Product: Crumar CPB-2
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
06/22/2008
at
11:30pm
by
Kurt D. Boudreauxq
Email: kurtboudreaux<at>cox dot net
Ease of Use
:
10
Not a MIDI unit. Analog only. Basic sounds. Not sampled. Very good for functional bass sounds. No "patch" editing. ADSR analog. Sawtooth and one other wave form.
Features
:
7
Mono only. Action very "foot friendly." Doubling is only effect. Not very good. No expansion. No MIDI. No sequencer.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
No Opinion
Tone is full and rich, although not realistic. Musically good. Good for OMB dance. Not velocity sensitive (a good thing for pedals.)
Reliability
:
10
After 25 years, I have a broken F# pedal. I'm trying diligently to replace it. Never needed a backup.
Customer Support
:
5
I'm trying now to get a replacement pedal. Company's been resold, etc. Sending out feelers. It IS a very limited consumer item.
Overall Rating
:
10
I'd pay $400 for a unit like this in good condition. I've been a professional for over 35 years. I play a Yamaha P-250, Yamaha RX-ll drum machine. JBL speakers, Peavey powered-mixer. I love the functionality of the instrument--wish it was a sampled tone. I wish I had something JUST like it, with a sampled bass tone. The foot wheels which control sustain (after release) and volume are priceless. These two items are essential when going from one tune to the next. I care about music more than tone. Of course I like great tone, but if the musicality is sacrificed then give me functionality instead.
Product: Crumar CPB-2
Price Paid: US $20! used
Submitted
06/04/2005
at
09:33am
by
strategy400
Email: strategy400 at hotmail<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
10
It's a very basic analog synth, just twist knobs as desired
Features
:
7
It's a very basic analog synth, just twist knobs as desired - I love it as is but effects help a lot
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
8
The saw waveforms and filters are cool - it's a bass foot pedal type synth so it plays one note at a time
Reliability
:
7
It needs tlc. For years I never used it because the tuning was out of scale then I opened it one day and noticed little pots at each end of the circuit board to stretch the scale. I use it all the time now. I'm still leary of it because of it's age.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Crumar went out of business in the late 80's
Overall Rating
:
10
If it were lost or stolen I'd probably never find another. It's priceless. I've been playing 25 yrs. primarily guitar. I also use a Roland XP-50 but I love the old analog CPB-2. I've heard that Robert Moog had a hand in it's design, but it could be a rumor.
