Bit 99
Digital/Analog synthesizer

 

The slightly improved successor to the original BIT One. Great analog sound.

 

Crumar Bit 99 audio demos

 

Stream all audio examples below:

Factory Programs Set 1

01 ELECTRIC GRAND

02 BRASS 1

03 DIGITAL PIANO

04 BOWED STRINGS

05 ELECTRIC PIANO 1

06 VELOCITY CONTR. PULSE

07 CHURCH ORGAN

08 GUITAR 1

09 RESONANCE SWEEP

10 FUNK TOUCH 1

11 BRIGHT PIANO

12 SLOW BRASS

13 DIGITAL PIANO 2

14 STRINGS 1

15 ELECTRIC PIANO 2

16 PULSE DECAY

17 JAZZ ORGAN 1

18 GUITAR 2

19 SAWTOOTH BACKGROUND

20 FUNK TOUCH 2

21 CLAVICHORD

22 BRASS 3

23 DIGITAL PIANO 3

24 VELOCITY CONTROLLED STRINGS

25 ELECTRONIC PIANO 3

26 CLAVINET

27 VELOCITY CONTROLLED LESLIE ORGAN

28 SHIFTED GUITAR

29 SAWTOOTH BACKGROUNG W. DYNAMIC ATTACK

30 FUNK TOUCH 3

31 HARP

32 FAST BRASS 4

33 CALIMBA SYNTH PIANO

34 VELOCITY CONTROLLED SOFT STRINGS

35 FLUTE

36 SEQUENCER BASS

37 TOY SISTRON

38 CLASSIC GUITAR

39 MALE SPACE CHOIR

40 FUNK TOUCH 4

41 SQUARE PIANO BASS

42 SOFT BRASS WITH RELEASE

43 ELECTRONIC TOMS

44 STRINGS 3

45 TRUMPET

46 SAWTOOTH DECAY 1 WITH DYNAMIC

47 MALLET BELL 1

48 LUTE

49 FEMALE SPACE CHOIR

50 MODULATED GHOST

51 CALLIOPE

52 HARMONICA

53 DIGITAL PERCUSSION 2

54 NOISE CLAPS

55 LEAD SYNTH 1

56 PULSE DECAY 2

57 KNOCK ON WOOD

58 MALLET BELL 2

59 SOLO TO ENSEMBLE STRINGS

60 DELAYED GHOST

61 ELICOPTER-AMBULANCE

62 SAWTOOTH DECAY

63 DYNAMIC DIGITAL REPEAT

64 INVERTED BACKGROUND

65 KOTO

66 PULSE DECAY 3

67 SPILLO TRILLO

68 MALLET BELL 3

69 DIGITAL ATTACK

70 DIGITAL BELL LOW

71 DIGITAL BELL HIGH

72 SINUS TONE

73 MALLET HARMONIC 1

74 DARK WOOD TONE

75 MALLET HARMONIC 2

76 DIGITAL BELL

77 VIBRAPHONE

78 MARIMBA

79 SAWTOOTH DECAY + SQUARE PIANO BASS

80 JAZZ ORGAN + MALLET BELL 1

81 DELAYED GHOST + PULSE DECAY 3

82 KOTO + DIGITAL PIANO 1

83 CARILLON

84 DIGITAL PIANO + DIGITAL PIANO 2

85 MALE SPACE CHOIR + ELECTRONIC PIANO 3

86 VELOCITY CONTR. STRINGS + BRIGHT PIANO

87 DIGITAL PERCUSSION 2 + CLAVICHORD

88 MALLET HARMONIC 2 + KNOCK ON WOOD

89 SAWTOOTH DECAY 1 - ELECTRIC PIANO 1

90 SEQUENCER BASS - FAST BRASS 4

91 FUNK TOUCH 4 - RESONANCE SWEEP

92 CLASSIC GUITAR - FLUTE

93 SQUARE PIANO BASS - HARP

94 FUNK TOUCH 3 - SPILLO TRILLO

95 CLAVICHORD - FLUTE

96 FUNK TOUCH 4 - FUNK TOUCH 2

97 MALLET HARMONICS 2 - KNOCK ON WOOD

98 ELECTRONIC TOMS - NOISE CLAPS

99 SOLO TO ENSEMBLE STRINGS - STRINGS 1

 

