Drum Computer MFB-503

analog drum computer with step sequencer

MFB-503 is a drum computer with a fully analogue sound engine that offers plenty of editing capabilities. It includes a step-sequencer with popular TR-style running-light-programming. It sounds similar to the TR-909. The third drum-computer in mfb’s 50x series introduces a more powerful sound and a new operational concept. Due to their analogue origin, kick, snare and toms can be edited in various ways. the drumkit is completed by the two sampled instruments cymbals (crash, ride available) and hi-hats (two variations). in addition, the samples of each group can be continuously mixed to create further sound variations. Sounds can be saved individually as well as complete drumkits. the instruments are triggered by an internal step-sequencer. this tr-style sequencer uses the beloved led-per-step method to set the selected instruments. There are 90 memory locations for patterns that can be further combined into 90 songs. instruments are edited by four master rotary-encoders with corresponding displays.

*3 analogue instruments (kick, snare, tom)
*2 sample-based instruments (cymbal, hi-hat)
*stepsequencer with up to 32 steps per pattern
*26 sound-edit functions (attack, decay, pitch etc.)
*programmable tom tuning (lo, mid, hi)
*90 pattern, 90 songs, 90 kits

USER MANUAL: https://archive.org/details/synthmanual-mfb-503-owners-manual