SEQ-03 Module
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1. 5 Track Mute Press the Track button repeatedly until the track LED is lit green to enter Mute mode Now tracks 1 12 can be muted using the corresponding Step buttons A muted track is indicated by a red LED for that step Note In sequencer operational modes and 2 the 12 tracks can be muted using step buttons 1 12 with the corresponding step LEDs being lit red In operational mode 3 only six tracks are available Use step buttons 1 6 to mute these tracks SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 9 6 Record Mode Pressing the Track button repeatedly until the track LED is lit red to enter Record mode Selecting and programming a track Select a track first by carrying out the following steps 1 Press and hold Track 2 Select the track by pressing the corresponding Step button 3 Release both buttons The steps are set using the corresponding Step buttons Press and hold Select to adjust several steps simultaneously The step LED of the step set last will flash green While the step LED is lit green two parameters can be adjusted using the potentiometers Paral Para2 With the parameters being set select the next step to edit Alternatively press Select to avoid displacing the parameters Track Parameters The parameters that can be adjusted using Paral and Para2 depend upon the track type being selected CV track Paral CV depending on the quantize parameter 3 5 7 octaves in semitones or 0 8 volts with no quantization Para2 Port2. P SEQ 03 Module Operating Manual Table of Contents First start track Ty ssie ii e E E 5 Track MNITE os scene saeedaussenesenelscieesounstnetbua sSeeweupanesiuaueieaeesddsevenst 6 Record Modernne a a 7 Working with AIS spi ce sewedascusntanccgxaciantodyestaiaweseaenscunsanenliontens Loading and saving SEQUENCES 0icssccsecssineosnsdonsevasonwessansnces Loading PANEN S oriniai ee RAEE BN DAE E E EE E OS litt NCUS eiren a Oi zA Oae E E A ERER LEO WAVES sars aa a e E O E Ea Syne VO renne a e E A EN ER A o E i A A T A 9 2 Shift functions without options sessssssseseeseeesseeesseee SIRES lls ennon rr neat E MOTE Misc ccatiodsanagicatstabtscarsaatecktuansecevaagiaeeitattacessaaheraieieostts uP ate ee eee oe ee en ocd 3009 een ene See E Sr nee Seep arr een ere Stet GAG iho cceii EEE E E A RE SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 2 1 Introduction MFB s SEQ 03 module is a step sequencer which is equally suited to trigger drum modules as well as to play and control synthesizers In addition each of the 12 available tracks may serve as an AR envelope or LFO The SEQ 03 offers three operational modes that cover different applications l Mode 1 This mode allows every track to be used either as CV or gate track AR envelope or LFO Sequences can be up to four bars in length with an adjustable number of steps per bar The speed i e clock division is set globally for all tracks Shuffle
3. is available but only for use with the internal clock or at external clock with 24ppq resolution Each track has a dedicated output Mode 2 The modus equals mode 1 but is fixed to a length of one bar In exchange this mode allows for poly rhythmical patterns Each track may have an individual number of steps as well as individual clock division Shuffle is not available in this mode Mode 3 This mode is dedicated to control synthesizers when wanting to adjust CV values and gate information per step simultaneously There are two outputs assigned per track Track 1 uses jacks CG1 for CV and CG2 for gate output Accordingly this mode offers only six tracks The track types are fixed in this mode SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 3 Note Switching operational modes forces the currently selected pattern to be initialized i e all programmed step will be lost 2 Setup MFB s SEQ 03 is fully compatible to Doepfer s A 100 modular system in size bus power and CV Gate voltage Connect the 10 pin MFB cable to a corresponded 16 pin jack on the mainframe bus Supply voltage needs to be 12 volts The wattage is 25 5mA the module size is 20HP half pitches equivalent to 101 3mm Attention Please check for correct polarity The colored side of the connector cable needs to point downwards 12 V SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 4 3 General We have been trying to develop a complex sequencer in a compact module format that is
4. leave shift mode Press a Step button to assign a step the Step LED flashes green 10 Paral adjusts the gate intensity 11 Para2 adjusts the gate length 12 Repeat 9 11 to define further steps OPED Gv Rawal SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 7 AR envelope Connect a cable to the third track CG3 and patch it to the CV input of an oscillator or another CV controllable module Setting up and programming an AR envelope track To set this track up as an AR envelope carry out the following steps Press and hold the Track button Press Step 3 Release both buttons Press and hold Shift Press Step 3 Release both buttons Press Step 3 Press Shift Press a Step button to assign a step the Step LED flashes green 10 Paral adjusts the attack time 11 Para2 adjusts the release time 12 Repeat 9 11 to define further steps SO Re O Oto SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 8 LFO Track Connect a cable to the fourth track CG4 and patch it to another CV input of a module Setting up and programming an LFO track To set this track up as an LFO carry out the following steps 1 Press and hold the Track button Press Step 4 Press Shift Press a Step button to assign a step the Step LED flashes green 10 Paral adjusts the LFO tempo 11 Para2 adjusts the LFO intensity 12 Repeat 9 11 to define further steps 2 Press Step 4 3 Release both buttons 4 Press and hold Shift 5 Press Step 3 6 Release both buttons 7 8 9