 

Factory Programs Set 2

01 PIANO

02 ELECTRIC PIANO

03 BRASS 1

04 BOWED VIOLINS

05 MARIMBA

06 ORGAN 1

07 PIPE FLUTE 1

08 ACOUSTIC GUITAR

09 HI-RES SYNTH

10 SYNDRUM

11 BRIGHT PIANO

12 CLAVINET

13 BRASS 2

14 BOWED CELLOS

15 XYLOPHONE

16 ORGAN 2

17 PIPE FLUTE 2-WHISTLE

18 ACOUSTIC PHASED GUITAR

19 TWANG

20 HELICOPTER

21 WURLITZER ELECTRIC PIANO

22 HARPSICHORD

23 ENSEMBLE BRASS

24 SOLO TO ENSEMBLE STRINGS

25 STEEL DRUM

26 SYNTH ORGAN

27 CLARINETS

28 KOTO

29 HOLLOW

30 EERIE

31 DIGITAL PIANO

32 HONKY TONK PIANO

33 SYNTH BRASS

34 TOUCH SENSITIVE TIMBRE STRINGS

35 SYNTH BELLS 1

36 PIPE ORGAN

37 DOUBLE REED

38 BANJO

39 ANIMATED

40 EXPLOSION

41 CALIMBA SYNTH PIANO

42 BACKWARDS PIANO

43 ENGLISH HORN

44 STRINGS-BRASS

45 SYNTH BELLS 2

46 JAZZ PERCUSSIVE ORGAN

47 DIRTY REEDS

48 SLAP

49 SWEEP

50 PULSE

51 RECTANGULAR SYNTH PIANO

52 HARPO

53 BRASS 5TH

54 PIZZICATO (PLUCKED) STRINGS

55 SYNTH BELLS 3

56 HAMMOND PERCUSSION

57 HARMONICA

58 ORGAN BASS PEDAL-SQUARE

59 QUICKIE

60 OSCILLATIONS

61 MELLOW ''WOW''

62 MALE SPACE CHOIR

63 FEMALE SPACE CHOIR

64 MELLOW STRINGS

65 DIGITAL PAD

66 SOLEMN ORGAN

67 DISTANT FLUTE

68 LEAD 1 (SAWTOOTH)

69 LEAD 2 (RECTANGUL

70 LEAD 3 (SQUARE)

71 SOLO BRASS

72 CLICK

73 UPPER OCTIVE PERCUSSION

74 LOWER OCTIVE PERCUSSION

75 ORGAN 5th PERCUSSION

76 CHOP BRASS

77 REEDS

78 CHOP FLUTE

79 ORGAN BRASS

80 XYLO BRASS

81 HAMMOND B 3

82 CHOP GUITAR

83 BRASS 5th

84 ETHERIAL 1

85 ETHERIAL 2

86 PIANO SYNTH BRASS

87 SLAP WHISTLE

88 OCTIVE BRASS

89 CLAVINET - ORGAN

90 ORGAN CLAVINET

91 PHASED GUITAR - BRASS

92 BRASS - STRINGS

93 CALIMBA SYNTH PIANO - DIGITAL PIANO

94 EERIE - EERIE 1

95 WURLITZER ELECTRIC PIANO - SYNTH BELLS

96 DOUBLE REED - CLARINET

97 GUITAR - HARMONICA

98 PHASE GUITAR - HOLLOW

99 ORGAN BASS - JAZZ ORGAN

 

Crumar Bit 99 factory patch lists

 

BIT 99 PRELOAD PROGRAM LIST (SET 1)


01 ELECTRIC GRAND

02 BRASS 1

03 DIGITAL PIANO

04 BOWED STRINGS

05 ELECTRIC PIANO 1

06 VELOCITY CONTR. PULSE

07 CHURCH ORGAN

08 GUITAR 1

09 RESONANCE SWEEP

10 FUNK TOUCH 1

 


