Cherry Audio | Mercury-8 Demo "Mercury Calling" by Mike Martin

video upload by Mike Martin and Cherry Audio

See the announcement post with addtional demos here.

"'Mercury Calling' is a song that I composed using ‪@CherryAudiovst‬ Mercury-8 software synthesizer. All presets used in this song are included in the released instrument.

Addition effects processing was using on some tracks including Eventide's Blackhole Immersive.

Buy "Mercury Calling" on Bandcamp!!"

Cherry Audio Introduces Mercury-8 - Virtual Roland JUPITER-8 Soft Synth

video uploads by Cherry Audio

"Mercury-8 synthesizer builds on Cherry Audio's renowned Mercury legacy with a passionate focus on detail and modern technical advancements. Every aspect of the original hardware has been carefully modeled to capture the sound and behavior that made the JP-8 so legendary. Furthermore, Mercury-8 goes "beyond Jupiter" by offering expanded polyphony, versatile modulation options, studio-quality effects, and expressive performance capabilities. It not only captures the distinctive essence of a JP-8 but can even exchange SysEx data with MIDI-modified hardware.

https://cherryaudio.com/products/merc...

Cherry Audio and @TimShoebridge have collaborated once again to share an in-depth introductory video for Mercury-8. This comprehensive guide demonstrates how simple it is to create powerful sounds from scratch, maximize the modulation matrix, and get the most out of splits and dual layers. Additionally, the video highlights the new effects and Mercury-8's remarkable capability to import original JP-8 patch bank SysEx data via a drag-and-drop feature.

00:00 - Mission Mercury! by Mal Meehan, James Terris, and Robert Saint John
01:16 - Introducing Mercury-8 with Tim Shoebridge
02:48 - A Little Experiment
05:20 - Music: "From Scratch"
07:26 - Front Panel: VCOs and LFO
11:45 - Music: "Two Notes"
12:05 - Filters and Envelopes
15:00 - Music: "Plucks"
15:20 - Mod Matrix
16:35 - Layers, Dual and Split
18:05 - Effects
25:45 - Music: "Lo-Fi"
26:27 - Quick Tour: Sequencer, Arp, Performance, Assign Mode, and the Digital Display
27:43 - Digital Display and Expanded Settings
34:41 - Mercury-8 and JP-8: Factory Presets and SysEx Data Exchange
37:37 - Conclusion and Music: 'Timeline'"

Playlist of videos (note the desciption above is for the first video):

1. Cherry Audio | Introduction to Mercury-8 with Tim Shoebridge
2. Cherry Audio | Mercury-8 Synthesizer - NEW! - Cherry Audio and Michael Oakley Official
3. Cherry Audio | The Grid Preset Pack for Mercury-8 by Michael Oakley
4. Cherry Audio | Mercury-8: A Tour of the Presets with Mike Martin
5. Cherry Audio | JUPITER-8 x MERCURY-8 - Factory Presets Compared
6. Cherry Audio Mercury-8: Artist Demo - James Dyson
7. Cherry Audio Mercury-8: Artist Demo - Jezz Woodroffe

And two user videos:

Cherry Audio Mercury-8 Jupiter-8 Strings Pads FX VST Virtual Analog Synthesizer Rik Marston

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"My Etsy store: AhnyxianSoundDesign
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AhnyxianSou..."

Cherry Audio Mercury 8 Synthesizer 'Mercury Sunset Riders'

video upload by James Dyson

"Cherry Audio Mercury 8 Synthesizer 'Mercury Sunset Riders'

Composed with just handful of the included 'James Dyson Collection' Factory Presets that come with Mercury 8. 'More than just a Jupiter 8'

All played live and multi track recorded.

Checkout Mercury 8 here https://cherryaudio.com/products/merc..."

Drive the scenic Triborough Bridge and I-278 in New York City!

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We ride along Interstate 278 across the Triborough Bridge (also known as the RFK Bridge) from The Bronx to Queens. In between the two spans of the bridge, we are treated some scenic views of the Manhattan skyline.

