Hey! I'm from Russia. recently bought myself a Crave. You are the only one who makes such complete and quality video tutorials on this synthesizer. My English is bad, but I'm starting to understand. Thanks for your time.
But the class neglected to teach you how to spell session? 😉 Also it is Deadmaus' since the course is possessed by them so we use a possessive apostrophe. 😉
As others have said but in my opinion can't be highlighted enough: your introduction is extremely valuable and engaging to watch! I just bought the Crave as my first synthesizer and your tutorial makes it easy and fun for me to learn about the machine. Because of your explanations I'm excited to learn more about the Crave, effects, notes and synthesizers. Thank you for that!
@@music-with-eric absolutely! thank you very much for your work. I've just watched all of the videos and also some multiple times. I've enjoyed all of them :)
What a wonderful refresher course, I just forget about what does what sometimes and start making noise! Lol, your little course here is valuable information for all synths! The Crave just happens to be the least expensive, minus P.O. operators of course, in which case the fundamentals are still there but the average Joe has no idea why. Really nice job!
Are you running that through some kind of compression? When I turn the resonance up above like 50% there is a huge drop in overall volume and I'm wondering if I got a defective unit, or if every video I'm watching includes compression?
No compressor used here, just crave directly into my audio recorder (zoom r8 for this video, iirc). Perhaps the UA-cam compression has something to do with it? Or maybe iMovie, which I used for the first few videos in this series. Later I switched to Davinci, but didn't have quite the right codec. Eventually I figured it out... Generally though, the volume tends to drop on many analog synthesizers when you increase the resonance (partly why I couldn't get on with the Minilogue); that behavior is dependent on the construction of the filter.
You say that you can´t hear anything when you close the filter. Well, are you shure? Because i sit in front of my second crave and, as my first unit, the filter produces a hiss sound and the vca introduces also artefacts or some kind of distortion. And other people report of this problem to. Does the mother32 also behave like this?. I mean, is this normal for some analog filters? THX for your great explenations
With the filter all the way closed, what you're hearing is primarily the 'ambient' sound of the electronic components in the Crave, headphones/speakers, etc., and not the oscillator itself. I didn't discover a great deal of this 'hiss' in my instrument, but also I rarely set its volume very high as I found the Crave to have a rather loud output volume in general. With most of my synths I turn their volume knob to max and then use my mixer's pad and gain to allow for unity on the slider - but even with those adjustments I still had to lower the Crave's main volume output. I can't comment on the Mother32 as I don't have one.
Oh wow, this video is pretty basic and I love it - thanks for taking the time! Quick question: Is the resonance effect knob on the VCF similar to what's going on with a flanger guitar pedal?
I suppose it's somewhat similar in that there's a sort of feedback involved, but I have no experience with flangers or phasers so I can't really say for sure :)
These are very good tutorials. I just got my Crave today. I also have the Werkstatt. I'm wondering how to connect those 2 things. I also have the Keystep. I'm that into the Werkstatt via CV cables. I'm planning on using a Midi cable to go to the Crave. I noticed there's a conflict, when I try to use the USB to the iPad, from the Keystep. I'm just trying to figure out how to marry the two modules, safely. Thanks!
Eric your videos are excellent - I feel as though I'm sat in a college class when I watch them. Many others have commented on how valuable they have found them and I have too. Please be inspired to create more on future products/synth topics as you are bringing a lot of happiness and value to people 😀Cheers and well done.
Given that the range of audio frequencies is not linear (i.e. because it is, in fact, logarithmic) then setting the cutoff at the halfway point is technically not half of your sound. The lower frequencies are more widely spread out than those at the higher end of the audio spectrum! 😉
Loving these tutorials. Just got my Crave today and they are coming in very handy so thank you. The sound at 7;30 is what Joy Kitikonti used in his track Joy Energizer. So will be trying to replicate that now. From the 2 minute mark in this song ua-cam.com/video/xfjG_--zaz0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=zyxdance
Hey! I'm from Russia. recently bought myself a Crave. You are the only one who makes such complete and quality video tutorials on this synthesizer. My English is bad, but I'm starting to understand. Thanks for your time.
Спасибо!
Wow, class is in secession. This short video has more useful information then Deadmaus entire online EDM course.
But the class neglected to teach you how to spell session? 😉 Also it is Deadmaus' since the course is possessed by them so we use a possessive apostrophe. 😉
Just a note to say "thank you" for taking the time to make such thorough yet easy to follow instructional videos - really top-notch.
Not only a good introduction to the Crave... But also basic synthesis in general 👍
Thank you! That was definitely one of my goals for the series.
As others have said but in my opinion can't be highlighted enough: your introduction is extremely valuable and engaging to watch!
I just bought the Crave as my first synthesizer and your tutorial makes it easy and fun for me to learn about the machine. Because of your explanations I'm excited to learn more about the Crave, effects, notes and synthesizers. Thank you for that!
