(Techno using ONLY the Behringer Crave) diminished - crayfish

[diminished]

My Crave finally arrived two days ago and I spent the better part of the weekend hooking it up to Reason and exploring this neat little machine.

I absolutely LOVE the fact that you either hit record, or whatever you stumbled upon while fiddling will be gone a few moments later..
So that's what I did, without much thinking. 15 tracks in total.

Everything you hear comes from the Crave, sequenced from Reason. 100% dry; I just used the SSL's gate, comp and EQ and mixed it.. I hope this gives you a good impression of the synth. I haven't even patched any complex stuff yet Any questions? Comments? Enjoy..

[MrFigg]

Love it.

[gullum]

the sounds make me think of New Order - Blue Monday really cool

[MrFigg]

the sounds make me think of New Order - Blue Monday really cool

Made me think of Yazoo at the start.

[Zac]

Nice noodling liked the 2nd kick a lot. Some lovely saturated sounds in there. Wasn't as interested in the 303 like stuff but still very nice.

[diminished]

Thanks so much guys! I enjoyed the name dropping Personally, the last piercing square wave synth sound gave me some "Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On" lead synth vibes.
It's cool how this little fun box can transition between retro, acid and modern-ish. Gating and highpassing almost everything is crucial though, because I encountered some weird flutter noises and DC.
In the future I'll try to come up with something else than noise-based percussions. Gotta do some reading first.

Nice noodling liked the 2nd kick a lot. Some lovely saturated sounds in there. Wasn't as interested in the 303 like stuff but still very nice.

Glad you stuck around Thanks!
In case you or anybody else wants it, here's the kick sounds layered (and the low end one solo afterwards) free for download:

diminished-crayfish-kicks.zip

Credit goes to the SSL, it did most of the heavy lifting in sculpting the kicks.

[Zac]

Thanks for the kicks, much appreciated

[miyaru]

You have done a very good job here with this song, and only one synth!!!!!!

[dannyF]

once you go analogue you never go back

[diminished]

You have done a very good job here with this song, and only one synth!!!!!!

Thanks a bunch!

once you go analogue you never go back

Hmm, I disagree, I love having EVERYTHING at my fingertips but it's great to have real synth with hands-on control right next to my controller keyboard. Let's settle on "never stop exploring"