5. amento SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 10 Gate track Paral Gate voltage adjustable from 6 5 to ca 9 5 volts all MFB drum modules offer dynamic triggering to control the output volume Para2 Gate length adjustment range 4 250ms Note Depending on the tempo gates may overlap and merge two succeeding gate triggers into one AR envelope The envelopes use an exponential type of control The maximum output is 8 volts Paral Attack time Adjustment range ca 2 5 700ms Para2 Release time Adjustment range ca 2 5 700ms LFO An individual waveform shape can be selected per LFO being valid for all steps of a track However the amplitude and the tempo can be set per step A special feature is the non existing neutral zero line for the LFO which rather oscillates between zero volts and the defined maximum value Para2 As with all other track types parameters and 2 are programmable In addition the LFO is reset with each step making lively LFO sequences possible Paral Tempo ca 8s to 10Hz Para2 CV depending on the quantize parameter 3 5 or 7 octaves in semitones or 0 8 volts with no quantization SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 11 Editing existing steps Each programmed step can be edited at any time In addition it is also possible to edit multiple steps at once This way new steps as well as existing steps can be edited in one move 1 2 3 Press and hold Select Press all step buttons for the ste
6. cks serve as outputs to select an external clock see clock settings Press Start to start the sequencer The SEQ 03 offers four track types Here is an exemplary introduction CV Spur To use track 1 as a CV track connect a cable to the CG1 jack output and patch it to the CV input of another module e g an oscillator Now press Start to start the internal clock while adjusting the speed using the tempo control Setting up and programming a CV track To set this track up as a CV track carry out the following steps 1 Press and hold the Track button 2 Press Step 1 to select track 1 3 Release both buttons 4 Press a Step button to assign a step the Step LED flashes green Paral adjusts the CV value Para2 adjusts the Portamento value 7 Repeat 4 6 to define further steps DN SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 6 Editing multiple steps To edit several steps simultaneously press and hold Select while pressing the corresponding step buttons All steps being selected and flashing can now be edited at the same time Gate Track Connect a cable to the second track CG2 and patch it to the gate input of an envelope or a comparable module Setting up and programming a gate track To set this track up as a gate track carry out the following steps Press and hold the Track button Press Step 2 to select track 2 Release both buttons Press and hold Shift Press Step 3 TrkMode Release both buttons Press Step 2 Press Shift to
7. es Step 4 not quantized ca 0 8 volts SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 16 Depending whether you are in mute or record mode all tracks or just the currently selected track will be adjusted LFO wave This option sets the waveform shape for a track being used as LFO in record mode 1 Step 1 saw tooth ascending Step 3 sine 2 Step 2 saw tooth descending Step 4 square Sync I O This option selects the clock source Step 1 internal clock clock out 16th tempo control active Step 2 internal clock clock out 24ppq Step 2 external clock 16th Step 3 external clock 24ppq Shuffle This option sets the shuffle intensity by pressing step buttons 1 16 Step 1 no shuffle Steps 2 16 15 shuffle intensity This function is only available in operational modes SeqMode1 and SeqMode3 With the clock source being set to external Shuffle is only possible with Sync I O mode being set to external 24ppq Note ClockDiv should be set to 16th SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 17 9 2 Shift functions without options To adjust these functions carry out the following steps 1 Press and hold Shift 2 Press Step 3 Release both buttons 4 The function is carried out ClrBar In record mode the current track will be deleted In mute mode all steps of the current bar will be deleted in all tracks RemBar This function removes a bar Here the following bars are moved forward in time respectively A sequence of originally four bar len
8. gth will turn into a three bar sequence ClrPatt This function deletes all steps of the selected pattern However all track settings such as TrkMode Quantize LFO Wave LastStep Direction and ClkDiv are being kept InitPattern This function initializes the selected pattern Here all steps are deleted and all track settings are reset to their initial states SeqModel The sequencer is set to operational mode 1 SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 18 SeqMode2 The sequencer is set to operational mode 2 SeqMode3 The sequencer is set to operational mode 3 Note Switching operational modes forces the currently selected pattern to be initialized i e all programmed step will be lost To keep your pattern please save in advance StartMode This function adjusts the behavior of the Start Stop jack Depending on sync I O setting this jack serves as input or output Step LED red off DIN sync mode MFB mode SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 19
