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User Manual Content: Overview What is Tanzbär...
Overview MFB Tanzbär Overview • MFB says „thanks“! First of all we would like to thank you for purchasing the Tanzbär. We appreciate your choice very much and hope you will have lots of fun with your new instrument. What is Tanzbär (”Dancing Bear”)? Tanzbär is a drumcomputer, featuring a real analogue soundgeneration and a very sophisticated, pattern based stepsequencer.
Overview MFB Tanzbär Setup Functions MFB Tanzbär The User Interface Connections and initial Operation As just mentioned, most of Tanzbärs buttons cover more than one function. Depending on 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.
MIDI-Notes MIDI-Soundmodule 8 9 MANUAL-TRIG MODE Accent-Level (when triggered) no Function (closes PatternSelection) as above as above (enables Play-Mode) (closes PatternSelection) as above CP 11/A# 4. Switches Roll-Fnct. on/off. Press Instr-Taster to generate Roll. Select resolution: - Hold Roll/Flam + press Step 1-4 (16th, 8th, 4th, 1/2 Note). Shift Press Shift-Button to open Sub-Functions of Step-Buttons 2.
Play Mode – Playing the Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär Manual Trigger Mode Please note: After powering up, Tanzbär has to be set to PLAY MODE in order to playback patterns (press Rec/ManTrig, LED has to be OFF). Then select a pattern (press Pattern, Step button, please see above). Audition of sounds Right after powering up, Tanzbär‘s MANUAL TRIGGER MODE is active. The LED ”Rec/ManTrig” lights constantly green. Now you can trigger the sounds with the Step/Instrument buttons.
Play Mode – Playing the Tanzbär MFB Tanzbär 3. Tweak sounds / knob record function In PLAY MODE (LED Rec/ManTrig off) all sound parameters can be edited with their dedicated knobs. As soon as a pattern is loaded from memory, the current parameter setting differs from the current knob setting. If desired, you can record knob tweakings within one bar into the sequencer. This is done with the Knob Record function. It is enabled with Shift + Step 11 and can be used when desired in PLAY MODE.
Soundengine MFB Tanzbär Soundengine In this chapter, we would like to introduce the sound generation and it‘s parameters. Instruments All drum sounds can be edited directly with the knobs of each instrument. Next to this, the Data knob shares an additional parameter for most of the instruments. It can be accessed as soon as the instrument is selected.
Soundengine MFB Tanzbär Record Mode MFB Tanzbär Record Mode – Programming Patterns HTC High Tom / Conga • Tune • Decay • Sound • Data 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. CB Cowbell • Data • Sound 16 different tunings Time of volume decay The sequencer features three different modes to programm patterns.
Record Mode MFB Tanzbär 5 1 edit Sound-Parameter This feature is not available in Manual Mode. Here, all steps have identical soundsettings, corresponding with the current knob settings. Individual accent levels and flams/rolls can be programmed. Please see below. activate Record-Mode / select Instrument select Pro-Step-Fctn: We‘ll describe now in detail, how to programm individual sound settings per step in Stepor Jam Mode: - Accent (6) - Bend (6) (Shift) - add. Sound-Param.
Record Mode MFB Tanzbär Record Mode MFB Tanzbär 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). • Press an allready active step to apply the selected accent level (step LED off). • Press step again to enable step again (step LED lights up red again). Programming Synth- resp.
Record Mode MFB Tanzbär Step Lenght (Track Lenght) 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. • Hold Rec/ManTrg + press Instrument/track button to select instrument/track. • Hold Shift + press Step Lenght (Step LEDs fashing green). • Press Step 1 - 16 to select track lenght. • Press Select to confirm setting.
MIDI-Functions MFB Tanzbär MIDI Functions MIDI-Functions MFB Tanzbär 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. The three MIDI sockets are used to connect MIDI devices to Tanzbär. MIDI keyboards, controller and drumpads should be connected to MIDI In 1. MIDI In 2 is mainly for MIDI synchronisation (MIDI clock).
CV/Gate-Interface MFB Tanzbär CV/Gate-Interface / Sync Thanks to it‘s CV/gate and sync interface, Tanzbär is compatibel to many vintage synthesizers, drumcomputers and sequencers. Sequences, programmed on tracks CV 1 and CV 2/3 are sent out via Tanzbär‘s CV/gate sockets. Inverting Gate Signals The outputted gate signals (Gate 1 and Gate 2) can be independently inverted: • Hold Shift + Gate (Step 14). Step 1 and Step 2 flash green. • Press Step 1 or Step 2 to invert the gate signals of track 1 resp.
Setup Functions MFB Tanzbär Setup Functions The Setup menu is located ”under“ the Step 16 button. Here you‘ll find some functions to configurate your Tanzbär. Some of them you allready know, the others are discribed here. To open up the Setup menu: • Hold Shift + press Setup (Step 16). The Setup menu is enabled. Flashing LEDs 1 to 10 show sub functions. To select Setup functions: • Press Step buttons 1 - 10. The corresponding LED flashes, which shows an enabled setup function.
Appendix MFB Tanzbär Appendix MIDI-Implementation MIDI-Controller Assignements Midi Implementation No VALUE Change Control No VALUE 2 64 65 3 4 5 6 66 0..127 BD1_ATTACK 0..127 BD1_DECAY 0..127 BD1_PITCH 0..127 BD1_TUNE 0..127 BD1_NOISE 0..127 BD1_FILTER 0..127 BD1_DIST 0..127 BD1_TRIGGER 2 64 65 3 4 5 6 66 0..127 0..127 0..127 0..127 0..127 0..127 0..127 0..127 8 9 10 0..127 BD2_DECAY 0..127 BD2_TUNE 0..127 BD2_TONE 8 9 10 0..127 0..127 0..127 11 12 13 67 14 68 69 0..127 SD_TUNE SD_D-TUNE 0.
