For sure, their weirder stuff is good, and I quite like their Vox Continental. But, really, how often do I need some reedy organ? So I don't have them for the same reasons as you.

 

Dude, I've got over 8 terabytes attached to my machine. Divided into about 8 partitions, each partition has about 100 gb of free space. It's all full of warez/samples/tutorial videos.

(But I run the audio stuff from a much smaller SSD drive with the OS. That drive is only 250 gig. Yes, it's the next thing in line for an upgrade.)

I do have the various UVI libraries on a regular drive. I suppose I could add an extra VST folder over there too -- but in reality, I don't use the Arturia stuff often enough to bother.

 

I have 1 SSD 250 GB for C./ and the libraries of Falcon, Omnisphere, Toontrack and others on 2 larger SSD. Then I have 2 normal HDD where movies and videos are on it. Then I have 1 box with Blue Ray and a 2nd PC as backup for software and more movies.
If the internet would be switched off tomorrow we both would be fine. I have enough data and software for the next 30 years.

 

Am I the only one who feels like I can point out an Arturia plugin no matter the emulation? I feel like there's always this particular character to the sound that I can never explain in words, but I can hear in all the plugins. I'll never be able to explain it. The Cherry audio stuff has been ok, but nothing I'm running to. So far nothing is beating GForce that I've used. The OBE sounds so analog, minus the effects, that I'm using it over some of my actual analog stuff. I always felt like the Minimonsta had this high end digital sizzle, so I'm not as high on that, but the Imposcar sounds great. Their 2600 emulation was miles above the Arturia 2600. I can't stand Brainworx/Plugin Alliance stuff, but the Oberhausen sounded surprisingly good too.

 

Tried, ditched. That's my story with Cherry Audio. Same as Arturia.

Sticking to u-he and TAL, Korg and Roland, speaking of plugin makers. One of my favs is Reveal Sound's Spire, too. You don't need much of anything else, really. Having 100 VSTis doesn't make you a great musician, but a collector. Using-playing and knowing well 10 of them makes you a musician.

 

You've all got me curious I've just downed the whole lot.

 

so not true I know cherry audio is going to take me to the next level. if not i've got the collection

 

I love the sound of the CR-78 (the actual hardware). To me the Cherry version sounds very good! What are your thoughts? I love having a somewhat cheesy CR-78 groove (preset or programmed) as a starting point, then building a song from there.

I also have other options for the sound, like Roland’s TR-8S (which I think is supposedly modeled / ACB), samples inside the Jupiter-X, Zenology and I think Samples From Mars. But to me this sounds most like the real thing.

On the other hand, I’ve been also trying out Chroma, because the synth is a bit mythical and was played by many of my heroes (Herbie, Zawinul). It has a unique sound but I’m not totally convinced otherwise.

 

From those I tried the Atomika sounded great and it's really fun to play with. Wasn't impressed with all the others I demoed though
https://cherryaudio.com/products/atomika-synthesizer

 

I find it helps greatly, with a lot of these "simulation" or "models" of vintage synths, to run them through amps.

Put some air on them, you know? Like their forebears were recorded. Run them through an amp, put one mic on it (6-10" away), and another 2-3' away (or in a spot of your preference), and then play them for a while, get used to that sound.

Then, and only then, grab a couple of takes, and see how well they sound and sit in a mix.

If you've not done that with your soft synths, you're selling yourself (and your opinions) quite short.

 

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i like the Bleu3 organ by Cherry Audio..its a cheap and portable Hammond B3

 

I had an actual Chroma in my room one summer, while I was in college. I don't even remember who loaned it to me. Maybe a friend of my flatmate, who wanted to sell it, I don't remember.

What I do remember is not liking anything about it. I either had a DX-7 in those days, or a D-50 or both, and that Chroma looked, weighed, and sounded like a dinosaur in a state of advanced decomposition. I heard Zawinul was using it live, so I went to see him play, and it didn't sound any better under his fingers and through the BPC sound system than it did in my bedroom through my Black Widow 300 keyboard amp.

 

It's not that they are "bad", but not worthy of all the initial hype. It's pretty easy to see a short time down the road. These were constantly getting mentioned, and now you almost never see them brought up again. It's frequently when something has not been [k]'d and shared.

Example, on one hand you have Valhalla or Fabfilter plugins. On the other, Acustica. Or with synths like Serum, vs Current... Eventually people will just gravitate back to the better option when the novelty of something new has worn off. Some of this is fueled by people who want sounds no-one has used before, but don't want to take the time creating their own patches. Preset-bashers.

 

Oh hey my topic got necro-upped.
My opinion didn't change since then BTW, as there were no Voltage Modular release to try out and maybe change what I think of the company.
This is not a request, before somebody gets trigger-happy again. This is a complete and finished statement that's referring to my OP.

 

You're just assuming I have a hardware amplifier and a room to mic it.
If I had these money - it would've been easier to just buy hard synths, you know.
But yeah running a synth through a good set of effects, including a saturator, might help it a lot. However, there are synths that don't need it as much as the others, like DUNE 3 for example.

 

Yes, it's a nice Hammond clone. However, GG-Audio was the original maker, but was bought by Cherry: https://gg-audio.com/
The old Blue3 product page: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603181847/https://gg-audio.com/blue3.html

Personally I like GSi VB3-II best as Hammond clone because of it's great sounding drive.

 

Oh.....okay....well....so I am not a great musician. But at least I am a great collector

 

It's a shame that the Cherry Modular system never took off big time. It does so many things right UI-wise... multiples/mixers on each socket? Yes, please! But while there are a fair bit of modules available, it has nothing like the selection on VCV (or even Cardinal) or Reaktor Blocks.

Still, with just some investment (Electro Drums addition) you get a lot of fun modular to play around with, and it's pretty good on resource use. And I think it sounds good, fairly smooth but not too aggressive.

I like Cherry's synths and FX, but it's a shame they've stuck with just emulations of well known gear, and stuff that has been done already. Because they did few unique things, the Dreamsynth (and the spinoff reverb off it) and Harmonia, and they're absolute killers, and I wish they'd do more original designs. I guess there's more money in knock offs, not that they're bad by any means.

 

Jahman...i like the gsi b3 clone also..as well as IK Multimedia B3X...i also liked the NI B4..but that stopped developing.its still vst2 32bit

 

I liked their minimoog clone, and their free concertmate MG-1.

The others were instant delete - too cpu heavy for not so great sounds.