Behringer CRAVE: Sequencer Walkthrough Demo and Tutorial

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An in depth look at the sequencer, designed to help you get the most out of the synth. Probably the best function that could get overlooked is using the assign as a basic LFO for S&H and gentle sweeps at 15:57
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intro 0:00
overview 0:55
recording a pattern 4:55
initialise 6:17
edit a pattern 7:00
gate length 7:32
glide 8:04
edit note 8:44
accent 9:08
ratchet 9:55
rest 11:19
save 12:03
ties 13:07
ghost triggers 15:22
sequencer as LFO 15:57
a couple of demos 18:38

[@walkeracid]

You don´t have to use the combination SHIFT+RESET/ACCENT and GLIDE to input Ratchet. The combi is SHIFT and GLIDE.

[@StarskyCarr]

Thanks... got that last night!!

[@StarskyCarr]

Pinned :)

[@MegaManOLantern]

I just played a sequence in reverse and have no idea how I did that. It had something to do with shift but beyond that I'm clueless. Any ideas?

[@StarskyCarr]

@@MegaManOLantern I think its shift + play from the top of my head (not in the studio at the moment)

[@larspanky]

IDK, Shift & Play will reverse it, not so much back. I have to push both at once to go forward.. don't get that one just yet.

[@thehand5806]

Just got a Crave. This machine is intimidating. But your video helps A LOT! Thank you very much. I'm 51, but my autistic nephew loves retro music gear, and I buy them, learn how to use them properly & show him. Needless, he figures it out in 15 minutes. But, knowing how to use it is useful for me.

[@LFC303606ACID]

I will be coming back to this video multiple times when I finally get my hands on one of these beauties.. Cheers mate!

[@adastra123]

Thanks a million , very to the point video without flashy intro or crap before hand . Kudos to you Starsky Carr.

[@fatkev1983]

Another video that has pushed me closer to wanting one. All the complaints I've seen leveled at it are unforgiving of the Crave's price point. People either want to dismiss it due to the Behringer name or because it has a few flaws. But really... this is a perfect little box! Either, to add to an established collection of synth gear or as a way for a bedroom musicians to get a nice real synth sound into their music for not a lot of money.

[@hiding_my_name]

Really appreciate this video! I've owned this synth for a couple months and whenever I return to it after playing another synth, I'm always lost on how to use this. I've used this video a couple times to help me remember how to use this darn thing!

[@the_____project4582]

I enjoyed the entire video and the ending was the best part. I am buying this thing. I've been researching for months and i heard all i needed to hear in this video. Thank you

[@agerven]

Finally, finally someone who really explains the assign sequencer stuff. Was much easier than i thought! The standard sequencer operation however, in spite of you demonstrating it really well, is pure horror. How can anyone in the 21st centure accept such a user interface from a synthesizer company? All in all, many thanks for this and your other videos, that really helped me out getting much more out of the Crave!

[@DJMikeron]

Thank you for taking the time to help us all who need it. Much appreciated

[@markyd02]

I got a Crave for Xmas. This was a fantastic tutorial, and I'm looking forward to exploring it. Thank you!

[@MrTom-Songwriter-Composer]

Hey, it's me again. I just pre-ordered it, hopefully I get it close to the holidays. Thanks for the video(s). It's going to be very interesting hooking it up to my Arturia Microbrute. Have a great upcoming holiday season. All the best... Cheers!

[@andewprod]

I may be late but thanks so much for this tutorial! Not only is It funny and entertaining but It also opened up a whole new level of modulation for me! Before that i never knew how to use It, got frustranted and just used an external sequencer.. now i have a decent sequencer + a weird LFO-thingy.. coming from a Eurorack setup, this is also highly interesting for CV-sequencing, apart from the fact that you can modulate the tempo, play/stop, reset and hold.. its crazy man! Thank a million!!

[@kennymclaughlin_music]

Great job. This Crave is a beast for just creating a single short melody LOL its awesome. Thank you for your time and effort.

[@SAPscottpayer]

Thanks for posting this! EXTREMELY helpful to this Noob who needs a little help getting to the really useful bits.

[@rustek45]

Hi, I got my Crave last month. The machine is a special one but fantastic. I must practice and practice. Your tutorial is very informative. I learnes the Crave a bit better. Keep up.

