Cre8audio East Beast vs West Pest // There's only one way to sort it.... FIGHT!!!

What's the difference between the Cre8audio East Beast and West Pest? One uses subtractive synthesis like pretty much everything else and the other uses Buchla style wave folding and low pass gate inspired circuits... and what does that all mean. Watch and find out :)
These are 2 very different sounding units, one is a bug juicy analog mono synth, the other is plucky, percussive and can be incredibly dirty.
And most fun of all... get both and you've got a mini monster!!
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► Clubbing TV From the Studio:
• From The Studio
0:00 Two Tribes!
2:03 Quick Look - WEST PEST
3:51 Quick Look - EAST BEAST
5:52 Common Functions
7:23 Then Interface PART A
9:20 What's the Difference?
10:50 The Interface PART B
13:00 Self-gen Random Sequence
13:39 Midi to CV Converter
15:14 East Beast DEEP DIVE
19:53 West Pest DEEP DIVE
22:52 Wavefolder vs Filter
26:38 Low Pass Gate
30:13 Sustain distortion
31:13 Which Should I Choose?
31:55 LFO FM
34:10 Together As One - a Mini Monster
34:50 Tuned FM
36:17 Final Thoughts
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[@tillorrly1128]

It bugs me more than it should that East Beast is on the right and the West Pest is on the left.

[@StarskyCarr]

Aaah sh*t that’s going to bug me forever as well now! 😂

[@kierenmoore3236]

*left *right y’mean? 😵‍💫🙃

[@teddavis9450]

Pretend you're facing South.

[@Cookielayinjack]

@@teddavis9450 ehh mate, throw anotha shrimp on the barbi

[@aoterou]

It bugs me more than it should that you are wrong. East Beast is on the LEFT and West Pest is on the RIGHT, and that doesn’t make sense

[@jscottschafer]

...And so ya, I'm going to order the WP to go with my EB. The pastabilities!! Thanks Starsky

[@ChristopherOrth]

Great vid! I would love to see you compare the features of the West Pest with the 0-Coast.

[@dinogoldie9716]

The 0-coast doesn't have a sequencer but it does have a full ADSR. The 0-coast is not intended to be rack-mounted but it does have far more stand-alone sound design patchability than the WP. The 0-Coast doesn't have its own keypad but it does have its own attenuverter section. Oddly, the 0-coast does not have a dedicated power switch (you have to buy an inline power switch separately).

[@StarskyCarr]

If I can get my hands on one I will.

[@danishdaycare]

Great synth, West Pest! But I thought my fine tune was badly calibrated but I notice that your knob also is at aprx 9oclock. Isn't a little strange that it's not calibrated right at 12oclock? The manual says it's +-1,5 semitones, hard to get it - 1,5 when tuned correctly...

[@samprock]

Now I want to sell my Moog and Buchla and get 10 Beasts and 15 Pests! LOL

[@BarbesDub]

for my part, the tuning of the East Beast is not stable beyond an octave, suddenly it is not practical for bass line or melody .. I checked, I am on the latest version thanks to the small software of Cre8audio, maybe there is a trick to solve this problem

[@dinogoldie9716]

Have you had any trouble controlling them from external MIDI gear? I've had to send back 2 West pests because they were unusable with several different MIDI controllers (constant note-hanging as if the unit wasn't getting any note-end messages). I hope this is something that they can fix with firmware updates because I love the sound of these little boxes and am still very much interested in owning them.

[@StarskyCarr]

I had an issue where it wasn’t working very well.. but taking it apart and wiggling a cable through the hole from the rear sorted it. Seems as if the components need a bit of physical manipulation (or surface dust/lacquer removal).

[@adognamedshinji]

Thanks for pointing that out. Not sure why most reviewers don't point out bugs with new gear, so it's great to have a community who does so. Looks like I'll be waiting awhile before picking one or two up myself. Hope they sort out the bugs

[@Essjay88]

@@StarskyCarr had the same issue with mine... have both. Any chance of a picture with which bits you manipulated/cleaned inside? Good to meet you the other day at synthfest btw.

[@StarskyCarr]

@@Essjay88 hiya.. it was just the MIDI In ‘hole’ I poked a TR cable to the patch point from the other side and gave it a little wiggle. Dead simple and did the trick.

[@Chasing_Thoughts]

Can this thing fold a wave from a different synth? Is there an input to the fold?

[@StarskyCarr]

Yes there’s a fold input. I’m pretty sure I demo’d it on one of my videos.

[@BarbesDub]

cool demo👍, I'm looking for a small mono synth for bass dub music, digital reggae and dub techno!! which model can do it??

[@StarskyCarr]

For that I’d go with the East Beast.

[@soysos.tuffsound]

I'd also suggest East Beast for your application.

[@G.Man-]

Did you end up getting the East Beast?

[@BarbesDub]

@@G.Man- no not yet I want to find more sound examples in sine mode

[@scottadams7820]

Gr8 stuff as always Starsky! yo Cre8, hit us with a tiny drum machine, like 1010 just did to go with their tiny 2 box set. That would be le tits.

[@lonelyfireband7758]

Could you review Norand Mono? Thanks :)

[@StarskyCarr]

If I can get my hands on one. 😀

[@JAAPIOJO]

Which one you recomment next to a typhoon and eventide h90

[@StarskyCarr]

Not used the typhoon but I’m recording a hades bs Erebus today. The west pest is different so probably adds more flexibility overall. The east beast is your typical subtractive which is covered by the typhoon.

[@ginociancio1]

Hi can not use the modular and can you midi it thanks 👍🎼

[@StarskyCarr]

Yes these are MIdI. I’m playing them via midi on the demo.

[@dankeplace]

Shame there so expensive here, they look like so much funz...

[@jodd5534]

together these are a very strong competitor to the 0-coast or sv1

[@StarskyCarr]

Together they’re a wonderful pair

[@invade-cells1869]

west pest cool

[@edgodsall3740]

The O coast destroys that west pest!!! Hands down..

[@teatime2595]

It's also hlf the price

[@edgodsall3740]

@@teatime2595 u get what u pay for, it sounds terrible in comparison to the quality of make noise gear..

[@tillorrly1128]

My original Arp2600 eats your 0-coast for breakfast.

[@edgodsall3740]

@@tillorrly1128 ha.. I much prefer my pulsar 23 to the 2600. I own the 2600 mini myself and it’s fab indeed. The thing is dudes, the vid was about that crap synth called the west pest and the nearest competitor to that is prob the O coast, hence I mentioned it, so my comment was relevant, yours was just random and not ha. All good tho

[@sooperheep]

@@edgodsall3740 doesn't really matter, nobody is interested in any shite you make anyway