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Taurus 3 User’s Manual - The Basics

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T3 User’s Manual - The Basics

The diagram below shows the ow of the audio, modulation and control voltage signals in the Taurus 3.

Heavy lines are used to indicate audio signals, which ow from left to right. Lighter lines indicate the control

voltages (CV’s), which ow from the top and bottom. Dotted lines indicate the modulation routings.

As shown in the block diagram above, the source signals for the T3 are created by two voltage-controlled

oscillators (labeled ‘A’ and ‘B’). The output levels of the oscillators are adjusted relative to one another with

an A/B Mixer before being passed to a Lowpass Filter. The Lowpass Filter sculpts the tone of the signal

according to the settings of the Cutoff and Resonance lter parameters, and the Filter AD envelope. The

signal then passes to the amplier stage, where the Volume ASD envelope shapes it. Finally, the signal is

routed to the AudioOutput section, where the overall level is set by the Master Volume menu parameter

and dynamically adjusted with the Volume Footwheel controller

The Pedalboard is the main control source of the Taurus 3. Each time a pedal is pressed, the pedalboard

produces Pitch CV and Gate signals. The Pitch CV determines the pitch of the oscillators; it is also

applied to the Filter to control the Filter Cutoff parameter. The Gate signal simultaneously triggers the Filter

and Volume Envelope Generators. The T3 can also be controlled through a MIDI connection (not shown),

or through external CV and Gate connections. The resulting sound depends on the combined parameter

settings of the oscillators, lter, envelope generators and LFO, plus any external CV signals that may be ap-

plied.

Signal Flow

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