moog taurus

[Advokaat]

come da titolo, che mi dite di questo inusuale quanto affascinante strumento? qualcuno qui ne è proprietario, lo ha mai usato o ha intenzione di prenderlo?

[Support Synthonia]

Quale miglior video per parlarne se non uno di RETROSOUND

[Advokaat]

comunque scusa ma ti devo bacchettare non è possibile che finora non ci fosse un topic su mitico taurus!

[Support Synthonia]

Ne abbiamo parlato forse ma non in modo esaustivo, comunque vorrei capire se è realmetne un Synth ANALOGICO o no

[valeciara]

Ma è stupendo...giuro che se lo trovo e costa poco me lo compro...mi sarebbe utilissimo...ultimamente devo districarmi live e in sala prove tra mille parti da suonare e questo mi risolverebbe un bel problema..

[carlitos]

Ma è stupendo...giuro che se lo trovo e costa poco me lo compro...mi sarebbe utilissimo...ultimamente devo districarmi live e in sala prove tra mille parti da suonare e questo mi risolverebbe un bel problema..

E' un Moog, non può costare poco XD costa poco meno di un Voyager, tipo 2300 €

[Advokaat]

The Moog Taurus bass pedal keyboard is a foot-operated analog synthesizer created and manufactured by Moog Music from 1976 to 1981. Commonly called the Taurus I, it has a 13-note organ-style pedal board similar to the pedal keyboard of a spinet organ.

The Taurus was intended to be part of a larger organ-like synthesizer nicknamed the Constellation that would have also included two keyboards. In time, the upper keyboards were produced: the Polymoog and the Multimoog. The Taurus I was housed in a rugged casing, and it had a five-octave range and came with three preset sounds and one user-programmable "patch" (sound), all of which are controllable using foot switches. The three presets were named Tuba, Bass, and Taurus.

Its successor the Taurus II, was produced from 1981 to 1983. The Taurus II had more pedals, a black casing, a modulation wheel and a pitch bend wheel. The control panel on the Taurus II was raised to waist height on a central shaft, to facilitate onstage modifications of the settings.

The Taurus II also has a "low note priority" circuit. In the event that the player depresses two notes, the priority circuit will only sound the lowest pitched note. Often the original bakelite pedals need to be replaced with wood pedals, because the bakelite tends to become brittle after several decades of use.

Taurus pedals were used by a range of rock, metal, and fusion performers, including Cold Chisel and Michael Jackson on Stacy Lattisaw's 1980 song "You Don't Love Me Anymore", Ritchie Blackmore, Pink Floyd, Electric Light Orchestra, Yngwie Malmsteen, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson from Rush, Styx, U2, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Jon Anderson and Chris Squire from Yes, Sting and Andy Summers of The Police, and Mike Rutherford & Daryl Stuermer of Genesis, and Francis Buchholz of the Scorpions, and Justin Harris of Menomena.

Ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett had a set mounted waist high which his brother, John Hackett, used to play with his hands for the intro of Clocks - The Angel Of Mons from the album Spectral Mornings. Adam Jones of Tool uses the Moog Taurus along with an Access Virus B synth to trigger live effects.

Moog Music has announced on its website it will produce one thousand Taurus I pedals for a November 2009 target delivery. The company has stated it will faithfully reproduce the sound as in the original pedal, and, in addition, preliminary specifications state it will have MIDI and more sound banks. Although down payment preorders are being accepted until February 2009, with a discount to the first 250 buyers, the company has stated they will refund all pre orders if they decide not to continue with production. UPDATE June 3 2009: The reissue is officially badged the "Taurus III" and production is guaranteed to occur. Delivery is still planned for late 2009.

[mooger]

Certo che e' analogico! Ci sara' una riedizione by moog,un po come il voyager col minimoog!

[GreggTedde]

Ed ecco qui la riedizione

http://www.moogmusic.com/taurus/?sectio ... t_id=21299

Inutile dire che il design ricorda parecchio il LP!