I had a Jupiter 6 for 20 years and, believe me, Cherry Audio have done a fantastic job with their Mercury 6. Sweeping through the controls I suddenly get the same sounds I got from the hardware. The extra features, like layering and FX make it an absolute joy to program! Brilliant recreation of an overlooked classic synth! Internally, the Jupiter 6 is also very different to the Jupiter 8 and can produce sounds the JP-8 cannot.
That's awesome that it feels to you like your original. I love that feeling when a vsti brings back sonic memories you'd forgotten. Yeah, I totally get this can make sounds the 8 can't -- maybe as I play with this more I'll get a sense of what sounds I'd go to this for first. My first synth was an even more overlooked (but less cool:) Roland, the JX-8P. A couple of the sounds this makes feel familiar to me, trying to find if the JX and JP6 had some/any components in common.
I owned and used a Jupiter 6 from 1983 through the early 2000s. It had to be serviced and repaired a few times. I liked its versatility and the fact that it was way more affordable than the Jupiter 8. It did produce some fantastic sounds, but in general I was a bit disappointed in its lack of punch and warmth. You also couldn't change the filter and VCA sliders while playing: the steps were audible. Two other things were severely missing: self oscillating filter resonance and choice of filter cutoff was limited to 24 dB per octave, so if you need filter resonance to emphasize a certain overtone, your treble is gone. It also had zero built-in effects. It did have an ultra quiet balanced output with a transformer. That was top notch for studio work.
I totally agree with @MPHORROCKS. I owned and used a JP-6 from 83-92. Yesterday I purchased the Mercury-6 from CA and I instantly started to re-make the very familiar analog strings, brass, organs, synth lead sounds, split patches etc., exactly how I remeber it. I am so happy to have it back again. I also have the Mercury-4, which was my very first poly-synth. Until a year ago or so , my opinion, was that all VST Synths sounded pretty much the same. However, Cheery Audio has proven this wrong. Both the MC-4 & MC-6 has their own and very distinctive sonic charachter. I am so grateful to CA for bringing those wonderful instruments back, almost for free :)
Sounds like what used to simply be called "electronica" to me. I'm just gonna shrug my shoulders on this one because, long ago, you used to find stuff like this in the "New Age" section at places like Barnes&Noble. Heck, I've heard sounds like this out of 80s soundtracks. Genre's are useful labels so that you can try and find music you seek, but I think EDM kind of gave us an unfortunate obsession with categorization every time someone uses a slightly tweaked waveform.
I'd say so but depends a bit on what kind of sound you're going for. It's a little colder than a Jupiter 4 or Jupiter 8 emulator, so I might start with those for more of that really warm analog sound. (Or a Prophet 5, Oberheim OB-X, etc) Cherry Audio's Mercury 4 is a Jupiter 4, and Arturia's Jup-8 is an 8. I use the latter a lot.
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I had a Jupiter 6 for 20 years and, believe me, Cherry Audio have done a fantastic job with their Mercury 6. Sweeping through the controls I suddenly get the same sounds I got from the hardware. The extra features, like layering and FX make it an absolute joy to program! Brilliant recreation of an overlooked classic synth! Internally, the Jupiter 6 is also very different to the Jupiter 8 and can produce sounds the JP-8 cannot.
That's awesome that it feels to you like your original. I love that feeling when a vsti brings back sonic memories you'd forgotten. Yeah, I totally get this can make sounds the 8 can't -- maybe as I play with this more I'll get a sense of what sounds I'd go to this for first. My first synth was an even more overlooked (but less cool:) Roland, the JX-8P. A couple of the sounds this makes feel familiar to me, trying to find if the JX and JP6 had some/any components in common.
I owned and used a Jupiter 6 from 1983 through the early 2000s. It had to be serviced and repaired a few times. I liked its versatility and the fact that it was way more affordable than the Jupiter 8. It did produce some fantastic sounds, but in general I was a bit disappointed in its lack of punch and warmth. You also couldn't change the filter and VCA sliders while playing: the steps were audible. Two other things were severely missing: self oscillating filter resonance and choice of filter cutoff was limited to 24 dB per octave, so if you need filter resonance to emphasize a certain overtone, your treble is gone. It also had zero built-in effects. It did have an ultra quiet balanced output with a transformer. That was top notch for studio work.
Quirky ambient intro .. noice 🎹👍
I'm liking your choice of pieces to play in these demos.
Most listenable 🔊👂
I totally agree with @MPHORROCKS. I owned and used a JP-6 from 83-92. Yesterday I purchased the Mercury-6 from CA and I instantly started to re-make the very familiar analog strings, brass, organs, synth lead sounds, split patches etc., exactly how I remeber it. I am so happy to have it back again. I also have the Mercury-4, which was my very first poly-synth. Until a year ago or so , my opinion, was that all VST Synths sounded pretty much the same. However, Cheery Audio has proven this wrong. Both the MC-4 & MC-6 has their own and very distinctive sonic charachter. I am so grateful to CA for bringing those wonderful instruments back, almost for free :)
Good work.
Nice demo. New genre perhaps - dark synthwave?
Maybe: ambient wave :)
@@zibikasound or maybe darkwave.
Ugh, it's dark ambient synthwave. Duh. Behind the times much?
Sounds like what used to simply be called "electronica" to me. I'm just gonna shrug my shoulders on this one because, long ago, you used to find stuff like this in the "New Age" section at places like Barnes&Noble. Heck, I've heard sounds like this out of 80s soundtracks. Genre's are useful labels so that you can try and find music you seek, but I think EDM kind of gave us an unfortunate obsession with categorization every time someone uses a slightly tweaked waveform.
@@brianbergmusic5288 just in case it wasn't obvious, I was joking. ;)
Thanks. It's good for Ambient music?
I'd say so but depends a bit on what kind of sound you're going for. It's a little colder than a Jupiter 4 or Jupiter 8 emulator, so I might start with those for more of that really warm analog sound. (Or a Prophet 5, Oberheim OB-X, etc) Cherry Audio's Mercury 4 is a Jupiter 4, and Arturia's Jup-8 is an 8. I use the latter a lot.
Nice. Where did you get your 1 octave keyboard controller?
Thanks for the demo. I would suggest on the next one move through the patches quicker.
Please no. Not just patches he created but an art.
Même pas demo!