I talked on the pone with Mike Bucki yesterday from Modusonics (the guy who NO LONGER builds the NOS Moog Modulars) and he told me that he had a rackmount version of the Taurus 1. I wondered about how it was controlled and asked him if it was the same Hz/V sound engine and he said they were both.
It responded to Hz/v AND Volts per Octave and a keyboard controller.
I believe that he said that it had an 8 octave range.
WOW. I told him he needed to post some pictures of that.
That is almost how Id rather have my taurus pedals.
EDIT: NOONE HAS REALLY HEARD FROM HIM SINCE THIS TIME AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF CUSTOMERS OF HIS NEVER RECEIVING THEIR EQUIPMENT BACK.
That’ll be the Taurus 3: Rack Mount Edition. Available next fall. [/joke]
I think I’d agree with you there though. Pedals on the floor, synth out of danger in a rack case and in easy tweaking position. 1 or 1.5 octaves: you choose.
According to Kevin, there is no way it would have an 8 octave range due to the volts necessary to get it that high. He pretty much said it would fry the chips.
It was difficult to hear mike on the phone though and he WAS comparing them to the 901s. I might have mistaken which osc he was talking about when he said 8 octave range.
Isn’t that just a standard piano thing? Like when they break down the keyboard to one octave isn’t that where they start? Like the images of keyboards always start there?
Maybe because C has no sharps or flats?
I see what you are saying though, from a performers standpoint yeah it would be easier. I guess C is some kind of reference point.
I used to own a Micromoog whose keyboard went to low F. It was primarily a LH bass synth for me. Having tired of its short 32 note keyboard, I converted it to low E by transplanting the high C key. Much more useful.
