Modeling Synths With Cherry Audio: 5 of Their Biggest Challenges

Few know as much as Cherry Audio does about modeling synths. We asked the developer to tell us about the five most challenging emulations they’ve done. Some you may not expect!

Cherry Audio is a soft synth powerhouse. Although the developer has done its share of original software instruments, its bread and butter is emulations. Having spoken with them at length, though, I’ve come to realize that modeling synths is a serious undertaking. It’s more than just pressing a note and trying to recreate the sound by ear. There are analyses to do, measurements to take of envelope curves, and on and on. And then you may be working with an oddball vintage synth like the Crumar DS-2, which has utterly unique oscillators and other characteristics. Somehow, they still manage to turn out great instrument after great instrument.

We asked Cherry Audio’s CTO, Dan Goldstein, to walk us through five of their most challenging emulations, starting with that crazy DS-2...

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