Crumar T1
2011-08-19 by john.mcnamara65
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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Crumar T1
Re: Crumar T1
2011-08-19 by mellotronmadness
It looks to be a simulation of a drawbar type organ, see awful demo:
But I guess you knew that anyway!
Mark
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john.mcnamara65" wrote:
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> 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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--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john.mcnamara65" wrote:
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> 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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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Crumar T1
2011-08-19 by gino wong
Run it trhough a lot of fx. It was a nice organ back in the day and if collect old shit like i do it still has a place, but it is out of date, fun though. After a week, give me a call.
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:56 PM, john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@gmail.com> 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
Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE & BS in general
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Crumar T1
2011-08-20 by marabus
John, Never had a T1 but did own an Orchestrator! Pete
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Crumar T1
2011-08-20 by gino wong
Nice bass on that, filter pedal makes it special
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I keep a Performer
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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 4:33 AM, marabus <marabus@charter.net> wrote:
John,
Never had a T1 but did own an Orchestrator!
Pete
> 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
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Crumar T1
2011-08-20 by Vance Pomeroy
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:
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:
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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
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).
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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
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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
Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE & BS in general
Re: Crumar T1
2011-08-22 by john.mcnamara65
Thanks for the info guys. I picked it up for $30. The 2 octave bass section does not work, and in fact when you switch the dial, it seems to power off the unit. Should be simple to fix i would guess. I plugged it into my Korg Pandora and have access to some drive and a better leslie sim than i expected. Looking forward to rocking out with this one. --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john.mcnamara65" <jfranmac@...> wrote:
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Crumar T1
2011-08-22 by gino wong
Is it broken or tuned too low. The lf response on Crumar gear is pretty impressive.
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On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM, john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the info guys. I picked it up for $30. The 2 octave bass section does not work, and in fact when you switch the dial, it seems to power off the unit. Should be simple to fix i would guess. I plugged it into my Korg Pandora and have access to some drive and a better leslie sim than i expected. Looking forward to rocking out with this one.
> 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
Re: Crumar T1
2011-08-23 by john.mcnamara65
Could you elaborate gino? --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, gino wong <wonggster@...> wrote:
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> > Is it broken or tuned too low. The lf response on Crumar gear is pretty > impressive. > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM, john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Thanks for the info guys. I picked it up for $30. The 2 octave bass section > > does not work, and in fact when you switch the dial, it seems to power off > > the unit. Should be simple to fix i would guess. I plugged it into my Korg > > Pandora and have access to some drive and a better leslie sim than i > > expected. Looking forward to rocking out with this one. > > > > > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john.mcnamara65" <jfranmac@> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gino Wong Birgelo > *BSComm, BSEE & BS in general* > *Audio Production, Logistics, Synthesizers and sound design* > > *Ginowong@...* >
Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Crumar T1
2011-08-23 by gino wong
There may be a tuning trimpot on the back of the case depending on what rev unit you have, most Crumar gear has them. If it is turned all the way the wrong way it could possibly go subsonic. Take a look. it should be very obvious if you have one.
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On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:00 AM, john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@gmail.com> wrote:
Could you elaborate gino?
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> Is it broken or tuned too low. The lf response on Crumar gear is pretty
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> > Thanks for the info guys. I picked it up for $30. The 2 octave bass section
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> > the unit. Should be simple to fix i would guess. I plugged it into my Korg
> > Pandora and have access to some drive and a better leslie sim than i
> > expected. Looking forward to rocking out with this one.
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> > wrote:
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> > > 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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Gino Wong Birgelo
BSComm, BSEE & BS in general
Re: Crumar T1
2011-08-23 by john.mcnamara65
There is a tuning "pin" at the back and I had to adjust it a couple times last night before it stabilized. I did no move it radically at all and not even sure where it lay in terms of run out or adjustment room (if you know what i mean). I may be taking it to a local guy who is a mad professor tech. If it could be something simple it would be good. --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, gino wong <wonggster@...> wrote:
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> > There may be a tuning trimpot on the back of the case depending on what rev > unit you have, most Crumar gear has them. If it is turned all the way the > wrong way it could possibly go subsonic. Take a look. it should be very > obvious if you have one. > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:00 AM, john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Could you elaborate gino? > > > > > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, gino wong <wonggster@> wrote: > > > > > > Is it broken or tuned too low. The lf response on Crumar gear is pretty > > > impressive. > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM, john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@> wrote: > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the info guys. I picked it up for $30. The 2 octave bass > > section > > > > does not work, and in fact when you switch the dial, it seems to power > > off > > > > the unit. Should be simple to fix i would guess. I plugged it into my > > Korg > > > > Pandora and have access to some drive and a better leslie sim than i > > > > expected. Looking forward to rocking out with this one. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john.mcnamara65" <jfranmac@ > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Gino Wong Birgelo > > > *BSComm, BSEE & BS in general* > > > *Audio Production, Logistics, Synthesizers and sound design* > > > > > > *Ginowong@* > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gino Wong Birgelo > *BSComm, BSEE & BS in general* > *Audio Production, Logistics, Synthesizers and sound design* > > *Ginowong@...* >