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1. for modify parameters in real time such as Filter Cutoff or Emphasis Now you can turn on the instrument pressing the ON button on front panel WARNING USE ONLY CRUMAR COMPATIBLE PEDALS IF YOU RE NOT SURE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR DEALER OR MANUFACTURER WARNING Avoid to let power supply connected to main AC if the instrument is not in use this will increase life of power supply and power consumption WARNING do not connect F C 1 e F C 2 when instrument is in use Working table CRUMAR BASSMAN system can easily be splitted into two sections MIDI CONTROLLER section and SYNTH section The MIDI CONTROLLER section involves the generation of midi standard messages with the pedalboard notes the footswitches PRESET UP amp DOWN the 2 optional footswitches F C 1 amp F C 2 and eventually signals produced by the pression or the rotation of switches and pots of the right panel The synth section work for generation of sounds MIDI CONTROLLER SECTION First of all maybe will be useful to configure MIDI parameters based on your configurations With the MIDI ROUTING configuration utility is it possible to assign and specify how MIDI of BASSAM must work To access MIDI ROUTING CONFIGURATION UTILITY press and hold RECORD and then press GLIDE in the MODULATOR section 4 options available O Midi thru From the MIDI OUT connector will come out messagges of note ON and OFF Program change messagges generated by footswi
2. is not a memory location it recall the sound like you see in the panel manual mode For store a sound in a memory location press RECORD then press and hold USER and choose a memory location with the panel If the memory location to store is in the second section before select it with USER button it is necessary to press and hold GLIDE in the same way you do for select the preset PRESETS TABLE Classic 12 ResoRing Lead Seq Synthsounds 13 Mezzotine Normal 01 PWM 14 Noislide 31 Coastslider Bass Reso reserve 15 Sharp 32 Soft detune 51 Silver memory 16 Sharper 33 Thrilling 52 San ReMo 02 Improved 34 Standard 53 Rawring Saw Lead Seq Lux 54 Rezzo 03 Sync 35 Cheapy 55 LFO Liner FullPulseRing 21 Slow 36 Dustslider 56 Dancer 04 Detuned Stepper 05 Dualik 22 Pulsing Bass Bigger Percussion 06 Fat Saw 23 Medium 41 Loher 61 Little Drum 24 Softy 42 Bride 62 Digishot Lead Seq 25 Saturation 43 Skware 63 Resect 1 Noisy 8 26 Crunk gt C4 44 Grummling 64 Resect 2 Ringing 45 Grolling 65 Co Bell C4 11 Gribblin 46 Softeq 66 SEQUENCER Crumar Bassman has an internal sequencer you can access it by press and hold GLIDE and selecting one sequence with A B C D buttons Additional sequences can be recalled pressing 2 buttons instead of one for a total of 20 sequences 1 4 11 14 41 44 Time can be controlled by press and hold GLIDE and moving RATE on the left o
3. 1 OSC2 offers 3 waveforms Sawtooth Square and Impulse plus Oscillator Sync option selectable with WAVEFORM button in the OSC2 section Control led will light with every pression of button a Sawtooth led 1 b Square led 2 c Impulse PWM For activate pulse width modulation you have to set waveform of OSC2 to impulse A modulation will no longer target this oscillator s pitch but its symmetry for timbral changes d Oscillator Sync Every new wave cycle of OSC1 forces OSC2 to restart its cycle too OSC2 is therefore controlled or synchronized to OSC1 frequency With Sync function activated modulation will only target OSC2 resulting in intense timbres instead of pitch modulations all 3 leds light With OCTAVE button in the OSC2 section you can change the reference octave of sound available options 16 8 4 Control leds will light with every pression of button With INTERVAL control you can control the tuning of OSC2 with 12 semitones but always dependent from TUNE OSC1 With LEVEL control you can select the out level of OSC2 Sub oscillator OSC3 The only available waveform for this oscillator is the square one and the only available reference octave is 32 Even if OSC3 is defined a sub oscillator it is very important for creating deep and warm sounds Controls of OSC3 are level and tuning for modify these parameters operate
