Mercury-8 - 5 Stars from MusicRadar

MusicRadar has reviewed Cherry Audio's Mercury-8 synthesizer and rates it 5 out of 5 stars, praising it as a "must-have."

"Cherry Audio’s Mercury-8 could easily be the next-gen Jupiter in software. Built upon the strengths of the original, it takes this vintage classic to contemporary heights, through a series of exceptional enhancements."

"We have to admit to being happily surprised by Cherry’s approach to this reinvention of the mightiest of analogue classics. To our minds, it is very much a synth of two halves; on the one hand, it is an enormous sounding, production ready, and truly engaging musical instrument, which offers such huge prospects for production work, it puts it into the category of ‘must-have’.

However, if you are looking for a real facsimile of an original Jupiter-8, you can strip this back to its bare bones, and it sounds engaging and truly authentic. Yes, there are some very subtle differences if you compare the Mercury-8 to an ageing original, but the bottom line is, an analogue synthesizer will change with age, and the Mercury-8 will be far more exacting and consistent, while offering all of the benefits and beauty of the original sound. It’s another beautifully engaging piece of synth history, re-engineered by Cherry Audio in software, and possibly its most comprehensive yet!"

The review awards Cherry Audio with its sixth five-star rating in 2025, contributing to a total of 14 consecutive five-star ratings for our virtual synthesizers.