East Beast by cre8audio is an analog desktop synthesizer with semi-modular design and East-Coast borrowings. The signal flow is subtractive and consists of a stable oscillator, a multimode filter that can handle several activatable characteristics at the same time, a VCA, an ADSR envelope that acts on filter and VCA at the same time and an LFO whose frequency extends into the audio range. You can hear the years of experience of Pittsburgh Modular, who have significantly contributed to this compact instrument, on the East Beast. Thus, the oscillator convinces with a powerful sound of its own and the filter comes virtually without "dead points", which further expands the spectrum of possible sounds.
The buttons in the lower third of the user interface promise much more than 13 notes with octave selection and shift button want to reveal at first glance. Here you have access to the sequencer with its 13 patterns, the arpeggiator,
Often one or two cables are enough to turn the sound completely upside down. If you connect the oscillator output to the Filter Mod input, the result is Filter FM, which is one of the most extreme modulations. It also gets exciting when the VCA is modulated by the fast LFO in the audio section, which creates amplitude modulation respectively sideband modulation. Since the MIDI CV/Gate interface also outputs control voltages, the filter could also be played with
Great little synth, great price for what is in effect a single voice eurorack system.
Really thick sounding bass , lots of sound sculpting options via the patchbay.