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1. 1 Mute Function In PLAY MODE all instruments can be muted using their corresponding Step lnstrument button e g Step 3 BD 1 Step 7 Cymbal etc The LED of a muted instrument lights up red When the pattern is stored active mutes will also be stored The store function is covered on page 23 2 Accent Function Sets accents on three different levels The Acc Bnd button toggles between the three levels LED off green red In Play Mode the Accent level affects the Roll function see below Play Mode Playing the Tanzb r MFB Tanzb r 3 Tweak sounds knob record function In PLAY MODE LED Rec ManTrig off all sound parameters can be edited using their fO dedicated knobs As soon as a pattern is loaded from memory the current parameter fO setting differs from the current knob setting If desired you can record knob tweakings within one bar into the seguencer This is done with the Knob Record function It is enabled with Shift Step 11 and can be used in PLAY MODE if so desired To record knob movements e Hold Shift press CP KnobRec to enable Knob Record function e Press Play to start sequencer e Hold Sound press Instrument button to select an instrument e Press Sound again The Sound LED flashes until the downbeat of the next bar is reached Then it lights up constantly over the duration of one pattern playing back e While the pattern is running tweak the desired Parameter knobs The movements are recorded2. This is how to program the CV1 track CV2 3 works the same way e Hold Rec ManTrg Instrument track button CV1 to select track e Set Steps The internal lead synthesizer plays the steps with identical length and pitch To program notes on the CV1 track e Hold Rec ManTrg press Instrument track button CV1 to select track e Press Sound button LED red e Press Step buttons 1 13 They select notes between C and e Press Step buttons 14 16 They select the octave range e Each time you press steps 1 to 13 subsequently the sequencer moves on one step further A 16th note seguence is generated e A B sets a mute step e Select connects several steps to longer note values e Pattern moves one step forward e Shift moves one step backwards Accents and CV 3 on Bass Track The bass track Rec Man Trg CV2 is programmed the same way Additionally you can apply accents These are programmed the same way as on the drum tracks see above With CV 3 you can control the filter cutoff freguency of a suitably eguipped synthesizer To program CV 3 values please select steps on track CV 2 and use the Data knob to enter values It works the same way as the step by step parameter programming on the drum tracks Shuffle function When using the shuffle function in Record Mode each track can have its individual shuffle intensity e Hold Rec ManTrg press Instrument track button to select instrument track e Press Shuffle Step
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4. LEDs light up green e Press Step 1 16 to select shuffle intensity e Press Shuffle again to close shuffle function 4 When used in Play mode the shuffle function works globally and affects all JAN tracks in the same way 21 Record Mode MFB Tanzb r Step Length Track Length The track length is determined in Record Mode Each track can have its individual track length between 1 and 16 steps This is a cool way to generate grooves made up of poly rhythms e Hold Rec ManTrg press Instrument track button to select instrument track e Hold Shift press Step Lenght Step LEDs fashing green e Press Step 1 16 to select track length e Press Select to confirm setting Scaling and Pattern Length Up to now we have been programming patterns with 16 steps and 4 4 scales With the help of the following functions you will be able to create triplets and other odd time signatures Usually these settings should be performed before you start programming steps but since they are a bit more special we have placed their description in this chapter These functions are global settings meaning they affect all tracks in the AN same way Since the Record Mode affects individual tracks only we have to make these settings in PLAY MODE The Rec ManTrg LED has to be OFF Scale Selects the time signature and note values Available values are 32nd 16th triplet 16th and 8th triplet This determines the number of beats within
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6. f0 MANUAL TRIGGER MODE To program patterns we will go into the Record Mode e Gate Output of gate signal track 1 lead synthesizer which we will explore later on e Gate2 Output of gate signal track 2 bass synthesizer The following figure shows an overview of the Play Mode and its functions e Start Sends or receives start stop signal e Sync Sends or receives clock signal Please note that this is just an overview You may use it mainly as an orientation all the necessary operating steps are covered in detail in the To explore most of Tanzb r s features you will need nothing but the power connection and following text So please read on carefully the main audio out j j cilo S 5 MDD OOD ss 5 amp K ATA a KAAJA LINA As E alal 5 t E ial a ja 01 mo al 2 o j i OI EN D O ssa E i L Sitti METT st t ET z F O c G v n CVs M U n e mm D 5 5 es 2 w O X o o o S D J 7 ae m joj 8 c2 ce n F 5 mi jm v ja ju or 5 5 c 2 as aa JU PE TK JE A h JA JaJa ee a a pin Gate eae Ste li E E n S L L QT O 2 OHHH GID 0080 E ge OE K I E F i r s lt 20 N gp 5 o 2 7 QSO S soe a n 1 6 S o lt E Sag o 1 oc a E oag Analog Synthesizer eh SE 3 2852 0338 725 D Ssg 605 a n Analog Seguencer g vy Sis amp 5 8 8823 RTF 522 5 nn F 5 552 nd o n o sg E lt Ose n COND 6 n wa Saca 5 E sue 0 K 80 3 EJ3E am
