MFB - TT/CO/CL-522

The module TT/CO/CL-522 is composed of three drum voices, in detail a tom, a conga and a clave. The circuits are based on instruments included in the MFB-522, Tanzbär and Tanzbär Lite. For using them in a modular environment, some extras were implemented. Tom and Conga sounds share a synthesis section. It offers four potentiometers to edit tune, attack and decay parameters plus the pitch envelope. Separate trigger inputs allow the user to easily switch between both voices. The clave section comes with tune and decay potentiometers. CV inputs make it possible to modulate almost all parameters.
TT/CO/CL-522 responds dynamically to incoming trigger signals. Besides sequencers and MIDI/CV interfaces, the circuits can also be played using a drum pad, piezo element or dynamic microphone.

The TT/CO/CL-522 module comes equipped with potentiometers and CV inputs for the following parameters:

Tom / Conga: Tune, Pitch, Attack, Decay (Attack doesn’t have a CV input.)
Clave: Pitch, Decay

The dynamic trigger inputs are adjustable in their sensitivity. At completely clockwise position, 0.1 V are sufficient to activate the module’s drum voices.

TT/CO/CL-522 supports the serial data protocol M-Bus. With the help of a suitable MIDI/CV interface or sequencer, M-Bus allows the user to send control commands to compatible modules without any patch cables at the front of the modular system. Several circuits can be daisy-chained via small wires. M-Bus works twelve times faster than average MIDI setups. In detail, the module TT/CO/CL-522 understands note and velocity values as well as CC data.