4. O O O ON RECORD USER a ui a a hon A n RING 7 i TUN dates 5 sua b gl Ze Ce e Es A gt B a n e gt cura 6 Y x ti svi Y n x Y x Y sx CAVI 3 5 AYEFOR 4 A NoSC1 TUNE 3 9 LEVEL ad Ni CUTOFF 7 1 ewpHasis 9 contour VCF J j 0 ATL Nn 3 4 4 3 a E g vig DAN 3 3 1 6 2 4 1 4 4 Y x Y n Y x Y I 5 lt 1 c ge 6 ll ie Th 3 ge a e x x Y n Y DI rag 12 12 0 6 4 7 1 7 0 6 NOSC2 INTERVAL LEVEL A Y ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN ADSR1 n Y 0 ON 1 7 1 7 6 MODULATOR RATE oer j A ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN ADSR2 Pedalboard Synth Oscillators Crumar Bassman sound generation is based on two main oscillators OSC1 amp OSC2 and a sub oscillator OSC3 OSC1 offers 2 waveforms Sawtooth and Square plus Ring Modulator 1 option and Ring Modulator 2 option selectable with WAVEFORM in the OSC1 section Control leds will light with every pression of button a Sawtooth led 1 b Square led 2 c Ring Modulator OSC1 amp OSC2 led 3 d Ring Modulator OSC1 OSC2 amp suboscillator OSC3 all 3 leds light With OCTAVE button in the OSC1 section you can change the reference octave of sound available options 16 8 4 Control leds will light with every pression of button With TUNE control you can tune all instrument master tuning with a 6 semitones interval With LEVEL control you can select the out level of OSC
5. a gt USER MANUAL Introduction Crumar Bassman is a 13 notes C C pedalboard with integrated sound engine based on a monophonic synthesizer with 3 oscillators and analog filters Basic working is using the default presets or the custom presets selectable with footswitches PRESET UP amp DOWN for increment or decrement of them Crumar Bassman has 83 memory locations and a programmable sequencer Additional functions or programmable parameters can be recalled using the interface on the right of the instruments you can edit them in programmation state Two expression pedals can be connected using F C 1 amp F C 2 for control sound parameters or various settings depending on firmware Setup MIDI AUDIO UT IN POWER F C 1 F C 2 O OUT IN First of all connect the power supply 12v in the POWER connector in the back of the instrument then connect a mono jack in the AUDIO OUT connector and thru a mixing console or directly to a sound system s amplifier In case that you would like to use Bassman like a midi sound engine and drive it with a midi keyboard for example connect it with the MIDI IN AUDIO IN connector allows you to connect and drive a line signal and pass it to the Bassman VCF e VCA The instrument has MIDI OUT connector too that allows you to use the midi controller of Bassman for drive other midi instruments F C 1 amp F C 2 are used for connecting two controls pedals optional
6. ge controlled Amplifier its shape is defined by ADSR2 ADSR Crumar Bassman has 2 envelope generators ADSR1 for VCF e ADSR2 for VCA they offer 4 parameters ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE release doesn t have an indipendent control it is fixed or it follows DECAY For change the behaviour operate in this way Press and hold RECORD the press WAVEFORM in OSC2 section you have 4 options O fixed release 1 release decay for ADSR1 2 release decay for ADSR2 3 release decay for ADSR1 amp ADSR2 MODULATION LFO MODULATOR section or LFO Low Frequency Oscillator of Bassman allows modulation of suond with waveform of sawtooth triangular or square 4 associated controls GLIDE RATE WAVEFORM e DEPTH GLIDE activates the Portamento function a light transportation from one note to another the button regulates time of transportation with 4 defined periods Control leds will light with every pression of button a no portamento lo led light b Ya first led c Ya second led d 1 1 third led RATE sets the oscillation speed between 10 sec amp 100Hz WAVEFORM button in MODULATOR section acts for select the waveform type for the modulation 4 selections controlled by the control leds e Triangular led 1 f sawtooth led 2 g Square led 3 h Sawtooth One Shot Mode the three leds wi