7. gt MF Tanzb r i jns n mm my ee Hi A r D MFB Tanzb r User Manual MFB Tanzbar User Manual Content Overview What is Tanzbar User Interface Setup Backside Frontpanel Play Modes Manual Trigger Mode Play Mode Soundengine Instruments Record Mode Modes Overview Pattern Programming Synth Tracks 10 10 14 17 18 21 Scales and Pattern Lenght Store Pattern Clear Pattern MIDI MIDI Clock Step Output Drum Expander Mode SysEx Data MIDI Controller CV Gate Sync Setup Functions Appendix MIDI Implementation 22 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 28 30 Overview MFB Tanzb r OVERVIEW Thank you from us at MFB First of all we would like to thank you for purchasing Tanzb r We appreciate your choice very much and hope you will have lots of fun with your new instrument What is Tanzbar Dancing Bear Tanzbar is a drum computer featuring a real analog sound generation and a very sophis ticated pattern based step seguencer It sports some advaced circuitry of the MFB drum units MFB 522 and MFB 503 as well as some features that are completely new to MFB instruments What exactly is going on inside Tanzb r This is a brief overview of its functions Sound generation e 17 drum instruments with up to 8 tweakable and storable parameters e Level pots on all drum instruments plus master volume not storable Individual outs in pairs except clap
8. knob To avoid tempo skipping the tempo change is performed at the very moment when the knob position matches the previous tempo setting As soon as you release the Shift button the new tempo is stored There is no tempo readout on Tanzbar The values range of the knob cover approx 60 BPM to 180 BPM In Play Mode Rec ManTrig LED OFF you can not only play existing patterns back you can also tweak them live in several ways In this mode Tanzb r s buttons open up certain dedicated functions The following figure shows the functions of all relevant buttons In the following text these functions will be explained in detail select Mode cur cu2 cu3 Gatel Gate Start Rec ManTrg o O O O O 6 O Tempo Shift B01 BD2 sD Rs cy OH HH cL na Sound Parameter Function Buttons Acc Bnd 17 in Play Mode E Start Stop Accent for Rolls J Roll Function e ki A er ne s Shuffle Fctn 3 0 2 408 VEC HBG ERI 72 0ct 16 3 0ct Selec o o o o o o 3 BD1 BD2 SD RS CY OH HH 2B MA Shift InvOff St Patt Clr Patt Set A Set B Set C Dump wStep Setup select confirm 2 Fctn Level Le Te PERE re SE Ing he de he Ire chain Patterns in Play Mode o Pattern EUL CU27 Pattern A B toggel copy Step Buttons select Pattern in Play Mode in Play Mode Pattern Selection Instrument Selection Man Trg Mode Function Selection with Shift Parameter Values
9. FB Tanzb r Record Mode This feature is not available in Manual Mode Here all steps have identical AN soundsettings corresponding to the current knob settings Individual accent levels and flams rolls can be programmed Please see below Now we will describe in detail how to program individual sound settings per step in Step or Jam Mode Step selection and step programming We are currently watching a track with several active steps red LEDs e g BD 1 green BD 1 LED e Hold Select press step s if not allready selected The step LED s flash es e Turn parameter knob s of the selected instrument here BD1 e Press Select to confirm parameter changes step LED s light up continuously again To create different sound settings on other steps simply repeat the procedure To store the settings permanently store the edited pattern please see page 23 Copy steps To keep things fast and easy you may copy the settings of one step to other steps e Hold Select press a step The sound setting of this step has now been copied e Set more steps The new steps will have the same sound settings Using the hidden sound parameter The instruments BD 1 Toms Congas as well as Cowbell offer one more sound parameter that can only be accessed in Step Jam Record Mode If Record mode is enabled and one of the instruments BD 1 Toms Congas or Cowbell is selected the Sound LED flashes To change the parameter value e Press Sound LED light
