Crumar Bit01 rack expander/synthesizer in vrijwel nieuwstaat!!!!
Dit Italiaans meesterwerkje kom je niet vaak tegen en ik vraag dan ook best een pittig bedrag
a 425 euro. Daarvoor heb ik het onlangs ook gekocht op ebay.
maar het is eigenlijk te groot voor mijn setup en mag dan ook weer weg.
met originele duitse handleiding.
Afhalen of verzenden (verzendkosten voor koper).
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Bit 01
this expander was among the first MIDI expander instruments ever to hit the market. Today the chubby 2U 19” rackmount Bit 01 might be the most sought after Crumar Bit instrument: it’s handsome, rack-mountable (deep, but not such much so as Korg’s over-dimensioned EX-8000!), offers high quality analogue sounds and full MIDI specifications. Like with its keyboard version Bit 99, the Bit 01 was sold either in standard black, or in white.
Features
Bit ONE / 99 / 01 are 6-voice polyphonic analogue synthesizers with...
• 2 DCOs (triangle, saw, pulse) from 32’ to 4’, PWM
• (White) noise
• VCF with its own ADSR
• VCA with its own ADSR
• 2 LFOs (triangle, saw, pulse) routed to DCO1/2, VCF, VCA
That’s very basic sound architecture. I’d compare it to the Roland Juno-106 or – even better – the Siel Opera 6 (thus having two DCOs). Korg’s DW-/EX-8000 is very similar, too, as well as Oberheim’s Matrix-6/6R. As with all these other instruments, you’ve got decent and warm sounding analogue synthesizers with nice, lush sounds. They won’t be the experimental musician’s first choice, but are worth looking out for for anyone who needs strong, warm pads and deep, round grumbling basses.
Lush strings, good brasses, all the standard analogue sounds you either need – or don’t. I’d say the Bit One / 99 / 01s behave like most instruments of the mid 80ies (Oberheim Matrix-12/Xpander, Elka Synthex, Korg DW-8000, Roland JX-8P/10 etc). Very warm, perfect for certain combinations with digital instruments (to give the digital gear some extra warmth), but at the same time sounding rather ordinary and not at all dominant.
All in all ...
... I’d personally suggest the rackmount version Crumar Bit 01 to be the most interesting of the bunch. At a very low price (between 200-250 Euros in 2006, maybe 250-400 Euros now in 2010) you get a handsome, quite reliable and surprisingly warm (and broad) sounding analogue instrument. I’d agree with Julian Colbeck’s comment on the Bit 01 rack expander: “Get one!”
Dit Italiaans meesterwerkje kom je niet vaak tegen en ik vraag dan ook best een pittig bedrag
a 425 euro. Daarvoor heb ik het onlangs ook gekocht op ebay.
maar het is eigenlijk te groot voor mijn setup en mag dan ook weer weg.
met originele duitse handleiding.
Afhalen of verzenden (verzendkosten voor koper).
De volgende tekst is van www.bluesynths.com
Bit 01
this expander was among the first MIDI expander instruments ever to hit the market. Today the chubby 2U 19” rackmount Bit 01 might be the most sought after Crumar Bit instrument: it’s handsome, rack-mountable (deep, but not such much so as Korg’s over-dimensioned EX-8000!), offers high quality analogue sounds and full MIDI specifications. Like with its keyboard version Bit 99, the Bit 01 was sold either in standard black, or in white.
Features
Bit ONE / 99 / 01 are 6-voice polyphonic analogue synthesizers with...
• 2 DCOs (triangle, saw, pulse) from 32’ to 4’, PWM
• (White) noise
• VCF with its own ADSR
• VCA with its own ADSR
• 2 LFOs (triangle, saw, pulse) routed to DCO1/2, VCF, VCA
That’s very basic sound architecture. I’d compare it to the Roland Juno-106 or – even better – the Siel Opera 6 (thus having two DCOs). Korg’s DW-/EX-8000 is very similar, too, as well as Oberheim’s Matrix-6/6R. As with all these other instruments, you’ve got decent and warm sounding analogue synthesizers with nice, lush sounds. They won’t be the experimental musician’s first choice, but are worth looking out for for anyone who needs strong, warm pads and deep, round grumbling basses.
Lush strings, good brasses, all the standard analogue sounds you either need – or don’t. I’d say the Bit One / 99 / 01s behave like most instruments of the mid 80ies (Oberheim Matrix-12/Xpander, Elka Synthex, Korg DW-8000, Roland JX-8P/10 etc). Very warm, perfect for certain combinations with digital instruments (to give the digital gear some extra warmth), but at the same time sounding rather ordinary and not at all dominant.
All in all ...
... I’d personally suggest the rackmount version Crumar Bit 01 to be the most interesting of the bunch. At a very low price (between 200-250 Euros in 2006, maybe 250-400 Euros now in 2010) you get a handsome, quite reliable and surprisingly warm (and broad) sounding analogue instrument. I’d agree with Julian Colbeck’s comment on the Bit 01 rack expander: “Get one!”
