Cherry Audio GX-80 Synthesizer

Cherry Audio GX-80 Synthesizer

Cherry Audio GX-80 Synthesizer: GX-80 Synthesizer. The Flagship.

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Description

GX-80 is a transformative virtual synthesizer that combines the unparalleled sound and also features of the fabled GX-1 “Dream Machine” and its renowned descendant, the CS-80, creating a powerhouse hybrid. Featuring the carefully crafted and intensely circuit-modeled DSP designs of award-winning developer Mark Barton, Cherry Audio has replicated every subtlety of the classics to create the most authentic emulation of its kind.

Overview

Both featured a voicing architecture based on “ranks,” wherein each rank was a complete synthesizer voice consisting of an oscillator, highpass and lowpass filters, a noise generator, a sine wave oscillator, envelope generators for the filter and VCA, respectively, and a VCA. The CS-80 included two of these voice ranks, each capable of playing up to eight independent polyphonic notes, a total of 16 synth voices under the hood. The GX-1 featured four of these eight-note poly voice ranks, assignable across two keyboards, plus a single solo synth voice rank for its three-octave mini keyboard and another synth voice rank for the pedalboard.

Unobtainium, Until Now

The rarity and exorbitant cost of both instruments has made it impossible for musicians to experience these legendary instruments. That’s why Cherry Audio is making its flagship GX-80 synthesizer available at an astoundingly low price that anyone can afford. GX-80 is also available as part of Cherry Audio’s new and comprehensive Synth Stack 3 collection, which features all of its virtual instruments to date at an even more astonishingly affordable price.

Cherry Audio GX-80 Synthesizer Features

• A best-in-class virtual instrument based on two monumental analog classics: the GX-1 and CS-80
• Integrates the extended features of the GX-1 with all of the functionality of its descendant, the CS-80, for an absolutely immense sound experience; essentially, two CS-80s and more!
• Massive dual-layer voicing architecture with 16 polyphonic voices per layer: two different patches simultaneously playable, in either a keyboard split or stacked layer mode, with discrete controls for layer volume and panning
• All GX-1 and CS-80 voicing parameters reproduced, including the GX-1’s unique oscillator-level filtered waveforms, octave-up triangle wave, and invert filter envelope control
• Precision recreation of both the legendary CS-80 and unmatched GX-1 filters
• Four polyphonic voice ranks, each with a voltage-controller oscillator, resonant highpass and also lowpass filters, noise generator, sine wave, dual envelope generators, and a velocity-sensitive VCA
• Sub oscillator LFO for each layer with sine, sawtooth, ramp, square, sample and hold, and noise intended for modulation, with tempo sync
• Recreation of the memorable CS ring modulator that modulates the summed output of each pair of ranks with its own independent oscillator
• Virtual pitch ribbon controller precisely modeled on the actual behavior of the original

Tech Specs

MAC
macOS 10.13 or above. macOS 13 Ventura supported. Native Apple M1 processor support, including Apple M1 Ultra.
Memory: 8 GB
CPU: 3.4 GHz Quad-Core or M1 CPU
Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AU, AAX, STAND-ALONE
WINDOWS
Windows 7 or above (including Windows 11)
Memory: 8 GB
CPU: 3.4 GHz Quad-Core computer
Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AAX, STAND-ALONE

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