The most prominent instrument in the piece is of course the #Crumar #BIT99, the drum machine is the #Arturia Drumbrute Impact. There is a sound effect from the #GEM #S2 and a note from an #Emu #Proteus/2 (quite a famous one, by the way).
I wrote a new piece of music! This time is called Chasing Auroras and it is an atmospheric piece meant for background and relaxation. It is featuring very prominently the sounds produced by the #Crumar #BIT99 #polysynth. I hope you'll like it! #music #indiemusic #mastoart #mastomusic #newmusic https://soundcloud.com/user-375194295/chasing-auroras?in=user-375194295/sets/reminescence
I mean, look at that beauty πŸ€ͺπŸ˜…πŸ˜Ž #opensource #MIDI #Crumar #Bit99 #synth
I created a #GitHub project for the #Crumar #BIT99 tool I wrote (C language, macOS console). #opensource #sysex #MIDI #synth https://github.com/DarwinNE/Crumar_BIT99_Sysex/tree/main
GitHub - DarwinNE/Crumar_BIT99_Sysex: A small console program for macOS to save and restore presets on a Crumar BIT99 and BIT 01 via Sysex

A small console program for macOS to save and restore presets on a Crumar BIT99 and BIT 01 via Sysex - DarwinNE/Crumar_BIT99_Sysex

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I updated the tool I wrote so that it can directly communicate with the #Crumar #BIT99 via #MIDI sysex. It can download a single patch or all the 1-99 patches of the instrument. It is a console program written in C for macOS, as I don't have the time to write a full-fledged window-based user interface, but I tried to keep it nice to use nonetheless. #synth #sysex #music
I wrote a small tool in C to interpret the #SYSEX files for the #Crumar #BIT99 and #BIT01. It's handy as you can inspect how a certain patch is configured (DCO1 and 2, VCF, LFO1 and 2 etc). I even found an error in the BIT99 manual: the bit order of certain parameters is reversed! The little tool is still quite rough around the edges, but it begins to work.
I tried to do some sound design on the #Crumar #Bit99 and got some interesting string patches with long attack and release. I tried to improvise some chords on a dorian-like context with the #Arturia Drumbrute Impact drum machine. The result is creamy and atmospheric, I hope you'll enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGrjNyKKN8 #indiemusic #polysynth #analog #mastoart
Crumar BIT ONE, BIT 99, BIT 01: Little gems of expressivity - GreatSynthesizers

These Crumars are not among the poly-analog synthesizers that have found a permanent place in the Valhalla of vintage instruments. They are unspectacular in appearance, their characteristic acoustic is rarely… Read More

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