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Playing sounds

The   instruments  can  be   played  manually  from  the   step-buttons  

1/BD

  to  

8/HH

which also serve to program the sequences. With 

Shift

 being pressed (LED lit red),

the step-buttons trigger 

Sample1

 to 

Sample8

, depending on which sample sounds

have been load into the corresponding slots.

Sound settings

Each sound can be edited in level, pitch, decay and an extra function respectively a
sample pre-selection. This way, you can create a default setting, e.g. if a pattern is
being deleted. With the exception of the level control, these settings can only be
adjusted with the sequencer being stopped.

Settings for the analog instruments

Shortly press 

Rec

 plus a step-button, e.g. 

1/BD

. Both LEDs are lit (Record green,

Instrument   red).   Next,   select   the   sound   function   to   be   edited,   e.g.  

Level

,   by

pressing function key 

6

 – 

Shuffle/Level

 (LED lit green). 

Use the 

Value

 control to adjust the parameter in 16 steps. The value is displayed

using the eight step LEDs: 1 red, 1 green, 2 red ... 8 green. 
While turning the  

Value

  control, each new value will automatically trigger the

corresponding sound to avoid the need for manual triggering.
The other parameters, 

Tune

 for pitch, 

Decay

 for the sound length and 

Extra

 for a

special sound shaping option, are edited in the same way. The functions can be
selected   one   after   another   and   the   corresponding   LEDs   will   be   lit   green.  The
parameters are then adjusted using the 

Value

 control.

Shortly after the parameter’s value has been edited, the display will jump back to
the LED of the corresponding instrument. This way, you can easily switch the
instrument by shortly pressing 

Rec

 and a different step-button, e.g. 

2/SD

,

Pressing 

Rec

 once more will end editing (LED turns off).

Sample settings

After pressing 

Shift

 (LED lit red), all eight active samples can be played. Pressing

Rec

 plus a step-button shortly, e.g. 

1/BD

, will select the sample-slot 

Sample1

.

Next, select the sound function to be edited, such as 

Level

, using function-button 

6

– 

Shuffle/Level

 (LED lit green). Editing and entering values works just like for the

analog instruments. However, the 

Extra

 function is not available for the samples.

Fine

 allows to tune the sample within a range of two semitones. 

Hint:  Tune

  and  

Fine

(tune)   can   result   in   interesting   sounds.   However,   audible

artifacts in certain frequencies may occur.

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Summary of Contents for MFB-501 Pro

Page 1: ...Operating Manual Drum computer Operating manual MFB 501 Pro Drum Machine 1...

Page 2: ...ruments which can be edited using these parameters 1 BD Bass Drum Pitch Decay Attack Level 2 SD Snare Drum Pitch Decay Noise Level Level 3 CP Clap Decay Attack Level 4 TT Tom Pitch Decay Attack Level...

Page 3: ...igger the corresponding sound to avoid the need for manual triggering The other parameters Tune for pitch Decay for the sound length and Extra for a special sound shaping option are edited in the same...

Page 4: ...button shortly LED lit followed by pressing one of the eight step buttons Sequencer Pressing Play starts and pauses the sequencer The A B button selects whether part A LED lit red part B LED lit green...

Page 5: ...he next instrument shortly press Rec plus a different instrument button while the sequencer is running The step input is carried out similarly To change over to a sample press Shift first LED lit red...

Page 6: ...ponding bank using the SampleSel function LED lit green and the Value control Deactivate SampleSel LED off and the sample track is ready You can now enter notes chromatically ranging from A0 note 45 t...

Page 7: ...ing being completed a song can be saved to one of nine memory locations To do so first press Song then Rec LEDs lit red Next use the function buttons 1 to 3 to select a memory location 11 12 13 21 22...

Page 8: ...nalog click instead of its internal clock reference To activate external synchronization press the MIDI button LED lit red Use function button 3 to switch synchronization to MIDI clock LED lit green U...

Page 9: ...llel USB transfer of patterns and samples firmware updates Given the MFB 501 Pro is connected to a Windows computer via USB with the corresponding drivers being installed patterns and samples can be e...

Page 10: ...CC 79 TT Attack 0 15 Note 55 MT MFB 502 CC 82 BO Attack 0 15 Note 56 CY MFB 502 CC 53 CLAttack 0 15 Note 57 HT MFB 502 CC 88 CY Mix 0 15 Note 58 CY MFB 502 CC 93 HH Mix 0 15 Note 59 HT2 MFB 502 CC 32...

Page 11: ...0 127 Note 83 Sample4 Note 84 Sample5 Note 85 Sample6 Note 86 Sample7 Note 87 Sample8 MIDI channel 1 Note 36 60 Sample1 Note 65 96 Sample2 MIDI channel 2 Note 36 60 Sample3 Note 65 96 Sample4 MIDI ch...

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