11 BRIGHT PIANO

12 SLOW BRASS

13 DIGITAL PIANO 2

14 STRINGS 1

15 ELECTRIC PIANO 2

16 PULSE DECAY

17 JAZZ ORGAN 1

18 GUITAR 2

19 SAWTOOTH BACKGROUND

20 FUNK TOUCH 2

 


21 CLAVICHORD

22 BRASS 3

23 DIGITAL PIANO 3

24 VELOCITY CONTROLLED STRINGS

25 ELECTRONIC PIANO 3

26 CLAVINET

27 VELOCITY CONTROLLED LESLIE ORGAN

28 SHIFTED GUITAR

29 SAWTOOTH BACKGROUNG W. DYNAMIC ATTACK

 


30 FUNK TOUCH 3

31 HARP

32 FAST BRASS 4

33 CALIMBA SYNTH PIANO

34 VELOCITY CONTROLLED SOFT STRINGS

35 FLUTE

36 SEQUENCER BASS

37 TOY SISTRON

38 CLASSIC GUITAR

39 MALE SPACE CHOIR

40 FUNK TOUCH 4

 


41 SQUARE PIANO BASS

42 SOFT BRASS WITH RELEASE

43 ELECTRONIC TOMS

44 STRINGS 3

45 TRUMPET

46 SAWTOOTH DECAY 1 WITH DYNAMIC

47 MALLET BELL 1

48 LUTE

49 FEMALE SPACE CHOIR

50 MODULATED GHOST

 


51 CALLIOPE

52 HARMONICA

53 DIGITAL PERCUSSION 2

54 NOISE CLAPS

55 LEAD SYNTH 1

56 PULSE DECAY 2

57 KNOCK ON WOOD

58 MALLET BELL 2

59 SOLO TO ENSEMBLE STRINGS

60 DELAYED GHOST

 


61 ELICOPTER/AMBULANCE

62 SAWTOOTH DECAY

63 DYNAMIC DIGITAL REPEAT

64 INVERTED BACKGROUND

65 KOTO

66 PULSE DECAY 3

67 SPILLO TRILLO

68 MALLET BELL 3

69 DIGITAL ATTACK

70 DIGITAL BELL LOW

71 DIGITAL BELL HIGH

72 SINUS TONE

73 MALLET HARMONIC 1

74 DARK WOOD TONE

75 MALLET HARMONIC 2

 


COMBINATIONS (DOUBLED SOUNDS)

 

76      DIGITAL BELL

77      VIBRAPHONE

78      MARIMBA

79      SAWTOOTH DECAY + SQUARE PIANO BASS

80      JAZZ ORGAN 1 + MALLET BELL 1

81      DELAYED GHOST + PULSE DECAY 3

82      KOTO + DIGITAL PIANO 1

83      CARILLON

84      DIGITAL PIANO 1 + DIGITAL PIANO 2

85      MALE SPACE CHOIR + ELECTRONIC PIANO 3

86      VELOCITY CONTR. STRINGS + BRIGHT PIANO

87      DIGITAL PERCUSSION 2 + CLAVICHORD

88      MALLET HARMONIC 2 + KNOCK ON WOOD

 


SPLITS

 

LEFT                                         RIGHT

89 SAWTOOTH DECAY 1            ELECTRIC PIANO 1

90 SEQUENCER BASS                          FAST BRASS 4

91 FUNK TOUCH 4                                RESONANCE SWEEP

92 CLASSIC GUITAR                             FLUTE

93 SQUARE PIANO BASS            HARP

94 FUNK TOUCH 3                                SPILLO TRILLO

95 CLAVICHORD                            FLUTE

96 FUNK TOUCH 4                                FUNK TOUCH 2

97 MALLET HARMONICS 2          KNOCK ON WOOD

98 ELECTRONIC TOMS                        NOISE CLAPS

99 SOLO TO ENSEMBLE STRINGS      STRINGS 1

BIT 99 PRELOAD PROGRAM LIST (SET 2)


