Bass Pedal (Taurus, Roland, MIDI, etc) Club?

[behndy]

annnnnnnd RESPONDED.

thanks home slice!

[Flux Jetson]

Un -- freekin -- believable bass pedal footwork here ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ut7...eature=related

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[enjoi1018]

Originally Posted by Flux Jetson

Un -- freekin -- believable bass pedal footwork here ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ut7...eature=related

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Shared with all my FaceBook friends. Absolutely astonishing.

[twocargar]

Gadzooks!

I have a hard enough time playing half notes while playing the bass!

Originally Posted by Flux Jetson

Un -- freekin -- believable bass pedal footwork here ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ut7...eature=related

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[Flux Jetson]

She plays bass riffs and lines with just her left foot better than some bass guitar players do with two hands. I've been a fan of hers for a while, her chops are astoundingly good.

It's like she has three brains or something. She just closes her eyes, lets the music envelope her, and her hands and feet take on lives of their own. She's covering the rhythm with her left hand, the bass line with her left foot .... all the while cutting killa chops with her right hand. The drummer and guitar player just go into cruise control and keep up.

You have to remind yourself that there is no ~bass player~ in that band other than her.

[Joeykun]

Originally Posted by Flux Jetson

She plays bass riffs and lines with just her left foot better than some bass guitar players do with two hands. I've been a fan of hers for a while, her chops are astoundingly good.

+1 She is nothing short of amazing!

[Stick_Player]

Barbara Dennerlein in 3D

Grab a pair of these first!

[NOLA Bass]

Hey guys, let me ask a quick question. Do you see any advantages to using a Moog Taurus v3 vs a Roland PK5a with a Moog Minitaur? Obviously, it is one piece of gear vs 2, which can make a difference when setting up/tearing down live. Just thought I'd see what you guys, especially the Taurus v3 owners thought. I know they are discontinued, but lots of folks still have some in stock right now.

[Joeykun]

Originally Posted by NOLA Bass

Hey guys, let me ask a quick question. Do you see any advantages to using a Moog Taurus v3 vs a Roland PK5a with a Moog Minitaur? Obviously, it is one piece of gear vs 2, which can make a difference when setting up/tearing down live. Just thought I'd see what you guys, especially the Taurus v3 owners thought. I know they are discontinued, but lots of folks still have some in stock right now.

The bass and poly feature of the PK5 allows you more options with the synth modules than just the moog pedals alone.

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by NOLA Bass

Hey guys, let me ask a quick question. Do you see any advantages to using a Moog Taurus v3 vs a Roland PK5a with a Moog Minitaur? Obviously, it is one piece of gear vs 2, which can make a difference when setting up/tearing down live. Just thought I'd see what you guys, especially the Taurus v3 owners thought. I know they are discontinued, but lots of folks still have some in stock right now.

Hey, fellow Spector Club member!

I sold my PK-5s after I bought my Taurus 3. The poly mode is worthless (unless you plan on playing Taurus with both feet while standing & playing bass guitar, & good luck with that!), and the Minitaur is mono-only, so moot point anyway. IMHO, the only advantage with the Minitaur is lighter weight & easier to move.

The advantages of the T-3 are;
* Presets, and the ability to write your own, & to switch through them, hands-free, while playing live.
* Volume & assignable controller foot wheels.
* The ability to switch the glide & octave features on & off with your feet.
* Built in arpegiator.

[DeltaPhoenix]

Minitaur has user presets with the Rev 2 update

[voodoobassist]

Guess I'll join in. Picked up an old Korg MPK-130 midi pedal via craigslist for 50 bucks. Running it into a Roland JV-1080 and out to the PA. Current band is a 3 piece, so I'm running a GR-20 on my bass along with the Korg/Roland unit to help fill some space. Only been using it for a couple of weeks now, but between the GR-20 and the JV-1080, it's really helped in fleshing out our sound.

[Joeykun]

Originally Posted by superdick2112

The poly mode is worthless (unless you plan on playing Taurus with both feet while standing & playing bass guitar, & good luck with that!)

I disagree....I control 2 different midi channels using Bass and Poly modes. Not to mention different octaves. Worthless? far from it. The PK5 has alot of great features IF you know how to use them!

[Stick_Player]

Originally Posted by NOLA Bass

Hey guys, let me ask a quick question. Do you see any advantages to using a Moog Taurus v3 vs a Roland PK5a with a Moog Minitaur? Obviously, it is one piece of gear vs 2, which can make a difference when setting up/tearing down live. Just thought I'd see what you guys, especially the Taurus v3 owners thought. I know they are discontinued, but lots of folks still have some in stock right now.

The sound.

I have the Taurus 3.

Not discontinued. A limited run. Originally 1,000 units, but I think they went to 1,500.

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by Joeykun

I disagree....I control 2 different midi channels using Bass and Poly modes. Not to mention different octaves. Worthless? far from it. The PK5 has alot of great features IF you know how to use them!