10. Step Fctn Accent 6 3 3 BD2 3 Bend 6 Shift Sound oMptack S 0 Decay 6 0 Decay 6 0 Tune add Sound Param 7 3 3 Flam 8 R j Roll F1 51 0 pitch 6 0 aln 2 r Se Th 3 0 Sele Shuffle Intensity o CU2 3 BD1 BD2 SD cy OH CL CP LTC MTC HTC CB MA N 9 tep Length Scale AB On Off St Patt Clr Patt Set B Set C Roll Rec Knob Rec Meas Sync Gate Man Step Setup N select Track Lenght N Step Instrument Track Button select Steps to edit select E 5 9 da Px O 5 gt 3 o After selecting the appropriate Record Mode Step Record Mode in this case we will go ahead Programming a Pattern First please select an empty pattern please see page 10 Then let s go Select instrument and set steps e Hold Rec ManTrg button press Instrument button This enables Record Mode and selects the desired instrument track The instrument track LED lights up green e Press Step buttons to set steps Their LEDs light up red Hitting a selected step again disables the step If you set a step corresponding to the instrument track button green LED the step lights up orange So you can still identify the selected instrument e To enable another instrument track please hold Rec ManTrg again and press another instrument button Individual sound parameter settings per step Enhance your pattern with individual sound parameter setting per step 18 M
11. UNE HH DECAY CL TUNE CL DECAY CP DECAY CP FILTER CP ATTACK CP TRIGGER Imprint No 2 O 0 Fs wv o OI 66 OO 11 12 13 67 14 68 88 70 71 72 73 74 16 17 75 76 77 VALUE 00000000 127 MET 127 127 NET 127 127 lee 0 127 oo ooo ooo O oo 0000000 SoS0o0 JET A 23 127 127 127 AT 2127 127 wer 127 127 NST ler i 127 lee 127 127 127 s127 127 eles 121 Control Change HTC TUNE HTC DECAY HTC NOISE ON OFF HTC TOM CONGA MTC TUNE MTC DECAY MTC NOISE ON OFF MTC TOM CONGA LTC TUNE LTC DECAY LTC NOISE ON OFF LTC TOM CONGA TOM NOISE CB Tune CB Decay MA Decay Set Select Track Delay CV1 Track Delay CV23 Track Delay BD1 Track Delay BD2 Track Delay SD Track Delay RS Track Delay CY Track Delay OH Track Delay HH Track Delay CL Track Delay CP Track Delay LTC Track Delay MTC Track Delay HTC Track Delay CB Track Delay MA 85 86 87 Neue Str 13 14163 Berlin Germany www mfberlin de VALUE o 99 o S999 999090 S990 S 0999999090099000 127 127 127 127 NET 124 127 127 127 127 127 il 27 127 127 127 127 127 127 MET 124 127 127 127 127 127 127 JET 121 127 127 127 127 Note On CV1 CV23 MFB Ingenieurburo Manfred Fricke MFB Tanzb r Note Velocity 36 72 E 36 72 0 127 36 0 127 37 0 127 38 0 127 39 0 127 40 0
12. a bar resp a pattern lenght of 32 24 16 or 12 steps With patterns of 24 or 32 steps a B part will be automatically created Since the time required to play back one bar is the same in all scale settings at a scale setting of 32 the seguencer runs exactly twice as fast as at it does at a scale setting of 16 To program the scaling e Hold Shift press Scale Step LEDs 1 4 flashing green e Press Step 1 4 to select scale e Step 1 32nd Step 2 16th triplet Step 3 16th Step 4 8th triplet e Step flashes orange e Press Select to confirm setting Measure Here you can determine the number of steps of a pattern This function has to be programmed after setting the scale 22 MFB Tanzb r Record Mode By using step numbers different from the scale parameter e g scale 16th triplet and measure 14 you can create all kinds of odd beats To create e g a 3 4 beat use scale 16 and measure 12 Waltz is still very popular especially with elderly people your target group it seems safe to assume To program the measure value e Hold Shift press Meas Step LEDs 1 16 flashing green e Press Step 1 16 to select the step number The step flashes orange e Press Select to confirm setting Copy A Part to B Part As soon as you have created a pattern with a length of 16 steps at maximum you can copy this A part onto the still empty B part This is an easy way to create variations of existing
13. e automatic toggle betwen both parts please hold Shift Step 3 AB on off 7 Shuffle Function Hold Shuffle press one of the Step buttons to select one of the 16 available shuffle intensities In Play mode shuffle affects all instruments in the same way 8 Select Button Sets edited parameter values back to the values that are stored within the current pattern When using the functions 1 to 8 while the pattern selection is active Pattern LED lights the corresponding function will be performed according to the way described above In some cases the pattern selection will be closed Please see figure on page 9 The same goes for access of these function in MANUAL TRIGGER MODE 13 Soundengine MFB Tanzb r SOUND ENGINE In this chapter we would like to introduce the sound generation and its parameters Instruments All drum sounds can be edited directly using the controls of each instrument In addition to that the Data knob shares an additional parameter for most of the instruments It can be accessed as soon as the instrument is selected Hidden Parameter Sound In Record Mode and only in Record Mode some instruments feature another hidden parameter that can be accessed via Sound button and Step buttons If this parameter is available on an instrument the Sound LED flashes after Rec ManTrg has been pressed More on this later in the chapter Record Mode BD 1 Bassdrum 1 Attack Level of attack transients Deca
