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Dear Customer,
thank you for purchasing a Crumar Seventeen, a high quality instrument that was entirely conceived, developed and built in Italy with premium
quality parts. This instrument is the the result of years of research in sound design and quality electronics, and has been assembled with first class
craftsmanship. We wish you many years of enjoyment and good music with your new Crumar Seventeen, and, if we may give you a small advice... you
guessed it... please read this manual in its entirety and keep it in a safe place for future reference.
The Crumar Team.
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  • Page 1 This instrument is the the result of years of research in sound design and quality electronics, and has been assembled with first class craftsmanship. We wish you many years of enjoyment and good music with your new Crumar Seventeen, and, if we may give you a small advice... you guessed it...
  • Page 2  Be careful not to infiltrate powders or liquids inside the instrument, nor on the outside.  If liquids get inside the unit, remove the power immediately to prevent the risk of electric shock and contact a Crumar service center as soon as possible.
  • Page 3 Crumar Seventeen 73 keys Crumar Seventeen "Parsifal" 88 keys 1. Italian 73 notes hammer-action keyboard with two sensors. 1. Italian 88 notes hammer-action keyboard with three sensors. 2. Wooden vintage construction with external tolex. 2. Metal construction. 3. First sound (Bank 1 preset 1) : modeled "tine" piano.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Crumar Seventeen, but also with the entire line of Crumar products, was and still is to fill the gap between a digital musical instrument and the real ones.
  • Page 5 Crumar Seventeen main features: 2 synthesis engines: Effects: Other features: 1. Tine Electric Piano 100% Physical 1. FX1: Tremolo, Stereo auto-panner, LFO 1. 64 presets modeled. Wah Wah, Dynamic (auto) Wah Wah 2. MIDI OUT and USB-MIDI port 2. FX2: Stereo Chorus, Stereo Flanger, Stereo 2.

  • Page 6: Warranty Notice

     The "Tolex-style" covering is intended for aesthetic reasons and does not offer shock protection. No cuts and bumps in it is covered by this warranty.  The plastic CRUMAR badge at the back of the instrument (if present) is fragile and can crack if the instrume is set down on an irregular surface.

  • Page 7: Sounds: Tine Electric Piano

    CHAPTER 3. SOUNDS: TINE ELECTRIC PIANO. This is a simulation of the famous Rhodes Electric Piano . It's not specific to a Mark I, Mark II or Mark V model because it can do them all. This is the only sound present on your instrument that is totally physically modeled. The parameters (showed in the screen as "EP") that you can modify are: ...

  • Page 8: Sounds: Sampled Material

    CHAPTER 4. SOUNDS: SAMPLED MATERIAL. The main sound engine of your instrument is the sample player GSP-01. This player can only play back custom Crumar and GSi sample sets, can't import user created samples and other common formats, but can be updated with new sounds whenever these are released.

  • Page 9: Effects

    CHAPTER 5. EFFECTS. Crumar Seventeen offers 2 main effects slots plus an AMP simulator, a delay, a reverb and a 3-band semi-parametric equalizer with bass, treble, middle and selectable middle frequency. FX1, FX2 and AMP simulator are displayed in the main screen of the instrument when you are in "performance"...

  • Page 10: Connections

    CHAPTER 6. CONNECTIONS. The following pictures shows the connections panel located at the left of the piano (Seventeen) and on the back of the piano (Seventeen "Parsifal"). They offer the same connections and possibilities, they are only arranged in a different positions.
  • Page 11 SYSTEM USB - TYPE-A Seventeen includes a Type-A “host” USB 2.0 port. This is mainly used to update the software in case a new release is available, to load sample content and for import/export presets. In order to be able to perform these operations you need to plug here a USB dongle drive FAT32 formatted, be sure that the files inside the drive are not zipped.

