Crumar Musical Instruments User Group.

piher makes the faders, i don't know how you'd buy them, but, they are still
made. i have the list of the values of the faders somewhere.  check with
mouser. www.mouser.com

mine has some faders with broken stems, but, i glued stuff to the part where
the stem was and i can still adjust them. i wouldn't worry about having a
performer that looks great. i would worry about having one that sounds and
plays great first. the performer really isn't a keyboard that you adjust a
lot while you are playing it.

the brass kinda sucks. it's cool with the modulation.

has the same two SSM chips that prophet 5 and mini moog have.

tune the keyboard with the tuning pot in the back and hook the jack that
says SIGNAL to the input of a tuner. the SIGNAL output is the brass output,
bypassing the filters and ADSR. very stable, bold tone to tune with, and
nice to run through effects.


i bought mine and i had to do some work on it. don't be surprised if there's
something wrong with yours. they are usually pretty easy to fix. the only
thing you will have a hard time finding is replacement SSM2040 and SSM 2050
chips. besides that, it's a really awesome keyboard. i have used it on tons
of my songs on mp3.com.

if the chorus ensemble circuits aren't working right, you won't have that
really lucious string sound. it will sound kinda flat. but, somtimes i
disconnect mine because i like the flat sound.


duran duran has this keyboard on their first two records. most notable on
"girls on film" you can hear the performer strings during the chorus of the
song.

i also have the crumar roadrunner and the crumar orchestrator. among other
synths....

if you have any more questions, ask me. i'll try to answer them the best i
can.

jason.
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>       1. Another ebay performer winner
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>       2. Another ebay performer winner
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>       3. Another ebay performer winner
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>    Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 19:29:10 -0000
>    From: toddhomer@...
> Subject: Another ebay performer winner
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> Hi Guys My name is Todd, my Ebay name is Dr.Horak.. I just won the
> last Performer on Ebay for $81-  I had an ARP String Ensemble and
> sold it 3 years ago for 125- now I seem them for up to 600- (DAMM ME)
> When I saw the auction I did some quick research and was amazed by
> all the great press the unit gets! Seems like I found a great & cheap
> replacement for the ARP's cheesey Strings & Brass! The Performer,
> that I can't wait to get now, arrives this friday but half the knobs
> are missing! I don't seem to find any one who has parts this old..
> Will I have to wait to buy a real junker to canibalize, or do you
> guys know of a source?.. 3 shafts are also broken but I have a good
> tech that works for beer! -Todd in Los Angeles
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