Ok, i see this forum diverges a bit from strictly Taurus stuff so ill throw this out…im the only one I know of that has ‘sucessfully’ installed a Synhouse MIDIJACK II in my Taurus I pedals. I was wondering if anyone else out there has had any luck with it.
It works OK for the most part, however, the only issue I have is that there seems to be some weird occasional tuning drift when MIDI’ing into the Taurus I’s with the MIDIJACK II. When it is bypassed, the Taurus plays in tune with the pedal keyboard.
Ironically, the claim of the MIDIJACK is that it makes the old analogs play better in tune. FYI I installed the other model in my Mini D, and that claim seems to be valid for that one.
Its a longshot, but if anyone else out there has any experience with this type of install let me know.
I have both the T1 and a Midijack II but I haven’t integrated the two as of yet..
here is an explanation of my project…I purchased a Moog Taurus 1 mainboard on e-bay…it was mostly complete except for some missing variable sliders, op-amps and some broken components and traces which I have replaced/ repaired. I took the Power Supply PCB layout from the T1 manual and built from scratch the power supply PCB, which is working very well. I purchased the preset buttons and a generic chassis that I will be punching for the preset buttons and PCB. My end result will be a table top Taurus 1 with a MIDI to CV converter from Synhouse for the V/Hz and trigger to the Taurus I Mainboard via MIDI. Soon I will be connecting power to the mainboard and troubleshooting and aligning the T1 board to spec. I have purchased the original variables bezel/door and Loudness and Filter Pedals from Modusonics that will make everything complete and looking nice!
I was planning to connect the Synhouse V/Hz control by breaking the line to the glide pot and the Synhouse Trigger to the S-Trigger Input Port on P4-7 of the T1 accessory connector.
If you have some details about how you connected everything it would help me out immensely!!
Kenton had a better MIDI retrofit for the Taurus I, but they quit making them years ago.
I’m not fond of ANY MIDI retrofit that shoehorns the CV input, you get worse drift problems than the original analog synth!!! The Kenton kit was superior because they shoehorned the key contacts but they won’t reissue it.
That’s where the new Moog Taurus IIIs fill in the gap…
can you please explain what you mean by shoehorning the CV input? Youre exactly right, it seems like a major drift problem on mine. Do you have any idea how to convert it to make it more like the Kenton, i.e. “shoehorning” the key contacts as you say?
“shoehorning” the CV input means the MIDI retrofit either interrupts or sums with the key CV input to the oscillators. The problem is getting the v/hz scaling to match.
When Kenton had their kit, they shorted the key contacts instead of shoehorning the CV input. It is more reliable and it eliminates the drift problem.
The Lintronics MIDI retrofit for the minimoog used the same approach and is very reliable.
Unfortunately one cannot be converted to the other, they are totally different designs.
