V.A.I. 57 Böhm Solist / Welson Syntex / CRB 709

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Another round with these peculiar but very inspiring machines.
More info on their particularities in our previous video."

Follow-up to V.A.I. 58 - Welson Syntex / CRB 709 / Böhm Solist 78 / Emthree PFV3.

V.A.I. 58 - Welson Syntex / CRB 709 / Böhm Solist 78 / Emthree PFV3

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

This appears to be the first post to feature the CRB 709. You can search for gear via the search box on the top right of the site.

"All great instruments that have been featured before, the Böhm Solist 78 is such a great arrangement / songwriting tool, a auto accompaniment machine with a very distinct thin sound form the early 70s, built in Germany.
The rest of the gear is Italian, the Welson Syntex is a hidden gem of Italian synths, the ultra rare CRB 709 String machine is quite like the Elka Rhapsody 49 in timbre but still a bit different, it came equipped with a 5 inch power cable - thanks for that mod, previous owner. This song will be released later this spring, so all rights are reserved."

V.A.I. : CRB Oberon / CRB String Machine

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Another video of the glorious CRB Oberon, a unicorn of a monophonic synth made in Italy in the late 70s.
We wanted to sample the more odd side of the machine, bringing out unusual, harsh and bright sounds.
Sorry for the sloppy playing, we’re not keyboard players and the action on this machine is frankly pretty terrible, we need to take a look at that in a near future.
The grey string machine is also marked CRB - a simple, two sounds (violin and cello) string machine, unusually light weight for the oldie it is.
We’re really digging it for that factor, as well as its sound - not at all bad.
We’ll be looking into a few other rare CRB machines soon, so please subscribe and follow us on Instagram for gear sales."

CRB Oberon posts

V.A.I. 69 : CRB Oberon / Elka Drummer One

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"The CRB Oberon is a dual oscillator monophonic synth made in a very limited production run in Italy in the late 70s by CRB, at the time mainly makers of consumer transistor organs. The synthesizer is equipped with a third limited oscillator and it has a wide range of sound capabilities: it can produce huge lush leads - like in this video here - but also the very opposite : harsh and oddly thin textures and sound effects.
It’s fairly stable in pitch and performance and has lots on board, 2 noise generators, a switchable low and high pass filter but also sporting a third filter type, that we need more time to explore, plus interesting LFO possibilities.
We want to give a massive thanks to Marco Molendi and Mirco Trentin for repairing this unit - reverse engineering it to create the schematics from scratch - literally saving a machine that was in bad shape on arrival. Also big shout out to Riccardo at Museo del synth Marchigiano who helped out by cross referencing his machine to this one, and lastly Marcello Colò, who developed the CRB Oberon in the 70s, while working at the CRB plant.

These are immensely rare and there aren’t many recordings or videos of the Oberon out there so we hope you enjoy, all in all we need more time with this machine since it’s a bit more complex than the other monophonic Italian synths of the era - but they'll be more videos coming - so please stay tuned."

CRB Oberon posts. Be sure to see The Forgotten Synthesizers Of Marche Region.

CRB Uranus 2

video upload by M&M

"Hello everybody my Hobby it's restore the old Combo organ and Synth.
In this video i show you the restoration and test of CRB Uranus 2 ."

You can find additional CRB Uranus 2 posts here

CRB Computer Band 2000

video upload by M&M

"In this video i show you the restoration and test of CRB Computer band 2000 ."

You can find additional CRB Computer Band 2000 posts here.

The Forgotten Synthesizers Of Marche Region

video upload by HAINBACH

Update: you can find additional posts featuring The Museo Del Synth Marchigiano here.

"The Marche Region in Italy was home to a thriving industry of music instrument production from the 1950s to the mid-90s. Tens of thousands of people made organs, accordions and small runs of synthesizers that were like nothing else in the world. Much production closed in the 90s, leaving only a few companies around, and many people lost their jobs. The history of Marche synths was not talked about, too bitter were the memories. The Museo Del Synth Marchigiano aims to change that - a motley crew of synth lovers work together to get the story about this special time in music instrument history out.

I was invited to play a show at Acusmatic Festival in Ancona and visit the collection before. I was overwhelmed by the amazing sounds these machines made, so I captured them on tape and for use in my performance. I also just had to film every synth I could get my hand for you to enjoy. You will find instruments by Siel, Elka, Elgan, Farfisa, Crumar, CRB and more here.

https://www.museodelsynth.org"

Timeline:

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Vintage CRB ELETTRONICA TANZANITE Synthesizer Combo Italian Organ

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via this auction

This appears to be the first one to be featured on the site.

Presets: Melodia, Trumpet, Sax, and Violin.

