Explore the Chaos: A Clank Chaos Walkthrough

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"Come and join me on a journey to explore Chaos by Clank.

Chaos is a six-channel random generator that can easily be used as a sequencer, modulation generator, clock source, cv pattern generator, voltage recorder, and many other things.

Please find my free Clank Chaos cheat sheet here: https://bit.ly/chaoscheatsheet

You can get further information and the manual here: https://bit.ly/clankchaos

I use 100% raw audio: no preamp, no compression, no effects.
Recorded in Ableton Live 11 using an RME Fireface UCX II.

TIMELINE
00:06 Overview
04:04 Patch idea 1: Two voices with modulation
04:36 Patch idea 2: Polyphony with ground voltage shift feat. MFB Dominion 1

All audio was recorded with an RME Fireface UCX II and Ableton Live 11.
I am using the Intellijel 4U x 42HP case and Polarnoise patch cables.

Other modules (from left to right)
· ALM Busy Circuits Pip Slope Mk2
· Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas
· SoundForce DCO
· Intellijel USB Power 1U
· Intellijel Duatt 1U
· Intellijel Dual VCA 1U
· Intellijel Zeroscope 1U

Special guest: OTO Machines BAM and MFB Dominion 1"

MFB Dominion X SN 14222

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MFB Dominion 1

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MFB DOMINION 1 - MONO/PARAPHONIC - SEMI MODULAR SYNTHESIZER

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MFB Dominion 1

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"The MFB Dominion 1 is a programmable analogue synthesizer with a three octave keyboard . Similar to the Dominion X in scope, it combines the beauty of analogue synthesis with advanced programmability and complex modular patching. The Dominion 1 features three VCOs with sliding variations in waveforms , for example turning a triangle wave into a sine wave. A noise channel or additional external audio input may be combined with the signal path via the mixer, maximising the output potential of this powerful synth.

There are 12 operation modes for the filters found on the Dominion 1, including four LPF with variable db/octave slopes, two HPF, band pass and notch filters, again with variable cut off slopes. The two LFOs offer six waveforms including sample and hold and can be applied to the VCO, VCF and VCA.

The Dominion 1 also features two ribbon controls , a 128 stage step sequencer with 128 programmable patches and sequences, velocity and aftertouch, analogue and digital ring modulation, dual-sync and dynamic FM, velocity routing-matrix and three envelopes with 70mm faders.

The MFB Dominion 1 outputs via balanced TRS and has MIDI I/O on 5-pin DIN connectors.

The MFB Dominion 1 main features include:
Programmabele Analog Synthesizer with 3 Octave Keyboard
2 Ribbon Controls
Arpeggiator/Sequencer
Velocity&Aftertouch
3 VCOs with Waveshaping
Analog&Digital Ringmodulator
Dual-Sync and dynamic FM
Noisegenerator
12 fold redesigned four stages SED Multimode Filter
Huge Patchfield to speak with world of Modulars and CV/Gate
Velocity-Routingmatrix with 12 destinations
3 LFOs, 2 with One-Shot-Function and Reset
3 Envelopes with 70mm Faders
Intuitive Handling and Quality Hardware
Internal Power Supply
Midi Dump, In, Out, Thru"

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MFB Dominion 1

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MFB Dominion 1 and MFB Dust Cover

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MFB Dominion 1

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MFB Dominion X - 3 VCO Analog Synthesizer

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"DOMINION X offers three oscillators for maximum flexibility. Each waveform can be varied in symmetry. Besides altering the pulse width of a rectangle, you may also continuously turn a saw tooth into a triangle and a triangle into a sine. All oscillators also offer ring modulation. In addition, VCO 2 and VCO 3 can be synced to VCO1. Finally, VCO3 can modulate the frequency of VCO 1 and VCO 2. The analogue oscillator circuit is processor-controlled for stable tuning. To complete the available sound sources, noise or an external audio input can be added to the VCOs in DOMINION X’s mixer section."

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MFB DOMINION 1 - MONO/PARAPHONIC - SEMI MODULAR SYNTHESIZER

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MFB's Manfred Fricke Has Passed Away

Left: Manfred Fricke (via Amazona.de) back in the day with his first creations, the MFB-501 drum machine (right), and MFB-601 digital sequencer (left).

2nd image is Manfred Fricke with the MFB SYNTH II at SUPERBOOTH (unknown source).

