Behringer Crave: ’70s Heart with Timeless Analog Tones

[@sweetwater]

Which iconic - or slept-on - ’70s or ’80s synth is a must-have for your collection? Sound off in the comments, and stop by Sweetwater for a detailed look at the indelible analog appointments of Behringer’s Crave synthesizer 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Behringer_Crave

[@tristansprague7109]

I feel like this is a bit of an unfair demo as the delay pedal it’s hooked up to is an entirely separate machine itself that cost more than the actual synth you’re demoing. Just a personal take.

[@biggrime]

This is always the great debate. Demo with or without effects. Most people will use effects so this gives you a idea of what it can do with effects.

[@sidequest_studio]

@@biggrimebut what use is it to demo with other effects when that’s a completely separate step? The sound should be demoed raw. If anything this became a demo of the effect pedal, not the synth.

[@biggrime]

@@sidequest_studio I see your point

[@powermix24]

I got mine from Thomann Germany back in November 2019 before they were available here and I posted a review on sweetwater on the crave, it's an absolute must have for the price! I'm telling you right now after this bad boy I now have 20 synths and 3 drum machines and 2 groove boxes. Thanks Daniel again for your amazing demos

[@ronrobins3513]

Awesome. Thanks Uli ❤

[@DruggedBunny]

Great demo, realised so many features are there that I hadn't picked up on!

[@BrentODell]

Daniel Fisher is, by a good margin, my favorite presenter at Sweetwater

[@trippypages7309]

Sounds super powerful. 👍👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

[@makeshift_battlefield_music]

It is a fun instrument, ive had a lot of fun with mine, either doing tight sequences or layered with other synths in melodies

[@TokeStorm420]

There you go again, making me want another synth!😄🤙 Great pairing with the Nemesis delay pedal. Sounds excellent!

[@hughkremer4026]

1:17 is why I love this little thing, listen to that bass.

[@precisionsoundworksstudio]

Daniel Fisher: Legend

[@orangerooster73]

daniel fisher would make the Cat Piano sound amazing!

[@dianamiino7391]

I have one and I love it. It's closely based on the Mother32, but not identical. Sounds totally different, it's a lot cheaper, it's a lovely analog mono synth for the buck.

[@Defensator]

It would be nice if it was just the Crave being played without the Nemesis

[@jjrusy7438]

Re: "synth must have": The west pest. the wave folder and that twisted envelo-filter thing and the other insane features that aren't on any other synths I have make it essential for my little twisted semi rig. i think semi-modules in that form factor would sell. I would buy a highly controllable lfo and twin filter modules, and a modulatable digital effects module without jumping into full modular(paging Mr stillman). (the take5 has really messed my head up. Why can't everyone do some of these awesome things) edit: Uno pro desktop is a lower priced dual filter option but you can't really do anything extra semi with it like on a matriarch but ya I want that as a semi option for a tenth the price.

[@thegood9]

PLEASE get Behringer to FINALLY release their prematurely announced UB-xA. Please.

[@michaelbrittain-ld5gt]

could i connect my moog theremini cv output to the crave

[@sweetwater]

Hi michaelbrittain. Absolutely! -_Daniel_

[@michaelbrittain-ld5gt]

@@sweetwater thanks

[@ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST]

That intro sound makes me wanna pee! So weird!😅 Jokes aside, I love how the Crave sounds!

[@fortheloveofnoise9298]

Not really for me, but I did pre order the JT 4000.

[@longlostrobots8146]

Hard to get one . And you need a midi host for it to work dawless

[@AutisticCuriosity]

As soon as I see a synth being demoed with another box I’m suspicious that something is boring about that synth that it can’t carry its own weight. How much is the incredibly expensive box making that noise - not a fair first impression. Please just show us the synth.

[@303machine]

Go buy Moog Mother 32 then. He is using just delay for some parts.

[@nateonearth]

Did you watch the demo?

[@SkyscanX1]

Basically a Mother 32 for a lower price.

[@Marcin-lp4qi]

don't do a review with external fx

[@cav-eiremusic8486]

did you get a haircut from the 1970s just for this video ....

[@sweetwater]

Hi cav-eiremusic. I got my first flattop in 2013 at a motorcycle rally in Chicago. One of the booths were giving free haircuts... if... you got a flattop. Everyone I knew said they really liked it, so I've done it ever since. Strangely, I had never gotten a flattop the whole 13 years that I was in the Army (1981-1993). -_Daniel_

[@odmusicman]

Description above says, "invoke a distinctive array of powerful tones, from dirty basses to searing leads". I heard none of this, just a lot of playing around with the oscillator, resonance, cutoff, arping. Nothing on creating sounds or using it in an application environment. Just monkeying around making noises. Not a useful video at all.

[@makeshift_battlefield_music]

I think the appeal of this instrument is it is a cheap device for people to learn simple synthesis up to an advanced level using the patch bay and other instruments with it. To be honest, ive never been too blown away by the sounds ive made with mine compared to any other synth, quality of the sound is definitely good, and it is fun to play with, but very much oriented to the beginner or someone adding it to other devices

[@ForkySeven]

@@makeshift_battlefield_music Tell that to all the people who spent 3x the price on the Mother-32 and are made about it now lol

[@fortheloveofnoise9298]

Noises make life worth living.

[@michael7018]

Sounds thin…filters are not up to par also. Needs lots of reverbs to make it sound ok. But for that price it’s a good entry level for home use synth. Wouldn’t want to fire this up live with its lack of potent vcos and cheap filter. These are what I call popcorn synths 😅. The 2 old Korg Volca I own sound way better. So for that price, buy yourself a Volca and save $.

[@superblondeDotOrg]

Only $199 ? Bye, Volca.