[@nalaeel219]

Thanks for the in depth review on the sequencer. This video has been saved to my library for when mine arrives. Cheers 👍

[@StarskyCarr]

Thanks, hope it’s easy to follow. I think (I hope) watching this in full will be quicker than wading through the manual.

[@markchristopher2signal2]

thank you Starsky, your tutorial helped me understand the sequencer

[@oldbatwit5102]

Thank you for that. It was described so simply and practically that even I understood bloody nearly everything you said. Quite an achievement.

[@josephlepkowski2383]

Very useful and informative sequencer info here. Thank you!

[@jimmyvanzino1765]

great tut! this is a lovely but complex synth, thanks for opening it up a bit

[@DennisdeWeerd]

Great video! Very informative. I love the party images during the ratchets. Too funny!

[@ThisIsDownstate]

you're videos are wicked mate thank you ! the behringer manuals are a bit vague in places, its a lot easier to watch this and make some notes until i remember the key presses. its a great little synth this one, your patch ideas helped open it up a lot more for me too. peace !

[@0z33y]

Thx for the info , I briefly managed some of this , but your tutorial helped polish my edges , very well explained cheers

[@thefog3361]

I am an idiot yet I learned how to work my new machine. Thank you.

[@MD_is_me]

Mad props to you for helping folks decipher the Crave sequencer but the sequencer design itself is madness, the work of a madman, a Dr. Frankenstein who has created a monstrosity so complex and difficult to understand that the most ardent Universal Monster, synthesizer aficionado, would be hard preassed to embrace.

[@StarskyCarr]

haha... its not the most user friendly.. but if you use it a lot it becomes easier (most of the time!)

[@c0untbakwerdz]

Totally agreed. Given that it isn't the most mindblowing sequencer to start with, making it this complex to use is utter madness. Could have been so much clearer. Unless you don't own another sequencer (or you['ve already had to learn this one due to owning another Broduct I can't see reason one to use this one.. I think the number of times an experienced synther like Starsky realised he'd made a (very understandable) error is testament to that.

[@MartinBaldock]

Brilliant! thanks for these videos

[@Jdinrbfidndifofkdndjoflfndjdk]

LOL at the party picture. haha

[@jordanbenson2980]

'Its all in there, it makes sense once you've read it' hahah lesson kids, read the instructions. Great demo mate. Getting one of these bad boys very soon

[@urbannpa]

Excellent video!! I know more are coming!

[@dnldr4386]

Loving that. Yeah some of those sequences really make me happy.

[@magicdave93]

I’ve just got mine and this video is so useful, thanks for sharing 👍

[@bunnahfatty8749]

great walkthrough dude thanks again !

[@stevemorrow4979]

Spot on tutelage! Concise, no BS how to “Git r Done” vid. MUCH appreciated 🥃

[@StarskyCarr]

Glad it helped

[@larspanky]

Seen it... 10 times maybe now... Maybe more. The Ratchet is the pure gold dust mate! The rest is great too, but the Ratchet is pure gold.

[@PhillTHEMusic84]

Good tutorial that new buyer of Crave definitily needed. When you laughing I'm laughing too, it's so contagious :)

[@guntherschnack833]

Brilliant video, thank you, helped me a lot. Brilliant synth

[@poco_a_poco_music]

Great video. Thanks for the help

[@tonypatino3156]

Yeh, typically a good idea to read manuals first. I read them as I await delivery. Helps get a step ahead

[@trevord9811]

Think I'll be using it as a synth and sequencing externally, but will keep coming back to this video as eventually I will need to learn. Of course I have to get one first :-) Great video BTW.

[@sokoleski]

thanks for this one... very helpful!

[@Joelius]

Thanks for the vid, gives me a chance to learn the ropes while mine is on pre-order.

[@paulsaint6544]

God, this is so useful. Been trying to programme my Bodyssey for ages and almost gave up. Thanks Starsky.

[@PAAmsterdam]

Thanks man, you made me buy the crave second hand 😂 very funny to watch and informative.

[@promethiousb1489]

Got mine coming shortly,,can't wait….

[@brasersworld]

Greatest edit ever!

[@llcoolpete]

This is so thoroughly helpful; thank you!

[@StarskyCarr]

Glad it was helpful!

[@yosexx162]

Great video!

[@freezerman5871]

Noce video, thanks a lot, this was extremely useful!

