bass pedals

Saturday Synth Porn: Here are a few more shots, via Sweetwater, of the new Moog Taurus III bass pedals.

Moog Music has announced that it’s bringing back a limited edition run of the Moog Taurus Bass Pedal.

These have been used on thousands of classic recordings, especially prog-rock of the 70’s. 

According to Moog, the most important aspect of the design is to reproduce the original Taurus I sound-engine as faithfully as possible. I’ve included Retrosound’s video of the original Moog Taurus bass pedals above. 

Features:

• 100% Analog Sound Engine based entirely on original TAURUS I circuits
• “Taurus I” style (one and half octaves on the floor)
• 2 VCO Oscillators, ADS Contour Generator, 1 VCF Filter, Output VCA
• PRESETS: 16 Banks x 4 presets = 48 Total Programmable Bass Sounds
• BANK 0 will contains the Original Taurus I Presets: VAR, TAURUS, TUBA, BASS
• MIDI: DIN and USB, Merging and Routing
• ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI Sync, TAP TEMPO, Internal
• CV Inputs: VOLUME, FILTER, PITCH, GATE

This is another trip down memory lane for Moog – but it’s still a very cool announcement. 

The price is $1999, $1695 for the first 250 buyers. 

This is sure to be a new analog classic. Let me know if you think you might drop the cash on the new Taurus bass pedals! Read more…