ANALOG 4 D EL A Y WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MOOGERFOOGER ANALOG EFFECTS MODULES! Your MF-104M Analog Delay is a rugged, professional-quality instrument, designed to be at home on stage or in the studio. Its great sound and jawdropping effects come from state-of-the-art analog circuitry, designed and handcrafted by our team at Moog Music in Asheville, North Carolina. SHORT LONG The MF-104M is rooted in the analog wizardry of Bob Moog’s Moogerfooger designs.
GETTING STARTED Let’s get started by unpacking and setting up your MF-104M. Here are some simple instructions on how to plug in and try your new MF-104M. Unpacking 1. Remove your new Moogerfooger from the packaging and allow it a few moments to get its land legs after the long journey to its new home. 2. Inside the box you’ll find your Analog Delay, AC adapter, warranty card, and this manual. Save the box in case you ever need to ship your MF-104M back to Moog Music. 3.
THE MF-104M FRONT PANEL LFO CONTROLS (RIGHT PANEL): The FRONT PANEL of the MF-104M Analog Delay contains the performance controls and LED indicators. MF-104M ANALOG DELAY LFO RATE - Adjusts the LFO rate from 0.05 Hz to 50 Hz (wider range available via control voltages and MIDI). LFO AMOUNT - Controls the amount of LFO modulation of the delay time. .3 .2 LFO - Six-position rotary switch selects the LFO wave shape for delay time modulation.
SETTING LEVELS DIGGING IN 1. Turn your amp or monitor on, then, turn its volume control down but not off. As you already know by now the MF-104M has a Delay Line and a LFO. To demonstrate how they work we’ll first check out the Delay Line with the LFO off. Next, we’ll go over the LFO with the Delay Line at the minimum setting. Then, we’ll put them together to create some magic. 2. On the MF-104M, turn all controls except the MIX and OUTPUT LEVEL to their far left position.
Adjust the FEEDBACK as shown in Figure 7, and tap the BYPASS switch to turn the effect OFF. Then press and hold the BYPASS switch until the LED turns orange. The MF-104M is now in SPILLOVER mode. the delayed signal back into the Delay Line. With the control set to about 8, the echoes sustain indefinitely. With the FEEDBACK control set above 8, the echoes build up chaotically into some amazing electronic textures that can be both edgy and blurry at the same time.
Adjust the LFO settings as shown in Figure 12. Play your instrument again and you will hear the delayed signal quickly sliding up and down an octave, somewhat like a siren. With the AMOUNT and RATE increased, the sine wave has greater amplitude and is cycling faster thus modulating the delayed signal more profoundly. If the pitch change is not quite an octave you might need to fine tune these settings slightly.
2. VIBROLAY A spatial vintage style delay with triangle wave vibrato added to the trails. Try quick notes or chords combined with held notes. Use the Rate and Amount knobs to add different flavor and feel. .3 .2 .6 .1 SHORT LONG 4. SQUARE ROOT Prepare for octave action with this awesome square wave mod. Each note will rhythmically jump up and down a full octave for percussive bliss. Assign Tap Tempo to the LFO Rate and stomp away. Note: If the pitch change is not quite an octave .3 .2 .6 .
ABOUT ANALOG DELAYS THE MF-104M FRONT PANEL A delay circuit produces a replica of an audio signal a short time after the original signal is received. If you listen to the original (direct) signal and the delayed signal together, the delayed signal will sound like an echo of the direct. To make a whole series of echoes that die out gradually, you feed the delayed output signal back to the input.
OUTPUT LEVEL - Sets the strength of the Analog Delay output at the MIX OUT and DELAY OUT jacks. This control is only active when the effect is on or in Spillover mode. The OUTPUT LEVEL control is designed so that an overall boost, attenuation or zero gain state can be achieved with any DRIVE setting. MIX - Sets the ratio of dry (signal as input) to wet (effected) signal. This control is only active when the effect is on. Set fully counterclockwise it allows only the dry signal to pass to the MIX output.
TIME INDICATOR LED - Flashes red to indicate the delay time. It will flash green to indicate that it is synced to Tap Tempo and orange when it is controlled by MIDI. THE MF-104M BACK PANEL This section provides greater detail of the connection points on the MF104M back panel. FEEDBACK - 1⁄4” TRS jack that can be used with a Moog EP-2 expression pedal, or a 0V to +5V control voltage on a standard TS cable. A setting of 0 volts or ground allows for no feedback while a 5V setting gives infinite feedback.
CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION The figure below is a simplified block diagram of the MF-104M Analog Delay. A MIDI CC message has both a CC number from 0-127 and a value from 0-127. The CC values that affect panel controls replace the physical setting of the front panel controls. When the corresponding front panel control is changed after receiving a MIDI CC message, the value will return to that panel control. MSB/LSB refers to 14-bit MIDI which uses a pair of CC messages to obtain higher resolution control.
CC NUMBER PARAMETER VALUES 108 Enable LFO MIDI Sync 0-63 = Disabled 64-127 = Enabled 109 Enable LFO Note Reset 0-63 = Disabled 64-127 = Enabled 110 Enable MIDI Note Spillover 0-63 = Disabled 64-127 = Enabled 113 MIDI Note Mode 0-41 = Off 42-83 = Absolute 84-127 = Relative 114 MIDI Tap Tempo A Any CC Value = a tap 115 MIDI Tap Tempo B (value > 63) = a tap 117 Time/MIDI LED Select 0-63 = Time LED 64-127 = MIDI LED 119 Enable Mod Wheel to LFO Amount 0-63 = Disabled 64-127 = Enabled L
WARRANTY AND SERVICE INFO LIMITED WARRANTY Moog Music warrants that its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship, and shall conform to specifications current at the time of shipment, for a period of one year from date of purchase. During the oneyear period, any defective products will be repaired or replaced, at Moog Music’s option, on a return-to-factory basis. This Warranty covers defects that Moog Music determines are no fault of the user.
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