[@sleeplessgiant7407]

Thank you for this, I couldn't figure out the sequencer ^^. I've been using ableton to control it

[@demonicsweaters]

This was super helpful, thank you!

[@Andy-di2po]

I died at the ratchet part😂

[@lillehammerexperimental]

Thanks for the cool tutorial.

[@micahjohnson5746]

This is awesome, thank you for the help.....now if I can just remember everything.....

[@StarskyCarr]

Haha no-one can!!

[@25adbond]

Super helpful mate thanks alot!

[@rexterrocks]

Really great help, thank you!

[@S1CTV47]

Thanks mate ;) love the menu too!! can't wait for the chain pattern update hahahaha

[@cruepprich]

Very well and concisely explained. Thank you!

[@StarskyCarr]

Thanks for letting me know. Glad it was useful

[@minus254]

Just got my crave last week, this video is absolute mana from heaven, I would be lost without it, thanks Starsky Carr 👍🏻 and also the fact you're English means I can understand what the hell you're talking about 😂

[@TheHolly53]

Thanks for this Tutorial

[@breakmt]

First demo is very impressive!

[@agnosturaelwsr]

Thanks, great video and very helpfull :D

[@MikeJayMusic]

Hah! The rave pics during the ratchets are perfect. For a moment there I wasn't turning 40 this year :D

[@minisynthcollective7822]

Got mine yesterday. Loving your videos. Such A POWERHOUSE this one. Can you do a patch for Drum and Bass. I am getting close but I bet you could do a killer one. Thanks AL

[@jamessisson3703]

I want to sample the Fuc* out of the first 2 seconds of this man. It's already a bangin' breakbeat track

[@iantanner7579]

Finally, a sequencer more cryptic than the 303 and KPR-77 units. ~ got the K2 yesterday after watching your comparison video and *Limbic Bits* sound demo, - it's a great synth in it's own right.... but gotta say, the *crave* just feels like a *volca* version of the *mother-32* - though it's probably built better than both. ~

[@aki_gong6271]

Great content. I found the manual pretty confusing. That was pretty good explanation. Thanks for sharing!

[@im-bb4fn]

hahaha best video ever. love the party pic inserts :)

[@rtraynor2005]

Thanks for this :)

[@BSpazTs]

Great video i got the pro 1 ...thinking of the crave

[@stevesynth]

👍be really handy vid when I get round to unboxing my crave 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thesolajets9799]

Really good ....thank you

[@mysteritmodk9572]

Hi. Please make a Behringer Pro-1 tutorial that carefully explains the mod section. Love your videos by the way!

[@pirated8557]

Came here hoping the sequencer is the same as the oddy , glad i did ! Thanks mate 👍🏼

[@StarskyCarr]

Happy to help!

[@markbullen5989]

Wow! thank you.

[@SXTransmission]

On the ghost bleed triggers issue - upgrading the firmware fixes it. (Out of the box I had 1.0.5, upgraded to 1.1.6). The sequencer sure is tricky. Very 80's throwback programming! "Pages" seems to be at the root of much confusion. I'll be trying again following along to get it sorted in my brain. Thanks!

[@joenasgoldie7222]

Very helpfull thanx m8

[@JammyGit]

Too many people turn their noses up at Behringer stuff but I think they're great at making affordable music gear. I'm mainly a guitarist and I have a couple of their guitar pedals, their larger form factor pedals, the Vintage Tube Monster and Vintage Tube Overdrive and they're great value. They also made a very good copy of ElectroHarmonix's Deluxe Memory Man. They also make decent guitar amps. I wouldn't mind getting something like this sequencer, and a drum machine but their 808 copy is a little limited for what I want, but if they made something like a copy of the Roland TR-8S with multiple kits on it then I'd probably buy one of them. As far as I'm concerned you can't beat Behringer for value for money, I know their stuff is made in China but most things are, and at the end of the day all their gear is designed in Germany, and that can't be a bad thing. 👍

[@UrsHerrmann]

Good Job. Thx

[@tijusnx]

Fu*king FINALLY!!! Thx boss :P

[@kevmac1230]

Total noob me.You are far above my pay scale.I repeatedly go back to this tutorial and garner small bits at a time.Thanks!

