Dreams Brought to Life
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Cherry Audio's Dreamsynth is a tribute to the celebrated hybrid analog/digital synthesizers of the mid-to-late 1980s. The innovative design blends flexible dual-wave morphing oscillators, stereo filters, fully polyphonic analog strings, extensive and easy-to-use modulation, studio-quality effects, and polyphonic aftertouch and MPE support, all in an elegant vintage-style synth interface.
Dreamsynth draws its inspiration from renowned synths including the Ensoniq ESQ-1, the Kawai "K" series, and the Sequential Prophet VS. In the second half of the '80s, music production was rapidly transitioning from analog to digital. These "hybrid" synthesizers bridged the gap, combining the precision and flexibility of sampled digital oscillators with the warmth of analog filters. The combination of digital and analog sound produced instruments with character and a unique sonic fingerprint that still resonates today.
With the magic of these vintage classics in mind, we set out to design Dreamsynth. Dreamsynth is a "What if...?" synthesizer incorporating the distinctive qualities of this remarkable era with the best features of modern software instruments to create a uniquely 21st-century hybrid. Here's a look at the highlights:
Three dual-waveform oscillators amount to six simultaneous virtual analog or PCM sample-based oscillators with up to 16 voices of polyphony. When modulation is applied, the unique A/B wave mix controls can create a myriad of evolving or rhythmic vector tones.
Combines authentic analog waveforms with sampled PCM waveforms for incredible new timbres. Includes a massive library of 430 looping, one-shot, and single-cycle PCM waveforms.
Dreamsynth also includes a beautiful-sounding classic string synthesizer that, unlike traditional paraphonic string synths, is fully polyphonic. It operates independently of the oscillator-based synthesizer, and both can be layered and split across the keyboard, with separate assignments for the arpeggiator and effects.
The OB-style 12 dB/octave multimode stereo filters enable breathtaking timbres from subtle to extreme.
Dreamsynth features exceptional modulation capabilities with 20 mod sources and over 40 destinations. Routings are immediately accessible through our innovative interface with individual pop-up menus and invertible knobs.
The effects section includes multiple distortion and sample-crushing options, a 12-stage phaser, chorus, flanger, and rotary speaker effects. Also available are numerous delay (including our acclaimed tape delay) and reverb effects, including our fabulous new "Galactic" algorithm.
Polyphonic Aftertouch as a polyphonic modulation source
Supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE), making Dreamsynth capable of more organic and expressive performances.
Get inspired by Dreamsynth’s stunning preset library, created by a wildly talented and diverse group of sound designers, led by veteran sound designer James Terris.
James is Director of Sound Design, responsible for preset programming and curation at Cherry Audio. He is a long-established sound designer and musician based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has worked with Dave Smith Instruments/Sequential, Pioneer DJ, Apple, and Han Zimmer’s Remote Control.
Julian Pollack (J3PO) is an accomplished pianist and keyboardist, producer, and audio engineer. In addition to his thriving career as a jazz composer and performer, J3PO has created sound banks and presets for Clavia, Softube, and Dave Smith Instruments.
Katharine Fountain aka FOUNTAINS is an artist, producer, and sound designer based in Nova Scotia, Canada. Katharine graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2019. In addition to freelance sound design work, Katharine also releases music under her self-produced solo electronic pop project, FOUNTAINS.
Veteran sound designer, producer, film composer, and podcaster. Huston has contributed sounds to an endless array of popular products by Toontrack, Izotope, Synthogy, Kilohearts, Roland, Alesis, Spectrasonics, and Sequential.
Julie Kathryn (I AM SNOW ANGEL) is a recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and sound designer. She has developed a signature dreampop aesthetic as I AM SNOW ANGEL. She regularly designs MIDI presets for Ableton Live and has created audio sound packs for Splice and BandLab.
Mark Wilcox is an avowed synth geek, writer, and artist who’s been programming synths since before he was old enough to drive. Mark has contributed sounds and product designs for synths and software/hardware from Sequential, Avid, Digidesign, and Groove Synthesis. His obsession with making sonic mischief has only grown with time and technology.
Sound designer, music producer, and songwriter. Dave has crafted sounds for major artists including Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, The Cure, Bonnie Raitt, and Fleetwood Mac. He has created thousands of factory presets for synthesizer giants including Yamaha, Korg, Roland, and Dave Smith Instruments.
LA-based writer/producer/composer Joseph Holiday's (Snakes of Russia) credits include VW, Netflix, Best Buy, Amazon, and an Academy Award-winning animated short, “Hair Love.” As SOR, he works hazy, dark sound design, low-end rumble, and rolling downtempo beats into evocative dystopian landscapes. He followed his 2020 debut ‘At Home Alone With Lions’ with releases that include a collaboration with Robot Koch.
Darrick Atwater (Agent Method) is a sound designer, producer, engineer and a comedic content creator in the Metro Atlanta area. He pulls influence from genres of the early aughts and combines them with dubstep, future bass/trap EDM, and vaporwave. He creates content and sounds for major audio companies and is building his own effects and plugins.
Cameron, better known as Venus Theory, is a sound designer, musician, and content creator best known for his popular YouTube channel along with his works for top-name plugins, synthesizer, and audio brands.
Three dual-waveform oscillators, amounting to six simultaneous virtual analog or PCM sample-based oscillators with up to 16 voices of polyphony
Authentically modeled virtual analog waveforms, plus 430 looping, one-shot, and single-cycle PCM waveforms
Fully polyphonic 16-voice string synthesizer which can be layered and split across the keyboard independent of the primary synth
OB-style 12 dB/octave multimode stereo filters
Extensive and accessible modulation capabilities, with 20 mod sources and over 40 destinations, including effects
Analog drift control for increased authenticity
Three tempo-syncable LFOs
Arpeggiator with tempo sync, independently assignable to the synth and string sections
Fully modulatable effects include multiple distortion and sample-crushing options, a 12-stage phaser, chorus, flanger, rotary speaker effects, delay, and reverb, including our new "Galactic" reverb algorithm
Polyphonic Aftertouch as a polyphonic modulation source
Support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) -- Pitch, Channel Pressure, and Timbre -- making Dreamsynth capable of more organic and expressive performances when using MPE-compatible controllers
Highly optimized coding for optimal performance with ultra-low CPU load
User-adjustable oversampling control
Advanced one-click UI magnification
Complete MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls
Preset and Global level MIDI mapping
Over 1100 presets created by a talented and diverse group of sound design veterans
Dreamsynth is available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats.
A free 30-day demo of Dreamsynth is available. This demo will play white noise periodically, but is otherwise unlimited.
macOS Requirements: 10.13 or above. macOS 13 Ventura supported. 64-bit required. Native Apple M1 or greater processor support, including Ultra. 3.4 GHz Quad-Core or M1 CPU with 8GB of RAM recommended.
Windows Requirements: Windows 7 or above (including Windows 11), 64-bit required. Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM recommended. MPE requires a DAW and hardware controller supporting MIDI Polyphonic Expression.
NOTE: Internet connection required for product activation.