User manual MOOG MF105B

[. . . ] Understanding and Using Your Moogerfooger ® MF-105B Bass MuRF ® Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Frequencies and Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Bass MuRF's Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Envelope Generators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Sequencers and Pattern Generation. . . . . . . . . . 13 Audio Level Controls and Mixing. . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Using Both Outputs Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Expression Pedals and Voltage Control. . . . 15 Some Typical Setups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Technical Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MF-105B Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Appendix A -The Bass MuRF's Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Appendix B -The MuRF Pattern Step Adaptor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to the world of Moogerfooger ® Analog Effects Modules!Your model MF-105B Bass MuRF® is a rugged, professional-quality instrument, designed to be equally at home on stage or in the studio. [. . . ] An easy way to understand the Animation is to look at a simple pattern displayed on a grid. The columns going left to right Figure 10 - Diagram of Pattern 2, Bank A are the steps of the pattern. Return to the basic setting shown in figure 2, which features pattern 2. As you play your instrument through the Bass MuRF, pay attention to the sound of the effect and how it corresponds to figure 10. You should hear the Animation "stair-stepping" through the filters. Turn the RATE control up and down and notice how the pattern speeds up and slows down. Now it's time to explore the ENVELOPE Control - one of the most powerful parts of the Bass MuRF. 1) With the ENVELOPE Control set at 2, you should hear each of the filters with a sharp attack and a decay that fades out smoothly but quickly. The effect sounds much more choppy - the decay time has been decreased. The effect now sounds smooth - the attack is the same time as the decay - like a tremolo effect. The effect becomes swirly and the transitions from filter to filter blurred, as the Attack and Decay become so long that the effect is crossfading from one filter to the next. The effect now sounds "backwards" as the attack time is now smooth but fast, and the decay is abrupt. What happens as you change the ENVELOPE control is that the shape of the Envelopes controlling the gain of the filters morphs. Figure 11 shows the changes to the envelope times at different settings of the Envelope control. The Envelope times also change as the Rate changes - faster Rate settings cause the envelope times to Figure 11 - Effect of the ENVELOPE control decrease and slower Rate on the Bass MuRF's attack and decay times settings slow the envelope times. This makes the Bass MuRF capable of both rhythmic and smooth-changing, swirling effects. Spend some time to get to know how this control interacts with the different patterns and you will be rewarded with some very interesting sounds!THE Bass MuRF'S TAP/STEP INPUT The Bass MuRF's Animation can be synced to the tempo of the music using a Moog FS-1 footswitch or equivalent plugged into the TAP/STEP input. The MF-105B calculates the time in between taps and translates this into the rate for the pattern. It is important to make the time between the taps as much the same as possible to get the best results. Note that the Rate light becomes green when the rate is set by the TAP/STEP input, and returns to red if the RATE control is changed. The tempo of the Animation is twice the rate that is tapped on the footswitch. [. . . ] A reasonable cost for service and for materials and return freight will be charged to replace materials defective through the fault of the user, or for which the one year warranty period has expired. Moog Music will pay transportation and insurance charges from Moog Music to your United States address, for products repaired or replaced under warranty. MF-105B SPECIFICATIONS DESCRIPTION: Analog effects module incorporating two functions: 7 ­ band Resonant Filters and 1 - band Shelving (Lowpass) Filter and a 24Pattern Sequencer triggering Volume Envelopes for 8 Filters. FRONT PANEL FEATURES: DRIVE rotary control - adjusts the gain of the audio input to the effect. OUTPUT rotary control - balances the level of Bass MuRF's signal when the effect is on with the bypassed signal when the effect is off. [. . . ]