Crumar MOJO-CL Virtual Tone Wheel Organ

Crumar MOJO-CL Virtual Tone Wheel Organ
Product no: 9000-0063-4855 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

If you're lucky enough to unearth a real tonewheel organ on the second hand market, then well done. If it also happens to be a Hammond B3, then you're basically the boss of everything. If you can take it to the stage, then the universe is yours, my friend. Well, kind of - these sonic beasts are notoriously sensitive and difficult to... carry. So, good luck with that. Since we do live in the future, however, there is another way. The Crumar MOJO-CL is a virtual tonewheel organ - that's not to say that it isn't a considerable piece of very physical hardware - but open the hood and you'll find that the sound is generated by software alone. Going on the look and feel of this instrument, this is pretty hard to believe.

Features of the Crumar MOJO-CL

First of all, this Mojo weighs just 18kg. This is featherweight when you consider the fact that a B3 weighs in at a meaty 140kg (even without the stool and pedals). So, for the relatively slimline 18kg, you're getting a whole lotta organ. Two octaves over two waterfall keyboards that literally glide beneath the hands; drawbars, complete with that characteristic click; rotary and vibrato; in fact any tonewheel organ related feature you'd care to name is provided by the Mojo-CL. The satisfying vintage look of the wooden cabinet is thankfully finished with a DIN-MIDI and a USB-MIDI port, making studio integration as simple as it gets, and as flexible as it gets, since besides virtual organs, you get a MIDI keyboard with waterfall keys - not something you witness every day. In short, for less than £100 per kilo, you get genuine prog-feel and a just as genuine tonewheel-monster in your very own studio, living room, and even on stage.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
Number of keys	61 + 61
Includes pedals	no
Includes chassis	no
Pitch and modulation wheel	no
MIDI & other	MIDI in, MIDI out, MIDI over USB

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	24,2 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	102,0 x 66,5 x 29,5 cm

Product specifications

Crumar MOJO-CL virtual tonewheel organ
two keyboards with semi-weight waterfall keys, velocity sensitive
virtual organ simulation
rotary simulation
reverb
drawbars
controls for volume, drive, reverb, keyclick, crosstalk, percussion volume, balance, distance, equalizer
drawbar HOLD: for alternative drawbar-settings
ports for expression and sustain
dimensions: 95 x 55 x 17cm
weight: 18kg

Bob Goodwin 19 November 2023

Wrote the following about Crumar MOJO-CL Virtual Tone Wheel Organ

Purchased this instrument from Bax Music with prompt delivery and as usual good service, I have purchased a number of products from Bax Music and on each occasion the transactions have been smooth without issue. Now to the Crumar Classic.
I originally had the Crumar Mojo which gave me a number of years of service without problem using it live and in the studio but the layout always bugged me, when the New Classic arrived the control surface was what one would expect of a Hammond Console with everything in the right place, at the time of my purchase there were hardly any demos to be found online but from what I had heard sonically it was a big improvement. So I took a punt and ordered the Classic which arrived in about four days along with the Crumar wheeled case.

Having now used the Classic for a good period of time I can confirm that not only is it reliable but the sound is superb, notable points are that the waterfall key action is close to my A100s and the onboard Rotary is so good that I now do not use a Leslie which is less equipment and hookup to worry about. The Chorus/Vib is much improved on previous models and as a Hammond replacement it fits the job nicely at less cost than other clones on the market. Sure it doesn’t have 9 key contacts so there are a few things you cannot achieve but for live work its of no consequence.

Having tried out the Hammond Suzuki offerings, Nord, Roland imho the Crumar is far better and having done a A/B of the Classic against two of my A100s one a 64 model the other a 71 model its hard to tell the difference and of course with the large collection of Generator models with the Classic it easy to get it to sound like any Hammond you’ve ever heard. It’s a shame Crumar haven’t offered a traditional B3 type wooden stand but I understand the commercial reasons why that is.

Build quality is as good as anything Ive seen elsewhere except for the Hammond Suzuki XK5 which feels a stronger build quality and while the keybed of the Crumar might not last long with windmill chops if its treated with respect I would say it would provide several years of reliable service.

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Henk Wessels 13 December 2021

Wrote the following about Crumar MOJO-CL Virtual Tone Wheel Organ

IK wou weer een orgel of keyboard na zeer veel jaren , de keuze wat te doen was moeilijk voor mij . Een orgel weer zo'n grote sta in de weg en heb toen toch maar besloten voor Crumar Mojo classic. Het is mij in de 3 maanden dat ik hem heb zeer goed bevallen, de instelmogelijkheden met de drawbars zijn plentie instellingen te maken voor alle klangkleuren wat je maar wil. Het geluid is zeer verrassend en mooi, zeker aan te bevelen, ik heb hen uitgebreid met de midi MOJO baspedalen en 2 JBL actieve boxen wat een grandioos geluid is en nu toch eigenlijk een compleet orgel is.
Ik kan het zeker aan iedereen aanbevelen die toch voor een redelijke prijs een drawbar orgel met het geluid van een Hammond.