Moog • Taurus I
Inspired by organ pedal boards, Moog released the Taurus Pedal Synthesizer - a monophonic analog bass synthesizer you play with your feet (so you can play other instruments with your hands). It has three Preset sound patches and one User programmable preset. The three preset sounds are Bass, Tuba and Taurus. Most users prefer the User preset which lets them create their own sounds from its simple VCO, VCF and VCA controls.
A section called VARIABLES contains the sliders for its VCO, VCF and VCA sections which will only work when the User preset is selected. It features a simple 2-oscillator design that can be tuned across a 5-octave range. An Octave button lets you shift the pedal keyboard up or down an octave. The oscillators can be slightly detuned. There's also a Glide (portamento) effect and a 24dB/oct lowpass filter with simple controls like Emphasis, Contour Amount/Attack/Decay and Cut-Off. A simple VCA with attack, sustain, decay and loudness controls. Two gigantic foot-sliders flank the sides of the Taurus and they are used to adjust the Filter cut-off and VCA Loudness on the fly using your feet. It has been used by Rush, Yes, Genesis, U2 and the Police.
The first 250 ordered are only $1695!!! I know that sounds like a lot however used prices for the old ones start at minimum of $4000 in most sales.
http://www.moogmusic.com/taurus/?section =product&product_id=21299
Preliminary Specifications
The most important aspect of the design is to reproduce the original TAURUS I sound-engine as faithfully as possible.
• 100% Analog Sound Engine based entirely on original TAURUS I circuits
• "Taurus I" style
• 2 VCO Oscillators, ADS Contour Generator, 1 VCF Filter, Output VCA
• PRESETS: 16 Banks x 4 presets = 48 Total Programmable Bass Sounds
• BANK 0 will contains the Original Taurus I Presets: VAR, TAURUS, TUBA, BASS
• MIDI: DIN and USB, Merging and Routing
• ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI Sync, TAP TEMPO, Internal
• CV Inputs: VOLUME, FILTER, PITCH, GATE