CRUMAR Introduces New SORRENTO Portable Organ and BURN Rotary Simulator

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"In 2025 Crumar is proud to introduce you a new portable organ: SORRENTO.

Thanks to Ernesto Ghezzi for the music and his performance."

Crumar BURN 2025

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Crumar Spirit SN 00050

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via this VEMIA listing

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VEMIA is Peter Forrest's auction house. He is the author of The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizer Books.

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

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Moogseum Livestream -From Minimoog To Crumar Spirit.

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"Join us today at 3 pm (ET) on our YouTube channel as we explore some rare Moog history with Brian Kehew and former Moog engineer Jim Scott. Jim is a fountain of knowledge and insight. There will be a Q&A with the audience after the interview. Don't miss it!"

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Crumar Spirit Service And Demo (by synthpro)

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"Hey guys,
In this video I show the internal workings of the Crumar Spirit as well as give a complete breakdown demo of what this synth offers.

Special thanks to the Bob Moog Foundation for the opportunity to work on this synthesizer and to all of you who watch my videos.

Sincerely,
Jareth"

Crumar Spirit re-issue s/n 186508 (2024)

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"One of only 100 made in this one-off run of the classic synth re-born, this is in excellent condition and comes complete with its original owner's manual, patch examples, and certificate of authenticity. One of the few differences with the original is the inclusion of MIDI IN. Another is the universal power supply. Apparently the run is all sold out. Packing 12GBP to include a UK or Euro mains lead."

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Crumar Spirit Reissue

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"Crumar Spirit reissue. One of 100 made. In excellent condition, I’m the second owner but it has never left my studio. Insane synth, super underrated. If you’re looking for something gnarly that no one else has, this one is for you."

2024 Crumar Spirit

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"Mint condition Crumar Spirit synthesizer. 2024 version. Limited and now gone. Think of this as a slightly strange, Italian Moog (Bob Moog designed the original)."

Vintage 1983 Crumar Spirit — Bob Moog Designed Masterpiece SN 00045

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"While this gorgeous vintage Moog-designed Crumar Spirit synthesizer is in exceptionally nice cosmetic shape, it will need a basic calibration and the noise generator will need to be addressed for it to be 100% factory functional.

With this being said — this 1983 Crumar Spirit is an absolutely stunning, tonally mind-blowing, and creatively mesmerizing synth. There is not much to say that hasn’t been said before. One of Bob Moog’s finest designs, and one of the very rarest. An extremely flexible analog mono synth with 2 VCO’s, a legendary filter section, many features I could cherry-pick through… I encourage you to feel free to reach out with any questions regarding the technical functions of this synth, if you don’t know much about these. I imagine that many of those viewing this listing know precisely what they are looking at.

The Spirit is fully original aside from 4 replaced switches; the original switches will be included in the sale. It is near mint cosmetically, aside from one tiny chip on the back-side corner (see pics) and the aforementioned replaced switches. Truly a sight to behold in person. As I mentioned earlier, the synth could use a calibration and the noise generator is currently non-functioning; but otherwise the Spirit is working 100%. Included in the sale is the original, fitted leather case."

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Pale Fire by Robotussin

New release from supporting member Robotussin. You might recall some of his vintage synth videos featured in previous posts here. Don't miss them.

Pale Fire was made on an Oberheim FVS, Crumar Spirit, LinnDrum, Recodrum, DX7, Roland MKS-80, TR-808, TR-606, TB-303, Oberheim Matrix-1000, Korg PE-1000.

Crumar Spirit

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"Multitrack recordings of the Crumar Spirit. All sounds are made with the Spirit. 5U modular setup used for CV/gate sequencing (Dotcom Q960) and controlling filter and pitch inputs (Corsynth C106 Envelope Generator). All processing in Ableton Live."

Crumar Spirit Analog Synthesizer SN 493851

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2024 Crumar Spirit Analog Monophonic Synth Reissue SN 705064

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"Crumar Spirit - 2024 ReIssue - 1 of 100 made - Analog Monophonic Synthesizer Keyboard --- in excellent to new condition. Original owner/bought new directly from Crumar. Crumar painstakingly made these reissues as close to the original as possible and the only design change was to add the Midi in.

This Spirit is set-up for use in the US, 115v internal power supply.

Super fun to play and sounds awesome like a vintage analog synth should sound. IMO, it is a cross between and MiniMoog and a Synthi A due to the "Y Shaper" features. The wood case looks amazing!

Arrives in the original box/packaging with everything they arrive with new: manual, certificate of authenticity, sticker and US power cord."

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Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments by Tom Rhea - New Pics

You might remember Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments by Tom Rhea previosly posted here.

Heath Finnie wrote in to remind me of the book and I noticed a few new pics of the inner pages have gone up on the Electronic Perspectives website. I thought they deserved a new post. If you are not familiar with the book, here are some details:

"Forty-five years in the making, Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments contains all of Tom Rhea’s fifty-two influential columns that were first published in Keyboard magazine from 1977-1981. This 400-page tome greatly expands on the original content with updated information and hundreds of newly restored images. Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments includes two CDs of unearthed recordings; spanning multiple eras of electronic music. All in a gold foil-embossed hardcover book, housed in a deluxe slipcase."

Note Tom Rhea helped design the Crumar Spirit with Bob Moog and Jill Scott. He also penned a few classic synthesizer user manuals. You can find additional posts mentioning him here.

You can find the book on Electronic Perspectives here.

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2024 Crumar Spirit

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"One of only 100 Crumar Spirits created this year by Crumar in Italy. Identical to the original 1980s Crumar Spirit (codesigned by Bob Moog), in every way – except this one includes MIDI.

Very rare synth. Sounds amazing. A chance to own a future-perfect Crumar Spirit. Will ship internationally at the buyer's expense if needed. I am in Continental Europe."

Video in the listing by Hainbach previously posted here.

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Crumar SPIRIT SN 00050

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Crumar Spirit 2023 edition – intro and sounds

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"This is a quick overview of the new Crumar Spirit, a recreation of an Italian synth made in 1981. This 2023 edition was created in a series of just 100 units by Crumar. Here's a first play discussing the functionality and the sounds."

RARE 1983 Crumar Spirit Synth SN 00065

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"This vintage synth is in mint condition from what I can tell! All keys work well and the effects seem to also. There’s some noise but I know that is to be expected of these vintages synths.

It is speculated that only 100 of these were made, and that they were made by the legendary Bob Moog Himself."

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UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

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Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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Crumar Spirit (1983 NAMM Show / Time Capsule!) Fully Recapped w/ Original Packaging SN 00011

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Curious if that's MOOGSPIRIT printed on the box below. It was designed by Bob Moog but the synth does not have his name on it, so it would be interesting if it was on the box. It could be MONO but what's left doesn't look like an N to me. If it is MOOG there's no space between it and SPIRIT. I believe this is the first post to feature the box.

Details from the listing:
"Not only is this a super rare synth (Serial number: 011) designed by Bob Moog, this particular unit was purchased new directly from the Crumar booth at the 1983 NAMM Show here in Chicago. The original buyer has kept it safely stored for the last 40 years, never used! Guaranteed you will NEVER find a cleaner example of this rare synthesizer.

Our service department have performed a fresh recap on this as the originals dried out after years of sitting in storage. The synth functions wonderfully, like new as you would imagine.

Includes the original box with evidence of being express shipped from Italy to the NAMM show. In addition to the original manual, warranty paperwork, cables and carrying case and pouch."

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