We lost another legend in the synth world. Sad news in via STROMKULT: "'On June, 17th around 11am Manfred Fricke from Berlin alias MFB sadly passed away after having had a hard time with cancer for a while already. He left his wife Gloria and his son Jean-Marcel behind, we are all very sad having lost this partner, friend and father.'
HerrSchneider

Manfred Fricke was one of Berlins pioneers of analog synth and drum machine makers. He has been the weapon of choice for many (not only) starting musicians. Let’s be honest, who didn’t have one of his creations early in his or hers journey into electronic musical instruments – or at least thought about getting one – and why shouldn’t you? Manfred Fricke's machines always brought something unique to the table, they were mostly analog, affordable, in small plastic housings and just did the job. Manfred always focused on keeping his products affordable for his clients and the instruments quite often made their way to professional use later on, and the musicians often kept their first units as something almost holy, because it were these machines that paved the way into analog electronic music making.

But it would be too short-sighted to associate MFB only with budget entry-level products. Especially the drum machines Tanzbär and Tanzbär II, or the great Dominion 1 show that Manfred Fricke also built machines that met higher demands. The Tanzbär, in particular, is considered by many to be their favorite drum machine of the last few years, especially in terms of its amazing sound.

We hope that MFB will continue to exist and that it will continue to make it easier for many generations of musicians to enter the world of electronic sound production.

We wish Manfred Fricke's son Jean-Marcel continued success for the future of MFB and extend our condolences to him and his family. And lets hope that Manfred will finally meet up with all the other good guys on the other side.

Rest In Peace."

MFB TANZBAR 2 pic via STROMKULT.


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MFB's Manfred Fricke's first procuct, the Fricke MFB-501 drum machine.

Description via this video:
"This little analog beatbox was developed in 1980 1979 by Manfred Fricke. It was offered at 380 DM. As a low-cost model on the market for analog rhythm generators the small black and white "Switch Box" quickly found a lot of friends, because its configuration could be compared to its expensive far east competitors: 64 patterns and as many fill-ins switchable via micro switches, speed ​​control via potentiometer, 10 analog percussion instruments (activated by means of micro switches), combined mono/stereo outputs (jack), In & Out (5 Vss) and trigger footswitch inputs (jack) for start and fill-in
(retail price for the switch at 16 DM). An external wall power supply provides 12 volts.

Approx. 5000 units of the MFB-501 had been sold. Not so bad for a one-man company. So this drum machine is one of the top-selling devices in the history of the Berlin engineer offices M. Fricke . If you're lucky, this iconic device can still be found on the relevant internet sales platforms.

Today, maintenance of this tiny noise machine is still easily feasible, because Fricke employed only commercially available components. Therefore, 'presumedly dead 501's' can be reanimated without major problems."

MFB 601 Vintage Digital Sequencer, Teardown, Repair and partial analysis


Published on Feb 2, 2015 FPV Electronics

Note this video is FPV Electronics of course, and not Manfred Fricke.
"This device is exclusively built from 7400 and 4000 series basic logic ICs. Making it must have been so much more difficult than just programming a generic µController as we would do today."

Timeline via http://mfberlin.de/en/about-us/:

1976: MFB was founded by engineer Manfred Fricke. So far there were more than some hundred products constructed and distributed. The first developments and products were primarly video games for industrial playmachines.

1979: A lowcost drummachine was introduced in 1979. (98 DM for the self construction kit). The legendary drumcomputer MFB-501 was finished and sold. Although it was not the most prominent drumcomputer of that time it surely was one of the best selling drum units in Germany. Some shops sold ten times more MFB-501s than Roland TR-808s. More products for the musician followed, such as the Digital-Sequencer MFB-601 and the digital drum machine MFB-512. All of these featured rich products were offered at exceptional low prices.

1984: The E-Drum module series 1000 and 2000 followed with corresponding pads.

1986: A new construction period started in 1986 with product launches of the MIDI-CV converter MFB-201 and the MIDI drummer MFB-SYNTH was finished in 1997, although its development dates back to the eighties. The machine never went into production since 2001, the year of the company´s 25th anniversary because of decreased interest in analogue synthesizer technology especially in the sales channels.

From 1986 Manfred Fricke specialized in products for video applications. Alone 20 different framegrabbers for the Apple II, C-64 und IBM compatible PCs were constructed. A very high percentage of these framegrabbers were and are still in use for special industrial purposes. Custom development is still done here, so these specialized tools are not available for other customers.

1994: MFB introduced the world´s first videomixer below 1.000 DM, the MFB-901. Its successor MFB-902 was available in 1995. Another important development in the video section was the model MFB-912, a digital video memory. This 1998 product was highly acclaimed by the press.

