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Mercury Synthesizer Collection Black Friday deal: 52% off this Cherry Audio bundle, $89 until Nov 27, 2026, covering Mercury-8, Mercury-6 and Mercury-4.
The Mercury Synthesizer Collection bundles three virtual instruments from Cherry Audio, each based on a synth from the Jupiter line of the 70s and 80s. Cherry Audio calls all three acclaimed.
Mercury-8 goes beyond the 1981 original. The maker says it uses virtual analog synthesis rather than samples, so every synthesis parameter stays under dynamic control.
Its dual-layer architecture gives 16 voices per layer, which allows split keyboard and dual-stacked modes. Analog drift and condition controls set the age and state of the synth.
The modulation matrix has four click-to-assign slots. There is also an arpeggiator and a 16x4 programmable polyphonic step sequencer, both syncable and transposable, with humanize settings.
Three independent effect chains draw on 20 effects, and chains can be saved and recalled. Over 600 presets ship with it, including recreations of the JP-8 factory patches and "Factory Plus" enhanced versions.
Mercury-6 recreates the Jupiter-6, a synth the maker describes as having a dark and complex character. Cherry Audio adds velocity sensitivity and an improved split mode.
A new layer mode stacks two sounds, with per-layer stereo panning, detuning and sustain. Polyphony extends to 16 notes.
The arpeggiator keeps the original's hidden Down/Up modes and adds a Random mode and MIDI tempo sync. A chord memory mode plays stored notes from a single key.
The integrated effects panel covers distortion, phaser, flanger/chorus, delay and reverb. More than 500 presets and flexible MIDI mapping are included.
Mercury-4 is modeled on a Jupiter-4 once owned by Greg Hawkes of The Cars, used on their 1981 album Shake It Up. Cherry Audio quotes him saying it "sounds just like my old Jupiter!"
The original had four voices and limited patch storage. Mercury-4 offers 16-voice polyphony, unlimited patch storage, velocity sensitivity and MPE support.
It recreates the analog oscillators, dual filters, overdrivable VCA section, arpeggiator and two unison modes. A Drift knob sets the amount of vintage character.
The stereo BBD ensemble effect is modeled, and a tape echo with multiple reverb modes is paired with it. Over 400 presets ship with it, including the front-panel factory patches and 75 from sound designer Huston Singletary.
Yes. The Mercury Synthesizer Collection Black Friday deal takes 52% off, bringing the bundle to $89 until Nov 27, 2026. It includes all three Cherry Audio instruments: Mercury-8, Mercury-6 and Mercury-4.
Three Cherry Audio virtual instruments based on the Jupiter synthesizer line: Mercury-8, Mercury-6 and Mercury-4. Between them they carry over 600, over 500 and over 400 presets respectively.
Mercury-8 offers 16 polyphonic voices per layer in a dual-layer design. Mercury-6 extends its polyphony to 16 notes. Mercury-4 also reaches 16 voices, up from the original Jupiter-4's four.
They are based on Jupiter synthesizers from the 70s and 80s: Mercury-8 on the Jupiter-8 (JP-8), Mercury-6 on the Jupiter-6 and Mercury-4 on the Jupiter-4, which Cherry Audio calls the rarest of the series.
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