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Memorymode 2 is a virtual instrument inspired by one of the most iconic polyphonic programmable analog synthesizers of the 1980s: the legendary Memorymoog. This is not just a basic version update; Cherry Audio has completely transformed its highly acclaimed 2021 flagship synthesizer by employing cutting-edge analysis and emulation techniques, resulting in unmatched accuracy and precision. Furthermore, we have significantly expanded its features, firmly establishing Memorymode 2 as the definitive successor to both the original synth and our groundbreaking tribute to it.
The 1982 Memorymoog set a new standard for sound quality with its rich analog tones. It featured six-voice polyphony and is often described as "six Minimoogs in one," with a total of 18 voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) and the 24 dB/octave Moog ladder filter. Cherry Audio's Memorymode, modeled after a vintage Memorymoog once owned by jazz legend Chick Corea, enhanced the original design without compromising its sound and functionality, while also eliminating the reliability, maintenance, and tuning issues often associated with the hardware.
A list of other prominent performers known for using the Memorymoog is itself memorable, and includes: 808 State, Air, Art of Noise, David Bryan (Bon Jovi), The Cars, The Crystal Method, Geoff Downes (Asia/Yes), George Duke, Larry Fast, Jim Gilmore (SAGA), Jerry Goldsmith, Jan Hammer, Herbie Hancock, INXS, Jean-Michel Jarre, James "Jimmy Jam" Harris III, Jon Lord (Deep Purple/Whitesnake), Moog Cookbook, The Orb, Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Klaus Schulze, Space Art, and Tangerine Dream. The Memorymoog was the last significant synthesizer released by Moog Music during the 1980s, including its revision, the Memorymoog Plus in 1985.
Memorymode 2 features significantly improved analog modeling, bringing greater depth and detail to the oscillators and filters, as well as more accurate envelopes. It introduces a newly CPU-optimized dual-layer architecture that contains two complete 16-voice polyphonic synthesizer layers or splits within a single preset. The ladder filter with both the original 24dB (4-pole) and the added 12dB (2-pole) per octave options has been perfected and enhanced with a "modern" setting for richer lows and more sparkling highs, and an emphasis compensation option to keep the volume steady. These enhancements ensure a more authentic and inspiring sound experience for your productions.
The unison stacking option allows for 48 massive voices per layer. Memorymode also features an analog drift control, and the new multi-voice mode introduces subtle or extreme variations for each note across pitch, panning, filtering, and envelope parameters. The scope for organic expression has been significantly enhanced, now including velocity, channel and polyphonic aftertouch, MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression), and four lanes of touch-oriented modulation with over 50 possible routing options.
Each 16-voice layer features a powerful three-oscillator voice engine, advanced modulation capabilities, chord mode, and a motion panel with an arpeggiator and a 16x4 programmable polyphonic step sequencer, both syncable and transposable. It also includes the innovative Touch Animator for expressive automation modulation tied to the four touch controls. Memorymode's effects have been significantly upgraded with three independent effect chains, offering a wide array of 22 studio-quality effects, including new additions like the Wide Phaser and Rotary Speaker. Producers can start creating immediately with over 800 exceptional presets in the newly redesigned preset browser, including exact replications of the original Memorymoog factory patches, imported directly from a cassette tape for unparalleled accuracy compared to the hardware.
Owners of Memorymode version 1 can upgrade to Memorymode 2 at a discount through the Cherry Audio store. The new version installs separately and works alongside version 1, keeping all user and third-party presets intact. You can easily import presets into Memorymode 2 from version 1 by dragging and dropping them, and effects from version 1 are translated into the new system. Plus, your sounds in Memorymode 2 can now be more accurate to the original hardware!
Now more than ever, Memorymode offers an unmatched reproduction of the original synthesizer's incredible sound at a fraction of the cost of a vintage instrument. Memorymode 2 delivers all the power and musicality of the classic Memorymoog and even more, all at a price that any producer can afford.
Memorymode 2 includes over 800 memorable presets in 15 categories
Producers will find immediate inspiration in Memorymode's extensive preset library, created by these veteran sound designers, as well as the original 100 factory patches. Memorymode 2 also includes all of the legacy presets from version 1, ready to be used with all of the new features and seamlessly integrated with Cherry Audio's recent effects system. And don't miss the Foundation Preset Pack for Memorymode 2 (sold separately), featuring 275 presets by James Dyson, Scott McAuley Sounds, and CustomSonics that fully utilize extended features such as layers and splits, complex modulation, the sequencer and arpeggiator, multiple effects chains, and more.
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 Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control.
Andrew first worked on soft/hardware development, preset design and sample libraries in 1983, going on to work create for Sony, Amek, DAR, Steinberg, eMagic, Lexicon, Klark Technic, Akai PMI, Roland, E-Mu, Creative Labs, Novation, Red Sound, dS-Tec, Yamaha and others. After 25 years in AV/VR, he has recently returned to product and sound design.
Drew Schlesinger began developing third-party sounds for Casio CZ synths in 1986, leading to a career designing presets for over 200 products from 30 companies including Roland, Korg, Kurzweil, Alesis, E-mu, Ensoniq, TC, Lexicon, Eventide, and others. After a 20-year hiatus in the corporate world, he has recently returned to music and sound design.
Steve Peglar is an Austin, Texas-based keyboardist, synthesist, and vintage synthesizer aficionado. Having acquired his first synthesizer (an MG-1) in 1982, his electronic music involvement continues to this day, with his solo project – Binary Void – generating a special blend of retro-futurist, industrial, and atmospheric cinema soundtrack elements.
