Moog Taurus II
The Taurus is an interesting synth, it's a pedal synthesizer with essentially the same synth engine as the Rogue. A very basic synth with only sawtooth or square waveforms. But these waveforms go low and their bass sounds are great. The pedal controller outputs cv/gate so it can be used to control other synths as well. The synth section has an external source input for the filter, and there are portamento, pitch and mod wheels too! Not at all a bad synth, and it is a very unique addition to any studio. But can you play with your feet?
- Demos & Media
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Video 1 - MOOG Taurus II With MIDI
- Specifications
- Polyphony - Monophonic
- Oscillators - 2 VCO's (square & sawtooth waveforms)
- Memory - None
- Filter - 1 24dB/oct lowpass w/ cutoff, key tracking
- VCA - Attack + Decay or Sustain
- Keyboard - 18 note pedal-board
- Arpeg/Seq - None
- Control - CV / GATE
- Date Produced - 1981-83
- Websites of Interest
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Moog Archives - Rare documents, photographs, and memorabilia
The Police Archive - Has photo's of Andy Summers' (from the Police) Taurus.
- Resources & Credits
Images from Perfect Circuit Audio.
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I play guitar, limited synth experience.
I've found a T2 locally, pedals only, for $100.00.
I should immediately buy them, right?
The idea is to use the T2 with the Minitaur
The seller says he's not sure if they work, and has no way to test them.
But he does have a Prodigy and Micromoog.
Will either of those devices connect to the T2 for testing purposes?
Cheers,.................
I would not recommend them however for anyone unless your expectations or desires are to go beyond the T-I's presets...too much work but a blast once you master it.
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A Mrk1 is essentially a Minimoog circuit but with a slightly fatter filter, similar to an early R.A mini... and a Mrk2 pratically identical to a Rogue circuit but with only 2 waveforms. The only thing they have in common is both being called a "Tauras" really.