Moog Music Taurus 3 Bass Pedals - Manual (Page 2)

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T3 User’s Manual - The Basics
Foreword
Every instrument has a story…
The Taurus 3 story starts for me at the 2006 NAMM show just months after Bob Moog’s passing, when we were secretly showing Little
Phatty prototypes to a select few. This was my first NAMM show and I was a newcomer to the world of electronic musical instruments.
The first day, I stood leaning against the wall across from our booth, watching a blank poster with a picture of Bob quickly fill up with
adoring messages and tributes to someone who had touched so many lives. It was an incredibly moving experience and quite a surreal
way to take in the responsibility that had been passed on to us. Many, after writing a goodbye note to Bob on the poster, told me about
“the time I met Bob” or how Bob’s instruments had changed their lives.
Invariably, the question followed, “When are you guys going to make another Taurus?”
At the time I didn’t have an answer but this became a much-debated question among folks at Moog Music as the requests continued.
Should we release the Taurus again? What exactly would it be? Would people really want to buy it? And most importantly: What
made the Taurus 1 such a coveted instrument?
Over the last few years we have repeatedly asked these questions until Mike Adams proposed last year that we put this to our
customers. It was a simple proposal and one that I think truly reflects on the vital relationship between you, our customers, and us here
at Moog Music. The proposal was that if enough of you committed in advance to purchase a new Moog Taurus, we would begin the
task of designing such an instrument.
Personally, I was skeptical about how many people really wanted a Taurus but I’m used to being wrong about these things! The response
was overwhelming and the excitement the announcement generated was incredible. Thus, the genesis of the Taurus 3 began...
Last week, I sat in the control room of the beautiful Echo Mountain Recording Studio in Asheville with my partners Steve Dunnington
and Amos Gaynes and Taurus aficionado Michael Caloroso. We listened critically to Michael’s Taurus 1 and our Taurus 3, making sure the
T3 shared every detail and nuance of the original.
The results are stunning. The Taurus 3 not only captures the original sounds of the Taurus 1 in full, but instantly expands upon its
capabilities and offers many new dimensions to its sonic palette including LFOs, external CVs, and transposable arpeggiators. We are
extremely proud and excited for you to begin making music with this instrument!
As we prepare to ship the first Taurus 3 pedals, this is really only the very beginning of the story. We are waiting for you to continue it…
Thank you to all the early adopters who made the commitment to us at Moog to go forward with this project. Your faith in us allowed
us to create this instrument, and your enthusiasm, comments, suggestions and discussions were all essential to its successful development.
We consider ourselves to be the luckiest company in the world to be blessed with you all.
Thank you to our industrial design partners Axel Hartmann and Klaus Weber, who kindly discarded my hand-drawn sketches and crafted
the beautiful and functional design that we have built. The hard work and heart they put into the Taurus 3 design are deeply appreciated
and immediately recognizable.
Thank you to our terrific engineering team, Steve Dunnington, Amos Gaynes, Rick Shaich, Eric Church and David Rankin, a supportive
and inspired group of colleagues whose contributions are immeasurable. Thanks to all of you for getting us through the struggles of
birthing this instrument.
Thanks to Greg Kist for his dedication and attention to detail in creating this fine manual you are about to read.
Thanks to Michael Caloroso who drove to Asheville from upstate New York in winter weather to listen with a critical ear to our
prototypes and confirm that we “got it right”.
Finally, a heartfelt thank you to our fearless leader Mike Adams who continually rides the helm of our little factory here in Asheville with
integrity, heart, and dedication to Bob Moog’s values and legacy.
Our job is to provide you with tools that you fall in love with, tools that have an inexhaustible vocabulary and work to expand our sonic
universe.
The Taurus 3 fits the bill. We hope you enjoy it immensely and look forward to hearing from you.
Cyril Lance
Chief Technical Alchemist