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Crumar Stratus

Polyphonic and organ synthesizer (1982)

Crumar

"Italian vintage synthesizer -organ, a simpler version of famous Crumar Trilogy removing string section and memory " 

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Company: Crumar
Model: Stratus
Class: Synthesizer / organ 
Keyboard: 49 non dynamic  (C-C)
Type: Analog
Synthesis: Subtractive
Dates: 1982
Country: Italy
Weight: 18 Kg
Dimensions: 88 x 48 x 18,5  cm
Price: 700€

Display: none
Multitimbric: 2 parts
Polyphony: full for organ + 6 Synth voices
Oscillator:  2 DCO  Sawtooth  +  Square
Filter: lowpass resonant
Envelope: 2 EGs
LFO: 1 delayed modulator  Square + Triangle
Effect: none
Memory: 4 presets + variations
Midi: none
CV/ gate: none
Memory: none
PSU: internal 

IC: 6x CEM3310 EG, 6x CEM3320 VCF, 6x CEM3330 Dual VCA, 1x SSM2020 VCA, 1x SSM2055

49 keys with no velocity, The control panel features 26 knobs + 4 horizontal sliders for the  organ footages mix.

Rear panel connectors:
- outpout for organ section
- outpout for poly-synthesizer section 
- Input pedal for sound release
- input pedal for filter VCF control
- switch pedal input for OSC SYNC 



- No official VST plugin


 - owner's manual download

- service manual and schematics DOWNLOAD

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 Crumar Stratus In details 

Crumar Stratus

VOICE The Stratus is analog synthesizer with 2 main sections that can be mixed with either separate ouputs or with 2 dedicated knobs on the left side:

- Organ with full polyphony and 4 drawbars footage :16', 8', 4' and 2'.

- Polysynthesizer 6 voices with 2 syncable DCO (waves: squar , saw or a mix) you can select mono mode or waveform shape alternate (weird).
TIP: Phase buttons allows to tune the voices.

Multitimbric

2 parts: Organ and / or synthesizer can be mixed.
4 glide modes: 
 A. Both oscillators glide up to the target frequency
B. Only oscillator-2 glides up to the target frequency
C. Only oscillator-2 glides down to the target frequency
D. Both oscillators glide down to the target frequency

Organ

Simplest section: features 4 drawbars (square waves)  that can be layered at 
16', 8', 4' and 2'.
No intermediate harmonics or clicks. Not the best Hammond clone around.

Synthesizer

A 6 voices, 2 syncable DCO per voice with LFO, Envelope and filter.  See below for more details:

IC

The machine if full of precious IC: 6x CEM3310 EG, 6x CEM3320 VCF, 6x CEM3330 Dual VCA, 1x SSM2020 VCA, 1x SSM2055.

Crumar stratus

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Synth section LFO / EG / FILTER

Filter

FILTER 

VCF with cutoff, Q (resonance) controlled by Envelope. It is possible to controll VCF using an external pedal.

LFo

LFO

1 single delayed modulator (2 shapes; triangle or square)   with variable depth  and slope.
It modulates either VCF / VCA / DCO

Envelope

Envelope

1 ADSR 4 segments EG 

Our Verdict 

"Classic synth, may need technical care. Organ section is quite useless. Growing up prices as vintage item" 

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Overall

CONS

- Organ
- technically needs care
- limited

PROS

-vintage
- analog
- full of cem and SSM

Are you a STRATUS user? do you like it? You do not agree with our review?  Let us know in the comment field just below 

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