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Dreamsynth Black Friday deal: Cherry Audio's hybrid synth plugin is 51% off, which puts it at $24 until Dec 1, 2026.
Dreamsynth is a software synth modeled on the hybrid analog+digital instruments of the mid-to-late 1980s. Cherry Audio names the Ensoniq ESQ-1, the Kawai "K" series and the Sequential Prophet VS as its inspirations.
The maker calls it a "What if...?" synthesizer. The idea is to pair the character of that era with the features of modern software instruments.
Sound comes from three dual-waveform oscillators. That makes six simultaneous oscillators, virtual analog or PCM sample-based, with up to 16 voices of polyphony.
Each oscillator has an A/B wave mix control. Apply modulation to it and you get evolving or rhythmic vector tones, according to the maker.
A library of 430 looping, one-shot and single-cycle waveforms sits alongside the modeled analog waveforms. Mixing the two types is how Dreamsynth gets its hybrid timbres.
The filters are OB-style 12 dB/octave multimode stereo filters.
There is also a string synthesizer that runs independently of the main synth. Unlike traditional paraphonic string machines, it is fully polyphonic with 16 voices.
You can layer the strings with the oscillator synth or split them across the keyboard. Each side gets its own arpeggiator and effects assignments.
Modulation runs to 20 sources and over 40 destinations, effects included. Routings are set through pop-up menus and invertible knobs on the main interface.
The effects section covers:
Other features include:
The maker says the code is highly optimized for ultra-low CPU load.
Over 1100 presets ship with it. The sound designers include Dave Polich, Huston Singletary, Julie Kathryn, James Terris, Julian Pollack (J3PO), FOUNTAINS, Agent Method, Mark Wilcox, Joseph Holiday and Venus Theory.
On Mac, the Dreamsynth plugin comes as AU, VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. It needs macOS 10.13 or above, 64-bit, and supports Apple M1 chips natively.
On Windows it comes as VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. It needs Windows 7 or above, 64-bit.
Cherry Audio recommends a quad-core CPU and 8GB of RAM on both platforms. MPE needs a DAW and a hardware controller that support MIDI Polyphonic Expression.
Yes. The Dreamsynth Black Friday deal takes 51% off Cherry Audio's synth plugin, so it costs $24, and the offer ends Dec 1, 2026.
Dreamsynth is a hybrid analog+digital synth plugin from Cherry Audio. It is a tribute to 1980s hybrid synths, drawing on the Ensoniq ESQ-1, the Kawai "K" series and the Sequential Prophet VS.
On Windows it comes as VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. On Mac it adds AU. Both platforms need 64-bit, and the plugin supports native Apple M1 processors.
You get three dual-waveform oscillators, 430 waveforms, a fully polyphonic 16-voice string synth, OB-style filters, 20 mod sources, a full effects section including the "Galactic" reverb, and over 1100 presets.
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