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MFB Tanzbär User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    User Manual Content: Overview Scales and What is Tanzbär...? Pattern Lenght User Interface Store Pattern Clear Pattern Setup Backside MIDI Frontpanel MIDI Clock Step-Output Play Modes Drum Expander Mode Manual-Trigger Mode SysEx Data Play-Mode MIDI Controller Soundengine CV/Gate, Sync Instruments Setup Functions Record Mode Modes Overview...

  • Page 3: Overview

    It sports some advaced circuitry of the MFB drum Manual Trigger Mode units MFB-522 and MFB-503, as well as some features that are completely new to MFB • Triggering instruments via step buttons and/or MIDI notes (with velocity).
  • Page 4 Overview MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Setup Functions CONNECTIONS AND INITIAL OPERATION The User Interface As has just been mentioned, most of Tanzbär´s buttons cover more than one single Rear panel connectors function. Depending on the selected mode, the function of the buttons may change. The following figure will show you which modes and functions are related to certain buttons.
  • Page 5 Play Mode – Playing the Tanzbär Setup Functions MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär PLAY/MANUAL TRIGGER MODE Top panel connectors On Tanzbär‘s top panel you will find its CV/gate interface. It outputs control voltage (CV) and gate signals of both note tracks. Next to this, a start/stop signal and a clock signal is transmitted or received here.
  • Page 6 Set A is packed with factory patterns. Banks 1 and 2 contain great beats made by the dedicated functions. The following figure shows the functions of all relevant buttons. In the Berlin based techno wizard Yapacc, Bank 3 sports the original patterns of the ”MFB Kult“ following text, these functions will be explained in detail.
  • Page 7 Play Mode – Playing the Tanzbär Play Mode – Playing the Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Roll Record: 3. Tweak sounds / knob record function In PLAY MODE (LED Rec/ManTrig off) all sound parameters can be edited using their This a kind of an ”add on“ feature to the Roll function. When Roll Record is enabled, a roll f0 dedicated knobs.

  • Page 8: Soundengine

    Soundengine Soundengine MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär SOUND ENGINE RS Rimshot • Data Pitch In this chapter, we would like to introduce the sound generation and its parameters. CY Cymbal • Decay Volume decay time Instruments • Tone Blends both signals • Data...

  • Page 9: Record Mode

    Soundengine MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Record Mode RECORD MODE – PROGRAMMING PATTERNS HTC High Tom / Conga • Tune Pitch • Decay Time of volume decay (up to steady tone) • Sound Step button 12 toggles between tom and conga.
  • Page 10 Record Mode MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Record Mode edit This feature is not available in Manual Mode. Here, all steps have identical Sound-Parameter soundsettings, corresponding to the current knob settings. Individual accent activate Record-Mode / select Instrument levels and flams/rolls can be programmed. Please see below.
  • Page 11 Record Mode MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Record Mode Accent Programming Synth- resp. CV/Gate Tracks Each step in a track can have one of three accent levels: • Press Acc/Bend button. The function toggles between the three accent levels On tracks CV1 and CV2/3 you can program note events. These notes are sent out via MIDI (LED off = soft, green = medium, red = loud).

  • Page 12: Store Pattern

    Record Mode MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Record Mode Step Length (Track Length) By using step numbers different from the scale parameter (e.g. scale = 16th-triplet and The track length is determined in Record Mode. Each track can have its individual track measure = 14) you can create all kinds of „odd“...

  • Page 13: Midi Clock

    MIDI-Functions MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär MIDI-Functions MIDI FUNCTIONS When all drum instruments are assigned to MIDI notes resp. a MIDI channel this way, Tanzbär can be played as a drum module by using a keyboard, a sequencer, or drum pads.
  • Page 14 CV/Gate-Interface MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär CV/Gate-Interface CV/GATE-INTERFACE / SYNC Start/Stop Impuls/Level-configuration Some drum computers and sequencers transmit or require a short voltage pulse for start and stop (e.g. Urzwerg, SEQ-01/02), others a constant voltage level (e.g. Roland TR-808, Thanks to its CV/gate and sync interface, Tanzbär is compatible with many vintage Doepfer).

  • Page 15: Setup Functions

    MIDI-dump into the Tanzbär. The bass). factory patterns can be downloaded from the MFB website. Step button 3: Lead Synth on/off Disable the internal lead synthesizer e.g. when using the CV/Gate track 1 to control external synthesizers.

  • Page 16: Appendix

    Specifications subject to change without notice. Although the content of this owners manual has been thoroughly checked for errors, MFB cannot guarantee that it is error-free throughout. MFB cannot be held liable for any misleading or incorrect information within this guide.

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