![]() ![]() Synergy, based on GDS principles, left Crumar out of the market when a much more commercially successful Yamaha DX7 was released. It was the time when Crumar got into fatal cooperation with Music Technologies in an attempt to modernize Alles Machine complex digital additive synthesis which resulted in the construction of General Development System priced at $30000. Bit 99 (due to 99 patches) featuring the wide variety of bass sounds and its rack version Bit 01 followed later. In addition, the synthesizer was velocity sensitive making the filter and amplifier react to the touch. Comparing to Korg Polysix and Roland Juno 106, which were also within affordable price range but offered only one assigned oscillator per voice, Bit One assigned two oscillators, two low-frequency ones and two envelopes thus allowing you to hear six oscillators under two pressed keys in duophonic unison mode. ![]() The middle of the 80s became the time of Bit series production. The analog monophonic synthesizer generated sound with 2 VCOs (Minimoog had one) but thanks to a powerful filter, flexible modulation effects and a 3-mode arpeggiator it could produce a thick sound. In 1983, owing to Bob Moog’s active participation, Spirit came out. At about the same time Performer was released with a 49-note polyphony and a quality string section that allowed you to get shades from gloomy to flickering with the help of an equalizer. Two of its oscillators with digital control (quite a rare feature at that time) could generate a step wave and give rich sound thanks to a low-frequency oscillator and a voltage-controlled filter. In 1978 appeared DS-2 mono synthesizer (with a 44-voice polyphony for strings). For example, Organizer T3 (1981) was quite an alright sounding copy of Hammond and included a built-in Leslie simulator, a phaser, a reverb, a percussion effect, a keyclick function and a rhythm machine with auto-chords. In the second half of the 70s - early 80s the company produced tonewheel organ clones – Organizer, T1, T1 / C, T2 and T3. Multiman and Multiman-S were based on Stringman architecture (Multiman-s/Orchestrator, 1975-1977) featuring 6 timbres, a filter for wind instruments, a filter for strings, a vibrato effect (which is basically a low-frequency oscillator) with speed and depth control, as well as a sustain slider. Production began with Toccata (1970), Compac piano and Stringman (1972-1974) - quite budget, lightweight instruments with basic functional set. Crumar is an Italian manufacturer of digital pianos, synthesizers and organs, founded by Mario Krucianelli in the early 1970s.
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