So glad people are still finding these useful!
@@music-with-eric absolutely! thank you very much for your work. I've just watched all of the videos and also some multiple times. I've enjoyed all of them :)
you explain everthing in such deatail! very thoughtfull for a beginner synth. much appreciated
A really good and easy to understand explanation, thanks.
thumbs up for the star trek reference.
You're the BEST teacher Eric! ....you are the Yoda of synthesis but you also explain things in a way we can all understand. 🙂
Kind of you to say so, it is :)
bravo! I thought I knew everything there was to know about filters and realized how much there is that I never thot about 😛
What a wonderful refresher course, I just forget about what does what sometimes and start making noise! Lol, your little course here is valuable information for all synths! The Crave just happens to be the least expensive, minus P.O. operators of course, in which case the fundamentals are still there but the average Joe has no idea why. Really nice job!
Very informative. Thank You!
Thanks for watching!
Are you running that through some kind of compression? When I turn the resonance up above like 50% there is a huge drop in overall volume and I'm wondering if I got a defective unit, or if every video I'm watching includes compression?
No compressor used here, just crave directly into my audio recorder (zoom r8 for this video, iirc). Perhaps the UA-cam compression has something to do with it? Or maybe iMovie, which I used for the first few videos in this series. Later I switched to Davinci, but didn't have quite the right codec. Eventually I figured it out...
Generally though, the volume tends to drop on many analog synthesizers when you increase the resonance (partly why I couldn't get on with the Minilogue); that behavior is dependent on the construction of the filter.
Thank you for going to the effort of making these videos man!!!!! nice and simple, very informative.... I am learning.
Finally someone explainedto me very loud and clear ...:D thx for this vid
And You're a Trekkie !! Bonus :)
Genesis video, transporter, and when Khan jams the signal. Probably did Shatner's hair, too.
Thanks, cool stuff ! :)
You say that you can´t hear anything when you close the filter. Well, are you shure? Because i sit in front of my second crave and, as my first unit, the filter produces a hiss sound and the vca introduces also artefacts or some kind of distortion. And other people report of this problem to. Does the mother32 also behave like this?. I mean, is this normal for some analog filters?
THX for your great explenations
With the filter all the way closed, what you're hearing is primarily the 'ambient' sound of the electronic components in the Crave, headphones/speakers, etc., and not the oscillator itself.
I didn't discover a great deal of this 'hiss' in my instrument, but also I rarely set its volume very high as I found the Crave to have a rather loud output volume in general. With most of my synths I turn their volume knob to max and then use my mixer's pad and gain to allow for unity on the slider - but even with those adjustments I still had to lower the Crave's main volume output.
I can't comment on the Mother32 as I don't have one.
@@music-with-eric Thank for your answer. My volume was set to high. Beginners mistake :)
Oh wow, this video is pretty basic and I love it - thanks for taking the time! Quick question: Is the resonance effect knob on the VCF similar to what's going on with a flanger guitar pedal?
Or is it more like a phaser? O
I suppose it's somewhat similar in that there's a sort of feedback involved, but I have no experience with flangers or phasers so I can't really say for sure :)
Great tutorials. Thanks.
Thank you!
These are very good tutorials. I just got my Crave today. I also have the Werkstatt. I'm wondering how to connect those 2 things. I also have the Keystep. I'm that into the Werkstatt via CV cables. I'm planning on using a Midi cable to go to the Crave. I noticed there's a conflict, when I try to use the USB to the iPad, from the Keystep. I'm just trying to figure out how to marry the two modules, safely. Thanks!
I don't have (or know much about) the Werkstatt, so I'm afraid I can't help you with that one. Sorry!
@@music-with-eric No problem. Thanks.
@@music-with-eric Werkstatt is basically about half the Crave, but made by Moog.
Well done u r a great help
Eric your videos are excellent - I feel as though I'm sat in a college class when I watch them. Many others have commented on how valuable they have found them and I have too. Please be inspired to create more on future products/synth topics as you are bringing a lot of happiness and value to people 😀Cheers and well done.
Thank you for the kind words :)
This guy makes me feel smart.. just like my counselor !! ;p) !!!
Given that the range of audio frequencies is not linear (i.e. because it is, in fact, logarithmic) then setting the cutoff at the halfway point is technically not half of your sound. The lower frequencies are more widely spread out than those at the higher end of the audio spectrum! 😉
Thank you.
OMG, its "The Genesis Wave"! ;-)
Can you generate pitch cv from sequence with KB CV??????
Yes.
thanks. i really wanna add synth to the music on my channel. but got a long road i feel... my desire is desperate
thanks man thanks all my heart:)
Thanks!
Loving these tutorials. Just got my Crave today and they are coming in very handy so thank you. The sound at 7;30 is what Joy Kitikonti used in his track Joy Energizer. So will be trying to replicate that now. From the 2 minute mark in this song ua-cam.com/video/xfjG_--zaz0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=zyxdance