Befaco Crush Delay V2 // Crunchy Eurorack Delay Module

In this episode of Eurorack with Bo I explore the Crush Delay V2 from Befaco. Check it out in store here: redir.love/TRt... (affiliate)
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[@BoBeats]

Check out Befaco modules in store here: redir.love/TRt6Haun (affiliate)

[@brodylowe644]

DIY modules have been my path because I love the idea of knowing how my modules work, as well as create modifications to each without feeling like I'm ruining someone else's handiwork.

[@tomgreaney1901]

Looks awesome. It brings a unique soundscape, which I guess makes it perfect for eurorack.

[@HazeAnderson]

I just want to reiterate soldering and DIY ... always practice on something you don't want to keep if you have never soldered before. I recommend building some XLR and 5 pin DIN cables first, maybe a cable testing box as your 1st project, so you can troubleshoot your cables in the future. :)

[@BoBeats]

Great advice there. I built cables a long time ago but I really can't remember how. Should be a great start!

[@Psychlist1972]

FWIW, soldering cables / connectors tends to be quite different from PCB soldering. You can use a giant iron tip and be all kinds of sloppy. But workholding is much harder. 99% of the difficulty of soldering comes down to workholding, having a good temperature-controlled iron, and having an appropriately-sized tip. The actual technique is super easy.

[@leftmono1016]

Haze Anderson - I’d recommend the Baby8 sequencer kit for soldering practice. Very cheap and a nice useful source for cv modulation!

[@sheepkillindog]

I started on circuit bending cheap kids toys which I killed a few. Then guitar pedal kits and mods. Then I discovered eurorack kits and by that point I was pretty knowledgeable. Now I have 6 racks and I saved (some) money doing it diy. I had one issue with a build and the manufacturer (Elby) was super helpful in helping my discover my error. It’s very rewarding to build your own stuff and understand the electronics end of it.

[@TheCitizenNick]

I love that wallpaper!

[@thom-alphaxiii-5106]

Great gritty delay, love that sound, and touché is a must have! Nice video Bo’

[@thom-alphaxiii-5106]

For ne t video i d Like to hear the erica synths !!!

[@BoBeats]

erica synths - befaco: 1 - 0

[@dan_dorjay]

Scott seems a pretty cool guy. Will definitely check out his channel too.

[@BoBeats]

Scott is awesome! Such a kind and generous man

[@masonla653]

Very heavy and dirty. Totally opposite of the cloud! Nice!

[@BoBeats]

Yeah its a killer combo!

[@NostalgicRuckus]

Befaco! Been really interested in this module. Great vid.

[@Trovarsi]

Nice sounds Bo! Befaco makes some great stuff. 👍🏽

[@EricAndre615]

For analog one of the best delays I've ever heard is the Pittsburgh Modular Analog Replicator delay. It's pretty great.

[@sheepkillindog]

Best delay for the price. The Dirty Murals by Recovery Effects is really good too with a built in reverb.

[@discophone_6214]

Very good video! Damn i need something like this but i wont be never possible

[@424Recording]

I was expecting you to crush some walnuts with the unit given the title. Very cool unit and jams, Bo. Great coffee intro!

[@BoBeats]

I should have crushed a coffee bean :O

[@424Recording]

OMG why did I say a walnut!?

[@SferaMusicLive]

Man. Turkish coffee is the way to go! Great video.

[@BoBeats]

SWEDISH WORKING MANS FILTER COFFEE OR BUST :D

[@sheepkillindog]

Turkish coffee is like crack. It’s not for everyone. Lol

[@laptopolist]

I love your wallpaper.

[@Twinsungamer]

Awesome video ! I'm also getting into Euroracks and right now I have the heavy burden of choosing a semi-modular to start with !

[@BoBeats]

My vote: Minibrute 2S, its the one semi that you really can grow with since it has such a deep sequencer

[@Twinsungamer]

I thought about it but I somehow do not like the steiner-filter very much :( So I was thinking about a mother-32... Decisions are hard !

[@starwars007oele]

Happy ending service....,I know that from going to the thai massage! 🤭😉 Bo you have the same idea as me, going to places you normaly would not go. Thats why I want to go modular one day, but the dowside is that it’s expensive, I will probably do also some diy but not the smd ones there very difficult. Great video again...,you are really entertaining! ✌️👍

[@sheepkillindog]

Hakuna Matata smd is tricky. There are plenty of through hole kits out there. It’s super fun!

[@martarch6845]

Very nice bro !

[@Psychlist1972]

The "K" in knurlies is silent. Comes from knurl -- the texturing around the grip part of the screw. Not sure what the German word is, but the translators say "Rändel", which doesn't translate back correctly.

[@Xenooni]

BLACK HOLE!!!! much love for you Bo!

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Wow, think that you could get some industrial out of this unit. Me likes.

[@alanc6752]

Great channel and info BoBeats. I have a Question. I recently got vcvrack and know nothing. Is there a vcvrack version of Akemeis Taiko?

[@BoBeats]

Thanks! I dont think there is such a module

[@MrBasic]

You are reminding me of the touche... The Touche is a beautiful thing. I just watched a video today of Roger Linn, Dave Smith, and Tom Oberheim all on stage interviewed. Roger Linn kept talking about how expressive controllers are the future. I like both the Touche and the Madrona Labs Soundplane. If you advertise for the Soundplane, they might get enough momentum to make it more than just mac os...