Original music by Amanda Chaudhary, featuring:
Cherry Audio Pro Soloist, Trident MkIII, Mercury 5
Audio Modeling SWAM Contrabass & Tenor Saxophone
Arturia Piano V, Pure LoFi
Vintage Minimoog
Strymon Magneto and Starlab
Morphor Plectrum
BFD Drums with Ken Scott collection presets
EastWest Orchestral Percussion Gold

0:00 Introduction
0:11 Starting in the Bronx
0:36 The truss span of the Triborough (RFK) Bridge
0:56 Manhattan Skyline from the highway
1:46 The suspension span of the bridge
2:12 Entering Queens
3:21 Continuing east on the Grand Central Parkway



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Ableton Live Presets: 25 Free Arpeggio Racks. Sound Demo

video upload by Anton Anru

"🌌 Milky Waves is a collection of 25 arpeggiated presets for Ableton Live Instrument Rack (based on the Meld synth + effects). Each patch explores cosmic, deep, and spacious textures—designed to stretch the boundaries of a seemingly simple synth.
Milky Waves was born from a desire to unlock the creative potential of Meld, Ableton Live’s built-in synth. The aim: to show what Meld can do—transforming simple waveforms into cinematic, spacey, and deeply musical arpeggiators.

📦 Get these presets: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/able...
🛎 The pack is free, but any donation is appreciated.
👤 The author of the soundset is useful.

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I need a new name for this

video upload by Beaubourg

"All sounds are from the Oberheim OB-X8, I only use the Wave as a MIDI keyboard. Effects used are Vongon Polyphrase and Meris Mercury 7."

New Redshift 6 - Firmware 1.4 Update

video upload by Supercritical Synthesizers

"Hear our new presets for Redshift 6 – no talking, just pure playing. These presets showcase a wide variety of sounds, from classic analog poly-synth layer splits to lush single-layer textures and inspiring one-key wonders.

All sounds and rhythms come directly from the Redshift 6, built using its arpeggiator and LFOs.

00:00 - CLUB HELSINKI
01:18 - STRING QUARTET
02:40 - SYNTH CAST NEWS
03:50 - SOLITUDE
04:54 - ZERO SUM
05:50 - CLUB TAMPERE
06:56 - SYNCED SAW PAD
07:42 - DRIVE LFO PLUCK
08:24 - PACIFIC RAINDROP
09:30 - AMBIENT SKIES
10:09 - CLUB SEINAJOKI
11:04 - CLUB TURKU
12:31 - BEYOND SUNSET

The Redshift 6 is a 6-voice analog polysynth, but with 16 oscillators per voice it goes far beyond the capabilities of a traditional 6-voice instrument. Each voice can also be played paraphonically, significantly extending the overall polyphony. In addition, each of the 6 parts has its own dedicated arpeggiator.

External FX used in this demo: SRE330, Meris Mercury 7, Meris Polymoon, Eventide H9.

The Firmware 1.4 update brings MPE, an arpeggiator, Part Copy/Paste, and more.

You can find the firmware 1.4 and more info about the Redshift 6 synthesizer on our website: https://supercriticalsynthesizers.com"
REDSHIFT 6 FIRMWARE VERSION 1.4

ADDED
• MPE
• Arpeggiator
• Multi-part editing for multitimbral patches
• New oscillator waveform variants that reset on incoming note
• Envelopes now have a Reset parameter
• LFOs now have a Sample & Hold waveform

IMPROVEMENTS
• LFO range is now 0.01-1000Hz, up from 0.1-100Hz
• 18 new factory presets

FIXED
• Fixed all known bugs

Metropolix Solo Jam with Therapsid, MEGAfm & Meris FX | Hardware Jam

video upload by Bobo makes music

"I put the Metropolix Solo up for sale but wanted to give it some playtime since it’s been a while. Now I’m not so sure I want to let it go… the life of loving music gear can be tough sometimes 😅

In this jam I’m using the Metropolix Solo with the Therapsid and the MEGAfm, plus effects from the Meris LVX and Mercury X."

Dissipating Lake (OXI ONE mkII Arranger, eurorack, multi/poly, wavestate)

video upload by Alec Sea

"Dissipating Lake was performed live using the Oxi One mkII Arranger mode.

Gear used:
Eurorack modular (Mutable, Doepfer, Intellijel, Befaco)
Korg multi/poly module
Korg wavestate module
Roland TR-6S
Meris Mercury X
UAFX Golden"

Cruising Historic US 101, California Coast (Carlsbad to Oceanside)

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We cruise along Historic US 101 in the southern California beach towns of Carlsbad and Oceanside. Also known as Coast Highway (and Carlsbad Blvd within the eponymous city limits), this was part of the original US 101 in California that stretched from San Diego to the Oregon border. It was truncated to Los Angeles in 1964, and several of the former sections to the south have been signed as "Historic US 101". This segment is also signed as San Diego county route S21.

