BehringerCRAVE Analog Synthesizer Analog Semi-Modular Synthesizer with 3340 VCO, Classic Ladder Filter, 32-Step Sequencer and 16-Voice Poly Chain, Compatible with PC and Mac

Had lots of hardware synths in the 80s, including some classics, which when looking at the prices of some of these, makes me cry!Been mainly making software only music for 20 years or so, until recently when I decided to investigate getting back into hardware again. Had seen lots of videos on YouTube and I was blown away by the scope of the Crave and it's low price.So pleased I took the plunge as it really is an excellent mono synth. It has taken me a good while to get used to physical knob twiddling, but it so much more satisfying having a physical piece of equipment compared to soft synths on a PC screen.There was a pretty steep learning curve for me and I certainly had to get my head around Oscillators, envelopes and LFOs again. There are loads of videos and information on the Internet though and before long I was happily losing hours of my life with this little orange beauty.The Arp and the Sequencer are particularly excellent and although things are not quite as intuitive as I think they should be, I soon got to grips with most of the functions. For a couple of days I did struggle to get more than noise out of my Crave, but now I'm really starting to see the benefits of putting in a little time to learn this instrument properly.Excellent quality and hats off to Behringer for creating such a flexible and fun instrument.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this product. Build quality is excellent, metal top casing, so quite sturdy, knobs have no wobble and feel quite solid when turning. It also sounds amazing, superb basses, leads, plucks etc and some external effects like delay and reverb and it is stunning. Yes, I know it's a clone, but for the price, you simply can't beat it. Only thing that is annoying is the small 1/8th inch audio output, a 1/4 inch would have been so much better, and wouldn't have increased the overall cost too much. So in summing up, well done Behringer for producing a great little synth that punches well above its weight.

Great addition to my neutron.Amazing tones very well priced small and compact for what it is very versatile but if your one of the brand name purists your missing out on some great affordable synths if your thinking of buying one stop thinking buy one it's well worth the money

I'm not keen on the sequencer. Much prefer the TD3 sequencer. As for the modular aspect, I'd rather buy the Edge or something similar and plug the sequencer into that. It seemed a bit limited for what I wanted to do, so I bought another TD3 and midi'd that into my 2600...much better! But this is my personal preference. It is good but I didn't get on with it.

great value for money and performance. Solid build. I am enjoying the journey of using patches.

It's ok but overrated. It will rely heavily on external effects to sound interesting. The patchbay may help to open it up and add a bit of life but after 10 mins I was bored and quickly realised it's limitation would annoy me. The sequencer and operation just felt clunky. It's well built though and all credit to Behringer for bringing synthesis to the masses.If you can afford to spend a couple more £'s and aren't bothered about the sequencer, my advice would be to get the Kobol Expander, even in it's raw state it's sound is absolutely huge and once you start patching it's amazing. The crave in comparison is like something you'd find free in a cereal packet. Fun for newbies and kids but don't believe the hype, there's better out there for not much more.

It sounds fantastic, looks good in my rig, and you can loose hours tinkering with it if you want to - or get beautiful results quickly. The PC app makes managing sequences really easy, and the flexible MIDI options are really good too. The only thing that irritated me was that I wanted more patch leads than came with it, but they're very easy to get hold of. If you want a flexible, easy to use monosynth with modular capabilities and lots of possibilities, grab one today - you can't go wrong for the price!

Although I have played around with modular synthesis on my pc, this was my first hardware purchase (albeit semi-modular). This little box has blown me away. Out of the box it is capable of producing some clean fat sounds, but the real fun begins when you start playing with the patch cables and routing it all through a nice reverb/delay. The unit itself is very well built and sturdy, my only gripe are the awful keys/step sequencer buttons. They feel cheap and produce a horrible click, but if you are going to be playing with a midi keyboard, this really doesn't matter.