01 PIANO

02 ELECTRIC PIANO

03 BRASS 1

04 BOWED VIOLINS

05 MARIMBA

06 ORGAN 1

07 PIPE FLUTE 1

08 ACOUSTIC GUITAR

09 HI-RES. SYNTH

10 SYNDRUM

 


11 BRIGHT PIANO

12 CLAVINET

13 BRASS 2

14 BOWED CELLOS

15 XYLOPHONE

16 ORGAN 2

17 PIPE FLUTE 2/ WHISTLE

18 ACOUSTIC PHASED GUITAR

19 TWANG

20 HELICOPTER

 


21 WURLITZER ELECTRIC PIANO

22 HARPSICHORD

23 ENSEMBLE BRASS

24 SOLO TO ENSEMBLE STRINGS

25 STEEL DRUM

26 SYNTH ORGAN

27 CLARINETS

28 KOTO

29 HOLLOW

30 EERIE

 


31 DIGITAL PIANO

32 HONKY TONK PIANO

33 SYNTH BRASS

34 TOUCH SENSITIVE TIMBRE STRINGS

35 SYNTH BELLS 1

36 PIPE ORGAN

37 DOUBLE REED

38 BANJO

39 ANIMATED

40 EXPLOSION

 


41 CALIMBA SYNTH PIANO

42 BACKWARDS PIANO

43 ENGLISH HORN

44 STRINGS/BRASS

45 SYNTH BELLS 2

46 JAZZ PERCUSSIVE ORGAN

47 DIRTY REEDS

48 SLAP

49 SWEEP

50 PULSE

 


51 RECTANGULAR SYNTH PIANO

52 HARPO

53 BRASS 5th

54 PIZZICATO (PLUCKED) STRINGS

55 SYNTH BELLS 3

56 HAMMOND PERCUSSION

57 HARMONICA

58 ORGAN BASS PEDAL/SQUARE LEAD

59 QUICKIE

60 OSCILLATIONS

 


Background Pad

61 MELLOW "WOW'

62 MALE SPACE CHOIR

63 FEMALE SPACE CHOIR

64 MELLOW STRINGS

65 DIGITAL PAD

66 SOLEMN ORGAN

67 DISTANT FLUTE

 

Lead Line Synth

68 LEAD 1 (SAWTOOTH)

69 LEAD 2 (RECTANGUL.)

70 LEAD 3 (SQUARE)

71 SOLO BRASS

 

Percussion

72 CLICK

73 UPPER OCTIVE PERCUSSION

74 LOWER OCTIVE PERCUSSION

75 ORGAN 5th PERCUSSION

 


SPLITS

 

LEFT                             RIGHT

89 CLAVINET                          ORGAN

90 ORGAN                           CLAVINET

91 PHASED GUITAR                 BRASS

92 BRASS                            STRINGS

93 CALIMBA SYNTH PIANO         DIGITAL PIANO

94 EERIE                            EERIE 1                                    

95 WURLITZER ELECTRIC PIANO  SYNTH BELLS

96 DOUBLE REED                   CLARINET

97 GUITAR                           HARMONICA

98 PHASE GUITAR                   HOLLOW

99 ORGAN BASS                    JAZZ ORGAN

 


COMBINATIONS (DOUBLED SOUNDS)

 

76 CHOP BRASS

77 REEDS

78 CHOP FLUTE

79 ORGAN BRASS

80 XYLO BRASS

81 HAMMOND B 3

82 CHOP GUITAR

83 BRASS 5th

84 ETHERIAL 1

85 ETHERIAL 2

86 PIANO SYNTH BRASS

87 SLAP WHISTLE

88 OCTIVE BRASS

 

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Crumar Bit 99 features

 

Year of release: 198_
Polyphony:  
Sound generation method: analog
Preset memories  
MIDI: yes
Keyboard modes: single, split, dual 
Sound expansion capabilities: no
Sequencer no
Arpeggiator no
Effects  
Touch sensitivity yes
Aftertouch no
Other features:  

The "Song made only with this instrument" trial: _________  The Bit One sounds great.  Note in particular... X

Crumar Bit 99 manual


 

Links

 

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  BIT 99 review with audio demo - August 29, 2015