Behringer Crave Basic Sequencer Operation

[@brwLWScctv]

I've looked at many CRAVE tutorial videos on KZbin and of all of them so far yours is really the one that is most clear and easy to follow. It made a difference that I could read the 'subtitles' instead of trying to follow verbal instructions. Thank you!

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thank you Redmond! I do think that for a certain type of videos (like instructional ones) the subtitles format is better than verbal one. At least I for myself prefer them.

[@tomphillpotts]

Great video. One other thing that I would add: While playing a sequence, press SHIFT and a step number 1-8. When the step is flashing you can do any of these modifications to steps shown in the video, but you can do them while the sequence is playing. You don't have to stop and press REC then play and listen. You can change notes, add glide and ratchet, rests, accents, all on the fly while playing the sequence.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thanks for sharing that info! 👍

[@dedicatedspuddler7641]

I found this to be a very useful and easy to follow video. Thanks for the help!

[@mightymightyironhead]

Thank you for restoring my sanity. I was just button bashing and hoping for a miracle until i found your video. Man that button combination for the Crave arp and sequencer nearly finished me off.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Restoring sanitys is what I do. 😎

[@magnuslindstrom1538]

Wish you would understand how many times I had to puause go back redo. This was best crave tutorial I have seen.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thank you, Magnus-man! I am always happy to hear that my stuff is actually helping people!

[@michaelproctor8777]

Really well put together. No long winded explanations. Just straight to the point. I spent the best part of a day with my Crave after watching this and playing with all that had been explained in this video clip. Had a great time learning, which this is all about.

[@bluesdudebassist]

Thanks so much for this. I've just got a Crave and this was very helpful!

[@SynthesaurusRex]

I am always happy to hear that my stuff is actually helping someone! 😄

[@DanielleKoby]

literally the best tutorial on youtube - thank you!

[@ThursdayLaneNumber1Fan]

Tremendous! Thank you so much.

[@rancidstain]

About to buy one of these. This vid is very helpful. Thank you!

[@SynthesaurusRex]

As long as you know what you are getting, you'll be having a lot of fun with it. It's a very simple, retro-like, monophonic synth. Without effects.

[@DavidBagshaw]

I really needed this.

[@abelmartinez208]

Oooh yes. I have one but have yet to fully dive into all of its features. def needed this video in my life.Thanks for the tips.

[@cruepprich]

Excellent tutorial! 🙏 Thanks

[@walrtbstudios5430]

This is one to cut out and keep. Never ever managed to get a sequence into the Crave in six months of trying, and this should help- thanks!

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thanky you very much, I am always glad to hear that my stuff is helping!

[@walrtbstudios5430]

@@SynthesaurusRex Just to update you, I never did manage to get a sequence into the Crave at all. Pressing the ‘play’ button does nothing whether a sequence has been programmed in or not. The only issue I can think of is that my green light does not flash whatever I do. Anyhow, I’ve now raised it with Behringer- wish me luck!

[@micindir4213]

This is the manual crave needed. Top boss video!

[@woodster909]

great tutorial, thanks. saved me hours poring over the manual!

[@DarrenSangita]

Great video, thanks for sharing insights on the feature packed but slightly confusing sequencer. Didn’t know about the glide function, nice!

[@davidrupture8892]

Best Tutorial yet . Thanks ;)

[@DollysplitBand]

Very useful for a lot of behringers gear. The sequencer is the same on the Poly - D. I wish they'd done some more work to simpify it. It's not like they didn't have the space.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

I hear you, bro!😎

[@glenesis]

You Rock! This is the best tutorial on this sequencer. Thank you!

[@3ertin]

Perfectly explained, thank you! I wish it had a function to record sequences instead of programming like the Arturia Microfreak. It is more intuitive, faster and uses fewer buttons.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Yeah, me too, but you know what? For that price, I'm fine with that. 🙂

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Nice

[@da_skool_productions]

Perfect, thanks

[@cnotting]

Hele duidelijke uitleg, dank !

[@LevFunebrak]

Great tutorial! I think you have an error in the description though. At 2:35, you press SHIFT + PLAY/STOP not REC. Sry if I am mistaken.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thank you for the correction! I'll check!

[@mitchminimal6942]

Thank you, very useful

[@Jon_Cast]

Really great tutorial!! Help me a lot!!🤘🤘

[@erosxion]

Beautiful! Thank you! Ive been meaning to dive in.

[@CosmoStraaf]

THANKS for the video...really help!!keep up the great work!!

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thanks, will do!

[@tomphillpotts]

Great video thanks. Small error -to save pattern @ 2:37, video shows pressing shift+play/stop, text says shift+rec. Do what the video does! Also must be a long press

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thanks for the correction, Tom. I adressed that in the video description, but it can't hurt when people find that correction down here in the comments, too.😁

[@DYNAMIX.]

Very helpful tutorial!!

[@nereagonzalez7745]

thank you I needed it :))

[@hajwitlox6548]

Excelent! Thanks...

[@EricJungeMusic]

Fun stuff. I have a similar one on my MS101 :)

[@XHALE303]

Dunno if it was on purpose or accident, but you played the chords of Fade to grey 0:43

[@SynthesaurusRex]

It was on purpose. Most of the things I play in the video are "musical quotes" from more or less popular songs.

[@vincentlegourrierec681]

Thanks 👌

[@neonpop80]

Hello friend. Can you chain these patterns? Like if you want to tell it to play pattern 1 then 1 again then 2 then 3?

