Behringer Crave

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Behringer Crave
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Orange Mother 32 with clicky buttons
xyproto 27.02.2022
If you want a Mother 32 to a fifth of the price and don't mind that it's Behringer, then this is great purchase.

It sounds almost exactly the same as the Mother 32 and has a very similar feature set, except that the Crave also has a MIDI Out port.

The sequencer buttons on the Crave are controversial. Some people don't mind that they are made of plastic and have an audible click, while other people prefer the tiny rubbery buttons on the Mother 32.

For both Mother 32 and Crave, it's possible to make music with lead, bass and percussion, all with sounds from one synth (search YouTube).

It is also possible to achieve 16-voice polyphony with Crave, by buying several of them and chaining them together.

The Crave itself feels sturdy and has a metal case.

I have used the myVolts Ripcord 12V DC cable for powering the Crave with an USB battery, and it works great here.

In my opinion, it's not the ultimate synth, but it provides good value for money.
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Entry level monster
Katrolli 26.11.2021
Easy to access and hard to master, great for a beginner like myself to get
a hands on experience on what semi modular sounds like. Also a ton of tutorials and info online.
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It's nice but....
Roport 26.06.2022
Built quality is good and for price you get a great semi-modular synth.
Yes, it can be gateway to eurorack world but be mindful that you can't rack it in your case.

I also own Mother 32, and out of curiosity, I did compare them.
There is a difference although not huge, not enough to be a deciding factor.
On the other hand I do prefer M32, it feels better and it "calls" me to play it.
Don't feel the same for Crave but it will differ from person to person.
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Overall good synth
Fribatsiba 29.12.2021
Best VFM I would say, you can experiment allot with this, pretty fun equipment.
Would recommend it to every electronic music artist.
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Pretty great, but not for me
Chri5-HT 21.02.2020
Got this for the purpose of giving (semi-)modular synthesis a go. It integrated quite easily into my setup well, but... I just didn't gel with it.

I found it's design is well-reasoned, and considering what you get for €150 yes it's a deal for sure.
However, at this price maybe aesthetics and ergonomics are less important. Good potentiometres, bad buttons . It felt less like a musical instrument and more tool-like, but does have a great sound and wicked patch points.

One other things, the early firmware issues were a big pain for me. Between that and the feel I decided to sell it. Probably all fixed by now, do see what people say on the forum though.

I'm sure if you put the time in it will pay its dividends.
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A fine moog emulation.
PHATBASS 04.04.2022
There are MIDI issues that need to be looked at. Good news is that they can be solved hopefully with Firmware updates.
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Fun toy for a person, who knows what to do.
ImKeller 29.11.2022
If You are advanced synth-geek, who knows how to get sound out of it, it is a really fun instrument. But not exactly suitable for beginners. However the build quality is surprisingly good - knobs are not wobbly, metal case looks heavy-duty.
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Great way to learn about synthesis
BigP 14.01.2022
Great sound and features and a great way to learn about synthesizers, has a little bit of everything but not too much of anything
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Craving the Crave
Kwalitiet 10.12.2022
Zeer toffe synth, doet ook perfect wat ik er van had verwacht. Ik kan hier niets negatief over zeggen. zeer goede ratio kost/kwaliteit
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sounding good, just the paint went off very fast...
Johanz 13.05.2020
I have the Mother32 already and the Crave just sounds like a slighty upgraded mother with a different Pro-1 CEM oscillator, which is basically what it is. I think Behringer improved the workflow and I had some fun with it when I was touring India, but after two days of programming and playing with it live near the beach in Tamil Nadu the paint went off already so it went to a friend there, because I bought it for use during trips. And I have the Mother already, but it's build in my Eurorack setup, taking a lot of space. So I might buy a new Crave now because of it's size and the improved workflow. Would make me feel better though if they would pay Moog something too for taking so much of their design. ButI must say, after comparing many B's to originals, this one is probably their best job (maybe because the Mother is made with new modern parts too?). It sounds great.
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