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Information contained was not factual. Organ pedals are not called "bass pedals". The stub was too short to be useful (see #2 at patent nonsense). The only synthesizer bass pedals worth mention are the Moog Taurus. The three pages that link to Bass pedals are all refering to the Moog Taurus. Thus this page is redundant.
Again, please sign your posts on talk pages. Yes, the Moog Taurus pedal(board) was quite commonly called the Taurus Bass Pedal on album liner notes and the like (sorry I can't provide a reference, I'm sure someone can). That's what is confusing you I think, and I don't think it's my fault! Andrewa 23:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
From WP:RM:
Andrewa 08:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Note that I have not relisted this at RM. It was listed as uncontroversial, which it obviously is not. Unless and until someone wishes to list it for survey, this is just an informal discussion really. But I personally hope it will go no further. In that case there's no need to close this poll, as it isn't one. Andrewa 19:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Two things:
I'd like to change the text a little to clarify that the bass pedal units described here have two key (ha ha!) features: a pedalboard (for which there is a good article to which this one can refer) and some sort of bult-in sound generation device. This would distinguish things like the Taurus from pedal MIDI controllers (which are now more common).
And a minor quibble: I don't think Farfisa made electromechanical organs. AFAIK, all their organs had purely electronic sound generation (unlike Hammonds, for example). I'm open to correction on this, but I didn't see anything to the contrary in a quick web search.
Thoughts? 64.171.68.130 19:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Feline1, do you own a dictionary? Given the fact that you think "adjunct" is a big word, probably not. Not to worry; you can look words up at Merriam Webster. Here's what they say about "tune":
Main Entry: tune Function: verb Inflected Form(s): tuned; tun·ing transitive verb 1 : to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in tune <tuned her guitar> 2 a : to bring into harmony : ATTUNE b : to adjust for precise functioning -- often used with up <tune up an engine> c : to make more precise, intense, or effective 3 : to adjust with respect to resonance at a particular frequency: as a : to adjust (a radio or television receiver) to respond to waves of a particular frequency -- often used with in b : to establish radio contact with <tune in a directional beacon> 4 : to adjust the frequency of the output of (a device) to a chosen frequency or range of frequencies; also : to alter the frequency of (radiation)
I refer you to the first part of definition 1, before the word "or", and to definition 4. Apparently, you were only aware of the second part of definition 1, but "tune" was a perfectly good word in this context, and in fact converys more meaning than your choice, "produced" - these pedals could in fact often produce higher frequencies as well, but were tuned (there's that word again...) by the musician to play in the bass range, which is why those musicians called them "bass pedals". Perhaps that connection eluded you.
If you want to quibble over the choice of a word, always check the dictionary first. I won't get into a pissing contest by changing the article back, but please check your facts a bit more carefully before further mutil-, er, editing it.
Looking up "adjunct" is left as an exercise for the reader. (I've always wanted to say that.) MrRK 08:48, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I came to this article looking for information about pedal-operated bass drums. Would it make sense to have a hat-note disambiguation, or am I the only person who would make this mistake? -- Kierkkadon talk/ contribs 19:00, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
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Information contained was not factual. Organ pedals are not called "bass pedals". The stub was too short to be useful (see #2 at patent nonsense). The only synthesizer bass pedals worth mention are the Moog Taurus. The three pages that link to Bass pedals are all refering to the Moog Taurus. Thus this page is redundant.
Again, please sign your posts on talk pages. Yes, the Moog Taurus pedal(board) was quite commonly called the Taurus Bass Pedal on album liner notes and the like (sorry I can't provide a reference, I'm sure someone can). That's what is confusing you I think, and I don't think it's my fault! Andrewa 23:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
From WP:RM:
Andrewa 08:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Note that I have not relisted this at RM. It was listed as uncontroversial, which it obviously is not. Unless and until someone wishes to list it for survey, this is just an informal discussion really. But I personally hope it will go no further. In that case there's no need to close this poll, as it isn't one. Andrewa 19:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Two things:
I'd like to change the text a little to clarify that the bass pedal units described here have two key (ha ha!) features: a pedalboard (for which there is a good article to which this one can refer) and some sort of bult-in sound generation device. This would distinguish things like the Taurus from pedal MIDI controllers (which are now more common).
And a minor quibble: I don't think Farfisa made electromechanical organs. AFAIK, all their organs had purely electronic sound generation (unlike Hammonds, for example). I'm open to correction on this, but I didn't see anything to the contrary in a quick web search.
Thoughts? 64.171.68.130 19:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Feline1, do you own a dictionary? Given the fact that you think "adjunct" is a big word, probably not. Not to worry; you can look words up at Merriam Webster. Here's what they say about "tune":
Main Entry: tune Function: verb Inflected Form(s): tuned; tun·ing transitive verb 1 : to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in tune <tuned her guitar> 2 a : to bring into harmony : ATTUNE b : to adjust for precise functioning -- often used with up <tune up an engine> c : to make more precise, intense, or effective 3 : to adjust with respect to resonance at a particular frequency: as a : to adjust (a radio or television receiver) to respond to waves of a particular frequency -- often used with in b : to establish radio contact with <tune in a directional beacon> 4 : to adjust the frequency of the output of (a device) to a chosen frequency or range of frequencies; also : to alter the frequency of (radiation)
I refer you to the first part of definition 1, before the word "or", and to definition 4. Apparently, you were only aware of the second part of definition 1, but "tune" was a perfectly good word in this context, and in fact converys more meaning than your choice, "produced" - these pedals could in fact often produce higher frequencies as well, but were tuned (there's that word again...) by the musician to play in the bass range, which is why those musicians called them "bass pedals". Perhaps that connection eluded you.
If you want to quibble over the choice of a word, always check the dictionary first. I won't get into a pissing contest by changing the article back, but please check your facts a bit more carefully before further mutil-, er, editing it.
Looking up "adjunct" is left as an exercise for the reader. (I've always wanted to say that.) MrRK 08:48, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I came to this article looking for information about pedal-operated bass drums. Would it make sense to have a hat-note disambiguation, or am I the only person who would make this mistake? -- Kierkkadon talk/ contribs 19:00, 24 January 2013 (UTC)