[@SynthesaurusRex]

I think you can, although I personally have never tried it. You just need to download the SYNTRIBE free software from Behringer, and you can do what you wanna do. I think. Like I said, I never tried it. Try it, and let us know how it went! 😁

[@leinepest]

tja das live switching funktioniert leider so nicht. im sync mit anderen geräten macht der crave immer einen reset der sequenz und haut damit alles auseinander. oder gibts da einen workaround?

[@SynthesaurusRex]

You have a point there, herr widmer. Live-switching patterns is in fact not as easy as it looks in the video. On other devices, like the Novation Circuit, if you switch to another pattern, it usually finishes playing the current pattern and then switches to the other pattern in time automatically. The Crave doesn't do that. You actually have to exactly time the switch. I am sorry, I didn't mean to miss-inform - I'm just used to manual switching :)

[@GiovanniMazziotta]

Thanky buddy!

[@ChrisDepper]

I have a quick question... If I'm programming a sequence but I hit a wrong note, can I correct there and then or do I have to finish the sequence first, and then correct it afterwards?

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Yes, you can correct a wrong input immediately, but don't ask me how now - I would have to look it up myself in the manual now.

[@ChrisDepper]

@@SynthesaurusRex Thanks for the reply. I've figured it out now - it's obviously really - you just save the sequence to where you hit the wrong note, edit the note, then add extra new notes to the sequence.

[@vlixesispunk]

i have a question : sometimes i make a patter in the crave, i hit play and the crave plays the sequence right, if i stop the sequence an hit play again sometimes the crave doesn't play the patter from the beginning you know why ? its like i hit play and the crave play the sequence starting in page 2 instead of page 1 its a lil bit annoying i mean if you let the s sequence run it stars to sound like normal buts its annoying when you are playing live and you hit play and the crave plays the patter from the page 2 not page 1 sorry about my english hope you have an answer

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Didn't I explain that in the video? If you want the pattern to restart from the beginning, you have to press "RESET", else it will continue where you stopped.

[@vlixesispunk]

@@SynthesaurusRex thank you so much man, my english is not that good so maybe i missed that part thanks

[@damonshanabarger2604]

Does anyone know how to create small differences in the volume of the individual notes in a sequence pattern? For some reason some of the notes in my pattern have a lower volume and its really starting to make me feel really frustrated. The volume is turned up too high on these notes when I try to use accent. I only want to even them out. Is my synthesizer broken? Should I contact Sweetwater?

[@SynthesaurusRex]

It's hard to say without hearing the actual problem. The accent function should only slightly raise the volume of the note. Maybe you should contact Sweetwater. 😕

[@damonshanabarger2604]

@@SynthesaurusRex From what I can tell from the Starsky video, the volume raise is pretty noticeable. Analog has it's eccentric behaviorisms that I'm just coming to understand. I think Sweetwater is going to tell me the same thing. Case in point, the VCA controls. Compression and DAW automation should help.

[@damonshanabarger2604]

Sweetwater tech gave me a spec sheet to do a diagnostic on it. I'll let you know how it turns out.

[@damonshanabarger2604]

@@SynthesaurusRex From what I can tell I was over reacting. Also leaving the unit on for 15 minutes as suggested in the manual made what was not really a problem less noticeable. Nevertheless being a studio engineer hobbyist, I should want to manipulate things beyond their normal functionality to achieve certain desired effects.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

I am a little snickering over here, because from what you said, I think you know WAY more about synthesizers than I do. I am actually having a hard time following what you are saying. And I am not trying to make fun of you with that, but rather making fun of myself (I am actually way more clueless than you might think). Anyhow: If your Crave keeps on giving you troubles, let me know, and I'll see what I can do 😄

[@xisotopex]

this is probably pretty similar to the malekko manther?

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Thanks for the tip, for whatever reason I have never heard of the malekko manther! Sounds interesting though! 👍

[@edwardeeles4183]

Why is it blue instead of black

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Because of the lighting. It is reflecting the blue sky shining through the window.

[@tr-8s-master]

Synthesaurus : could you give me a basic lesson about the Crave? I'm serious, somebody ran into trouble with it who I try to help, but I need some feedback from you, please.......

[@SynthesaurusRex]

I'd be happy to! Let's meet on Jitisi, tomorrow, around 10:00 am?

[@tr-8s-master]

@@SynthesaurusRex Perfect, you saved my day!

[@tr-8s-master]

@@SynthesaurusRex Ok, I'm there

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Jeezas, goddamit, I couldn't make it! I am so sorry! Let's meet on Saturday morning, I will send you an invite via mail!

[@tr-8s-master]

@@SynthesaurusRex The Puppy cried all day..... shall we ever meet again.....?

[@Emil-Antonowsky]

Nice (comment) ❤

[@martinneal5240]

Sorry Syntesaurus, But in you correction you say "press and hold SHIFT and PLAY/STOP, then choose the destination pattern and bank, and then press SHIFT and PLAY STOP. But how do you save a pattern and bank with one step. Do I press shift and rec and then ,say , 2 for the Bank , hit SHIFT and RECORD... and then follow the same procedure for the slot number wanted. ? Sorry pretty good vid..but I just dont follow this one at all.

[@SynthesaurusRex]

Okay, so: If you just record or edit a pattern, and want to save the result in the same pattern (not wanting to copy that pattern to another slot), just hold SHIFT + PLAY/STOP, and then SHIFT + REC. And in case you want to copy the pattern to another slot, press SHIFT + PLAY/STOP, and then select the desired bank and pattern number. You do that the same way you normally select bank and pattern: Press a STEP switch to select the pattern, and press PATTERN + STEP to select the bank. Then press SHIFT + REC.

[@martinneal5240]

@@SynthesaurusRex Thank you very much....I am grateful for your help.