The Toro by Behringer is a compact clone of the famous pedal synthesizer Moog Taurus 1, which was produced from 1975 to 1981. In favour of the compact, rackable housing,
Like the original, the Toro's analogue tone generation focuses on the essentials. The two oscillators with sawtooth waveform have a range of about five octaves and deliver a growl and impact that is unparalleled, especially in the lower registers. Oscillator 1 is only switchable in three-octave positions, the second tone generator can be tuned coarse and fine, furthermore, the volume ratio between the two oscillators is adjustable. To process the massive basic sound, a 24dB
The bottom edge of the Toro is adorned with seven buttons. The first four switch between the original presets Toro (Taurus!), Tuba and Bass and give access to the sound-shaping sliders in Variable mode. The presets have become popular across all styles of music and have even been immortalized as sample presets in some digital synths! The other three buttons have a switching function; with Glide the set glide value is switched on or off, Decay affects the envelope phases and Octave changes the octave position. Due to the omission of note pedals, the Toro is equipped with a MIDI input and also receives notes via the USB port. Those who wish to operate the Toro in a modular context can remove it from its case and install it in an Eurorack enclosure, where it will take up 80TE of space. Control voltage inputs for pitch, filter and gate make the Toro fully analogue controllable.