Cherry Audio Voltage modular

[WatchTheGuitar]

Is it 900 duck sized Moog Ones?

[WasteLand]

Is it 900 duck sized Moog Ones?

the word on the street is a Moog 900 (series).

[cherryDan]

With the sound, look, and feel that started it all, the Cherry Audio/MRB VM900 Collection delivers the audio and visual experience of the legendary 1960s and 1970s-era Moog 900-series modules with spine-tingling impact and accuracy. Every detail has been expertly reproduced, for a virtual window into the halcyon days of early analog synthesis. Award-winning synth designer Mark Barton’s (MRB) proprietary DSP coding reproduces each and every sonic nuance with unprecedented accuracy.



The VM900-series designs remain true to the originals, and have not been altered or updated to reflect modern trends. Panel layouts and operation have been preserved in order to present a one-to-one early analog experience like no other. From oscillator drift to warm mixer overdrive to painstakingly reproduced panel art, it’s all there. And with 27 modules, the Cherry Audio/MRB VM900 Collection represents all of the commonly produced 900-series modules, including the early 901-style and later 921-style oscillators, both in single and “ABBB” grouped module versions. The coveted 904 ladder filter is also included in lowpass and highpass versions as well as an “ABC” combo version with the 904C Coupler module for endless filter curve flavors. The famous CP3 Mixer includes both early and later circuit styles for vintage-correct overdrive or purer tones. We’ve also included a unique Keyboard/VCO Interface module that allows three-voice chordal “paraphonic” operation and three highly-adjustable independent glides.



A classic modular system couldn't possibly be complete without the 960-series sequencer. Originally used by Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Kraftwerk, this is the eight-stage step sequencer that set the standard, and we've replicated it exactly (along with the accompanying 962 Sequential Switch module). Actually, we added one extra feature - a 1/12 V quantized output for each sequence row, which greatly simplifies the creation of chromatic melodies.



Perhaps the star of the show is the VM1630 Frequency Shifter. Notoriously difficult to properly emulate in software and hardware, Mark Barton's advanced DSP replicates every nuance of this incredible-sounding module. From subtle vibrato, to wild phaser-like tones, to ring modulation-style alien swoops and metallic clangs, the VM1630 absolutely nails the jaw-dropping sound of this rare and desirable classic.

The Cherry Audio/MRB VM900 Collection is simply a “must-have” module set for all purveyors of vintage analog synthesis. It’s a no-brainer for existing Voltage Modular users, and for new users, it’s fully compatible with our FREE Voltage Modular Nucleus Edition, with no operational limitations. The Cherry Audio/MRB VM900 Collection for Voltage Modular includes all 27 modules, plus hundreds of presets and variations, for a fraction of the cost of a vintage Moog modular - just $79 - less than $3 per module! - and it’s available now at the Cherry Audio store! A seven-day free trial of the VM900 Collection is also available.

- Dan@Cherry

[WatchTheGuitar]

Bloody hell thats a biggie. I don’t think any of us expected more modular, thought it’d be more VSTs. Delighted to be wrong, these look great and MRB stuff is always well made.

[WasteLand]

Bloody hell thats a biggie. I don’t think any of us expected more modular. Delighted to be wrong, these look great and MRB stuff is always well made.

people already predicted the 900 series for VM. after VM2500, the VM900. makes VM more and more attractive, especially when MRB coded it. there is some overlap, with a filter of MRB, and the agile filter bank, but beside that, it is quite, well a great 'extension' of VM.

indeed a biggie! like it, will buy it.

EDIT: VM2500 + VM900, add some other unique VM modules to it... well... max out your cores! buy some more cores! (although it is not really fully mult-core... the code is sometimes engimatic...).

EDIT: Cherry Audio has more full 'instruments' for Voltage Modular, like a MS-20 emulation, etc.
but this is a next step; a complete VM2500, is the 900 series complete? i don't know. it seems so..

[WatchTheGuitar]

Oh man, that sequencer is so much fun. Going to hook it up to drive my external synths too.

[WasteLand]

Oh man, that sequencer is so much fun. Going to hook it up to drive my external synths too.

with all the other sequencers, and dividers, etc. etc. VM is also an excellent modular sequencer....

[WatchTheGuitar]

Oh man, that sequencer is so much fun. Going to hook it up to drive my external synths too.

with all the other sequencers, and dividers, etc. etc. VM is also an excellent modular sequencer....

The great thing about having the steps on a control knob is you can use remote control to affect them from elliptical LFOs etc and it just makes the thing become alive

[WasteLand]

Oh man, that sequencer is so much fun. Going to hook it up to drive my external synths too.

with all the other sequencers, and dividers, etc. etc. VM is also an excellent modular sequencer....

The great thing about having the steps on a control knob is you can use remote control to affect them from elliptical LFOs etc and it just makes the thing become alive

indeed! the power of modular; soft modular!

[Erik_Lucas]

Oh man, that sequencer is so much fun. Going to hook it up to drive my external synths too.

I'm a complete newby when it comes to modular sequencers. I'm for sure going to be picking up VM900; do you have any resources I could check out that would help me get my mind around this kind of sequencer? Very curious how you go about sending CV signals out of your DAW too.

Also, does CA have a manual or something for this thing?

[cherryDan]

Hi Erik,

Also, does CA have a manual or something for this thing?

You can right-click on any module and select Help to go straight to the module's documentation. Every Cherry Audio module, including all of the VM900 modules, have thorough documentation. We hope you enjoy the VM900 modules!

- Dan @ Cherry Audio

[WatchTheGuitar]

Oh man, that sequencer is so much fun. Going to hook it up to drive my external synths too.

curious how you go about sending CV signals out of your DAW too.

I don't have anything that'll do that, I convert it to MIDI and send that to the DAW host. In Reaper I can load Voltage Modular as an FX, but I don't know if that's actually required to transmit MIDI back or not.

The set up in VM is like this...

sequencer.png

and I route the MIDI in reaper to another track that's either got a plugin instrument listening on (in this case) MIDI channel 2 or route anything received on channel 2 out to an external MIDI synth which is usually set to listen on channel 1.

NB. In the screenshot that CLOCK::GEN module is only used to send out gate and something to trigger Oscillator On so I don't need to trigger the sequencer manually from a keyboard, but it's not necessary.

[Shabdahbriah]

Well done!

{... "no-brainer"} indeed.

[Arashi]

Congrats to Cherry on another solid release. Really enjoying VM900 so far. I grabbed the demo and ended up buying it 10 minutes later. Sounds great!

[WatchTheGuitar]

CA stuck out a couple of extra tips videos for the VM900 sequencer, one on how to extend sequences to up to 24 steps and the other how to sync with the host DAW BPM and host play/stop