Fantastic stuff Valmont. Finally got a recently purchased SSM version (purely on the basis of this video!) fixed up. So many things were wrong with it. So, for those wondering as I did, stock presets appear to be (original Crumar name in brackets): 22 caramel (Fast Brass 2) 23 aspects (Brass 3) 33 spread (Soft Brass + Release) 14 venus (Shifted) 19 pacific fish (Brass 1) [set one DCO Freq Offset to +7] 16 boreal toad (High Resonance Bass) 32 montmartre (Background Sawtooth) 31 oranges (Sawtooth Large Decay + Resonance or Release) A couple seem to be edited presets, the rest custom patches. Butternut is to die for. Your naming is as good as your playing ;-) Would love to hear some more.
The butternut sound you made is incredible. It honestly sounds like the beginning of a synth wave track that you created. You come up with some amazing melodies!
I remember when buying it, the previous owner told me "ay sorry this is SSM version, you might prefer the CEM" and I was like bruh okay let's go for it still (in a little sad perspective), then realized a year after it was actually a gem and I got really lucky that day x))
@@danielortizdecaracas Open it up and look at the filter chips. They will either be CEM3328s or SSM2044s. The units with SSM2044s will have low serial numbers - like the first few hundred.
Love this. The old demo of the bit was also insane though, that intro was killer. If you still have it around even with the messed up phase delay I would love to see it! .Also got my hands on a bit 99 recently. Sounds great although I think one of the filter chips is starting to go :( Peace and keep up the good sounds!
Additive Synthesis is made traditionally with sine waves. Doing this with square waves results in massive overtones, which every partial wave comes with. This thing sounds really juicy.
I know right! But I'm pretty sure the man who said that meant a serie of a few square summing, which is the way most Siel worked (3 squares division) What I can see on the diagrams is that Intel 8253 generate pulses that then go to some obscure stuff I don't really get but could be waveshapers, so maybe this whole square division is even inside the intels before being split into analog shapers... I'm not electronician, I can't really say so if somebody knows something that would be interesting x)
@@Valmont2001 I suspect that they took square waves because they can be calculated even faster than sine waves. A filtered square wave becomes "something like triangle", then sine. The sawtooth is special. It should consist of several square waves (or only 2 of them with a shift of 1 octave?) with different amplitudes for odd and even overtones, but it always somehow reminds of rectangle. (Rectangle comes with odd overtones) All in all, this gives good sonic character in the low and mid, but should have aliasing in the high frequency. (if it goes that high) Do you have a link to your papers? I would like to take a look at it too.
Loving the sounds from this beast , really like that montmartre patch. Just seen one for sale on Reverb UK , I am very tempted. Great sounds and playing .
Thanks man! Don’t forget this version is a SSM, it possibly can sound a bit differently from a CEM although they are 4p both with the same implementation :D Tho I can’t find your Bit, do you have a link for the ad? Not that ima buy it, I’m just curious cuz I haven’t seen any passing in UK whereas I keep a very active eye on international reverb so I’m wondering if I miss some ads actually!
@@Valmont2001 Hi I tried sending you the web link but not allowed by youtube for reasons I do not no. It was the CEM version so I didn't take the plunge. I look forward to hearing more from you in the future
The Bit synths sound amazing, you just need to know how to program them to get these creamy and warm sounds! As good as a oberheim! Good job on this! ❤️🎹
magnifique, j'ai envie de pleurer tellement c'est beau. Dire qu'on voulait m'en vendre un vieux usé à 100 balles en 2006, j'avais 18 ans et un petit porte monnaie. Quel idiot. C'est à la fois froid et super crémeux, droit, mais chaud, chaud. Magnifique, pur Chaud et froid, mais pas du bruit comme un minibrute naze ou un nord, les analo les plus froids et droits que je connaisse. En effet, aliasing magnifique. j'adore l'aliasing en général. Dans le genre froid et chaud, je conseille le PSS 680 et toute la série qui fini par 80, c'est tellement FAT que les basses explosent les sono haha, bon, pas autant qu'un moog mais c'est lourd et percussif. Les sorties soufflent et sifflent par contre. Et le FB01 de Yamaha aussi, tous 2 ont un alias crunchy extraordinaire
I have a crumar bit one, but its very noise, the patches are not sound like a youtube videos, Could it be that it is deprogrammed? or damaged? Everything seems to work, but it doesn't sound good to me, I don't know the presets sound, not all of them, what could it be? Do you have any combination of buttons or switches to reset it? Can the data be loaded again? how is it done? some information? help me thanks
Really great sounds! I just got a bit one a few weeks back, are your sound’s available to buy/download? Yours are way better than the ones in the memory of mine!
