Behringer has teased a new Synthesizer with the name CRATE or someone has confused the T with the V in the official german manual 😉 😉
It’s no news anymore: the Behringer Crave is finally available (in Germany) and the first pre-orderers have already received the orange synth. My pre-ordered unit for reviewing is still on the way. Silvio from the German Facebook group “Synthesizer Stammtisch”, however” has noticed something funny when unboxing his Crave and reading the german manual.
In the official mini manual Behringer mentions the CRATE Synthesizer. What is the CRATE, please? Is it a new Synthesizer and secretly the brother of CRAVE or is it just a typing error. I think the second is more the case. Synthesizer friends from over the world probably put too much stress on the Behringer team that it came to this mistake. If that’s all that’s wrong with it, we can be calm.
Analog Semi-Modular Synthesizer with 3340 VCO, Classic Ladder Filter, 32-Step Sequencer and 16-Voice Poly Chain
Behringer Crave Features
- Analog synthesizer with legendary Prophet 5* VCO design allows for insanely fat music creation
- Pure analog signal path based on authentic VCO, VCF and VCA designs
- Super-rich oscillator with pulse and sawtooth wave outputs for ultimate sounds
- Classic Moog* 24 dB ladder filter with resonance for legendary sound performance
- Switchable low/high pass filter mode for enhanced sound creation
- Modern and easy-to-use 32-step sequencer with 64 onboard storage slots
- Advanced Arpeggiator with wide patterns for great sound effects
- Dedicated and fully analog triangle/square wave LFO
- 16-voice Poly Chain allows combining multiple synthesizers for up to 16 voice polyphony
- Semi-modular design with default routings requires no patching for immediate performance
- 18 x 14 I/O matrix for incredibly vast and flexible patching options
- Noise generator dramatically expands waveform generation
- 47 controls give you direct and real-time access to all important parameters
- External audio input for processing external sound sources
- Comprehensive MIDI implementation with MIDI channel and Voice Priority selection
- 3-Year Warranty Program*
- Designed and engineered in the U.K.
Behringer Crave is available now for 159 €. The quantities are limited for the first batch.
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I don’t need it but I want it! Behringer will probably sell tons of these. Plus it does have a nice look to it… there’s a lot there for its size! Extra points for making it orange. It seems like most synths are grey or black.
I was joking about the mistake in the manual 😉 have a nice day
Yes, i got that! 😀 I was talking about Crate. It is quite the feat for Behringer to produce such a small, affordable semi-modular analog synth. I didn’t give it much thought before but this is genius! Especially with a good oscillator and filter. It’s too bad it’s not a eurorack module but you can’t have everything.