Crumar Bit One Synthesizer

Built like a tank, I love this synth. It’s really weird. Mine stands out a bit because it was actually shot with a .22 pistol (long story.. don’t ask). The bullet just bounced off this beast. In fact, you have to look hard to see the damage. I’ll give you a hint. It’s under F6.

Sadly, my Bit One has electronic issues (not related to the drive by shooting). It used to work, then it didn’t work right, then it got shot. I fully planed on having this beast repaired one day – but got tired of packing it around. So I sold it.

The Guts

The guts - yes, I know the backup battery is missing

More Guts


Specs, specs, we got specs…
Polyphony – 6 voices
Oscillators – 2 DCOs per voice (triangle, sawtooth, pulse waveforms, noise)
LFO – 2 LFO’s (triangle, ramp and square waveforms)
Filter – 1 VCF Resonant filter with ADSR per voice
VCA – 1 VCA ADSR envelope per voice
Keyboard – 61 keys (with velocity)
Memory – 63 user patches


Acquired: 1989

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