9. ps 1 2 3 Press and hold Shift Pressing LoadPatt will advance the bank selection by one The LED will display the currently selected bank Release Shift Taste when the desired bank has been reached LoadPatt LED Off Bank 1 Green Bank 2 Red Bank 3 Loading Patterns 1 Press and hold LoadPatt the last selected pattern is indicated by a green step LED 2 Step buttons 1 16 select the patterns of the current bank 3 Release LoadPatt the pattern will be switched upon the next bar Saving patterns iF 2 3 Press and hold SavePatt the last selected pattern is indicated by a green step LED Step buttons 1 16 select the patterns of the current bank Release SavePatt the pattern is saved and the SavePatt LED will flash red shortly SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 14 9 Shift functions 9 1 Shift functions with options To adjust these functions carry out the following steps Press and hold Shift Press the corresponding Step button to select a function Release Shift Shift LED Step LED will flash red Adjust the option using the Step buttons Confirm by pressing Shift ON eG on LastStep Use step button 1 16 to set the number of steps per bar With the exception of SeqMode2 this setting affects all tracks no matter if in mute or record mode In SeqMode2 the number of steps can be set per track Depending whether you are in mute or record mode all tracks or just the currently selected track will be adju
10. ps to be edited existing or new one Release Select Adjust Paral and or Para2 All steps will now share the same value Press Select again to leave edit mode All Step LEDs should now be lit permanently Note With CV tracks the control voltage may not only be altered by the Paral control but also using the BarUp and BarDown buttons This action works relatively to allow transposing a full sequence up or down SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 12 7 Working with bars Switching between bars Switch between bars using BarUp and BarDown Copying bars Initially a new pattern has a length of one bar By pressing BarUp the contents of the first bar will be duplicated with bar 2 being selected allowing to create fast variations By pressing Shift additionally just an empty bar will be added Note This operation is only possible in operational modes 1 and 3 Individual bars may also be deleted or shifted see Shift functions In record mode moving LEDs will indicate that the selected bar is currently played Both LEDs for BarUp and BarDown display the currently selected track BarUp green BarDown off Bar 1 BarUp red BarDown off Bar 2 BarUp off BarDown green Bar 3 BarUp off BarDown red Bar 4 SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 13 8 Loading and saving sequences The SEQ 03 allows storing a total of 48 patterns being organized in three banks of 16 patterns each To switch between banks carry out the following ste
11. sted ClkDiv The step buttons 1 16 are used to set the clock divider Step 1 1 96th Step 9 24 4th Step 2 2 48th Step 10 32 1 2 triplets Step 3 3 32th Step 11 48 Step 4 4 16th triplets Step 12 64 2 3 Step 5 6 16th Step 13 96 1 Step 6 8 8th triplets Step 14 128 1 1 3 Step 7 12 8th Step 15 192 2 Step 8 16 4th triplets Step 16 288 4 With the exception of SeqMode2 this setting affects all tracks SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 15 no matter if in mute or record mode In SeqMode2 the number of steps can be set per track Depending whether you are in mute or record mode all tracks or just the currently selected track will be adjusted TrkMode This function is only available in operational modes SeqModel1 and SeqMode2 In SeqMode3 all track types are fixed see SeqMode3 Depending whether you are in mute or record mode all tracks or just the currently selected track will be adjusted Step 1 CV track Step 3 AR envelope Step 2 Gate track Step 4 LFO Direction This option sets the order of the sequencer steps being played Step 1 up Step 3 alternating Step 2 down Step 4 random Depending whether you are in mute or record mode all tracks or just the currently selected track will be adjusted Quantization This option sets the adjustment range for Paral Step 1 3 octaves quantized in semitones Step 2 5 octaves quantized in semitones Step 3 7 octaves quantized in semiton
12. still easy to use Hopefully we have succeeded However it is still necessary for you to familiarize yourself with the basic principles of operating the SEQ 03 The SEQ 03 will always be either in Mute Mode where every track can easily be muted or in Record Mode This mode allows programming of the steps In mute mode the track LED will be lit green in record mode the Track LED will be lit red By pressing Shift the red LEDs will always indicate the sequencer operational mode Step LED 14 will additionally indicate the start mode see below By pressing the step buttons you may directly call up the functions ClrBar RemBar ClrPatt Init Patt SeqModel SeqMode2 SeqMode3 and StartMode or a function with additional options to choose from These so called shift functions are LastStep ClkDiv TrkMode Direction Quantize LFO Wave and Shuffle Here the corresponding Step LED and Shift LED will be lit red By using the step buttons the desired option can be selected until Shift is released to leave this menu SEQ 03 Operating Manual Page 5 4 First start track types Upon switching on the unit the SEQ 03 will always enter sequencer mode 1 The track LED will be lit green and the step buttons 1 12 can be used to mute the corresponding tracks The initial sequence has a length of one bar The BarUp LED will be lit green indicating that you are located in bar 1 The internal clock is initially selected and the clock and start ja
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