14. e use MIDI controller 89 to 104 to program the track shift 25 CV Gate Interface CV GATE INTERFACE SYNC MFB Tanzb r Thanks to its CV gate and sync interface Tanzb r is compatible with many vintage synthesizers drum computers and seguencers Seguences programmed on tracks CV 1 and CV 2 3 are transmitted via Tanzb r s CV gate sockets Inverting Gate Signals The output gate signals Gate 1 and Gate 2 can be inverted independently e Hold Shift Gate Step 14 Step 1 and Step 2 flash green e Press Step 1 or Step 2 to invert the gate signals of track 1 resp track 2 red LED inverted e Press Select to confirm the operation Sync Start Sockets These sockets send or receive an analog clock resp start signal to synchronize Tanzb r with vintage drum computers and seguencers Please note that the clock signal generated by Tanzbar is transmitted via the programmed shuffle intensity A pretty unigue feature as far as we know Because of technical reasons gate clock and start stop signals have a voltage level of 3V So they might not be compatible with all vintage machines Sync Start In and Output This function determines whether the sockets Start Stop and Clock work as inputs or outputs e Hold Shift Sync Step 13 Step 13 flashes green e Press Step 13 to set up these sockets as inputs or outputs red LED input e Press Select to confirm the function nized resp slaved to an external clock source The P
15. eters via knobs e Access to play functions A B pattern toggle roll fill and mute function plus some more Record Mode e Programming a pattern in one of three available modes Manual Step or Jam mode Synchronisation e MIDI clock e Sync signal clock and start stop input or output output clock divider Not bad uh Of course it was not possible to place a dedicated knob or button for each function on the front panel Sometimes a second function level and some button com binations are necessary to access all features To ensure that you and your Tanzbar will become friends really soon we advise you to read this manual carefully This will be the best and easiest way to explore your Tanzbar thoroughly and there is pretty much to be explored So we beg you please bother to read and understand this f manual Overview MFB Tanzb r MFB Tanzb r Setup Functions The User Interface CONNECTIONS AND INITIAL OPERATION As has just been mentioned most of Tanzb r s buttons cover more than one single function Depending on the selected mode the function of the buttons may change The Rear panel connectors following figure will show you which modes and functions are related to certain buttons Power Please note that this is just an overview You may use it mainly as an Please connect the 12V DC wall wart here Power up down Tanzb r using the ON OFF orientation guide The complete set of functions and the necessary switch Please pul
16. ibed here To open up the Setup menu e Hold Shift press Setup Step 16 The Setup menu is enabled Flashing LEDs 1 to 10 show sub functions To select Setup functions e Press Step buttons 1 10 The corresponding LED flashes which shows an enabled setup function To enter values e Press flashing Step button The function toggles between up to three different values showed by LED off red or green To cancel function e Press Shift To confirm the function e Pressflashing Select button The value is stored and the Setup menu closed The following Setup functions are available Step button 1 Midi Trigger Learn Please refer to page 24 Step button 2 Tuning the internal synthesizer When this function is enabled the internal synthesizer plays a steady tone at a pitch of 440 Hz You can tune it using the Data knob The tuning affects both voices lead and bass 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 Step button 4 Bass Synth on off Disable the internal bass synthesizer e g when using the CV Gate track 2 3 to control external synthesizers 28 MFB Tanzb r Setup Functions Step button 5 Sync Clock Divider Sync clock divider e LED off divider disabled 24 ticks per 1 4th note DIN sync e LED on Scale 16th 8th triplets 32nd etc Step button 6 Mute Group This function is related to the mute fu
17. l the power supply from the wall outlet if you do not use the Tanzb r operating steps will be explained later in the text Please feel free to read on anymore Please use only the included power supply or one with exactly the same specifications no exceptions please 5 2 ES g P n 2 s E o 5 S Se MIDI In1 MIDI In 2 MIDI Out 5 n 5 28 JA A j 7 S 5 amp Please connect MIDI devices here MIDI keyboards and drum pads should be connected a ae it xclusively Vi ut zba p to MIDI In 1 MIDI In 2 handles MIDI clock data exclusively Via MIDI out the Tanzb r o 50 o a N n i ed e transmits note date of all tracks 5 0 E e N i A oi ii o Os N Audio Outs JE 5 Tanzbar features one main audio out and six additional instrument outs The latter are N 50025 M stereo jacks which put out two instrument signals each one on each channel except the f See S lt 3 ja ith E m 0 OFI S5533 Clap this is a stereo sound Please hook up the outputs with insert cables Y cables o L g 52803 gt CO 105 5355 For Clap please use a stereo cable g GEASS A i A 3 O iso Os fees If you plug a cable into an instrument out the sound is cancelled from the main out Please 3 n 0 00 connect Tanzb r s main out to an audio mixer soundcard or amp before you power ate to 93 s Tanzb r up to 95 E E O jes lt 52 so OLI Z e BD Out