Very fat, juicy sound👍 Did you use an external delay or reverb together with the Voice pan effect, Valmont? I mean, using these effects adds even more charm to these excellent sounds.
Yeah! There's always a kiloton of effects on my demos - when I do these, I want to show how can a synth sound in real conditions, in a mix, because no one is gonna use them straight thru DI x)) There's overdrive, compressors, EQs, reverb, chorus, sometimes flanger... x)
Hi, I have a specific question for you, when you activate the adsr for the dco frequency modulation and you play let's say a c2 and right after a c chord on the upper register does the pitch shift happen also on the c2 note that was already pressed? I'm just wondering if mine needs some more calibration or is intended to work like that. Thanks
Oy oy man, actually my Bit One is dead so I can't check... But I think each voice should have its envelope - I mean, there is 2x6 envs inside, it would be logical to be poly-trig! Or maybe the pitch function has its own env, but like a single additionnal envelope... That would be weird, but then it would be single-trig.
It's just voicepan, the x is from the emoticon 'x)' ! Voicepan is the process of panning individual voices in the stereo field before hitting the output mixer. If your synthesizer plays 6 voices, rather than merging the 6 voices into a mono output, you pan them (each), then add the 2x6 outputs into a stereo out. Here the Bit One places 3 voices on the left, and 3 voices on the right. You then readjust the stereo width in the mix!
i have one of this serial B0/00113 with SM2044 filtern :-) a monster wanted to wreck it and let it out and the street i got it for free and it works that monster should not have this nice and rare piece
Had one for many years and every note outside one octave sounded a bit out of tune no matter what. For a lead keyboard it is useless. BUT as a midi controlled a bass synth it is fantastic!
This instrument is gorgeous in appearance and tone. Your playing demonstrates this machine amazingly! What a gem of a video
Thanks mate that's really kind! :D
This could be the nicest synth I've ever heard
Fantastic stuff Valmont. Finally got a recently purchased SSM version (purely on the basis of this video!) fixed up. So many things were wrong with it.
So, for those wondering as I did, stock presets appear to be (original Crumar name in brackets):
22 caramel (Fast Brass 2)
23 aspects (Brass 3)
33 spread (Soft Brass + Release)
14 venus (Shifted)
19 pacific fish (Brass 1) [set one DCO Freq Offset to +7]
16 boreal toad (High Resonance Bass)
32 montmartre (Background Sawtooth)
31 oranges (Sawtooth Large Decay + Resonance or Release)
A couple seem to be edited presets, the rest custom patches. Butternut is to die for.
Your naming is as good as your playing ;-)
Would love to hear some more.
The butternut sound you made is incredible. It honestly sounds like the beginning of a synth wave track that you created. You come up with some amazing melodies!
Great video! Your playing is spectacular and it's so cool to check out such a rare and unique synth!
Man these "rev 1" Bit Ones with SSM filters are truly incredible sounding. What an absolute GEM you have there... Keep these amazing videos coming!
I remember when buying it, the previous owner told me "ay sorry this is SSM version, you might prefer the CEM" and I was like bruh okay let's go for it still (in a little sad perspective), then realized a year after it was actually a gem and I got really lucky that day x))
i have an bit one with serial number b0/00113 is that a first one? with ssm?
How to check SSM versión ??
@@danielortizdecaracas Open it up and look at the filter chips. They will either be CEM3328s or SSM2044s. The units with SSM2044s will have low serial numbers - like the first few hundred.