7. in this way 1 Level press and release RECORD button press OCTAVE OSC 1 for decrease output level until O or WAVEFORM OSC 1 for increase output level until 63 2 Detuning press and release RECORD button press OCTAVE OSC2 for decrease tuning until 0 or WAVEFORM OSC2 for increase tuning until 63 Interval is 1 semitone central position is value 36 C1 Also this control such as INTERVAL OSC2 is always dependent from TUNE OSC1 Please keep in mind to re press RECORD after modifications of level and tuning for avoiding the writing of USER memories or sequences THE FILTER VCF After mixing signals with controls LEVEL OSC1 OSC2 e OSC3 and signals from AUDIO IN all is routed to the low pass filter VCF with 24dB octave action VCF filter has got 3 controls CUTOFF EMPHASIS CONTOUR a CUTOFF sets the filter working point b EMPHASIS or resonance increases the amplitude of frequencies near the cutoff and boosts them This control allows the self oscillation too turn the control on the right the filter starts to self oscillate with a sinoid wave If you want to couple cutoff frequency with Bassman notes you have to set the keyboard Follow to ON see system settings c CONTOUR adjusts the cutoff modulation by envelope ADSR1 AMPLIFIER VCA The last chain of the signal is the Volta
8. ll light in this case the modulation is not ciclic but it passes thru the waveform only one time DEPTH sets the modulation target and intensity Turn from center to left you can modulate the oscillator by pitch or pulse width with increasing intensity turn from center to right you can modulate the cutoff filter In center position the modulation is OFF USER MEMORY amp PRESETS Crumar Bassman has 83 83 User sound memory locations arranged in 2 sections each of 42 To recall the memories press and hold USER followed by a combination of the six buttons in the panel from A to F like 1 to 6 Example 1 Memory location 2 press B 2 Example 2 Memory location 21 pressB amp A 2e1l Example 3 Memory location 56 pressE amp F 5e6 For recall the other 42 memory locations press GLIDE before do the operations described above For change preset while playing there are two switches that can be pressed with foot footswitches PRESET UP e DOWN that increment or decrement programs with steps of 1 In addition there s also an additional bank with 83 42 42 memory locations for access it you have to turn bassman ON while pressing WAVEFORM button in MODULATOR section Display will show this additional bank with a dot For return to default bank turn bassman OFF and then ON again pressing pressing WAVEFORM button in MODULATOR section another time no more dot on display Important Location 01
9. m Change OX OX System Exclusive X O firmware upgrade Song Position X X System Clock X OX Exclusive Command X OX Aux Local ON OFF Xx O Messages All Notes OFF X O Active Sense X O Reset X O CRUMAR BASSMAN CC MAP CONTROL CC AUTOMATION RESOLUTION NOTES REMARKS NUMBER MODULATION 1 7 BIT REC ONLY WHEEL Interval 1 8 amp 40 14 bit Interval 2 9 amp 41 10 bit Rate 10 amp 42 10 bit Level VCO 1 11 7 Bit Level VCO 2 12 7 Bit Level VCO 3 13 7 Bit Depth 14 amp 46 12 Bit CutOff 15 amp 47 12 Bit Emphasis 16 7 Bit Contour 17 amp 49 12 Bit Attack 1 18 amp 50 10 Bit Decay 1 19 51 10 Bit Sustain 1 20 amp 52 10 Bit Attack 2 21 amp 53 10 Bit Decay 2 22 amp 54 10 Bit Sustain 2 23 amp 55 10 Bit Tune 24 Octave 1 80 2 Bit Waveform 1 81 2 Bit Octave 2 82 2 Bit Waveform 2 83 2 Bit Glide 84 2 Bit Waveform 3 85 2 Bit English Manual rev 4 October 2011 V GUNNEL Lien Musical Instruments Via Pascoli 44 A 30020 Quarto d Altino VE ITALY www bgmi it info bgmi it www crumar it info crumar it CIRIUIM A R Hamichord CIR U M A R BG s S r l Via Cilea 30 60022 Castelfidardo AN ITALY Tel 39 071 7825229 Fax 39 071 7824012 Vat number IT02112920422 Official Website www crumar it E mail info crumar it
10. nstrument In this way when you turn on Bassman with the ON button velocity is on You can assign velocity to differents controls of the instruments like VCF or VCA for details please check SYSTEM SETTINGS section MIDI channel settings Press and release RECORD press WAVEFORM in modulator section for increase channel number up to 16 and then restart from 1 confirm the selection with RECORD default channel is 3 Pitch Wheel External messages of pitch wheel coming from MIDI IN increase or decrease tuning of 2 semitones Modulation Wheel External messages of Modulation wheel coming from MIDI IN can control VCF cutoff or VCO pitch see system settings SYSTEM SETTINGS Press and hold RECORD in combination of these buttons for change Velocity OCTAVE OSC1 O Off 1 VCF control 2 VCA control 3 VCF VCA control MIDI Clock WAVEFORM OSC1 O internal 1 external Keyboard Follow OCTAVE OSC2 0 Off 1 2 3 ON Mod Wheel WAVEFORM MODULATOR 0 Off 1 VCO control 2 VCF control 3 VCO VCE control CRUMAR BASSMAN MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART FUNCTION TRASMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS Basic channel Default 3 1 16 Changed 1 16 1 16 Mode Messages X X Default Altered Note Number 10 OX True Voice Velocity Note ON X OX Note OFF Aftertouch Keys X X Channel X Pitch Bend X OX Control Change OX OX Progra
