard Precision bass with 50-105 chromes unless otherwise specified. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Iq2WVztJXu0l5b7waB9T_Nr_pKrpfod4 1. Pre-Hub RH HW Preset You’ll need to run octave and fuzz (preferably in parallel) and adjust their volumes up or down until they open the filter to the desired degree. Then start mucking about with the Manta settings to taste. This preset doesn’t sound good with just the bass; you really need to feed it octave and fuzz for it to come alive. 2. Pre-Hub LH HW Preset As above 3. Modified 0 A variation on the “Pre-Hub LH...” Experiment using the tone control on your bass (it will affect output so you may need to tweak the volume to match the filter sweep). Also experiment with pickup configurations. 4. Foldover Multipeak Should be played with the tone wide open for best results. Again, you’ll need to play around with the volume level on your bass to get the sweep right. This was played without any external distortion as it messes it up. Experiment with and without octaver, preferably one on which you can dial in a non-subby tone on. 5. Use with solo octave down Pretty self-explanatory. Again, adjust your volume to get the sweep to taste. I did this one on my Octo-Nøjs with the filter on half. The patch needs some higher harmonics for the resonance to come out properly, a really subby signal won’t work. I think this is one I programmed the expression pedal to bring in LFO; try it and see. Also, use in the Manta’s extended mode and scroll through some of the other filters, there are about three or four others which work really well leaving all other settings untouched, particularly the next one up from this one in the circle.

As I’ve been discussing with a few others, here’s a page for us to share Source Audio presets we’ve created. I’d suggest that each post’s title should include the pedals used in the preset. The body should include links to the files and a description of bass/other pedal settings used. @Jonathan Bee @GisserD @Al Krow @radiophonic @BenR24

I got a reply from Nathan. As I suspected, the filter cutoff on the Minitaur is being modulated by the amplitude envelope of the bass guitar. I’ve asked him if he’d have a go just using the gate out to trigger the Minitaur’s internal envelopes instead to hear how that sounds, which he said he’d do if he gets time.

I’m just copying this in from a PM conversation I’ve just had: I just had a really long play with the Enigma, various octavers and the Mastotron. The Enigma is effing great for downsweeps as there’s large control over the attack speed and decay speed. The latter means you can get it to retrigger quickly. Even better is the fact that you can set the start and stop frequency of the sweep so you can easily stop it from diving right into the subs. Moreover - fat analogue warmth!

Yup. Or Source Audio presets more generally.

@Jonathan Bee, see above for screenshots of Manta presets.

‘Tis a thing of beauty. The other two are pretty damn amazing. The Matrixbrute is so ridiculously deep and flexible as any of the 12 fixed sources (plus 4 of your choosing) can be routed to any of the 12 fixed destinations (plus four of your choosing) in any combination, in any amount and all at the same time! The Pro 2 is also astounding. Do check out Marc Doty’s (Automatic Gainsay) YouTube videos on the Matrixbrute and Pro 2 and you’ll see what I mean.

There was one for sale on here yesterday.

I preferred the T-16 sound but BOD tracked way better for me. T-65 and T-16 have the same circuit. There appeared to be some residual bleed for the former’s octave up circuit. If you want full-on synth then the octave up is useful.

Octamizer also has an older model. Identical innards. If you want to use right-angled cables you’ll need to new one. Identifiable by “DC” instead of “DC IN” on top and a flat screw for the battery drawer as opposed to the knob.

Did you also check out the Matrixbrute and the Pro 2?

The Enigma is great and does the Q-Tron stuff and more (both designed by Mike Beigel of Mu-Tron III fame). Actually it is possible to get LFO on the Enigma by using something like a Source Audio Reflex expression pedal or the Copilot Broadcast into the expression input! If you get a hub, you can set up the expression pedal to bring LFO in and out. It’s a little compromised as the LFO shares the dial with the envelope control but it’s possible to get some pretty cool sounds. Let me know when you get a hub and I’ll share some presets.