[@christianthompson1473]

Great stuff! But I'm confused in the editing part, you say that you're in step mode but the red and green lights tell me its in keyboard mode?( From 7mins 10 sec) Also... shift +reset+glide does ratchet same as shift +glide... reset doesn't change anything?

[@iqi616]

Thanks for this. The sequencer is the main feature I'm interested in because it's 32 step and this is the first proper demo of it I've seen so I can be sure there are no major gotchas.

[@jacksonueland]

Going to buy this to sequence my voyager, and I get a free synth with my sequencer 😝

[@zoned7609]

you're telling me the voyager, one of the most sought after synths, doesn't have a sequencer?

[@tim.jenkins75]

great video and should stop me going mental !!!!!!!! thanks !!! TSA

[@mobrurphy]

Thank you man I have been he Odyssey and this helped me out big time

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Excellent demo! Some of that was very DEVOesque in a good way! Must be a fun machine!

[@johnmiddleton4291]

This sequencer design is almost exactly the same as the M32 one and many of button combinations are exactly the same. It's worthwhile to download that manual for a bit more in depth instructions and a few tutorials. There are some differences though, so you need to look at both manuals.

[@fubokuen]

[ It's worthwhile to download that manual for a bit more in depth instructions and a few tutorials.] Thanks for the tip! I am just now finding the real similarities beyween the two. I am glad I didn't spend 4x$ on M32.

[@woodswalker88]

I'm having a heck of a time figuring out how to access the file structure (save something in bank 2 so I don't overwrite it, and find it later.) I'm wishing there was a real manual I could access (the getting started book is minimal.) I have been watching each video about 50x. maybe I'll try the M32 manual.

[@johnmiddleton4291]

Definitely try the Moog M32 manual then. Make sure to pay attention to the button combos though in both manuals to avoid discrepancies.

[@erikopnemer]

Ooh, thanks for that.

[@djskabo]

Thanks

[@cain5ynth]

In second 6 heard the accent. First like. Great tutorial! Second like. Stay save mate!

[@bigfleabigflea]

Большое спасибо. Это ценно!

[@carltonsmusic5414]

Is there a way to play back patterns "in time" i.e. when calling a new patterns can the Crave be made to wait to change patterns until the end of the current pattern, rather than changing instantly? I couldn't find a key combination to do this and was hoping that there may have been a firmware update since last year when it didn't seem possible. Any news/help/progress please?

[@awaken-your-highest-self]

Awesome video. 2 questions: Can you add swing/shuffle to sequences or use patch bay to create such ? Can you program sequences with non standard lengths.ie 6 or seven notes instead of 8/16/24/32 ?

[@jumpingman8160]

Starsky, please do a side by side of all the Behringer monos and the bass station 2. I already decided on the BS2 but still would love to see and hesr a side by side

[@j.i.weyllandin7439]

I'm interested in this as well. Want to get into analog synthesis, and the Behringers seem to be the ideal starting point, but I'm a bit overwhelmed with the choices.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@j.i.weyllandin7439 You might consider the minibrute 2 or 2s. Interesting price drop.

[@synthesizerhome2041]

can the Crave's sequencer control other monophonic synths via cv and gate out jacks??

[@sentokan]

Great videos like always! Please help me with this one: How to bypass its sequencer, how to turn it off when sequencing it externally? (It doesn't work with blank pattern)

[@levann30]

Hi there ! thanks for great tutorial ! i have one question, in the step mode when you mute notes its still has some sound with ratchet in low volume ! i have the same on my crave ! i dont know how to fix it could you pls help me ? thanks

[@yojose1981]

Relly informative. It's a bit sad that gost notes but there is a lot sound to explore on the crave.

[@petecole8091]

I have followed this video but I can’t seem to record anything, the lights on my octave/location section are solid, they’re not flashing... it seems as if I need to arm the sequencer. When I press rec, the button lights up but nothing else happens I can’t input a sequence. Any help, guys? Thanks

[@nephildevil]

Like programming/composing on a 303 to make some acid, why do these sequencers always have to be so confusing 😅🤷‍♂️

[@keithdoyle6535]

Thanks for that Starsky - this really helps me to decide on a purchase. One question which might seem obvious but I'm a noob : is it possible to switch between different recorded sequences on the fly ? i.e. if you were playing live for example....

[@StarskyCarr]

Yes it is, and you can play your sequences across the keyboard so they can change pitch through a track