"Octave Split" Feature Request

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"Octave Split" Feature Request

Post by _DemonDan_ » Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:11 pm

Hi Gang,

Although I do not currently own a Taurus, it is a condition of my sickness
that I find myself dreaming up feature requests for it anyway ;-)

When I looked at a picture of the 13 pedals my first thought was,
"What if I wanted to alternate between an E and an A a perfect fifth below it?"

I suppose it's possible via fancy tap dancing on the Transpose parameter...

Or, you could possibly transpose to a new key and make the pedal corrections in your head...

But what if you had a setting (per patch) called "Octave Split" that allowed
you to make the pedals drop one octave when you played above a designated pedal?

For example, say you set the "Octave Split" to "A". Then, as you walked up the pedal board,
you would suddenly drop down one octave for A, A#, B, and C. (Yes, I realize that both Cs
would then play at the same octave.)

Since it would be something you could enable or not per patch, it would only be used for songs
that need the higher pedals to be in a lower octave than the lower pedals. You'd also get to
save the split point for each preset that had Octave Split enabled.

Some of you may wonder, "Why would I want this?" But imagine a song that needs a D, then
a B below it, then a G below that, and finally an A. Let's say that, for voice leading reasons, it's
important that the B, G and A are *not* higher in pitch than the D.

By setting the "Octave Split" parameter to E (or, F, or F#, or G) this would be as easy as
just playing the correct pedals.

You could even make it so that incoming CV or MIDI notes would behave normally, even if "Octave Split"
was turned on. In other word, the "Octave Split" could only apply to the actual output of the pedals.

{My apologies if this idea has already been thought of and posted...}
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Post by Mr Arkadin » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:05 pm

i had a similar idea while back when i was drunk. i think you explained it better than i did though.

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Post by _DemonDan_ » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:29 am

Mr Arkadin wrote:i had a similar idea while back when i was drunk.
http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8385
Holy Cow, you certainly did! Don't know how I missed that one.

The 13-pedal issue has bugged me since the late '60s - early '70s when I started taking lessons on my home organ.

Of course, back then, I had no idea there was even such a thing as "feature requests".

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Post by Mr Arkadin » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:58 am

You don't get photos like that anymore. Clasic. Hopefully Amos will get back to us on this. As it's software it could be done which is at least a hope.
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Post by wolf2112 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:53 am

Not a bad idea... I believe the performance of "La Villa Strangiato" (among others) could benefit from such a feature.
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Post by Mr Arkadin » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:08 pm

wolf2112 wrote:I believe the performance of "La Villa Strangiato" (among others) could benefit from such a feature.
i have no idea what that is, but if it helps the cause i'm for it.
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Post by shanef » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:14 pm

wolf2112 wrote:Not a bad idea... I believe the performance of "La Villa Strangiato" (among others) could benefit from such a feature.
Can you be more specific? The original was played live by Rush on Taurus Is without this feature.

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Post by Mr Arkadin » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:31 pm

Oh Rush. Not a fan of their stuff really. My guess is a band that big could have two, each set to a different octave. Also maybe it can be done on one pedal but with lots of switching, this might make it easier? Can't harm to add it.
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Post by factorplayer » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:46 pm

shanef wrote:
wolf2112 wrote:Not a bad idea... I believe the performance of "La Villa Strangiato" (among others) could benefit from such a feature.
Can you be more specific? The original was played live by Rush on Taurus Is without this feature.
when played live they used two Taurus I's, one for Geddy and one for Alex. Could be that Alex' was set an octave higher.

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Post by superd2112 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:56 pm

Usually the other way around - on the dual Taurus songs, Ged normally plays the higher Taurus parts, & Alex plays the low ones.

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Post by wolf2112 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:26 pm

Mr Arkadin wrote:Oh Rush. Not a fan of their stuff really. My guess is a band that big could have two, each set to a different octave. Also maybe it can be done on one pedal but with lots of switching, this might make it easier? Can't harm to add it.
Actually, the late Gary Strater from Starcastle did use two sets of Taurus I's, side by each.
Starcastle, circa 1977 (Hmmm... a jetglo Ric 4001 and Taurus pedals. Wonder who else used those in the mid 1970's...) 8)
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In hindsight, I was going to say that the "La Villa" part I'm thinking of was played on a set of Taurus 2's, which Alex did use, but the 2's didn't arrive on the scene until "Moving Pictures"... yet there's still clearly two "A's" played, one octave apart (not in unison). The sequence of A-D-E-D-A... I believe it's in the "Monsters" and "Monsters (Reprise)" sections?
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Post by shanef » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:02 am

wolf2112 wrote: In hindsight, I was going to say that the "La Villa" part I'm thinking of was played on a set of Taurus 2's, which Alex did use, but the 2's didn't arrive on the scene until "Moving Pictures"... yet there's still clearly two "A's" played, one octave apart (not in unison). The sequence of A-D-E-D-A... I believe it's in the "Monsters" and "Monsters (Reprise)" sections?
That A-D-E-D-A part is in the "Strangiato Theme" section, and it's A DOWN to D-E-D and back UP to A on the Taurus, so no need for octave switching. The fact that the guitar goes UP from A to D-E-D might be misleading.

The "Monsters" section contains the riff from the Bugs Bunny cartoons :).

Also, I have never seen pictures of Taurus 2s on stage with Rush and don't recall ever seeing them mentioned in articles on the band.

Interesting conversation (for me at least) anyway!

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Post by MC » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:24 am

Rush never used Taurus 2s, they stuck with their T1s until the late 90s. Geddy's T1s were modified so he could trigger his Oberhiem for layers. This was before MIDI mind you.

They don't have any of the old stuff, they sold it. They're not hoarders and there isn't an "aladdin's cave" warehouse of Rush gear somewhere on the planet. Before they sold the T1s and Oberheims they sampled all the sounds they use and today they are triggered from MIDI pedals.

If Geddy hoards anything, it is baseball relics. He is a huge baseball fan.

When they did their last CD, their producer was a big fan of classic Rush and insisted that Geddy use his T1s for the new album. Well, Geddy had to go back and borrow them from the party he sold them to!

Would be a trip to see T3s on tour with Rush.
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Post by EMwhite » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:36 am

You mean to say that the Star-man drums that Neil used on Hemispheres and Moving pictures aren't setup in a warehouse somewhere? That's a bummer, glockenspiel, gong, the works... say it isn't so!!!

re: Baseball stuff, Geddy recently donated his entire Negro league baseball collection: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... &fext=.jsp What a guy!

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Post by EricK » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:10 pm

Man, that article was interesting because not only is Lee, NOT a punk rocker, but the article is sort of steeped in stereotypes.

This is not only way off topic but not really appropriate for this forum though.


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