malletKAT User Manual (ver.07-17-18)
Attach any pedals (sustain, volume, etc…) before turning the malletKAT on.
Turn on your malletKAT, and you’re ready to play!
Not getting a MIDI signal? By default, all pre-programmed User Setups broadcast performance data on MIDI
Channel 1. Make sure that the cables are connected to the correct IN/OUT ports and that your device is set to
receive data on MIDI Channel 1 (or whatever channel you have configured your current User Kit to use). Review
the Important Settings Everyone Should Know(https://alternatemode.com/online-docs/malletkat/#settings-
everyone-should-know)
section and be certain that your instrument is set to use User Setups (or Chains), and set the malletKAT.
Why is There No USB Port on my malletKAT?(https://alternatemode.com/online-docs/malletkat/#why-is-there-no-
usb-port-on-my-malletkat)
3. malletKAT Essentials
This section contains information on basic core functionality of the malletKAT. Refer to
this section often when discovering what sort of things are possible, technically and
creatively!
Striking a balance between ease-of-use and unlimited potential NEVER comes easy. Just a general
understanding how a malletKAT User Setup works can go a long way in reducing confusion while taking
advantage of what is possible!
3.1. How The malletKAT Works
Your malletKAT is a MIDI controller. It transforms every note of your performance into complex packets of MIDI
data that containing all of the details
of dynamics, pressure, speed, dampening, pitch bend, vibrato, note length,
etc. These packets are then sent to your sound source, which takes this data and finishes processing it through.
The primary building block in using your malletKAT is the User Setup (or
User Kit).
Your malletKAT comes with 128 fully customizable User Setups used to store your own own velocity response
settings, gate time settings, octave ranges, external program changes, etc… When you have taken the time to get
your sounds exactly the way you want them, you save them in a User Kit.
User Kits can be accessed using the smaller Forward/Backward function pads found under the LCD screen on
your malletKAT.
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