"Worthless" may have been overstating it a bit... The PK5 is a very well built controller and worked beautifully for me for almost a decade, so I do know them inside & out, but I find the Taurus 3 to be far more versatile, especially for live performances.
After all, the Taurus 3 was specifically designed from the ground up to not only reproduce the sounds of the legendary Taurus Mk-1, but also to be an optimal live performance instrument.
The Minitaur/PK5 combo, while portable & great sounding, lacks many of the foot-controlled features of the T-3. The T-3 has full MIDI too, and is also capable of controlling multiple MIDI channels.
Each setup has it's advantages.
I've played bass pedals for 27 years now, & have owned T-1s, T-2s, PK-5s, Fatars, Multivox and Crumars, and for me, the Taurus 3 is the most versatile pedal synth I've ever owned or played.

[Flux Jetson]

All of this yakkity yak about bass pedals has me itching for my Cygnus kit. I have an Oberheim Cyclone hardware arpeggiator and a full-on modular synth (five VCOs three VCFs, three EGs, ring mod, et al). The two are interfaced together via a Kenton Pro Solo MkII midi-cv interface. The bass pedals (13 note Hammond set from a spinet) will trigger prewritten patterns and key-transposable runs that are stored in the Cyclone. I can use my bass guitar to actually change filter settings, the harder I play the bass the more control voltage is sent to the frequency and resonance controls of the modular while I goofenfiddle with the patterns in the Cyclone via the bass pedals. As well as a truckload of other some-such-stuff. You guys have me slathering over this not-yet-complete-rig-without-the-Cygnus-kit like a rabid dog!

I had the cash all saved up for the Cygnus kit, then this ridiculously great deal on a parametric EQ popped up on ebay (brand new-in-box Presonus EQ3B 3 band fully parametric for less than the Cygnus kit!). So I started over saving up again, then another freakish deal on an Aphex Xciter pedal showed up on ebay (they go for around $199 new, the person that input that item in the ad for the Hugomundo Music Dealer must have accidently hit a zero instead of a nine because the brand new Aphex had a buy-it-now of $109!!!! And are-you-friggin-kiddin-me FREE SHIPPING too!). Well hells bells, can't let THAT one go! So had to start over on saving for the Cygnus again.

Hardest $70 bucks I ever had to conjure up! Hahaha! Any day now ..... and BLAMMO .... I gots me my Cygnus kit! Then all will be analog modular synth bitchen around these here parts.

[NOLA Bass]

Originally Posted by Stick_Player

The sound.

I have the Taurus 3.

Not discontinued. A limited run. Originally 1,000 units, but I think they went to 1,500.

So, you are saying the sound of the Taurus 3 is better than the Minitaur? I have to admit, the Minitaur hasn't been all I hoped for. Now, some of that could be newbie/user error for sure, but if the sounds on the Taurus 3 are better that is a big reason to make the switch.

[NOLA Bass]

Originally Posted by superdick2112

Hey, fellow Spector Club member!

I sold my PK-5s after I bought my Taurus 3. The poly mode is worthless (unless you plan on playing Taurus with both feet while standing & playing bass guitar, & good luck with that!), and the Minitaur is mono-only, so moot point anyway. IMHO, the only advantage with the Minitaur is lighter weight & easier to move.

The advantages of the T-3 are;
* Presets, and the ability to write your own, & to switch through them, hands-free, while playing live.
* Volume & assignable controller foot wheels.
* The ability to switch the glide & octave features on & off with your feet.
* Built in arpegiator.

Those advantages you describe make it sound like I need to grab one before they are out. A few places have them and 15% off cyber monday deals too. When you google search, a retailer called IK Instruments but with a website called justforinstruments.com comes up with a $1499 price tag. However, I am leary of not going with a MF or Music 123.

[twocargar]

Those Cygnus MIDI Adapters are the cat's pajamas!

Originally Posted by Flux Jetson

All of this yakkity yak about bass pedals has me itching for my Cygnus kit. I have an Oberheim Cyclone hardware arpeggiator and a full-on modular synth (five VCOs three VCFs, three EGs, ring mod, et al). The two are interfaced together via a Kenton Pro Solo MkII midi-cv interface. The bass pedals (13 note Hammond set from a spinet) will trigger prewritten patterns and key-transposable runs that are stored in the Cyclone. I can use my bass guitar to actually change filter settings, the harder I play the bass the more control voltage is sent to the frequency and resonance controls of the modular while I goofenfiddle with the patterns in the Cyclone via the bass pedals. As well as a truckload of other some-such-stuff. You guys have me slathering over this not-yet-complete-rig-without-the-Cygnus-kit like a rabid dog!

I had the cash all saved up for the Cygnus kit, then this ridiculously great deal on a parametric EQ popped up on ebay (brand new-in-box Presonus EQ3B 3 band fully parametric for less than the Cygnus kit!). So I started over saving up again, then another freakish deal on an Aphex Xciter pedal showed up on ebay (they go for around $199 new, the person that input that item in the ad for the Hugomundo Music Dealer must have accidently hit a zero instead of a nine because the brand new Aphex had a buy-it-now of $109!!!! And are-you-friggin-kiddin-me FREE SHIPPING too!). Well hells bells, can't let THAT one go! So had to start over on saving for the Cygnus again.

Hardest $70 bucks I ever had to conjure up! Hahaha! Any day now ..... and BLAMMO .... I gots me my Cygnus kit! Then all will be analog modular synth bitchen around these here parts.

[Flux Jetson]

I've been scouring your webpage all evening. Getting the Serious Jones worked up for my Cygnus Rignus.