Behringer Crave Tutorial #2 - MIDI DIN

[@dmanh5144]

I appreciate this very thorough coverage of the Crave. Now I am getting one of these since I can use your videos to learn how to use its features!

[@petercane6376]

Thank you Eric for such great tutorials. I am quite hard of hearing so I have to put the subtitles on. I am very old fashioned so then I get your tutorial in written form with my old typewriter so I have it all on paper and can refer to it at any time without relying on phones or a pc. I have made a Crave Knob and switch stencil from plastic card so I can draw and record knob settings. I am looking forward to all your crave tutorials. you are a great teacher.

[@music-with-eric]

Thanks Peter! Glad you've found a way to make them more useful to you :)

[@jerrybriardy]

Great intro to the Crave! Trying to decide if this would improve my synth arsenal and this video answered a lot of my questions. Thank you!

[@Neuri]

amazing explanation. By the last vids i was guessing the next step. Top teacher on youtube!

[@marknoone4202]

Superb! Solved my problem within seconds. Thank you..

[@KeyDyer]

Ordered a similar combo today! got the keystep 32 instead since I found such a great deal

[@guiom77]

Keystep 32 is Amazing

[@guiom77]

Good choice

[@abuelo100ful]

Thank you so much, i really appreciate your explanation

[@cacaricomora]

best fckn video of crave, easy and fast. thank you

[@ruijorge-x3h]

Hello, Thank you for the help that your tutorials give, regarding connecting a keyboard via midi to the Crave, it is not working for me. I have a MINILAB 3, I connect the midi output and connect it to the midi input of the CRAVE and no sound comes out, I have already adjusted the midi channels in each of them to channel 7 and nothing. Do I have to make any other adjustments in the Crave in the SYNTHTRIBE software? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND KEEP PASSING ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Bye Rui

[@music-with-eric]

You're using midi DIN cable? And the dip switches are set correctly on the back of the crave?

[@ruijorge-x3h]

@@music-with-eric I went to the images that show how to change the midi channels that you see in the instructions and that's how I put Crave on channel 7 following the images, so I assume that it's ok.

[@ruijorge-x3h]

SORRY hy use MIDI DIN

[@Alexschmitzs]

Hey Eric, I've been sequencing my crave with an arturia beatstep. The problem I have is that every time I press play on the beatstep the pattern on the crave also starts to play. Do you have any idea how I can deactivate this so the crave only gets the midi notes but doesn't start the sequence? Really appreciate it thanks for making all these great videos :)

[@music-with-eric]

If you set the Crave's clock source to "Internal" it will ignore incoming transport messages but it will still play the pitches being sent by the Beatstep. I just tested this using my Keystep37 and it worked correctly. You can change the Crave's clock source using either shift+hold+8, page 3, option 1 (see latest version of the Crave manual, page 41), or by using the Synth Tool app on your computer.

[@PANTA-Music]

@@music-with-eric This is not the best way though. Because if you do this, you will not allow the Beatstep or Keystep to be the master clock, in case you want to control other hardware with your beatstep. In order to keep the Arturia the master clock, set the Behringer clock to MIDI DIN input, and disable the Crave's 'sequencer auto sync' option via the Synthtribe app. This makes sure the Crave keeps the clock of your Arturia, but doesn't automatically start the sequencer. (You can manually start it by pressing play on the Crave) Also this way, you can use the ARP function on the Crave with the clock from the Arturia, if you want too. And it will be easier to assign a specific BPM if you like to experiment with doubled sequencers. (It's impossible to set a specific BPM for the Crave...)

[@sandyturner1911]

@@PANTA-Music Thank you for this! I have been trying to figure this out, for awhile. It drives me nuts, having to stop the Crave from playing whatever, after I set up my Keystep. Trying to record is a pain. Now I just have to set up the Crave computer App. lol!

[@PANTA-Music]

@@sandyturner1911 Did it work for you? :)

[@sandyturner1911]

@@PANTA-Music I couldn't get the Synthtribe downloaded, because it's on the old Internet browser. They haven't updated it. It's on Explorer...I haven't tried it on my MAC, yet.

[@Jon_Cast]

Hola Eric! Soy novato en el mundo de los sintetizadores y me estoy volviendo loco para conectar mi equipo. Te explico; tengo la caja de ritmos rd-8 y behringer crave con arturia keystep y no soy capaz de sincronizar ambos. Conecto por midi in el teclado a crave pero como conecto ahora la caja de ritmos? Gracias de antemano y espero que todo vaya bien!!

[@music-with-eric]

Puedes tentar ligando el "sync out" del RD-8 al "sync in" del Keystep, y usar los "DIP switches" atrás del Keystep a seleccionar "Sync in". El RD-8 mandara su tiempo al Keystep e atraves al Crave. (Perdona mi espanol, mi portugues es mejor!)

[@Jon_Cast]

@@music-with-eric tu español es genial 😉. Ya lo tengo todo conectado, muchas gracias por tu ayuda. Un saludo 🤘🤘

[@pablowentscobar]

Thank you!

