Moog Music Taurus 3 Bass Pedals - Manual (Page 5)

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Taurus 3 User’s Manual - The Basics
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T3 User’s Manual - The Basics
The Taurus 3 (‘T3’) is a monophonic analog bass synthesizer that is an updated version of the classic Taurus
1 synthesizer. The T3 features 2 ultra-stable oscillators, a genuine Moog 24dB/Octave low pass filter, two
envelope generators and a Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO). The T3 front panel offers edit controls for real-time
adjustment of the Modulation, Oscillator, Filter, Envelope Generator and Arpeggiator parameters, plus dedicated
controls for Octave Switching, Glide, Transposition and Volume. The User Interface section on the far left side
has controls for the selection and management of Presets, the adjustment of global parameters, and access to
System Exclusive MIDI functions and utilities. The T3 features 52 factory Presets; four are fixed in memory and
48 are user-programmable.
Here’s a brief description of the front panel.
Front Panel:
1. The Volume Footwheel - Adjusts the output volume of the T3.
2. The LCD display and User Interface - Provides controls to access, edit and store Presets, perform
global operations, and access System Exclusive MIDI functions.
3. The ‘Select Level’ button - Toggles between Upper and Lower panel functions for editing Presets.
‘Upper’ selects the Oscillator & Filter functions (indicated by RED LEDs), while ‘Lower’ selects the LFO &
Arpeggiator functions (indicted by AMBER LEDs).
4. The Oscillator/LFO section - The Oscillator section provides controls to adjust the frequency of
Oscillator B (coarse and fine tuning), select the Octave of both oscillators, adjust the Oscillator Mix and
Glide rate, and set the Volume Envelope Generator parameters. The LFO section provides controls to
select the LFO Wave, Rate, Amount (Oscillators and Filter), and LFO sync.
5. The Filter/Arpeggiator section - The Filter section provides controls for adjusting Cutoff Frequency
and Resonance, Envelope Amount, and Filter Envelope parameters. The Arpeggiator section provides
controls to select the Order, Pattern, and Octave of the arpeggiator, as well as select the Arp ON/OFF
and Latch ON/OFF conditions.
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