Rackmountable Taurus 1

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:45 am

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.

Eric

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:02 am

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.

Hmmm

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:00 am

Yeah, that sounds awesome!

peterkadar · Post by **peterkadar** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:12 pm

wow, that IS pretty cool!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:23 am

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.

Eric

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:19 am

i would love to see the new T3's make it into a rackmount. i'd bet a few BassStation users might convert.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:10 am

Wouldn't be nearly as sexy though in a rack.

MarkM · Post by **MarkM** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:06 pm

Wouldn't it be difficult to get your feet on the pedals if they are in a rack. . . .

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:52 pm

MarkM wrote:Wouldn't it be difficult to get your feet on the pedals if they are in a rack. . . .

goldphinga · Post by **goldphinga** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:10 am

why do all these pedal boards start on C? They would be much better E to E or E to G imo.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:28 am

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.

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:44 pm

goldphinga wrote:why do all these pedal boards start on C? They would be much better E to E or E to G imo.

This would make more sense for guitarists/bassists who use EAGDB chords most often (in a purely generalised sense).

There's always transpose

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:19 pm

Personally as i use baritone tuning often a low B would have been nice. You can't please all the people all the time i guess.

MC · Post by MC » Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:27 pm

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.