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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- • Triggering instruments via step buttons and/or MIDI notes (with velocity). mies MFB-522 and MFB-503, as well as some features that are completely new to MFB • Access to sound parameters via knobs or MIDI controller.
  • Page 4 Overview MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Setup Functions COnneCTIOnS AnD InITIAl OPeRATIOn The User Interface As just mentioned, most of Tanzbärs buttons cover more than one function. Depending on Connections on Backside the selected mode, the functionality 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 Connections on panel top On Tanzbär‘s top you will find it‘s CV/gate interface. It puts out control voltage (CV)- and gate signals of both note tracks. Next to this, a start/stop signal and a clock signal is sent or received here.
  • Page 6 Set A is packed with factory patterns. Banks 1 and 2 contain great beats made by the appropriate functions. The following figure shows the functions of all relevant buttons. In Berlin based techno wizzard Yapacc, Bank 3 sports the original patterns of the ”MFB Kult“ the 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 with their This a kind of ”add on“ feature to the Roll function. If Roll Record is enabled, a roll is played dedicated knobs.

  • Page 8: Soundengine

    Soundengine Soundengine MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär SOUnDenGIne RS Rimshot • Data Pitch In this chapter, we would like to introduce the sound generation and it‘s parameters. CY Cymbal • Decay Volume decay time Instruments • Tone Blends both signals • Data Pitch / sound colour All drum sounds can be edited directly with the knobs of each instrument.

  • 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 with the current knob settings. Individual ac- activate Record-Mode / select Instrument cent 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 programm note events. These notes are sent out via (LED off = soft, green = medium, red = loud).

  • Page 12: Pattern Lenght

    Record Mode MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Record Mode Step Lenght (Track Lenght) To programm the measure value: • Hold Shift + press Meas (Step LEDs 1 - 16 flashing green). The track lenght is determined in Record Mode. Each track can have it‘s individual track lenght between 1 and 16 steps. This is a cool way to generate polyrhythmic grooves.

  • Page 13: Midi Clock

    MIDI-Functions MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär MIDI-Functions MIDI FUnCTIOnS When all drum instruments are applied to MIDI notes resp. a MIDI channel this way, Tanzbär can be played as a drumsound module by using a keyboard, a sequencer or drumpads. In Play Mode, you may drum ”live“ to a programmed pattern.
  • Page 14 CV/Gate-Interface MFB Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär CV/Gate-Interface CV/GATe-InTeRFACe / SYnC Start/Stop Impuls/Level-configuration Some drumcomputer and sequencers send or require a short voltage pulse to start and stop (e.g. Urzwerg, SEQ-01/02), others a constant voltage level (e.g. TR-808, Doepfer). Thanks to it‘s CV/gate and sync interface, Tanzbär is compatibel to many vintage Tanzbär‘s start/stop socket can be configured to these needs. The settings can be...

  • Page 15: Setup Functions

    MIDI-dump into the Tanzbär. The 440 Hz. You can tune it with the Data knob. The tuning affects both voices (lead and bass). factory patterns can be downloaded from the MFB website. Step button 3: Lead Synth on/off Disable the internal lead synthesizer e.g.

  • Page 16: Appendix

    0..127 Track Delay HTC 0..127 CP_ATTACK 0..127 0..127 Track Delay CB 0..127 Track Delay CB 0..127 CP_TRIGGER 0..127 0..127 Track Delay MA Track Delay MA 0..127 0..127 Imprint MFB – Ingenieurbüro Manfred Fricke Neue Str. 13 14163 Berlin, Germany www.mfberlin.de...

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