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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Crumar T1

2011-08-20 by gino wong

I am a fan of Italian synths, they got a bad rep. I keep a Siel DK70 master keyboard that is very capable, hairy edge early Midi, Siel expander 1 and 2 (the voice boards on them both are worth buying a broken unit, all SSM), Crumar Performer, DS2 , Trilogy, very nice and 88 key heavy electric grand Beautiful harpsichord/ neo clav and a Davolisynt A, which is a hoot, just oscilators (Caravan used one a lot).

They are great for cheesy and non cheesy string sound, unique leads and signature sounds. DS2 and Performer are notorious for that. I kind of half hate when somebody finds one on my gear, they have to take the piece.

gw

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Vance Pomeroy <vance@juniperpacific.com> wrote:

I've been the proud owner of several Crumar's (Orchestrator, T1, DS-2, Synergy). This is a nice sounding pseudo-B3, but is a bit thin sounding straight. Left-hand bass is very good. Use to use it on top of my Chamberlin back in the 3-piece days.
As with all Crumar's of this time period, they're heavy. They also had a minor reputation in their day for slightly dodgy circuit boards....but, overall, they're fairly reliable, easy to use and flexible.
Vance



On 8/19/2011 2:56 PM, john.mcnamara65 wrote:

Anyone here have any wisdom for me on this instrument? I may be picking one up for $50. or less on sunday. My hope is that I can use it live as a substitute for a VST organ. Just to make things easier.
John Mc




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Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE & BS in general
Audio Production, Logistics, Synthesizers and sound design



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