Comments on: Moog Taurus Bass Pedal

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:53:30 +0000

Voice Crystals' makes the Legacy CD-ROM. They got the Tuba and Bass presets accurate of the Taurus 1, but they flubbed the main Taurus preset. Having said that, it's not a total waste of a CD to have in one's sampler library. The OB-Xa, ARP 2600, modular Moogs' and Juno-106 are almost better than the original machines. Goose-bumps' appear on your arms when you hear them through headphones.

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:26:01 +0000

Thanks for the tip mike, I'll check out the Legacy CD-ROM, I know exactly what you mean on the lack of a good sample of this beast. Oh, don't forget Metallica 's motherfucking Orion! That shit is mean.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:34:11 +0000

The second thing I want to say is: 2000 bucks huh…. umm… yeh. I'm going to wait until Moog adopts the business plan that the Japanese' employed to put Moog' out of business the first time' back in the 80's. Flood the American synth market with musically-inspiring synths' (i.e. Roland JX-3P/Yamaha DX-7) and charge 1000 dollars less. Bye-bye' Memorymoog… you sure looked cool with all those knobs and switches, but musically… you-be-overpriced for whatchu do friend.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:33:02 +0000

As a former owner of these that paid 550.00 back in 1982 to purchase them, I'd like to say two things. First, thank you Retrosound/Moog for reissuing these things. It's truly absent-minded that all the sample libraries in the world have NEVER reproduced the (main) sound of these correctly. When they all try to'… they sample every sound that Taurus Pedals could possibly generate' from the variable preset button (far left button on the Taurus) and astonishingly.. forget to sample the button right next to it' called : (brace-yourself…) TAURUS. Yes… you heard me right. The most recognizable preset on the original Taurus 1' used on Rush's La Villa Strangiato' and Genesis's Dance on a Volcano' and Squonk' is always forgotten' when major sampler companies do vintage synth libraries containing Moog Taurus samples. The Legacy CD-ROM came the closest' to reproducing it, but only sampled the first 1 second' of the true' Taurus sound – the rest of the sample went immediately into a one oscillator fade out decay. Unbelievably-reckless' in a day and age of Gigabyte-sized sample loading.

By: Wolf

Wolf — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:57:16 +0000

It’s about freaking time, Moog!!! I’ve been waiting years for this to happen. While I’m quite happy using my Roland PK-5 midi pedals, I simply must own one of these… I’m pre-ordering a set Monday!

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:24:27 +0000

The features and price of this product are extremely ridiculous for 2009!!! Its ok if you are a collector though…