Crumar • Bit 01
The Bit-01 is a rackmount 6-voice programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer with digital control similar to the Bit One and Bit-99 keyboard synthesizers. The 2 computer controlled oscillators, 6 VCF resonant filters, 6 VCAs and 2 LFOs each per voice, easy hands-on editing and a layer/split function make this one phatt analog poly-synth! The MIDI implementation is useable but poor and there are 99 memory patches. The Bit-01 is well suited for studio use and in all forms of electronic music.
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I Agree this unit is deliciously quirky but great sounds with detuned oscillators real rich brass sounds. Real problem is absence of midi out, you cant save your own voices unless you grapple with the archaic tape interface-nasty. This site http://www.pierregander.com/bit/index.html has some voice banks but not updated since 2001
What i love is that its all a bit flakey ? the osc are chessy - kind of unique and novel , different combinations seem to change the basic osc outputs waveforms ? its odd , add to that the lfo x 2 and the fact you can combine these in cool ways and its a very cool synths.The lfo go so fast they cant be heard ! and nice and slow , theya re very 'wavey gravey ' as far as lfo's go , lovely and warped....What gets me is that just a basic 1 osc waveform in this thing sounds good , unique , has character , stack another to a 2 note chord and then apply 2 x subtle pitch mod lfos and its cheesy 70's / 80's all the way , the filter is nice , warm and organic , self resonance is possible and will keytrack in the weirdest possible ways , this machine can do strange stuff you would expect it to .
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