CRUMAR BIT 99 VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER — TAUNTEK FIRMWARE UPGRADE, NEW CAPS & MORE

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"This is without a doubt the nicest Crumar Bit 99 I’ve ever owned or seen. It looks beautiful and shows signs of only very light use. It’s been well cared for in its life.

Everything works as it should — zero issues.

I purchased this in 2023 from a 100% feedback eBay seller. He made the following updates:

- power supply electrolytic capacitors replaced

- voice board electrolytic capacitors replaced

- firmware upgraded with Tauntek one: you can now easily control and program the synth with any midi controller

- keyboard dismantled and contacts and bus bar cleaned

- meticulously calibrated

- panel board and case fully dismantled, cleaned and polished

PLEASE NOTE: This is a 220-volt unit. You will need a step-up transformer to use this in the U.S. or Asia. This auction includes the power cable with the Euro/U.K. plug as shown in the photos, but no step-up transformer is provided."

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Crumar Stratus SN 00 84

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"Very nice and rare Crumar Stratus, a analog synthesizer and organ in one

professionaly and fully serviced, calibrated, clean in 2024"

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Bit One - Ableton Live & Kontakt Pack by Cluster Sound

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"Bit One for Kontakt and Ableton Live brings the vintage sound of the Crumar Bit One to modern music production. This versatile synth pack captures the essence of '80s Italo Disco and electro, offering punchy basses, electric pianos, bright string ensembles, and funky leads. With 107 multi-sampled patches, seamless loop points, and Class A gear sampling, it delivers a rich, dynamic sound perfect for electronic music enthusiasts.

Kontakt:
Primus synthesizer included
07 selectable waveforms

Ableton Live:
107 Synth Devices
6 Macro Control Templates
Device preview playback
Direct install into 'Packs' section

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0:00 Electro Clav
0:00 Funky Bass
0:09 Filter Puller
0:19 PWM Strings 1
0:28 Funky Guitar
0:38 Golden Sines
0:38 Detuned PWM 2"

Cruma Trilogy

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Crumar Spirit SN 00050

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"Beautiful and super rare Crumar Spirit, designed by Bob Moog in the early 80’s, only around 100 pieces produced. This unit works at 117V from factory, if you use it in Europe you should buy a voltage converter (around 50€ for a good one on Amazon) The working condition are very good, I never had a single problem with this synth from when I bought it, obviously you should consider that it’s a 40+ years old instrument and sometimes could need some knobs cleaning and standard maintenance. The aesthetic condition are very good for its age, as usual there are different signs of use here and there, please take a look at the pictures and don’t hesitate to ask for more, I’ve tried to point every cosmetic defect in my photos. After several bad experiences with customs, I will only ship to EU, UK and Switzerland. - NO SECOND CHANCE ON SUNDAY FOR THIS ITEM -"

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Crumar DS-2 Vintage Monster Mono+Polysynth

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"Here is a great example of a CRUMAR DS2 vintage digital / analog synthesizer. Very clean conditions, it looks impressive with lot of modulation controls. Sounds is tipically warm with an unique character. I have available a MIDI kit for the mono VCOs that I can supply on request (150 euros, or 300 euros installed). This rare synth has been serviced and currently working in original conditions with included its original lid."

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Crumar Performer MK2 (SSM 2040 filter) / analog polyphonic synth

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"The Crumar Performer is a string and brass synth that has some features that grants it to be part of the hall of fame of paraphonic analog synths.
First it's a quite compact and lightweight contender in such a category.
Then it has a very nice and warm sounding resonant filter, based on the SSM 2040 and 2050 chipsets, just like in the Sequential Prophet 5. First version of the Performer used a Moog inspired transistor ladder filter, also resonant. It sounds good too but I definitely prefer that one.

The string sound have variable attack and release time and those can be quite long, great for pads and ambiance. But in my opinion what makes it special is the 3 band Eq which allows for quite a large panel of variety of tones, and it can get into almost vocal territories (check video at 05:49).
recorded through a Dynacord VRS23 for added reverb."

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"the Crumar Performer is one of the classic string synth. This one is the second version with the updated filter (SSM 2040 like on the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5).

Unit was serviced and is perfectly working. Power suply was recapped and everything was cleaned and calibrated. Cosmetic is quite good, despite some scuff and wear here and there.
It's quite compact and lightweight compared to others string synth (77x35x19cm 12kilos)"

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Crumar Multiman-S

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Roland's Rarest Phase Shifter (1978)

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"A look at Roland's rarest phase shifter, the PH-830 from 1978.

