■The Crumar Toccata organ (1981-1986) is an Italian Hammond analog clone, a portable version of bigger model T1/C- main difference was having one extra octave and handy drawbars.
■It' s a 49 key fully polyphonic and eight presets with various organ sounds with harmonic overtones variations. It also has controls of vibrato and a kind of Leslie cabinet simulator based on TDA 1022. Effects have preset frequency and "Chorale" can be selected via a foot-switch with a custom 10 pins connector in the rear of the instrument. Two percussion controls (in 4' and 2 2/3') can be mixed with independent volume and decay plus a click to the notes.
■The last four lead back to the typical sounds of liturgical organs, especially the number seven and the eight which emulate a pipe organ-. The first simulates the electric of the '60s like the Farfisa and the very famous "Hammond".
■PERCUSSION
- MODE (s / w): in “mono” the percussive tone generators are not combined with the selected preset; while in the “multi” mode, the percussion tone generators produce the corresponding effect added to the sound of the preset.
- VOLUME (potentiometer): adjusts the level of the percussive sound.
- 4 '(s / w): activates the generator that produces the percussive sound one octave higher than that of the “preset” sound.
- 2 2/3 '(s / w): activates the generator that produces the mutation of a fifth with respect to that of the “preset” sound.
- K (s / w): pressing the switch marked with the letter K activates the "key click" function which gives the notes the classic aggressive attack of "Hammond" percussion.
- DECAY determines the initial decay time of the pressed note, the variation is applied only to the sound produced by the two percussive tone generators.
■ ROTATING SOUND SYSTEM emulates classic electro-mechanical amplifier LESLIE
- ON (s / w): button that activates the simulated rotation device.
- VIBRATO ON (s / w): activates and deactivates the effect of the vibration.
- VIBRATO FAST (s / w): activates and deactivates the “fast modulation”, simulating a high rotation.
- CHORALE SLOW (s / w): activates and deactivates the “slow modulation”, simulating a slow rotation with a choral effect.
- CHORALE FAST (s / w): activates and deactivates the “fast modulation”. Simulating a fast rotation with a choral effect. This effect can also be applied while playing via a pedal connected to the RSS PEDAL jack.