1999: The successor MFB-915 added sound and higher picture resolution. It´s available since October 1999. Another successor is the model MFB-920 with an integrated harddrive offering better options for nonlinear cutting and post processing of the recorded material.

2001: During this year, Manfred Fricke also developed another new MIDI drum-module. MFB-KULT, includes most of the famous sounds of the older machines. Both MFB-SYNTH and MFB-KULT are availabale since December 2001. Because of constant requests for the digital sequencer MFB-601 a successor MFB-602. was introduced in May 2002.

2002: Since August 2002 there´s also a little brother of the MFB-SYNTH, the MFB-SYNTH LITE

And of course the MFB DOMINION series and the MFB SYNTH PRO.

There have been 1747 MFB posts on the site prior to this one. MFB has been a mainstay on the site and Manfred Fricke will be greatly missed.

MFB Dominion 1

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MFB Dominion X SED SN 13185

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"MFB small release boutique Dominion X SED (which has the enhanced filter). Three analog VCO plus FM, two LFO and ability to save patches. Full MIDI and CV routing to interact with all of your gear."

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MFB Dominion 1 Mods

Maffez Synthmods

"More info: https://maffez.com/?page_id=459

Demoing a couple of modifications for the Dominion 1 synthesizer, by means of which you can implement some nice pre-filter overdrive and more. Descriptions, pics and more (nicer) sound demos on the webpage linked above.

Live long and mod stuff!"

Also on the page above: "Apart from some technical analyses, this page contains a free sample pack for the new MPC series (X, Live, One), some fixes for a couple of shortcomings (such as clicky envelope outputs), and modifications for filter drive, different types of FFM and more."

Synth Rorschach #74: Mooer E7 Synth Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer Pedal

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Giving this one the Synth Rorschach label for the look of this pedal. It's like a Waldorf Q and MFB Dominion Club had a baby.

This is the first one to be featured on the site. Below is a quick intro video from Mooer.

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MFB Dominion Club

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Lay Down Your Shield by No Man's Island

Behind the scenes: creating the synth riff for Lay Down Your Shield

Published on May 2, 2020 No Man's Island
Update: video above added.

"A small secret about Lay Down Your Shield (released on April 28th) is that it was really already started on in December 2018. Songwriting is a long process 😅 The main riff of the song was created by Rune tweaking some sounds on his MFB Dominion 1 synthesizer, and eventually thought to himself 'hey, this sounds rather cool, doesn't it?'."

New track from supporting member, Rune Flobakk.

"We are not primarily a 'synth band' by any means, but the sound relies heavily on synths. On this song I used both an Alesis Andromeda A6 and an Oberheim Matrix-12. The arpeggiator riff in the verses is played on the Andromeda, and I use the Matrix-12 for chords in the refrain and bridge. The song is available on Spotify and most other streaming services"

You can find the release at the following links:

Spotify

Bandcamp

Apple Music

Hawkeye - Fractal Floater (midiphy LoopA and the six synths)

Published on Apr 18, 2020 Hawkeye

"Back in time, when we were surfing the skies...


Made with six polyphonic tracks on the midiphy LoopA.

Synths used in the order of appearance:
1) Pad: Alesis Andromeda

2) Bassline: MFB Dominion I through DIY Polivoks

3) Lead: Waldorf Microwave 1

4) Drums: E-MU 6400 Ultra

5) Lead: Erica Synths Fusion VCO & Polivoks filter
6) Drums: Vermona DRM1


FX: Strymon Timeline and Big Sky, dbx 1066 compressor on drum bus - directly recorded with a Tascam WAV recorder, no DAW used.

The video footage is back from 2015 and was found on some old harddisk :).

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for watching and listening!
Hawkeye / Maelstroem Records"

MFB Dominion 1 Review & Tutorial by Dave Mech

Published on Feb 16, 2020 Dave Mech

This one is in via MATRIXSYNTH reader, Dustin.

"Great 2 hour overview of this incredible sounding and feature-packed classic instrument by MFB of Berlin."

Playlist:

1. EPIC Oscillators || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #1

@1:30 Basic waveforms
@8:00 More than one thick OSC together
@10:43 FM
@12:59 OSC Modulation

2. MAGICAL Filter || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #2

3. MAJESTIC Mod Sources || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #3

@0:09 LFO's
@8:27 Aftertouch
@12:34 Glide

4. ADMIRABLE Arp + Velocity mods || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #4

@0:09 Paraphnic articulation
@5:04 The Arpeggiator + Velocity mod
@9:32 Let's add FX and jam
@15:33 Final thoughs