At Superbooth 2025, held May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, Analog Sweden & Nyström previewed the Crum 2 Generative Percussive Harmonic Machine.
The Crum 2 drum machine is a collaboration with Sweden instrument designer Love Hultén.
In this video, via Christian Halten, Fred of Analog Sweden and Albert of Nyström tell the story behind the creation of the Crum 2, and offer a quick demo.
Features:
- 4 channels with 6 sound engines each
- Percussive and melodic modes with master scale
- Extreme parameter range switch per track
- Scale key center offset-able per track pitch or relative to bass channel pitch
- Probability beat generation, step and live record
- 1-64 steps, 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, TRI input
- Randomizable parameters
- Master offset performance control section
- 10 live performance chainable snapshots with breakbeat recall
- Master reverb, delay & drive fx
- Extensive dimensional I/O: MIDI, CV, Separate outs, clock in/out
Details on pricing and availability are to be announced.
As he says in the video, this is digital, not analog (despite the company name).
What a stunning looking machine – thought it looked a bit Love Hultén and pleased to see it is! Might be the only way I can afford one of his genius creations! Don’t care if it is digital if it sounds good 🙂
Crum, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important! Valor pleases you, Crum… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!
The year of drum gear for sure it seems.
I hope that orange one in the background makes it to market too. I’m so glad people are finally doing collabs with Love Halten on original synths.
I love the original crum drum and I can’t wait to finally be able to buy this thing