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zerocrossing
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I find the Cherry audio stuff to be OK, like "inspired by" new synths, and not really accurate emulations. I have a couple of them, and my biggest complaint about them is that to get them sounding good, you have to crank up the oversampling really high, and then you end up with a very CPU intensive plugin that sounds about as good as their less CPU demanding competition. My favorite one of theirs is Dreamsynth, which has an interesting combination of options. I think Roland's Jupiter 4 sounds quite a bit better, but neither plugin really captures that overdriven VCA sound the 4 is known for.
I think the Cherry Audio Mercury-4 (Jupiter 4) emulation is one of their least convincing. The Roland Cloud Jupiter 4 is definitely better.
But if you listen to the comparison video I posted, the Cherry Audio "Memorymode" isn't too far off. And their Rhodes Chroma emulation wasn't bad either, although I preferred the hardware Chroma on almost every patch because it sounded "looser" and more alive.
However, the Arturia emulations featured in the same video were what impressed me most. The Arturia Prophet 5V, Mini V4, and SEM V sounded almost identical to their hardware counterparts, to my ears at least.
Dreamsynth is an interesting take on old school hybrids like the Ensoniq SQ80 and even the D50. I sort of like the Microwave-style modulation system, where there are at least two modulation sources for every destination parameter (as opposed to a mod matrix). However, how this is presented on the UI is not so great. The interface is one big blur of small modulation buttons and value knobs. Cherry Audio really needs to come out with a "DreamierSynth" which visually separates the LFO, oscillator, filter, envelope, and FX sections. But still, I have created some cool lofi patches on Dreamsynth that I would be hard-pressed to create on other synth plugins I own.