This is one of those synths that sound way better than its topology would suggest. I have a bit 99 awaiting repair 🤞
I could listen to these videos all day, so amazing!
The pages of my 1980s keyboard magazines with this beauty on are crinkly-NO!! Not from that!!--from me drooling 🤤 over this one right here!
Such a lovely sound!! Thanks for this video
Excellent playing and sounds as always ;)
Thanks my friend!!
Nice demo and nice phrasing that adds so much! ❤️
Love this. The old demo of the bit was also insane though, that intro was killer. If you still have it around even with the messed up phase delay I would love to see it! .Also got my hands on a bit 99 recently. Sounds great although I think one of the filter chips is starting to go :( Peace and keep up the good sounds!
This is brilliant. I'm almost tempted to look for one but I can't play like you can.
Additive Synthesis is made traditionally with sine waves. Doing this with square waves results in massive overtones, which every partial wave comes with. This thing sounds really juicy.
I know right! But I'm pretty sure the man who said that meant a serie of a few square summing, which is the way most Siel worked (3 squares division)
What I can see on the diagrams is that Intel 8253 generate pulses that then go to some obscure stuff I don't really get but could be waveshapers, so maybe this whole square division is even inside the intels before being split into analog shapers... I'm not electronician, I can't really say so if somebody knows something that would be interesting x)
@@Valmont2001 I suspect that they took square waves because they can be calculated even faster than sine waves. A filtered square wave becomes "something like triangle", then sine. The sawtooth is special. It should consist of several square waves (or only 2 of them with a shift of 1 octave?) with different amplitudes for odd and even overtones, but it always somehow reminds of rectangle. (Rectangle comes with odd overtones) All in all, this gives good sonic character in the low and mid, but should have aliasing in the high frequency. (if it goes that high) Do you have a link to your papers? I would like to take a look at it too.
@@Klangraum Right! Well you can have a look here ^^ i.ibb.co/n07D0VP/Bit-One-Generators.jpg
Best demo of this synth ever man. Great playing
Clicked for synth. Stayed for the playing
Love to compare it to the CEM one. Man, this sounds so good!!!
what an underrated machine! freaking awesome playing!
by the way can you tell me more about that recording? voicepan?
3:15 is so beautifuuul + - +
Great demo and fantastic sounds! 👏👏👏
Amazing sounds they are something special
Loving the sounds from this beast , really like that montmartre patch.
Just seen one for sale on Reverb UK , I am very tempted.
Great sounds and playing .
Thanks man! Don’t forget this version is a SSM, it possibly can sound a bit differently from a CEM although they are 4p both with the same implementation :D
Tho I can’t find your Bit, do you have a link for the ad? Not that ima buy it, I’m just curious cuz I haven’t seen any passing in UK whereas I keep a very active eye on international reverb so I’m wondering if I miss some ads actually!
@@Valmont2001 Hi I tried sending you the web link but not allowed by youtube for reasons I do not no.
It was the CEM version so I didn't take the plunge.
I look forward to hearing more from you in the future
Fab sound and performance!
Wow!!!! It has juicy fatty sound and nice outside looks, so 80's😍😍😍❤❤❤😄😄😄
The Bit synths sound amazing, you just need to know how to program them to get these creamy and warm sounds!
As good as a oberheim! Good job on this! ❤️🎹
magnifique, j'ai envie de pleurer tellement c'est beau.
Dire qu'on voulait m'en vendre un vieux usé à 100 balles en 2006, j'avais 18 ans et un petit porte monnaie. Quel idiot.
C'est à la fois froid et super crémeux, droit, mais chaud, chaud. Magnifique, pur
Chaud et froid, mais pas du bruit comme un minibrute naze ou un nord, les analo les plus froids et droits que je connaisse.
En effet, aliasing magnifique. j'adore l'aliasing en général.
Dans le genre froid et chaud, je conseille le PSS 680 et toute la série qui fini par 80, c'est tellement FAT que les basses explosent les sono haha, bon, pas autant qu'un moog mais c'est lourd et percussif. Les sorties soufflent et sifflent par contre.