18. lay button will have i Please note If these sockets are set up as inputs Tanzb r will be synchro no function in this case Clock Divider Tanzb r s clock output features a clock divider Its settings can be accessed via the Setup menu Flashing LEDs 1 to 10 show its sub functions e Hold Shift press Setup Step 16 The Setup menu is enabled Flashing LEDs 1 to 10 show sub functions e Press Step 5 The function toggles between divider off LED green clockrate 24 ticks 1 4 note DIN sync divider on LED red divider value selected scale value page 22 e Press Select to confirm the function 26 MFB Tanzb r CV Gate Interface Start Stop Impuls Level configuration Some drum computers and seguencers transmit or reguire a short voltage pulse for start and stop e g Urzwerg SEQ 01 02 others a constant voltage level e g Roland TR 808 Doepfer Tanzb r s start stop socket can be set to these needs The settings can be accessed via the Setup menu e Hold Shift press Setup Step 16 The Setup menu is enabled Flashing LEDs 1 to 10 show sub functions e Press Step 9 The function toggles between impulse red LED and level green LED e Press Select to confirm the function 27 Setup Functions MEB Tanzb r SETUP FUNCTIONS The Setup menu is located under the Step 16 button Here you will find some functions to set up your Tanzb r Some of them you already know the others will be descr
19. left Bassdrum1 right Bassdrum 2 O 5 AS 2 S n ja n 002 3835 e SD RS Out left Snaredrum right Rimshot 3 g c 00 P S ee to Oi EEE HH CY Out left Open Closed Hihat right Cymbal 6 n SE ES O N OG oi 523558 e CP Clap Out the attack transients are spread across the stereo field g aw Ofua n ole 0 5 PTO e TO CO Out three Toms Congas spread over the stereo field oldi 00 e CB CL Out left Clave right Cowbell 0 Bio 05 a 53 a gt 5 EE E BE E SE BES se Of Top 2 v E EEA FET S F o oE ARL ga a na of lt 5 K n E Q 5 nm 0 c gt 2 o G EC s amp L Accent for Rolls Roll Function Setup Functions MFB Tanzb r MFB Tanzb r Play Mode Playing the Tanzb r Top panel connectors PLAY MAN UAL TRIGGER MODE On Tanzb r 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 First of all let s check out some demo patterns to give you an idea of what Tanzb r can do At the same time we will learn how to perform on the Tanzb r that is playing e CV1 Output of pitch CV track 1 lead synthesizer patterns modifying them and tweaking sounds e CV2 Output of pitch CV track 2 bass synthesizer To play back and tweak pre programmed sounds and patterns we need the PLAY e CV3 Output of filter control CV track 3 bass synthesizer
20. ll three toms congas Pitch Time of volume decay up to steady tone Step button 12 toggles between tom and conga Step button 13 enables a noise signal Noise level simultanously for all three toms congas 15 Soundengine MFB Tanzb r HTC High Tom Conga e Tune Pitch e Decay Time of volume decay up to steady tone e Sound Step button 12 toggles between tom and conga Step button 13 enables a noise signal e Data Noise level simultanously for all three toms congas CB Cowbell e Data 16 different tunings e Sound Time of volume decay MA Maracas e Data Time of volume decay Bass Synthesizer CV 3 e Data Filter cutoff or CV 3 value In addition to the parameters mentioned above each instrument has a volume control that cannot be programmed The same goes for the master volume control Just in case you might be wondering why the volume knobs seem to have a little inertia to them this is to avoid unwanted level changes 16 MFB Tanzb r Record Mode RECORD MODE PROGRAMMING PATTERNS Finally it is time to create your own patterns The capabilities are vast and partly pretty complex so we are still asking for your attention and patience of course The different Record Modes The sequencer features three different modes to program patterns They all have different functions Manual Mode Manual Mode will not record any sound parameters These always have to be tweaked manually Step Mode Step Mode fact
21. lues They depend on the Scale setting please refer to page 22 To change the resolution please hold Roll Flam The Step buttons 1 4 start flashing Press one of the Step buttons to select the roll resolution 12 MFB Tanzb r Play Mode Playing the Tanzb r Roll Record This a kind of an add on feature to the Roll function When Roll Record is enabled a roll is played again in each new pattern loop even when you release the Step Instrument button By holding down Shift and the corresponding Instrument button the rolls will be erased again To enable the Roll Record function e Hold Shift press Roll Rec Step 10 e Press Roll Rec Step 10 again The button toggles between Roll Record off LED green and Roll Record on LED red e Press Select to confirm and close the function Steps recorded with the Roll Record function can be edited in Step Record Mode just like any other steps please see page 18 5 Chain function chain patterns Chain up to 16 patterns live with the Chain function e Hold Chain Step buttons to select the desired sequence of patterns Please note that there is no LED reference at this moment e Press Chain again to enable disable the Chain function The LED lights up red when Chain is active 6 A B Pattern Toggle Press the A B button to fire up a second pattern part if available The LED changes its colour Patterns with more than 16 steps contain necessarily a B part To enabl