0:00 Introduction
0:10 Along the Pacific Ocean in Carlsbad
2:52 Carlsbad Village
4:03 Heading north into Oceanside
6:12 Musical recap in downtown Oceanside
8:10 Turning onto CA 76
8:32 I-5
9:16 Conclusion

Original composed and performed by Amanda Chaudhary, who played all the parts.

Instruments on the main section:
BFD3 drums using Terry Bozzio drumset from Ken Scott EpiK Drums pack
AudioModeling SWAM Tenor Sax
Arturia Vox Continental V, Piano V, Pure LoFi
Cherry Audio Novachord, Crumar Spirit, Mercury 4, Stardust 201
Stylophone Theremin
Octave CAT (vintage analog synth)
Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelan
Styrmon Magneto and Starlab modules
Buchla Red Panel 158
EastWest Fab Four, Ministry of Rock 2, Gypsy, Hollywood Orchestral Percussion Gold


Instruments on I-5 section
BFD3
Arturia Juno V and Pure LoFi
Cherry Audio Mercury 4
Octave CAT
EastWest Hollywood Orchestral Percussion Gold"

Love Hultén Custom Studio Setup

video upload by Love Hultén

"Custom studio setup for a client

Incl Mellotron Micro, Neon Egg Planetarium V3, Strymon Mobius, Meris Mercury X, Custom Tape Echo, HE Chroma Cosole, HE Microcosm, Grace Design m201mk2, Overstayer MAS 8101, Radial Engineering J48 Stereo, Radial Engineering EXTC-Stereo, 10U 19" rack storage and a custom patch bay."

Oberheim TEO-5 - Meris Mercury X - Ambient Cinematic Sound Demo

video upload by HOLLOWFORM

Behringer UB-Xa: 64 Arp Presets Vintage & Modern. Sound Demo

video upload by Anton Anru

"🌌 Analog Flow is a collection of 64 arp presets for the Behringer UB-Xa analog synthesizer. The bank covers a wide range of arpeggio timbres: warm, deep, dreamy, soft, noisy, bright, dark, distorted, cold, metallic. You can also disable the arpeggio mode and get a collection of diverse plucks.
Since the UB-Xa is a recreation of a vintage classic, this collection embraces its retro character—highlighting detuning, subtle noise, and analog warmth to evoke the sonic aesthetics of the 70s and 80s.
The patches are infused with nostalgic charm and are perfect for adding that vintage soul to your tracks.

📦 Get these patches: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/ub-x...

📼 One of the unique features of the UB-Xa is its Atrophy profiles—emulations of various stages of vintage wear and drift. All presets and audio demos were created using the default Profile 1, but you're encouraged to explore them with other profiles to discover variations in brightness, tuning, and stereo width. This adds another layer of expression and depth to the sounds.

🎛 Each preset is performance-ready, with velocity sensitivity and ModWheel assignments mapped for expressive control. The ModWheel introduces additional modulations — such as brightness or movement — offering creative flexibility for both studio production and live performance.

🧿 The soundset is universal, the arpeggios are suitable for all genres of electronic music, including Techno, House, Trance, Lounge, Downtempo, Synthwave, Retrowave, Pop, Indie, IDM, Drum'n'Bass, Breakbeat, Electro, Ambient, Synth-Pop and others.

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OBX8 Dark and Soft Pads

video upload by PawelBlaszczak_Composer

"Here are couple dark and soft pads which I created on OBX8. They are getting thru Mercury reverb."

First of August (OXI ONE MkII, opsix, multi/poly, wavestate)

video upload by Alec Sea

"First of August was performed live using the Oxi One MkII sequencer, Korg opsix, multi/poly and wavestate synthesizers and Roland TR-6S drum machine. The FM e-piano from opsix is running into the Line 6 HX ONE and Meris Mercury X in series for a lovely wash of reverb. The TR-6S is running into the UAFX Golden in Percussion Plate mode. Multi/poly is using the built in effects. Wavestate is a dry bass sound. There is no post-processing."