Et le FB01 de Yamaha aussi,
tous 2 ont un alias crunchy extraordinaire
I have a crumar bit one, but its very noise, the patches are not sound like a youtube videos, Could it be that it is deprogrammed? or damaged? Everything seems to work, but it doesn't sound good to me, I don't know the presets sound, not all of them, what could it be? Do you have any combination of buttons or switches to reset it? Can the data be loaded again? how is it done? some information? help me thanks
Sounds better than most Prophets. Beautiful playing.
Well there are many bad Prophets that sound like empty cans, but there are also the great Prophets that can sound complimentary to this Bit One!
I totally agree!
Salut, un échange de patches est possible ?
you actually played la Scoumoune by Francois de Roubaix. One of my favorite little tunes in the world
Wow. It sounds fantastic.
Great! I thaught they were just string machines and organs but great polys too
Really great sounds! I just got a bit one a few weeks back, are your sound’s available to buy/download? Yours are way better than the ones in the memory of mine!
Can you make a tutorial video on this synth?
I am offered to purchase this wonderful synthesizer. But how do you know if it's an SSM or CEM version? (google translate)
Please post a patch sheet
I miss my SSM bit one so much. Wish I didn’t sell it.
If you want one. Ask me 😅
@@singrun7618 what are you asking
BUTTERNUT!
Very fat, juicy sound👍 Did you use an external delay or reverb together with the Voice pan effect, Valmont? I mean, using these effects adds even more charm to these excellent sounds.
Yeah! There's always a kiloton of effects on my demos - when I do these, I want to show how can a synth sound in real conditions, in a mix, because no one is gonna use them straight thru DI x)) There's overdrive, compressors, EQs, reverb, chorus, sometimes flanger... x)
I had one in the 90s
Nice vintage sound, great sound quality, nice keyboard skill.
imagination c'est un patch utlisé par afx sur unmorceau de Syro
It sounds Huge!! My version is the CEM 😭. Any possibility to have your patches? Thanks!!
Every idea is great, are they original?
Very nice!
This sounds like an Oberheim to me, very nice. Is the voicepan a commercial upgrade or did you make it yourself?
Yeah it has that creamy thing! :D And yeah it's factory voicepanned (3L + 3R)
Sounds Kewl Bro. Can you share the sysex so we can all play with em to.
🔥
ohh wow, that sounds really fantastic. You are so talented. I own a Bit one too, are you interested to sell me the sounds?
Hi, I have a specific question for you, when you activate the adsr for the dco frequency modulation and you play let's say a c2 and right after a c chord on the upper register does the pitch shift happen also on the c2 note that was already pressed? I'm just wondering if mine needs some more calibration or is intended to work like that. Thanks
Oy oy man, actually my Bit One is dead so I can't check... But I think each voice should have its envelope - I mean, there is 2x6 envs inside, it would be logical to be poly-trig! Or maybe the pitch function has its own env, but like a single additionnal envelope... That would be weird, but then it would be single-trig.
@@Valmont2001 is it possible to get youre voices? and how i get that in? i mean my database is wrecked because of a dead battery
Hey thats kinda prog!
What effects did you use on the demonstration?
So the names are on the songs or are there presets on this????
Wow.
awesome video... this synth sounds amazing but what's "voicepan x"?
It's just voicepan, the x is from the emoticon 'x)' ! Voicepan is the process of panning individual voices in the stereo field before hitting the output mixer. If your synthesizer plays 6 voices, rather than merging the 6 voices into a mono output, you pan them (each), then add the 2x6 outputs into a stereo out. Here the Bit One places 3 voices on the left, and 3 voices on the right. You then readjust the stereo width in the mix!
@@Valmont2001 Ok. So the Crumar has stereo outs, Upper (left) and Lower (right) correct? And you're just panning the outputs of each voice...
i have one of this serial B0/00113 with SM2044 filtern :-) a monster wanted to wreck it and let it out and the street i got it for free and it works that monster should not have this nice and rare piece
Had one for many years and every note outside one octave sounded a bit out of tune no matter what. For a lead keyboard it is useless. BUT as a midi controlled a bass synth it is fantastic!