22. nction in Play Mode When active both bass drums are muted as soon as you mute one of them e LEDoff function off e red BD 1 mutes BD 2 e green BD 2 mutes BD 1 Step button 7 Clear current Pattern Bank e Press Step 7 twice to clear the currently active pattern bank AN Be careful there is no undo function Step button 8 MIDI note send on off The seguencer transmits MIDI notes on all tracks Step button 9 Start Stop Impulse Level The function toggles between e impulse red LED e g Urzwerg SEQ 01 02 and e level green LED e g TR 808 Doepfer Step button 10 Factory Reset Resets Tanzb r to its factory default settings First the Step button flashes green press Step 10 again to confirm the function Hit Select to store the factory settings permanently This function affects only the global setings not the pattern memory User patterns will not be overwritten or deleted If you wish to reload the factory patterns you have to transfer them via MIDI dump into the Tanzb r The factory patterns can be downloaded from the MFB website 29 Appendix APPENDIX MIDI Implementation MIDI Controller Assignements Midi Implementation Control Change BD1 ATTACK BD1 DECAY BD1 PITCH BD1 TUNE BD1 NOISE BD1 FILTER BD1 DIST BD1 TRIGGER BD2 DECAY BD2 TUNE BD2 TONE SD TUNE SD D TUNE SD SNAPPY SD SN DECAY SD TONE SD TONE DECAY SD PITCH RS Tune CY DECAY CY TONE CY TUNE OH DECAY HH T
23. ory setting allows programming of different sound parameter settings per step Jam Mode Jam Mode is basically the same as Step Mode In contrast to Step mode you can alter a parameter value on all steps of an instrument track live and simultaneously without changing or leaving the Record mode In Step mode you would first have to select all steps with the Select button to perform the same trick In case that live programming and editing at the same time is what you are striving for the Jam Mode will do a good job Usually the Step Mode is your first choice to create patterns with Record mode selection To select the Record Mode of your choice e Hold Shift press Step 15 button CB Man Step The button toggles between Manual mode LED green Step Mode LED red Jam Mode LED orange e Press the flashing Select button The selected mode becomes active The programming procedure is the same for all Record modes The following figure on page 18 shows a brief overview of all Step Record Mode functions The numbers show one possible and useful way to create a fully featured pattern Please note that this figure is just an overview You may want t o use it as an orientation all required programming steps will be covered in detail in the following section 17 Record Mode MFB Tanzb r edit Sound Parameter activate Record Mode D select Instrument e Rec ManTrg select Pro
24. over one bar pattern playback e If another take is required simply press Sound again and tweak the knobs e I you would like to record the parameters of another instrument please hold Sound press an Instrument button to select the new instrument Then press Sound to start the recording You do not have to stop the seguencer at any time To save your knob performance permanently you have to save the pattern please see page 23 You do not have to engage the knob record function for each new take and instrument by hitting Shift CP KnobRec Once enabled you may use it i over and over again until you disable the function If you turn a knob for more than one bar while knob recording the previous recording will be overwritten If you do not like the result simply reload the parameter setting stored in the pattern by hitting Select This always helps when you are not happy with a knob recording take 4 Roll Function Play Rolls No we are not talking about role plays or some type of scones here rather about jams Please enable PLAY MODE if you have not already Press Roll Flam to enable the Roll function Start the seguencer since the effect will only be audible when the seguencer is running When you are now pressing a Step Instrument button the corresponding instru ment gets multi triggered This function is also known and popular as note repeat The resolution of the triggers can be set to four different va
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26. patterns To copy the A part onto the B part simply press A B button in Record Mode Store Patterns Patterns can be stored within the currently selected bank JA Please note There is no undo function So please be careful and think twice JIN before storing e Hold Shift press St Patt The current pattern is shown by a green flashing LED Used pattern locations are indicated by an LED flashing red On empty pattern locations LEDs stay dark e Press Step button to select pattern location LED lights up red constantly e Press Shift to abort the store function e Press Select to confirm the store function Clear Current Pattern e Hold Shift press CI Patt The pattern currently active will be cleared AN Please note There is no undo function So please be careful and think twice 23 MIDI Functions MFB Tanzb r MIDI FUNCTIONS The three MIDI ports are used to connect MIDI devices to Tanzbar MIDI keyboards controllers and drumpads should be connected to MIDI In 1 MIDI In 2 is mainly for MIDI synchronisation MIDI clock Tanzb r s MIDI channel settings are fixed and cannot be altered Track CV 1 sends and receives on channel 1 track CV 2 sends and receives on channel 2 and all drum tracks send and receive on channel 3 Synchronisation with external devices via MIDI clock MIDI clock is always transmitted and received No additional settings have to be performed stopped using its Play button It starts s
