Cre8Audio East Beast and West Pest review: cheap and fun gateway drugs to modular synthesis

The price of entry into the world of modular synthesis has been trending downward for sometime. But Cre8Audio seems to think that prices haven’t come down fast enough. It has been setting the pace in an incredible race to the bottom - and that’s not a bad thing. The East Beast and West Pest - its first pair of self-contained synths - are just $250 and possibly the cheapest eurorack compatible analog semi-modular synths out there.
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[@tramsgar]

Thanks, love these synth box reviews.

[@nsbd90now]

I have the West Pest. Love how the tone, timbre and feel of it is different than the usual subtractive synths.

[@davidwagner85]

I guess there is a reason they are so cheap. I've found white a few people who received a West pest that was dead on arrival as well.

[@nsbd90now]

@@davidwagner85 Ugh. That's a disappointment!

[@OPUSynthjunky]

I purchased these and the one and only real issue ive found is that the oscillators have no balls. Of course this can be reversed with amplification or post EQ but yeah. Pretty thin signals, even though they use different types of synthesis. Just pays to have surface mount 0-10v modules.

[@davidwagner85]

I had the west pest. But had to return it. The fold knob would cause terrible static and has sounds. Not due to any patching or anything either. I was not impressed.

[@greasyfingerprints]

Sounds like my car radio when I'm at an intersection with red light cameras.