Crumar performer service manual

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CRUMAR PERFORMER

OPERATING

DESCRIPTION

The Pertorrner .5 a mullrvOlCe mstrument Incorpo-
ratrhg an enormousarr-ount ot varrabrltry wtthrn a
Iarrly strnple lormal It can produce a wde range 01
smog and brass sounds aurclrly and accurately, but
only through tamtltarrzattdn wrth the controls you wrtt
achieve maxrrnum results

THE PERFORMER PACKAGE

Your Perlormer comes complete wlth power cord. a
mm. taclr patch cord tor syntlresrzer tntertac-ng. a
carryrng bag and a standard patch core used to
hook the Pertormer to an amplrller

AMPLIFICATION

Your PerlO'mer keyboard can be connected to any
convent-one! power arnprrlter and soearer system
that erI accept a monophonrc ohone plug lrorn the
mstruments marr- outtrul

SETTING UP

Located on the rear rtght of the Instrument rs the
onrotl swllcn luse are powe' cord connectrcr
Plug the specter power cord Into the unrt and run to
the nearest avarlaole lrL-AC (or 225; out-e". On the
rear left or the Pe'lormel rs the. mavn cutout panel
Us-ng a standard ohmo plug. (suoplred wth the umt)
run a hoe 110th the output marked -- MAIN ., to your
mp Thrs writ send both SHII'lgS and brass through
one Channel

For a stereophonrc ettect, plug another patch cord
unto the output marked, m BRASS You now have
total separatron ol the strrng and brass volces tor
rndrvrdual eoualrzatron. stereo placement through
PA's. and specml ettecls (The other two outputs
are tor mtertacrng wrth a synthesrzer and wrll be
explarned later)

Now you can swrtch the Pedormer on A prlot llght
located on the on/ott'swrtch (as well as' the LEDs on
the Ironl panel} wtlI srgnal that you are ready to
089m

SWITCHES

rerrormer are The 0W0" LUrIt'uI: D) vuarlrrlu trrc
button m the corresponomg LED mum on top or
each swrtcr. w. lrgnt up tr-drcarrng the tunctron .5
turned on an5 allows tor easy vrevwng m poorly we
Naurng sutuatrons

VOLUME SLIDES

On the tram panel there are three (3) slrde controls
marked - VOLUME - Mavrng leh to rrghl. they Us
the volume controls tor the Brass sectron; the Vrolrn
sectron. and the overall master volume. Collecrrvo'y,
these controls provrde a srmple mmng console tor
more accurate control ol volume levels. Remember.
the rrght master volume control must be kept on
otherwrse no sound WlII be heard Use the two other
slrdes lor achtevrng the proper balance between
the slrmgs and brass sounds

BRASS SECTION

The Brass sector. is aclrvated by depressing the
on/oIt posrlron Swttch and movtng the volume shoe
to . ON -- A large varrety ol sounds are shamed
thrOugn manipulatron ot the tour sltders lound lo the
ten 01 the volume control The Attack and Decay
slrders serve as envelope controllers. They provrde
the venous nuances or subtielres needed when
expressrng a note The Flange and Resonance
slrders control the overall sound oualrty They lunc»
tron as the lrlter controllers Although. each sltder
has an Independent lunctron "16y all work together
to produce sounds that range trom French Horns to
Synthesrze: ttller sweeps

STRING SECTION

To aclrvate the slung sectton, depress erther the 16
or 8' loot swrlch The 5' loot octave rs consrdered a
vroltn register. whrle the 16 tool Is more cello lrke

Both the 8' tool and 16 tool can be used together to
achteve a rich, lull stung sectton The three (3)
equahlallon controls, (low, mud. hrgh) tunctton as a
three band graphrc. colonng the entire range cl
strung possrbrlrtues They also serve as an excellent
means ot altenng the strung sounds drrectly trom
the keyboard Most rrnoortantly rt grves the perlor-
mer a vast array ol sound comornatrons rangrngv
trom very mellow types 01 stung sounds to those
very brrght Each eaualrzarron control :5 brought
m by movrng the slrders upwards The higher the
Dosrlron. the greater the ellect or mteractron By
manlpulatmg the low. mad and hrgh slrders you can
achreve the stunt: sound of vow chorce

CRESCENDO CONTROL

In the .. 0 - oosrtron the stungs wrll be heard rmmedra-
lely By mot/mg the suder upwards the attack trme
mu be Increased accordrngly Thls shoe us always