27. ruments are assigned to MIDI notes resp a MIDI channel this way Tanzbar can be played as a drum module by using a keyboard a sequencer or drum pads In Play Mode you can play live drums to a programmed pattern Real Time Record When Roll Record is active as well the incoming MIDI notes are recorded into Tanzb r s seguencer This way you may record patterns in realtime The Roll Record function is described on page 12 Send and receive MIDI SysEx dumps The pattern content of the current bank can be transferred as MIDI dump e Hold Shift press Dump Step 9 to start the dump transfer Receiving SysEx data is always possible without enabling any function If SysEx data is received the current pattern bank will be overwritten In case of SysEx malfunction all step buttons will flash red We advise you to use the following SysEx transfer applications MidiOx Win and SysEx Librarian Mac exactly the size of 114848 Bytes otherwise MidiOx will show an error A MidiOx users please note The dump transmitted to MidiOx must have AN message MIDI Controller Tanzbar receives MIDI controller data for most of its functions and parameters You will find a MIDI controller list in the appendix of the manual page 30 To receive MIDI controller data MIDI channel 10 is always used Track Shift Tracks can be micro shifted resp delayed in fractions of ticks by using MIDI controllers This may create interesting rhythmic effects Pleas
28. s e Simple synthesizer with one parameter each for lead and bass sounds Sequencer e 144 patterns on 3 sets resp 9 banks e 14 tracks triggering the drum instruments e 2tracksfor programming note events output via MIDI and CV gate e Combination of step number 1 to 32 and scaling 4 allows all kinds of time signatures e A B pattern toggle e Roll Flam function multiple triggering e Chain function chaining patterns not storable e Track mute function The following functions can be programmed on each track drum instrument Track lenght 1 32 steps e Shuffle intensity e Track shift micro delay of entire track via MIDI controller The following functions can be programmed on each step drum instrument e Step on off e Accent level e Sound setting of current instrument MFB Tanzbar Overview e Bend pitch modulation only DB1 BD2 SD toms congas e Flam multi trigger flam rolls etc e Additional sound parameter on selected instruments The following functions can be programmed on each step CV tracks e Step on off output via MIDI note on and gate e Pitch with 3 octave range Output via MIDI notes and CV e Accent level on bass track only e 2nd CV on bass track only Operation Modes Manual Trigger Mode e Triggering instruments via step buttons and or MIDI notes with velocity e Access to sound parameters via knobs or MIDI controller Play Mode e Pattern selection e Access to sound param
29. s constantly Some step buttons will flash green Every step visualises a parameter value e To select a value press one of the flashing step buttons colour changes to red e Press Sound to confirm value entry The Sound LED starts to flash again Programming additional Functions per Step Use the following functions to enhance your pattern even more We are still working on a track e g BD 1 green BD 1 LED with some set steps red LEDs The sequencer is still running 19 Record Mode MFB Tanzb r Accent Each step in a track can have one of three accent levels Press Acc Bend button The function toggles between the three accent levels LED off soft green medium red loud e Press an already active step to apply the selected accent level step LED off e Press step again to enable step again step LED lights up red again If you want to apply the same accent level to several steps at once e Select several steps see Select Steps e Press Acc Bend button to select accent level e Press Select again to confirm function Bend This function bends the pitch of an instrument up or down As well as the accents it can be applied to individual active steps of an instrument It generates e g typical D amp B bass drums The effect might only be audible with longer decay settings Bend works on BD 1 BD 2 SD LTC MTC and HTC e Hold Shift press Acc Bnd to enable the Bend function The LED flashes This is a sub func