11. p DOWN footswitches Will be possible to change presets and change sound parameters with right panel control change messages will come out from_MIDI OUT but program change messages won t go out from MIDI OUT 3 Program Change e Control Change DEFAULT From the MIDI OUT connector_will come out messagges of note ON and OFF Program change messagges generated by footswitches PRESET UP amp DOWN messages generated by F C 1 amp F C 2 and panel potentiometers snapshots Internal sound generation will respond to note ON amp OFF messages to F C 1 amp F C 2 and to PRESET UP amp DOWN footswitches Will be possible to change presets and change sound parameters with right panel control change messages and program change messages will come out from_MIDI OUT IMPORTANT In the case that you want to connect Bassman to an external midi keyboard and you want to use Bassman as generic midi pedalboard using the sounds of the keyboard is important to check the MIDI ROUTING CONFIGURATION Snapshot are such a photo of panel pots value that will be sent when you pass from a preset to another For example if midi routine is configured to 2 or 3 passing from one preset to another with the sending of snapshot values associated with control changes may suffer unespecting changes and influence the sound generated by the keyboard or expander connected to Crumar bassman MIDI OUT in this case we suggest to use case O or 1
12. r on the right Sequences can be increased or decreased by pitch pressing Bassman notes or by an external midi signal For stop a sequence press GLIDE Sustain Function Pressing and holding GLIDE and then WAVEFORM a note will be played and held pressing other notes they will be played and held until pressed GLIDE To record a sequence press RECORD Then select a sequence by pressing and holding GLIDE with the number of desired sequence now start your sequence note duration is ignored and automatically set to sixteenth You can enter up to 32 notes Simply press RECORD after the last note no matter if you entered less than 32 to define the end of sequence The sequence is looped continuously in playback mode A pause can be set at any position by pressing USER once 1 8 notes are programmed by holding the note until the counter increases to next step approx 1 sec By holding the key even longer even quarter and longer notes can be defined GENERAL SETTINGS Velocity on off option Bassman Rev 2 with the two black dots on front panel has got an option for enable velocity response touch response on the 13 pedals By default velocity is OFF and even if you touch the pedalboard with deifferent pressions note on messages always have value of 127 For activate velocity while holding the first C on the left for 5 seconds insert the power supply to the main AC or the power plug in the i
13. tches PRESET UP amp DOWN and messages generated by F C 1 amp F C 2 but not panel potentiometers snapshots Internal sound generation will respond only to note ON amp OFF messages is not possible to variate presets with PRESET UP amp DOWN footswitches and is not possible to use F C 1 amp F C 2 Will be possible to change presets and change sound parameters only with right panel but relative Program Change amp control change messages won t go out from MIDI OUT 1 Program Change From the MIDI OUT connector_will come out messagges of note ON and OFF Program change messagges generated by footswitches PRESET UP DOWN and messages generated by F C 1 amp F C 2 but not panel potentiometers snapshots Internal sound generation will respond to note ON amp OFF messages and to PRESET UP amp DOWN footswitches but is not possible to use F C 1 amp F C 2 Will be possible to change presets and change sound parameters with right panel Program Change messages will come out from MIDI OUT but relative control change messages won t go out from MIDI OUT 2 Control Change From the MIDI OUT connector will come out messagges of note ON and OFF Program change messagges generated by footswitches PRESET UP amp DOWN messages generated by F C 1 amp F C 2 and panel potentiometers snapshots Internal sound generation will respond to note ON 8 OFF messages and to F C 1 amp F C 2 but is not possible to use PRESET UP am

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