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CRB Dyamond 725 Drum Machine

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via this auction

"Very rare Italian rhythm machine from the 70's.
In excellent condition for it's age and perfect working order. Sounds great!

Voltage is 220v."

You can find a demo of one here.

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Siel Opera6/Crumar BitOne/Solton Project100 on Aphelion app - CRB Diamond725 drum samples on Sector

Published on May 11, 2020 VSMI

"Siel Opera6 - Crumar BitOne - Solton Project100 plays the same midi pattern on Aphelion app, Montarbo DREV128 echo effect only on synths.- CRB Diamond725 drum samples on Sector thru EFX effects apps. Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy live jam"

Crb Uranus 2 Italian Vintage Synthesizer

Published on Mar 15, 2020 Riccardo Pietroni

"4 traks recorder into Op-1 out from Mod Duo. All sounds comes from the Uranus"

Crb Uranus 2 posts

Gem PK4900 direct sound as is! Echopad and CRB Diamond 725 Drum Machine samples on DM1

Published on Sep 2, 2019 VSMI

"Gem PK4900 is a poly/monoponic synthesizer Made in Italy by Gem/Galanti. Early '80.
last night a need some noise... ;) "

The PK4900 has only been mentioned on the site once before in a post on General Music declaring bankruptcy back in 2009. This is the first demo and video of one in action.

Be sure to check out the New Old label for more vintage gear discovered over the year/s.

Crb Voco-Strings Analog Vintage Vocoder + Crb Computer Drum

Published on Jun 28, 2019 Riccardo Pietroni

Left channel audio only on this one.

"I put the out signal of a Crb Computer Drum in the mic input of the Crb Voco-String using the vocoder section. The effects comes from the Mod Duo."

Crb Computer Band 2000

Published on Jun 26, 2019 Riccardo Pietroni

"Playing Around the rare Crb Computer Band 2000 one of the first rhythm drum computer with 20 different rhythms presets a double octave bass line synthesizer, and four different sections"

A Night at the Studio

Published on Dec 20, 2018 Riccardo Pietroni

I believe this is the first post to feature a demo of the CRB Vocostrings. Vocostrings has only been mentioned once before in this post. This is the first time many of us are likely hearing one. Pretty cool.

"Some wine and our favorite italian vintage synths. On the keyboards Gianfranco Stortoni.
Crumar Ds2 and Dp50, Elka Synthex, Crb Vocostrings, Siel Cruise."

Italian Vintage Synth - Analog Strings

Published on Jan 19, 2018 Riccardo Pietroni

This is the first post to feature the CRB Voco Strings, Uranus 2 below, and the Milton Gemichord 961

"Five Italian Vintage Synth Strings recorded live with Flat Eq, reverberation and very little Phaser.

Crb Voco Strings
Logan Piano Strings Sintesizer
Milton Gemichord 961
Welson Symphony Stereo
Farfisa Polychrome"

Italian Vintage Synth Crb Uranus 2

Published on May 11, 2018 Riccardo Pietroni

"A test of the polyphonic synth Crb Uranus 2 after the long restoration carried out by Marco Molendi."

CRB Oberon Tribute

Published on Jan 14, 2018 VSMI

"Some old pics on demo played in 20 Jenuary 2009 of one of the most big italian monophonic synthesizer... Oberon by CRB Elettronica! That's all that I find it in my old archives!!"

Walz for the Diamond 800 - Italian vintage organ CRB - Kraftwerk 1969

Uploaded on Jan 4, 2010 fanman099

"You're listen to a sound demo of an old Italian vintage organ, which the famous German group Kraftwerk played on stage, too. All Sounds are crated with the Diamond, (+reverb) excepted the drums."

Rare CRB Electric Piano, Zither, Honky Tonk, Harpsichord

This one in via reader Stein. It may be up for sale. If you are interested leave a comment below. I've never seen one before.  See the CRB channel for some of their other products.  Note this is only the 5th post on the site featuring CRB.

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The CRB Oberon

via Davide Mancini of soundmachines on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Mr. Enrico Cosimi shows a CRB Oberon mono synth to the audience..."

This is the first post featuring the CRB Oberon. You can find a few posts featuring the CRB Computer Band 2000 synth and CRB Diamond 725 Rhythm machine here. I did a quick search on the CRB Oberon and found the demos below featuring the following:

"6 tracks
Sequence - Steelphon S900
LFO sound - Steelphon S900
Bass sound - CRB Oberon
High Filter sound - CRB Oberon
Solo - CRB Oberon
Pad - Elka Rhapsody 610"

Royalty-free music for professional licensing

Update: click here for for a photo gallery of CRB instruments on Facebook.  via Luca