[@brandondiluca9115]

I having issues syncing the Crave's tempo with Ableton. Any help with this would be much appreciated!

[@music-with-eric]

I don't believe I'll be covering the sync between Crave and any DAW (but many others have done so, and well).

[@ph911]

f2 2 H2an help me. I have connected my crave (midi out) to eventide timefactor (midi in) but eventide don`t recognize tempo( I tried same with TD3 and it`s work. Can you try connect some synth (midi in) to crave (midi out) and find out - your device will take tempo from crave or not? Maybe just my crave midi out is broken..

[@Mil_lux]

sweet, you're a lifesaver :)

[@tommybay100]

Thank you much Eric .

[@marcoagius6926]

Hi Eric! Is the behringer crave similar to the behringer td3 bass line synth? Thanks

[@music-with-eric]

It's not really similar at all. The TD-3 has a very limited tone palette and range compared to the Crave's vast possibilities for modulation. Using the TD-3 sequencer is a much different experience as well. However, I really like the sound that the TD-3 makes, and how quickly you can get it to do what it's best known for - replicating the acid sounds of a 303 - but I often use it for non-squelchy sounds as well. The Crave can get close to that sound as well, plus do a great deal more.

[@ngortiz]

Gracias por el video, una pregunta, tengo un controlador midi con salida como de impresora, como lo puedo conectar a Crave? gracias.

[@music-with-eric]

Tendrá que conectar el controlador y el Crave ambos en el computador vía USB, y mandar información MIDI mediante su DAW.

[@Abhraneil_Bhattacharya]

can we somehow play polyphonic notes with crave also, I am an absolute beginner will you recommend crave to me?

[@music-with-eric]

Crave will only play one note at a time. There are ways to patch it that will *kind of* give you more than one note at a time, but more like two simultaneous sounds, and it's never going to work like a piano. For that you at least need a synth with a paraphonic mode, like the Neutron, or a true polyphonic synth like the Minilogue. If you don't know anything about synthesis yet, I'd suggest watching these videos to get a sense of how it all generally works, then experiment with some free VSTs. Crave is good because it's inexpensive and offers a lot of creative options with the patchbay, but its limitations could be more frustrating at first.

[@ork3530]

you are a prophet man thanks for all=)

[@guiom77]

Thanks

[@cefrancek9810]

I need some help hooking up my crave to use my Roland sh-01 how do you sync the midi of the Roland to the crave.

[@music-with-eric]

I don't have a Gaia, but since it has MIDI DIN ports the process should be the same as I describe in this video. Be sure the Gaia and Crave are on the same MIDI channel; set the MIDI OUT from the one you want in charge to the MIDI IN of the other. You might also want to check out the final video in this series where the Crave is sending info to the Volca Bass.

[@brunoromero9954]

My Midi keyboard has no Midi Output, only USB out. How do I connect it?

[@music-with-eric]

You have two options. The first is to connect your keyboard to your computer via USB, and also the Crave to the computer via USB, then use a DAW or other program to route the MIDI data from the keyboard to the Crave. The second way is to get a small device called a USB to DIN converter (this is not the same as the common USB to MIDI DIN cable). This will take the USB input from your keyboard and send it out of a 5-pin MIDI DIN jack and into your Crave. This is the one I use: www.hobbytronics.co.uk/usb-midi-converter. For most people, I imagine the computer interface is the easier way to go.

[@brunoromero9954]

@@music-with-eric Thank you so much for the answer, bro!!! You are the best. Btw, I use the DAW Reaper... I'll try routing Midi thru it.

[@minisynthmaniac]

@Bruno Romero I know it's late, but there's a neat little program called miditrix that lets you route any MIDI device connected to your computer to any other, without having to start up your DAW all the time, if you just want to play and jam.

[@markharwood7573]

Thank you.

[@vlixesispunk]

I have a problem with my keystep and crave im in the correct MIDI Channel and when i press a key in the ks i get sound , but the arrpegiator and the sequencer dont work i dont know if a i need to change something in the crave synth tool app

[@music-with-eric]

Forgive the obviousness of my reply, but are you sure that you've pressed play when trying to use the arpeggiator? If your Keystep is audibly triggering the Crave's pitches it is indeed hooked up correctly, so that's the only thing I can think of.

[@vlixesispunk]

@@music-with-eric yes i hit play but no sound , btw i put my key step in usb mode to play with ableton and now is working with my crave the problem now is that if a decide to change to sequencer mode the volume of the crave is lower and affects the decay also i don't know if i have to change something in the crave synth tool or in the key step software

[@gongon5038]

Hello! Is it possible to control the parameters of the Behringer Crave from an external controller? How to do it? Thanks.

[@music-with-eric]

Crave doesn't have many MIDI-controllable parameters. It'll accept notes played on a keyboard, start and stop messages, and tempo sync, and that's about it. It is VERY analog!

[@giovannimaria.ferrari6755]

Thank you!

[@brutusmuerto]

Thank you!