Testing the crumar DS2

Contrary to what it says at the beginning, I'm leaving this here for posterity. since people seem to like it..
This is a video that I made as a knob & feature test prior to packing it up for an Ebay auction.
A cool synth, especially when you added chorus to the poly section. - and yes - very fragile. I spent a lot of time and money getting this to work properly. Once it was sold and shipped (and well packed I might add) the solder joints needed re-touching!

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[cliftonjim2000]

This video was not removed once the auction ended. You SIR, are a lying sack of shit. Take this video down immediately. Do it NOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[evening1]

@cliftonjim2000



" 'cause I'm a liar!"

[OFR]

I had one for years, rock solid reliable, but it was in perfect shape. Any old gear may suffer from poor maintenance. Sun Ra used to play one onstage!

[evening1]

@OFR

All Hail Sun Ra!

[evening1]

The chassis was built like a tank but I think the quality of the electronic components and soldering were suspect. The main issues with this particular synth were tiny solder bridges that caused components to fail and cold solder joints.

My best discovery was running the poly output into a phaser and patching it back into the synth filter. nice...

[snapdust]

woa man... post the auction link and you have a buyer :|

[evening1]

sorry snapdust, it's been sold...

[paulj0557]

NOOOOOOOOO don't take it down, i'm kidding.

Hey, who cares if omeone leaves a video up or not? It can be beneficial in a search for such an instrument to those looking, not necessarily to buy.

[cheesecurls7]

hey man, do you know how much a crumar multiman is worth? it would help me a lot if you wrote back. Thanks

[cliftonjim2000]

@evening1 Fair enough! :)

[OMAHACostaMesa]

i love me ds2

[Staylor1122]

I have a DS-2 that's been running like a champ for years.....but....there's a strange thing with the potentiometers where the entire range of the knob is compressed to about 2/10ths of what it should be! So for instance on my LFO's the rate doesn't change from 1 to 7, and then suddenly dramatically speeds up between 8 and ten. I really like doing live modulation, so this drives me crazy! I've talked to some other users who have this same issue. Has anybody figured this out?