Users Manual available!

Its finally available.

Thanks Moog.

And a well-written manual it is! I only wish they had included a list of the factory preset names & locations - it would save users time scrolling through banks to find their favorite presets, at least until we memorize them. Thanks Moog, now I have something to keep my mind busy for the next few days until my Taurus arrive!

You folks are fast. I was just getting ready to make a post letting you know that it’s up there.

Preset list will be up soon.

Happy reading!

Chris

Did a Brit slip in halfway through the manual write? “Analogue” appears a couple of times. Not that i’m complaining, that’s the real way of spelling it of course :laughing:.

I told you these guys were HUNGRY!

The preset list is up now too!

I love the footnote on the last page (and there’s truth to it!) :smiley:

CAUTION: Be careful.. Speaker damage, structural damage to buildings, or personal injury are
all possible using the Taurus 3 Bass Synthesizer at high volumes. With some amplification
systems, Taurus 3 sounds may cause loose objects to rattle, move across the floor or fall down.
Moog Music Inc. is not responsible for any consequential damage or injury associated with using
the Taurus 3 Bass Synthesizer.

My favorite part so far…

pg. 17:

Preset “GEDDY LEE” “Cutoff: 2112”

-Mike W. from NJ

My favorite bit: “For best results, use amplification that can
produce 20Hz.”

Mark

Thanks for the kind words on the manual! :smiley:

The reason that the factory presets aren’t listed in the manual is that they were still being compiled when the deadline arrived to send the manual off to the printers. The original plan was to include the factory presets on the last page, but time limits dictated otherwise.

  • Greg

That’s one… :wink:

  • Greg

Greg,

I read through the manual and I think ou did a thorough job!

I just have a few questions.

I don’t know the first thing about Midi, as ive never used it before.

The Phatty Pitch output is the way to externalize the Arpeggiator, right?

With this in mind, is there a Midi CC for the T3 that would serve this function?


What Id like to do for my primary usage of the T3 is to have it be voice 1 Midi’d to the Voyager.


Eric

Page 10,

G1*RAM BASS
B-FREQ: 1934


The year Bob was born.

Page 26,

H4 FILTER Bass
CUTOFFF: 1969


The year the low-pass filter patent was issued to Bob.

Cool! Interesting notes from the manual:

  1. The control range is 12-bit (0-4095), which is like the Voyager, but all bits are displayed.

  2. While the pass-thru and snap modes make sense for finite controllers like the footwheels, the endless encoder will always be in track mode. I might be wrong on this one.

  3. The pitch CV accepts 0-5V at 1 V/oct., so there’s an expo converter on this input (the oscillators being exponentially scaled).

  4. MIDI note range is limited to 0-60, to prevent excessive voltage damaging the oscillator circuitry.

  5. The wheel lights can flash in time with the LFO!

  6. Polyphonic playing with another Moog is possible (p40)

  7. Although the pedals transmit velocity (which can be conveniently quantized), there is no way to utilise this controller on the pedals themselves



    I didn’t actually get billed for the pedals until late January last year, so I’m probably going to be down the queue a little bit (despite ordering the day they came out!). But I look forward to you guys having a good play/demo and moreso to getting a hold of my own set! :smiling_imp:

This is by far the best feature :smiley:.



That would be just insane. I’m going to try and get all the London T3 owners together to demolish a local derelict block of flats.

Greg, you are welcome. I think a lot of folks take user manuals for granted. A well-written one, like the Taurus & Phatty manuals that you wrote, add to the enjoyment and usability of an instrument, while a poorly -written manual can lead to cursing & pulling your hair out. Good job, & thank you Greg, your efforts and hard work are much appreciated.

Haha awesome! I’d say my set will be pretty lonely in the New Country*

I think I’m gonna hook up to 2x Fender BXR200s, 1x Fender BXR300 and my dbTech Sub, and see how long it takes for Noise Control to come :stuck_out_tongue:



Ditto on the manual; great job Greg!






*New Zealand was once a British Colony

I like preset B1: Volcano Dance

" better start doing right !!! "

Just thought of it for new code (2.3?) . Listening Amos? I know you have plenty of time for countless user requests.

Here’s one:

Have a ‘split’ mode in the Phatty that allows a split such that keys from ‘middle C’ on the Phatty on down get sent out Midi to Taurus and the other keys (C# up) play internal OSCs.

Regardless of what Octave the Phatty is in, the lower key register should map to an assigned Taurs octave. (or something like that)

That would be killer. Sure it can be done with Mapping software in my Mac, but I’d love to have this be a straight wire solution.

That would be Phat^2

-Mike W. from NJ