Roland Jupiter 8 8-voice DCB Analog Synthesizer

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via this eBay listing

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Driving Through San Diego’s Freeways with an original synth soundtrack

video upload by CatSynth TV

Store: https://shop.catsynth.com
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"We take a ride through several major freeways in San Diego and the surrounding areas. We start downtown on I-5, cross CA 163 (which we featured in a previous video), and turn east on CA 94. We follow CA 94 for a while, and then turn north on CA 125. Shortly thereafter, we turn east onto I-8, and then north onto CA 67, where we meet CA 52 in anticipation of the next video...

Music composed and performed by Amanda Chaudhary. It uses several of the instruments we have recently reviewed:
Cherry Audio ODC 2800
Arturia MiniFreak with 4.0 vocoder update
Arturia Pure LoFi
Arturia Augmented Yangtze
Arturia Jup-8000 V
Rhodes Wurli

Additional instruments include:
Minimoog
Cherry Audio Chroma, Mercury 6, Startdust-201 delay
BFD drums and percussion
EastWest Ministry of Rock
AudioModeling SWAM Flugelhorn and Trombone
AudioThing Wires and Dials"

Rhodes Chroma Polaris w/ Freddy Mercury Road Case

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via this Reverb listing

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California Highway 163: San Diego's beautiful and scenic freeway

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We take a trip along California Highway 163 (Cabrillo Freeway), a particularly beautiful freeway in San Diego. It beings as a historic parkway running through Balboa Park and under Cabrillo Bridge. After its interchange with Interstate 8, it opens up to a wide modern freeway until its northern terminus at a junction with Interstate 5. Along the way we also pass Interstate 805 and California Highway 52.

The southern parkway section of CA 163 was once part of US 395, which extended all the way to downtown San Diego.

The music reflects the two sections of the highway, with a noticeable change when we move from the historic parkway to the modern freeway.

Original music features the following instruments:
iOptigan
Cherry Audio KR-55C, Yellowjacket, Mercury 6, Elka X, Filtomika, Stardust 201
Arturia CMI V, CP 70, Pigments, MiniBrute
EastWest Fab Four, Stormdrum 2, Gypsy
Buchla Red Panel 158 module
Serge/Random Source Dual Universal Slope Generator
Metasonix R-54 and RK5 modules
Circuit Abbey ADSRjr
MOK Filtryg
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Liminal Patch 008 : Ambient Eurorack Modular Exploration

video upload by Botched Creative

"Creaturae Imaginis is a slow-burning descent into tone, texture, and atmosphere—12 minutes of ambient analog synthesis, layered with subtle generative elements. Recorded live to multitrack, each voice was captured in isolation, allowing for extensive post-processing and detailed mixing. The result is a piece that blurs the line between raw performance and sculpted sound design—a meditation on presence, process, and the strange beauty of voltage in motion.

Main Synths:
Forge TME Vhikk X, Maneco Labs Grone 2 Dark Drone Machine, Moog Mother 32, Moog Matriarch, Archea Loki, Winterbloom Castor & Pollux.

Sequencer:
Arturia KeyStep Pro

Processors:
Make Noise Maths, Happy Nerding 3x Mia, ALM Pam's Pro Workout, Xaoc Devices Zadar, Xoac Timiszoara, Expert Sleepers ES-9, Intellijel Quadratt, Thorn Audio VC LFO, Maneco Labs Clusterverb, Maneco Labs Filter Eko, Animal Factory Vivisect, After Later Audio Cloaks,

Post-Processing:
Walrus Audio Fable, OBNE Darkstar, Meris Mercury X, Meris Mercury 7, Meris Polymoon, Meris LVX, Boss RE-20, Chase Bliss Mood, Chase Bliss Generation Loss, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Big Sky, Abelton Live (tracking), Motu Digital Performer (mixing), Kush Audio, Slate Digital, Valhalla DSP, Waves plugins.

Enjoy the in-between world."

Meris Mercury X Demo, All Reverb Structures With Mutable Rings

video upload by Alec Sea

"No talking, just pretty sounds! Demo of all eight reverb structures in the Meris Mercury X. I'm noodling on Mutable Rings with Native Instruments Kontrol S61 mk III using the Oxi One as a MIDI-to-CV converter. I think it sounds absolutely gorgeous!

00:00 Intro
00:12 Ultraplate
02:20 Cathedra
04:08 Spring
05:07 78 Room
07:22 78 Plate
09:04 78 Hall
11:17 Prism
14:12 Gravity"