Crave : Mother on a budget

I got this after selling my Neutron (decision that I would later regret) and, although it's not as powerful as the Neutron it has a sequencer which the Neutron doesn't.

Pros: almost a Mother 32

It works pretty much as a Mother 32 with almost identical controls, patch points and sequencer. I like the patchbay on the Crave better (I find the Mother's pretty confusing) . They both share the same Moog ladder filter but the Crave uses a 3340 oscillator. You can even use most Mother 32 patches on the Crave. IMO they both sound great and the Crave is 1/4 the price!

Cons:

The main con I found are its clicky buttons. Unlike the Mother 32 which has lovely rubber buttons, the Crave has plastic clicky buttons that are used to play notes (I wouldn't recommend them for this job. Better use a Midi keyboard) and to program, load, copy... your sequences. They are pretty annoying to use.