  • Page 12: Control Panel And Display Navigation

    CHAPTER 7. CONTROL PANEL AND DISPLAY NAVIGATION. The front panel of your Crumar Seventeen is the main and only interface with the instrument. You can do everything there: from performance controls like volume or presets selection to deep editing of the sounds and global setting of the instrument. The front panels of Seventeen and Seventeen "Parsifal"...
  • Page 13 The front panel main differences are: Crumar Seventeen 73 keys Crumar Seventeen "Parsifal" 88 keys 1. Rotary knob for volume. 1. Linear slider for volume. 2. RGB value encoder with integrated push button. 2. Flat large encoder knob without push button.
  • Page 14 Performance mode In "performance" mode, in the upper part of the screen, the display will show the name of the sound you are using: if you switch to a preset that is using another sound, that name will change. If you are in "edit" mode, you select another sound and then you exit from the "edit"...
  • Page 15 Edit mode: first screen. To access the "edit" mode, just press the "EDIT" button: the first screen that will appear is the selection of sound. In order to navigate the other options of the "edit" mode, just scroll the value encoder; instead, if you would like to enter that specific section (in this case the selection of sound), just press the EDIT button again (Enter): now moving the encoder knob will scroll through the different sounds available.
  • Page 16 Basically the "edit" mode can be divided into 8 parts: 1) Sound selection. 2) Effect section: FX-1, FX-2, AMP, DELAY, REVERB, EQUALIZATION. 3) Tine piano section (EP). 4) Sample section (SMP). 5) Presets management section. 6) Global settings: MIDI, VELOCITY, TUNING, LIGHT INTENSITY. 7) Expansions management.
  • Page 18 3) Tine piano section (EP): here you will find all the parameters of the physical modeled tine piano.
  • Page 19 4) Sample section (SMP): these are all the settings you can modify for the sampled sounds. 5) Presets management section: in this section you can move presets to difference locations (bank and preset number), store custom modified sounds, export presets on a USB dongle connected to the system port or import from it. For re-allocate the presets, overwrite and existing one or simply to save a new one you have to go in the page of the menu called "Save Preset to:"...
  • Page 20 The instrument can't send and receive MIDI datas from different channels, you can choose from Channel 1 to Channel 16. Seventeen has a dedicated button in the panel for MIDI LOCAL OFF: when this function is engaged, the instrument does not produce...
  • Page 21 MIDI OUT ports. Seventeen has 3 different velocity curves you can choose from: the integrated keyboard will respond differently when you play it if you play softly or heavily: choose the one that will fit more your playing style.
  • Page 22 Tuning option: standard is 440 Hz You can select 5 different patterns of the light intensity of the display and the leds in the front panel: normal, medium, soft, dark and bright.
  • Page 23 If you want to install a new sound in your Crumar Seventeen, the first thing you have to do is to download the sound on your computer, unzip the file and transfer it to a compatible USB drive. Plug that USB drive to the system USB port of your instrument, enter the "edit"...
  • Page 24 Always read the documentation that is provided together with the firmware update before performing it. These operations are usually irreversible. In the fist page of this section, you can see the actual firmware revision installed on your Seventeen (vX.XX is the firmware version):...
  • Page 25 If a new firmware update is released for your Crumar Seventeen, you have to first download it from www.crumar.it on your computer, unzip the file and transfer it to a compatible USB drive. Plug that USB drive to the system USB port of your instrument, enter the "edit"...

  • Page 26: Midi Specifications

    - Does not send and receive NRPN, RPN and Sysex messages. - The send/receive MIDI channel is unique and selectable (see page 20). - PROGRAM CHANGE messages: you can decide if the instrument must receive and send them (see page 21). On Seventeen PROGRAM CHANGE messages will handle presets.
  • Page 27 PARAMETER NAME C.C. NUMBER PARAMETER NAME C.C. NUMBER Volume AMP Model Sustain DLY Level FX1 Switch DLY Time FX1 Mode DLY F.Back FX1 Depth DLY Type FX1 Speed REV Level FX2 Switch REV Decay FX2 Mode REV Type FX2 Depth EQ Bass FX2 Speed EQ Treble...

  • Page 28: General Specifications

    Copyright notice. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. Crumar SEVENTEEN is a digital Musical Instrument designed and built in Italy. All rights reserved. Crumar is a trademark owned by: V.M. Connection - Via Lucio Vero, 2 – Musestre di Roncade (TV) – Italy - www.crumar.it...

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