(Stock B) Crumar MOJO 61 clavier numérique/orgue

The Crumar 61 is the best Hammond sound you can get at this range. It sounds so close to the real deal out of the box

Het is lang geleden dat ik van zo'n geweldig instrument droom. Geweldig voor zijn warme rijke volle orgelklanken die nog bewerkt kunnen worden via de computer. Klick, overdrive, leslie ... alles wat een orgelist kan wensen. Geweldig voor zijn prijs! Geweldig voor iemand die regelmatig wil optreden. Een dubbel klavier in 2 delen! Ik heb gekozen voor de combinatie van die Mojo 61 en zijn onderklavier Mojo 61B. 11,5 kg voor de 61 en 8 kg voor de 61B. Wie zegt beter? Ik bestuur de fantastische expander Ketron SD40 met de Crumar. Het resultaat is prachtig. Over de betrouwbaarheid op lange termijn kan ik uiteraard nog geen mening geven aangezien het instrument splinternieuw is maar de afwerking is heel mooi. Vlug geleverd door Bax-shop en heel goed ingepakt. Ik hoop er lang van te kunnen genieten.

Ik kocht een demomodel voor een wat lagere prijs en ben er zeer tevreden over.
De software was verouderd maar snel geupdate via Ipad. De orgels, piano's en clavinet zijn allen van topkwaliteit, evenals de effecten.

I bought this to replace my ageing Hammond XK1 and it’s increasingly untidy halo of pedals (Neo Vent 2, Lounsberry Tall and Fat etc.) I needed something neat and smart straight out of the box for my blues and soul band where we like to look sharp, and Hammond organ with a dash of piano and clav is what’s required. The Crumar Mojo 61 was exactly what I needed. It sounds even more like a Hammond than my XK1; the Rhodes and Wurlitzer pianos are very authentic; and the clav really comes alive. I won’t go into all the technical details- you can get these elsewhere - just a few of the little things that make live playing simpler, such as the fact that the swell pedal doubles as a wah for the clav, and a sustain pedal for the pianos works brilliantly as a Leslie slow/fast switch. The result is something clear, neat and logical with the minimum of extra wires, pedals and leads, which is great for a working band when space and setup times are limited. Just about all the controls you need are on the panel including percussion, reverb depth, key click, scanner chorus, cabinet sim (for the EPs and clav) and two banks of FX (again for the EPs and clav) comprising various tremolos and wah wah, and chorus or phaser. All very simple. There are no presets as such - it’s all very immediate and hands on, though the keyboard has WiFi and a simple editor accessible via smartphone or tablet and this allows you to select the model of Hammond, the amount of sproing in your clav, the bark and bite of your Rhodes, the model of amp you are simulating, and much else. Set and forget. I’ve added the optional 61B lower manual and this could hardly be simpler: it connects to the main board by MIDI and that’s it. Setup is easy and the result is cooler than a fridge in Antarctica. The Mojo 61 is monotimbral and the lower manual works only with the Hammond sim and is silent if you select the EPs, clav or other voices. You can’t have, say, organ on one manual and piano on the other. It’s a shame, though, that you can’t do that with the rather sweet baroque organ, or turn the Farfisa and Vox Conti sims into dual manuals. But as the Mojo is meant to be a Hammond first, and as I use it as such 90% of the time, this is not a major concern. I should add a note about the acoustic piano, of which everyone is strangely dismissive, perhaps because it’s a sample rather than a physical model. It’s great, full of body and character, and good enough for rock’n’roll. I use my Mojo with no extra FX (hooray!) straight into a pair of Yamaha DBR10 powered monitors. Righteous!!

Er bestaat eigenlijk maar 1 woord om de Crumar te omschrijven: Fantastisch!
Waarom?
1) De klanken zijn ongeëvenaard.
2) De intuïtieve bediening (drawbars, drive, effecten, eq, enz); gevalletje 'aan en gaan'.
3) Klavier speelt heerlijk.
4) Een van de weinige die live echt door de mix heen prikt.
5) Geen poespas, gewoon zeer goeie orgels en rhodes.. that's all you need!