0:00 Intro
1:03 History
3:10 Demo 1 - Captain Belcher
4:08 What is a Phaser?
4:56 Difference Between Phasing and Flanging
7:36 Demo 2 - pH Level
8:30 How the PH-830 works
11:15 CV sequencing and Mix sequencing
12:08 Vintage FX Matthias Fuchs
13:09 Summary and Sample Pack
14:23 Outro Jam"

Crumar Spirit (Rare and a Very Fine Specimen of One)

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Crumar Bit01/Solton Project100/Elka EK22/Solton M160/Orla DSE24 - Atari ST Pulsar Sequencing

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"3 lines sequencing for 5 Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy
Crumar Bit01, Solton Project100, Elka EK22, Solton M160, Orla DSE24.
Atari ST Pulsar Sequencer by Neil Wakeling"

Crumar Bit 01

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"The Bit-01 is a 6-voice programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer with digital control developed by Crumar. It is essentially a rackmount version of the Bit-99 keyboard synthesizer. It has two analog oscillators per voice that are digitally stabilized and controlled. Also on-board are resonant filters, ADSR envelopes and two LFOs. Fairly easy hands-on editing and a layer/split function make this a very useable poly-synth! The MIDI implementation is basic but useable and there are 99 memory patches. The Bit-01 is well suited for studio use and in all forms of electronic music."

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Crumar Stratus

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Crumar Multiman (1975) + Crumar Pedal (SERVICED)

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"This is the rarest first version of the amazing sounding Crumar Multiman.

The main difference beetween this first version and the second version Multiman S is the possibility to use SUSTAIN on Piano/Clavi sounds (which is not possibile on the second version... Strangely)

For that reason, being a keyboard player, i consider this first version more appealing to play then the Multiman S.

Sonically are identical.

It comes with its original Crumar Pedal

FULLY SERVICED by pro tecnician

100% Perfectly working conditions

Very good aestetics conditions for its age (tiny little marks and scretches around and on some keys)"

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Univox (Crumar) Multiman MM2000 Analog String Synthesizer - the sound of the 70s!

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SN 362 via this listing

"View the attached video to hear this exact synth in use!

Quite uncommon analog string synth/piano here. It’s the Univox branded version of the original Crumar Multiman (pre-S model).

Great brass sound with adjustable ADSR/filter, piano, clav, violin, cello. All sounds can be individually volume adjusted and split on one or both sides of the keyboard, pretty rad!"

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Crumar Composer

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"Some sounds from this beatiful and rare string synthesizer."

Full Bucket Music Introduce Paralogy Soft Synth Based on the Crumar Trilogy

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Free Synth - Paralogy by Full Bucket Musoic (No Talking)

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AMAZING NEW FREE Synth! Paralogy by full bucket music - Sound Demo

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"Paralogy is a software instrument for Microsoft Windows (VST2/VST3/CLAP/AAX) and Apple macOS (VST2/VST3/CLAP/AU/AAX) simulating the paraphonic Crumar Trilogy and Stratus keyboards from the early 1980s. It is written in native C++ code for high performance and low CPU consumption. Main features are:

Close simulation of the original hardware
Fully "polyphonic" paraphonic madness
Organ, Synthesizer and String sections
Additional Phaser and Delay effects
Resizable user interface (not 'N' version!)
MIDI Learn – all parameters can be controlled by MIDI CC
Plug-in supports Windows and macOS (32 bit and 64 bit)
Special credits go (again!) to Kraftraum who did the Beta testing!!!"

Crumar DS2 Synthesizer SN 00178

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"Synthesismi" - Solton Project100/Elka EK22/Jen Synx-508/Orla DSE24/Crumar Bit01 LiveJam

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"Some of the best 80's Synthesizers Made in Italy all together in Ambient LiveJam as is...
Solton Project100 play solo line
Elka EK22 pad preset moviment
Jen Synx-508 the LFO filter hold note
Orla DSE24 the FM bassline
Crumar Bit01 step low gate sequence
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Viscount EFX1000 reverb
Montarbo Drev128 delay"

1982 Crumar Stratus 6-Voice Analog Polysynth (CEM) w/ Case 220VAC (Serviced) SN 00141

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"A super illusive 6-voice DCO/CEM based analog polysynth from Crumar (Made in Italy). These rarely pop up for sale in the States! This one is fully functional and is in pristine vintage condition, includes a road case and original vinyl bag as pictured.

Please note: this synth is 220VAC only and will require a step down transformer for North American operation.

Service notes:

-Replaced electrolytic and tantalum capacitors in power supply unit
-Removed and cleaned switching PCB and switches
-Cleaned all pots and controls
-Cleaned keys and key contacts
-Checked tuning and calibration

More info:

The Stratus is a somewhat rare, slimmed-down version of the Crumar Trilogy. It is basically two synths in one: a Synthesizer and an Organ synth, which can be played separately or both at the same time. There are independent master volume knobs for the Synthesizer and Organ sections. The Organ section features four horizontal drawbars to adjust the volumes of each of the 4 octaves (2', 4', 8' and 16')."

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