Author Topic: Bass Pedals (Read 575 times)

inthelows · « **Reply #15 on:** November 03, 2006, 08:54:42 AM »

Here is a new listing better late than never!
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MOOG-TAURUS-I-BASS-PEDAL-PEDALS-1_W0QQitemZ200043362064QQihZ010QQcategoryZ308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
NLP

dwmark · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2006, 12:22:56 PM »

Thanks. There were two on earlier in the week and I got the second of them.

Which was ONE of the reasons that the Koa Series you alerted us to is not in the cards right now.

dw

hieronymous · « **Reply #17 on:** November 19, 2006, 04:34:52 PM »

I know this is a slightly older thread, but thought I'd relate my experience.

I had a Moog Rogue keyboard for a while, and wanted to get bass pedals for it. I even recorded something, but without the bass pedals - I'm hitting notes on the keyboard in between playing the guitar:

taurus VI

But the scaling on the Rogue was off, so I sold it. Instead, I picked up the new Moog Little Phatty and a set of the Roland PK-5 MIDI pedals. Here's something I threw together using the first preset in the Little Phatty, called Thank You Bob:

little taurus

A Moog maniac wouldn't mistake it for a Taurus I, but I'm satisfied - it's fun to mess around with the sounds in the Little Phatty. The only thing I would like at this point is more range in the foot pedals! I guess Fatar or something like that used to make them, but they've gone out of production. Oh well, the PK-5 takes up plenty of space as it is...

bassfingers · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2007, 05:10:53 AM »

Belated thanks to hieronymous for the great mp3's.My kinda synth bass.

My reason for reviving this thread is to tell you about a download-able VST I came across.Go to the following link;

http://antti.smartelectronix.com/

Second item down is the Taurus Beta 4.Amazingly,given the accuracy of the sounds,this is a free download.

I downloaded this VST into the Fruity Loops programme on my pc at work-(I manage a small guitar shop so I can get away with calling it research!!).The audio out is linked into a mid size P.A. which is great for listening to gear demo mp3's etc and is perfect for this.You can audition the sounds with the mouse or,as we've done,hook up a midi keyboard and 'Shazam!'.

Once up and running,the GUI is manipulated via mouse,keyboard or you can use the excellent presets.Hopefully a pic of the GUI appears below somewhere.

Dearly Beloved,to these ears this thing sounds as close to the original as the original.I urge anyone interested to check them out,and if you download and use them,follow the Paypal donation link and send the creator a thank you.The GUI pic is below (hopefully).

Best Wishes,

Simon.

hieronymous · « **Reply #19 on:** February 20, 2007, 11:39:33 AM »

Some more bass pedal madness! Been experimenting. I guess this first one can be viewed as another installment in the series:

taurus VIII

The bass is a Rickenbacker 4008 8-string. Drums are by Greg DeGuglielmo. And I'll be honest - I recorded the bass pedals first by themselves, then recorded the bass part. Playing simultaneously is hard!

This next one, though, was more live:

the 3rd oscillator

This one is Gibson Melody Maker bass through Z Vex Woolly Mammoth and is then being processed through the Moog Little Phatty. In this case, the bass had to be played simultaneously with the bass pedals, because the bass signal is interacting with the signal that the Little Phatty is producing. In the first track, the fliter is being controlled by a regular sample-and-hold; the second track the filter is being controlled by a smoothed out S&H - no hands or feet left to manipulate the filter!

adriaan · « **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2007, 12:28:28 PM »

Nice tracks there, hieronymous. Do I hear the odd Kraftwerk riff here and there?

hieronymous · « **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2007, 01:58:16 PM »

Do I hear the odd Kraftwerk riff here and there?

lol - probably! I listened to them pretty heavily for a while. If it's there, it's not intentional.

Oh, and I meant to say to bassfingers - how cool is it that you can play with this stuff (legitimately) at work?!!!

bassfingers · « **Reply #22 on:** February 25, 2007, 01:55:52 PM »

Great tracks hieronymous.Taurus pedals and Rickenbackers -Mmmm-mmm!.I guess I'm giving away one of my all time bass god influences there.

And yes,so cool to have access to these sounds.Unless some unknown relative bequeathes a set,this is probably the nearest I'll ever get to the mighty Mk1 Taurus.Thanks for posting your tracks,always good to hear them,and as they say across the English Channel (when they're not busy saying Non!)

Encore!Encore!

Best Wishes,

Simon.

(Message edited by bassfingers on February 25, 2007)