From gstopp@fibermux.comMon Jun 26 15:04:00 1995
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 95 14:42:31 PST
From: gstopp@fibermux.com
To: analogue@hyperreal.com
Subject: Re[2]: taurus pedals


     The Taurus I has two big foot operated sliders (filter cutoff and 
     volume) and seven big foot operated momentary buttons with latched 
     LEDs, which are:
     
     OCTAVE - up one octave when lit
     DECAY  - release portion of EG's enabled when lit
     GLIDE  - portamento enabled when lit
     
     TAURUS     - classic moog pedal sound (a la Genesis)
     BASS       - fast decay filter sweep
     TUBA       - one VCO only
     VARIABLE   - user-created patch using the controls which are located
                  behind a little door in the top
     
     And of course thirteen pedal notes, C to C. Much boomier than the 
     wimpy Taurus II's. It's true that Steve Hackett's brother John put 
     them up on a stand and played them with his fists (his parts were too 
     hard for feet anyway). Made famous by Genesis - Trick of the Tail tour 
     1976, making the people in the audience look like the guy in the 
     Maxell ads (hair blown back). Best player I've seen - Jon Camp of 
     Renaissance, who should have fallen over the way he was playing.
     
     Ironically my unit was smooshed in the '94 Northridge earthquake. I 
     hammered out the shell but there's still a +12v short somewhere (trace 
     cuttin' time, when I get around to it).


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     >The Taurus I has foot-sliders for filter cutoff and I think volume as 
     >well. And there's also an octave range switch methinks (going from 
     >memory).