Vintage Synth Explorer

Crumar • Spirit

The Crumar Spirit was originally designed by Bob Moog (himself), Jim Scott & Tom Rhea and released back in 1983. It is a full featured analog monophonic synthesizer with 2 VCO's so it's got a pretty fat tone, but not as much as the classic 3-VCO Minimoog. However it is considerably more flexible than the latter. It has a basic 37-note keyboard without velocity or aftertouch. The two oscillators feature basic sawtooth, triangle and square waves and can be synced together.

The filter section is very nice featuring low-, high- and band-pass filters and switchable 12dB or 24dB slopes. Other features of the filter include an independent envelope with inverted and normal ADSR, key tracking and single or multiple triggering of the filter. Some other features of the Spirit include a built-in ring-modulator, an Arpeggiator with 3 different patterns and that can be linked to the LFO, and there's an external audio input for running external sounds through its filters, LFOs or Ring Mod.

For the hands-on approach, the Spirit is sure to please. There are 24 knobs, 10 switches and 15 sliders to start. There are 3 performance wheels for controlling the Pitch, Mod-X and Shaper-Y modulation effects (see LFO specs below). Using those with the Arpeggiator can get pretty wild. The Arpeggiator features 3 modes: Ripple (Up/Down), Arpeggio (Up several octaves) and Leap (Goes up 1 and then 4 octaves). There are also Auto and preset Glide modes for getting some elasticity or bending effects. Since all the LFOs, envelopes and filters are quite flexible you are sure to get some weird noises, fat basses, synths, etc. with the Spirit.

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Marshall

Posted 26 days ago

Today is October 25th 2009. I remember seeing an MS-20 advertized on Ebay a few weeks ago for $2,599.99? That person was stating that it looked and sounded brand new (with virtually no scratches or dents anywhere). I thought that this was a reasonable price for the capabilities that the MS-20 has. Today I see on Ebay that someone is selling an MS-20 & an SQ-10 WITH patch cables for only $3,690.00.

"Qualitycounts1" wouldn't get $4,595.00 for that Crumar Spirit on Ebay if it was the ONLY ONE EVER BUILT.

mark

Posted 34 days ago

So it turns out I own one of these things and didnt even know it. Whats worse, I cant even make a useful sound out of it as I'm a child of the ROMpler age.
A buddy gave me this thing--its been unused since the 80's--looks like it came out of a time capsule--not a blemish, SN# 000008 (!)
How do I find its true value, who would buy this if I wanted to sell it?
Is it possible to get appraised?

Ray

Posted 60 days ago

Theres one of these up on Gumtree London at the mo.

atrocity-boy

Posted 82 days ago

if you wanna listed how this synth able to sound listed to Atrax Morgue - Sickness Report CD.

Matteus Nova

Posted 97 days ago

There have been 2 spirits sold/on ebay uk or de the last 2 months for €1300 - 1500. So the $5000 is a fantasy figure. Go and check the past auctions on ebay uk and you'll see.

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