Cherry Audio Voltage modular

[cherryDan]

Join us live TODAY at 4PM Pacific (or watch later!), to learn all about advanced modular synthesizer techniques with Voltage Modular!

KVR has invited us to do another live broadcast, and this time we'll be taking a look at advanced ways to create complex and interesting sounds using Voltage Modular. Join us live to ask questions during the broadcast, or click the link to watch the broadcast later.

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See you there!

[ehdyn]

Ah shit, I’ll be on a call

[Koshdukai]

YouTube Reminder is ON!

hmmm... that'll be... 00h00 where I am, I think

[rollasoc]

YouTube Reminder is ON!

hmmm... that'll be... 00h00 where I am, I think

Midnight where I was too, so I went to bed!

[cherryDan]

MRB releases legendary Zeroscillator for Voltage Modular!

Cherry Audio and MRB are thrilled to announce the release of the legendary Zeroscillator module for Voltage Modular!



Mark Barton, the founder of MRB, designed the original analog Zeroscillator module in 2005 as a personal challenge. As Mark explains:

"There were people saying that through-zero FM synthesis could and would only exist in the digital domain because it was too difficult to build it in analog. Well, that’s all I needed to hear, so I decided to give it a try. Co-conceived with Cynthia Webster, it took 4 completely different designs before we finally settled on what would become the Zeroscillator.

A magic chip from Analog Devices made it all possible -- the AD734 precision analog multiplier. I didn’t want to use it because they were $17 a piece (now they’re $35), but none of the designs would work without it. This, of course, was just one chip in the whole circuit, and with everything else, the result was a very partsy (lots of parts), expensive module to produce.

The ZO consists of 5 circuit boards which include a motherboard and 3 daughterboards. The board set was placed behind 8 different format front panels: 5U, Modcan, MOTM, Eurorack, Frac Rack, Blacet, Buchla, and Wiard. I know of no other module that has ever been produced in so many formats. These retailed anywhere from $750 to $1,200 a piece. Even at those prices, Cyndustries couldn’t build them fast enough. Enjoying rave reviews, they were swallowed up in multiples by top film composers and electronic musicians, including Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg). At last, crazy through-zero FM was available in their modulars."

The Zeroscillator was featured on the cover of the June 2006 issue of Electronic Musician magazine. It went on to win the EM Editor’s Choice Award for best analog product of the year. In the years since, several other manufacturers have produced their own through-zero oscillators, but Mark believes - and we here at Cherry Audio agree - the Zeroscillator blows them all away. Mark's no-compromise design pays of sonically in a big way.



Fast-forward to today. The Zeroscillator has come full-circle and is back in the digital domain. By carefully modeling how the original ZO hardware works internally, the Voltage Modular version retains the unique features and analog character of the original. And of course, the polyphonic version is pure “unobtainium” in the analog world. Now you can have it all for a tiny, tiny fraction of the price! And, you can have as many of them as you want with the click of a button!

The Zeroscillator ($25) and Poly Zeroscillator ($30) are available separately or as a bundle ($35). And here's some great news: During Cherry Audio's Black Friday Celebration Sale, through December 3, 2020, you can purchase both modules in the Zeroscillator Bundle for only $25!

Check out the audio samples in the Sounds tab here: https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/z ... tor-bundle

- Dan @ Cherry Audio

[xuoham]

Mark Barton rocks.

At this price, on top of it, it's a real no brainer.

[Captain]

I'm joining the Black Friday sale with The Drift Pack by dropping the price all the way down to $10! If you want to add some life, movement and unstable analog vibes to your sounds, now is the time to check out these eight modules...

The Probability Router Bundle is also on sale at $10.

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[sacer]

Mark Barton, the founder of MRB, designed the original analog Zeroscillator module in 2005 as a personal challenge. As Mark explains:

"There were people saying that through-zero FM synthesis could and would only exist in the digital domain because it was too difficult to build it in analog. Well, that’s all I needed to hear, so I decided to give it a try. Co-conceived with Cynthia Webster, it took 4 completely different designs before we finally settled on what would become the Zeroscillator.