30. tion accessed by using the shift button e Press desired already active step The step LED goes off e Adjust Bend intensity with Data knob Please note effect is not yet audible e Press desired step again to apply the function It is now becoming audible LED lights up red again e Gofor more steps if desired press Step turn Data press Step again If you like the result e Hold Shift press Acc Bnd to close function Flam This function creates flams resp drum rolls on individual already active steps AN Please note This function is not available on the tracks Clap CV 1 and CV 2 3 e Hold Roll Flam step LEDs flashing green press Step button to select one of the 16 flam patterns e Press already active Step s green LED The colour changes to orange and the flam pattern becomes audible e To select another flam pattern again hold Roll Flam button step LEDs flashing green Step button to select another flam pattern e Press again already active Step s to apply the new flam pattern If you like the result e Press Roll Flam to close function 20 MFB Tanzb r Record Mode Programming Synth resp CV Gate Tracks On tracks CV1 and CV2 3 you can program note events These notes are sent out via MIDI and Tanzb r s CV gate interface Next to this both tracks play two very simple synthe sizer voices They are a good help to monitor the note tracks without the need of external eguipment
31. tops exactly at the downbeat of the i Synced to an external MIDI clock source Tanzb r can always be started and next following bar without going out of sync Output of seguencer steps as note commands The note output can be enabled globally You will find this function in the setup menu e Hold Shift press Setup Step 16 The setup menu is active now The flashing LEDs 1 10 visualise the available sub menus e Press Step 8 button Note output is enabled e Pressing Step 8 again toggles between on green and off red e Press Select to confirm the function Receiving MIDI notes and velocity to trigger drum instruments Drumsound expander function Tanzbar has to be set to MANUAL TRIGGER MODE Rec ManTrg LED green to work as a drum sound expander MIDI note numbers and a MIDI channel from 3 to 16 can be applied to drum instru ments using a learn function Starting at step 3 BD 1 an instrument LED flashes when waiting for an incoming MIDI note A MIDI note now transmitted to Tanzbar will be applied to the instrument Tanzb r automatically switches to the next instrument BD 2 As soon as all instruments are assigned to a MIDI note the Select LED flashes Press Select to con firm and store the data entry and close the function Leave the function without saving the data entry by pressing Shift In this case the setting is only active until Tanzb r is powered down 24 MFB Tanzb r MIDI Functions When all drum inst
32. ts the original patterns of the MFB Kult drummachine Sets B and C are waiting for your own great creations If desired the content of Set A can be overwritten Set 3x A Shift Set A B C B C hold press repetedly Bank 9x 1 2 3 12 3 12 3 AL AN a Pattern 144x 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 SteP Button 1 16 NZ by Yappacc MFB Kult Factory Patterns Pattern Selection To select patterns PLAY MODE or MANUAL TRIGGER MODE has to be active The LED Rec ManTrig should be OFF or constantly GREEN please refer to fig on page 9 e Hold Shift press Set A button Set A is selected e Hold Shift press Bank button The Bank button toggles between Bank 1 green 2 red and 3 orange e Press Step button If you press Step 1 pattern 1 is loaded etc Red Step LEDs show used patterns The currently loaded pattern lights up orange When the seguencer is running a pattern change is always performed on the next down beat of the following bar Pattern Playback Start stop the seguencer e Press Play The sequencer starts Press Play again and the sequencer stops This also works when Tanzbar is synced to MIDI clock 10 MFB Tanzb r Play Mode Playing the Tanzbar Please note After powering up Tanzb r has to be set to PLAY MODE in AN order to play patterns back press Rec ManTrig LED has to be OFF Then select a pattern press Pattern Step button please see above Adjust Tempo e Hold Shift move the Data
33. y Volume decay time Pitch Time and modulation intensity of pitch envelope Tune Pitch Noise Noise level Filter Sound of noise signal Data Distorion level Sound Selects 1 of 16 different attack transients BD 2 Bassdrum 2 Decay Time of volume decay up to steady tone Tune Pitch Tone Level of attack transients SD Snaredrum Tune Pitch of tone 1 and tone 2 D Tune Detune of tone 2 Snappy Noise level S Decay Decay time of noise signal Tone Blends signals of tone 1 and tone 2 Decay Volume decay time of tone 1 and tone 2 Data Modulation intensity of pitch envelope 14 MFB Tanzb r RS Rimshot e Data CY Cymbal e Decay e Tone e Data OH Open Hihat e Decay e Data HH Closed Hihat e Decay e Data CL Claves e Tune e Decay CP Claps e Decay e Filter e Attack e Data e Sound LTC Low Tom Conga e Tune e Decay e Sound e Data MTC Mid Tom Conga e Tune e Decay e Sound e Data Soundengine Pitch Volume decay time Blends both signals Pitch sound colour Volume decay time Pitch sound colour of OH and HH Volaume decay time Pitch sound colour of OH and HH Pitch Volume decay time Decay time of reverb tail Sound colour Level of attack transients Number of attack transients 16 different attack transients Pitch Time of volume decay up to steady tone Step button 12 toggles between tom and conga Step button 13 enables a noise signal Noise level simultanously for a
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