[@BoBeats]

Soundplane looks very cool. Not sure I could do it justice tho

[@LeonvanBokhorst]

Happy to see you plug the good guys and girls of Befaco. I see this CrushDelay is modded. Did you try the unmodded version before this one? I use the module quite a lot more since I added that mod... much better handling and the best crunch 😊🤘

[@BoBeats]

I havnt tried the V1. Thanks mate!

[@cuba1956]

DSP for sure!

[@GDub83]

The Old school intro.

[@vmitchell1131]

I'd say Blackhole first then VCO! Great video, Bo! I love the sounds of that delay.

[@BoBeats]

Or maybe VCO into Blackhole. MODULECEPTION!

[@davidramirez591]

I vote for black hole dsp 2, I have the 1st version. Befaco stuff is great, you should get a Rampage!

[@waywardv]

Really cool. Love the use of the expression pedal. I appreciate the focus on musicality in modular. Quite often so much of modular is just very expensive bleeps and bloops (tho there is a place for that). How about looking into the intellijel Metropolis?

[@BoBeats]

Good suggestion! Will check it out

[@waywardv]

Fun demo here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4ecXot3arKDrbs

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Hmmm, so I've watched this video now several times, and despite the thumbnail, I cannot find any evidence of LITERAL crushing... Disappointed.

[@Natemasterflex]

Question: did you not build the module? Thanks

[@BoBeats]

Me building a module?! Heck no, I would blow up the house 🔥🔥🔥

[@Natemasterflex]

Thanks for the reply. I’ve built 9 modules so far, but no Befaco stuff yet. I was just wondering some stuff about the build. You could easily solder modules together Bo. It’s very easy, the only issue is how good the instructions are.

[@BoBeats]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I am actually thinking it could be a fun episode watching me possibly fail at this

[@Natemasterflex]

Haha, just make sure to do time lapse, it usually takes anywhere from 3-16 hours to build a module. Depending on the complexity of course. You would succeed, especially if you watch a ten minute “how to solder” video first.

[@snoopdoggdankkush9285]

DID U GET AN OP-1 YET

[@ben-rosfeld]

Does anyone know any other good DIY delays?

[@hosjmanne]

Hey bo, Nice vid 👍🏻 Get the intellijel plonk, its a realy cool module. Combine it with the Malekko Voltage Block 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 But than you need a bigger rack haha...

[@dversetto]

You need to switch to espresso!

[@BoBeats]

Trust me. I do not. I have a fully automated espresso machine, and when I used that I almost killed myself. Caffeine. MMMMM my drug of choice.

[@CEF8181]

My man's got a Technivorm. He knows what he's doing.

[@norullzz]

I'm actually more envious of the coffee machine, than the rack module.

[@mikeexits]

@@BoBeats It's good to see you acknowledge that it's a drug. Most people wouldn't, and don't think of caffeine as a drug; same with alcohol and nicotine. It's a weird sort of funny (but mostly sad) how the most easily obtainable and legal drugs in most countries are also some of the most toxic.

[@sheepkillindog]

Tea is where it’s at.

[@NawelS]

Great videos! Check out the Befaco Even Vco!

[@FunkTree]

Bo, where did u get blackhole DSP 2 ... the release day on Erica Synth website is apríl 2018...:) nice vid

[@BoBeats]

as with all early units: from the manufacturer

[@FunkTree]

BoBeats dream job come true for you Bo :) just don't get burned like Andrew W. I hope u saw his latest video fricking 18 hours a day working... And you, you're expecting the second one :) arghhth ... what an addiction this YT is....

[@BoBeats]

The second one is here now :-) but yeah I got to keep a balance for sure!

[@FunkTree]

oh, man I missed that one congrats!

[@XiXora]

You're running out of space… I assume a Minibrute 2S needs a 6U rack sibling? :D

[@BoBeats]

I don't have the 2S here any more :(

[@XiXora]

Aww :( May I suggest two more 6U Rack brutes then… The link system has to be used in some way!

[@XiXora]

Btw, I've been brought here by my need to look up the Empress Effects Zoia for my guitar rig. It has a synthy background and now I just have GAS for modular. I'm real bad on pushing that on others. I've spent all day watching your videos. Sorry! 😅

[@KWHCoaster]

Very cool, but I really need to stop watching Eurorack videos. You've got me looking at modules. ;-)

[@0Metatron]

Need to sheck this out

[@HamishMaguire]

Liking the Eurorack videos but don't understand why we have the guy on the end?

[@BoBeats]

Thats a friend and patron of mine and I thought it could be fun to have some other voices than mine since eurorack is so vast. Might bring some other peeps on further down the line as well.

[@HamishMaguire]

That makes sense, it's just something different I guess. Anyway solid content, really enjoying it.

[@BoBeats]

Cool! I am all about the fun collabs

[@5005dave]

DSP 2 ! Please

[@jamiecupit2381]

yeah never filter your coffee else it ends up weak

[@BoBeats]

Sweden doesn't do weak coffee.

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

For anyone needing help understanding the calibration procedure for the DIY version; this video shows my method. For the full calibration instruction, see page 7 of the build doc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGlcopuisSqqLc

[@marcoandreoni2112]

Hi Bo! I don't know if you watch this, but here is a video of Karplus Strong synthesis using the Crush Delay, a noise source and a filter. Maybe you can replicate it with your setup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIuUo6mfmsl6rMU

[@BoBeats]

What a cool idea!