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I drove for 500km to pick it up, but it was well worth. Look at this beautiful analog Italian #polysynth A #Crumar #Bit99. With 6 voices, it is capable of beautiful warm pads and punchy bass sounds. I utterly love it. It is relatively obscure, but my gosh what SOUND you can get from it! The filters are just amazing! Made in Castelfidardo! #synth

March 8, 2026 at 6:02:52 PM

Here is an article that describes well this very peculiar #synth #Crumar #Bit99 https://greatsynthesizers.com/en/review/crumar-bit-one-bit-99-bit-01-little-gems-of-expressivity/

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Crumar BIT ONE, BIT 99, BIT 01: Little gems of expressivity - GreatSynthesizers

These Crumars are not among the poly-analog synthesizers that have found a permanent place in the Valhalla of vintage instruments. They are unspectacular in appearance, their characteristic acoustic is rarely… Read More

I have the rack mount version. It's quite good, a unique character. Mine has a small problem that seems like it might be firmware, which spoils it slightly.

My nickname should give away that I like Italian synths from the 1980s!

I fell into the rabbit hole of the Italian synths of the Marche region a few months ago as I discovered that my GEM S2 was part of it. I LOVE analog hardware and when I searched for an affordable polysynth I noticed that the #BIT99 was affordable yet extremely interesting