A magic chip from Analog Devices made it all possible -- the AD734 precision analog multiplier. I didn’t want to use it because they were $17 a piece (now they’re $35), but none of the designs would work without it. This, of course, was just one chip in the whole circuit, and with everything else, the result was a very partsy (lots of parts), expensive module to produce.

The ZO consists of 5 circuit boards which include a motherboard and 3 daughterboards. The board set was placed behind 8 different format front panels: 5U, Modcan, MOTM, Eurorack, Frac Rack, Blacet, Buchla, and Wiard. I know of no other module that has ever been produced in so many formats. These retailed anywhere from $750 to $1,200 a piece. Even at those prices, Cyndustries couldn’t build them fast enough. Enjoying rave reviews, they were swallowed up in multiples by top film composers and electronic musicians, including Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg). At last, crazy through-zero FM was available in their modulars."

The Zeroscillator was featured on the cover of the June 2006 issue of Electronic Musician magazine. It went on to win the EM Editor’s Choice Award for best analog product of the year. In the years since, several other manufacturers have produced their own through-zero oscillators, but Mark believes - and we here at Cherry Audio agree - the Zeroscillator blows them all away. Mark's no-compromise design pays of sonically in a big way.

Fast-forward to today. The Zeroscillator has come full-circle and is back in the digital domain. By carefully modeling how the original ZO hardware works internally, the Voltage Modular version retains the unique features and analog character of the original. And of course, the polyphonic version is pure “unobtainium” in the analog world. Now you can have it all for a tiny, tiny fraction of the price! And, you can have as many of them as you want with the click of a button!

The Zeroscillator ($25) and Poly Zeroscillator ($30) are available separately or as a bundle ($35). And here's some great news: During Cherry Audio's Black Friday Celebration Sale, through December 3, 2020, you can purchase both modules in the Zeroscillator Bundle for only $25!

Check out the audio samples in the Sounds tab here: https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/z ... tor-bundle

- Dan @ Cherry Audio

I paid $79 for the Laboratory Bundle and they promised to include more stuff

There were 11. Now there are 13 products in this bundle, and more great modules are planned for inclusion. When those are added, the bundle price will increase accordingly, but all you wise and crafty early adopters will get them FREE!

[xuoham]

I'm joining the Black Friday sale with The Drift Pack by dropping the price all the way down to $10! If you want to add some life, movement and unstable analog vibes to your sounds, now is the time to check out these eight modules...

(sigh...) This black friday is gonna leave me naked ...

Purchasing, thank you Captain !

I like the fact that one can use the lag drift (with small and precise settings) to delay a gate trigger, for example a snare, so that in conjunction to the global sync drift one can add more "humanization" to individual percussion elements.
Also, the dynamic noise is fun and is a great idea ! ^ ^

[Captain]

Purchasing, thank you Captain !

Thank you!

I like the fact that one can use the lag drift (with small and precise settings) to delay a gate trigger, for example a snare, so that in conjunction to the global sync drift one can add more "humanization" to individual percussion elements.
Also, the dynamic noise is fun and is a great idea ! ^ ^

Ha, that's true, never even thought of using Lag Drift for that kind of work! But then, that's the beauty of a modular system where a signal is just a signal, you can route anything through anything and see what happens.

[xuoham]

It works !! ^ ^ "time" button has to be ON, btw

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[Captain]

It works !! ^ ^ "time" button has to be ON, btw

Cool! It might work a little differently or unpredictably depending on how a specific sound generator module reacts to gates with a "soft" rising edge (the Sync Drift module is designed to keep the edges intact). But then, since the whole point here is to make things a little unpredictable and random, why not!

[wagtunes]

I love Voltage Modular. One of my favorite synths. But I can't afford to keep up with all the new modules. All the ones I don't have, with the $700 or so that I've already spent, have to add up to at least another $700.

It's absolutely insane. How does anybody do it unless they're made of money?

[xuoham]

You don't have to have all.
But you have to choose them all wisely.
Demo mode is here to help.
You already spent $700 ???!!!

[wagtunes]

You don't have to have all.
But you have to choose them all wisely.
Demo mode is here to help.
You already spent $700 ???!!!

Yeah, and that's only a fraction of what's been added since.