Sound designer, music producer, and songwriter. Dave has crafted sounds for major artists including Michael Jackson, 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.
James is a freelance sound designer and musician based in the UK. He creates third-party preset packs as JD Soundsets. He draws inspiration and influence from Tangerine Dream, 80s film scores, and others and has been a long-time sound designer for Cherry Audio, Modal, and IK Multimedia.
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.
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.
Scott McAuley is a professional sound designer, synthesizer programmer, and musician with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in creating custom patch banks and commercial sound libraries for synths from brands like Moog, ASM, and Korg, and contributed sound design for Roberts Space Industries' video game "Star Citizen."
Ger Hughes is a musician and sound designer operating under the moniker CustomSonics. He is well-known for creating custom sound libraries and presets for software instruments, such as "Inner Space" for Cherry Audio's Crumar DS-2 and a variety of generous preset and sample collections for members of Pro Synth Network.
Cherry Audio has partnered once again with Tim Shoebridge to produce a detailed introductory video for the Memorymode 2 synthesizer. This comprehensive exploration highlights its key features and showcases the new additions made since version 1, including the dual-layer architecture, the Multi-Voice system, the Motion panel with its Touch Animator sequencer, and much more.
The ultimate Memorymoog emulation, reengineered by Cherry Audio with its latest comprehensive circuit and behavior modeling techniques to provide unparalleled accuracy to — and exclusive compatibility with — the original hardware
Highly optimized, massive dual-layer voicing architecture with 16 polyphonic voices per layer. Keyboard split and stacked layer modes allow two simultaneously playable layers, with separate per-layer controls for all parameters, including synthesis, modulation, patterns, and effects
Newly remodeled three-oscillator voice architecture with ramp, triangle, and variable-width pulse waves, with noise and oscillator sync
Precisely recreated ladder filter with selectable 12- and 24-dB/octave slopes
Modern button for beefy lows and crystalline highs
New optional Emphasis Compensation switch to maintain sound level and low-frequency weight as emphasis is increased.
Two full ADSR envelopes per layer with velocity, independently assignable to filter, amp, and modulation for expressive control and dynamic sound shaping
Two tempo-syncable LFOs for each layer with seven waveforms, with reset option
Two voice modulation panels per layer using oscillator 3 and filter envelope as modulation sources, with up to six simultaneous destinations
Analog drift control for increased analog realism
Mono and Unison modes with note priority, Polyphonic modes with voice cycling, and single-key Chord Memory assign mode
Enhanced performance capabilities through polyphonic aftertouch and MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE)
Multi-voice mode with presets and adjustable trimmers to provide subtle or extreme voice variation in pitch, panning, filter, and envelopes to tones and patterns
"Digital display" interface with before/after parameter values, and display of extended settings such as number of voices, trigger and note priority, unison voices, multi-voice modes, condition, and drift
Over 800 sensational presets by sound design pros, including the Memorymode version 1 presets and precise recreations of the 100 original Memorymoog factory patches, all accessible in the newly redesigned preset browser.
Comprehensive Touch modulation matrix with four slots and simple click-to-assign functionality with 52 destinations, with optional MPE assignment for Velocity, X, Y, and Z expression
Syncable and transposable arpeggiator for each layer with Arp, Leap, Order, and Random modes, and Swing, Chance, and Feel to add degrees of randomness to arpeggiated patterns
Syncable and transposable 16x4 polyphonic step sequencer for each layer with Start, Stop, Auto Start, and humanize options, with accurate DAW clock and step synchronization
Touch Animator, an additional per-layer sequencer that acts as a 16-step x 4-pattern modulation source, varying the amount of modulation applied by the four Touch modulation slots
Three independent customizable chains of effects, one for each layer plus a global layer, with an individual effects modulator for each layer
22 studio-quality effects that can be arranged, saved, and recalled within their effects chains: BBD Flanger, Compressor, DCO Chorus, Digital Delay, Digital Reverb, Distortion & EQ, Dual Delay, Dual Ensemble, Dual Phaser, Envelope Filter, Flanger & Chorus, Galactic Reverb, Lo-Fi, Lushverb (improved!), Panner, Pulser, Ring Modulator, Seven Band EQ, Spring Reverb (improved!), and Tape Echo. New in Memorymode 2 are Wide Phaser (the updated Phaser effect from the original Memorymode) and Rotary Speaker.
Effects control tray for on/off, solo, bipolar modulator amount slider, and dry/wet mix for each effect. Global FX on/off, level, and stereo expand
Utility panels to easily copy, paste, swap, and move layers, effects chains, and sequencer data between presets
Tape Data Import: Import 100-program Memorymoog cassette tape data backups made with the original Chroma (uncompressed .wav files, mono/stereo, any sample rate or bit depth)
Directly import original Memorymoog patch bank SysEx data (Lintronics Advanced Memorymoog format) via drag-and-drop
Standalone virtual instrument and plug-in versions included
User-adjustable oversampling control
Complete MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls, with easy-to-use MIDI learn and mapping (Preset and Global)
Cherry Audio's popular Focus zoom-in feature, as well as standard UI zoom and resize via drag
Complete documentation available directly online from the instrument or in downloadable PDF format
Explore an impressive collection of additional sounds with the Foundation Preset Pack for Memorymode 2, available exclusively from Cherry Audio for just $9.99. All proceeds from sales in August 2026 will benefit the Bob Moog Foundation, now celebrating its 20th anniversary! The Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog through education, archival efforts, and the Moogseum.
This extensive pack features 275 expertly crafted presets created by renowned sound designers James Dyson, Scott McAuley, and Ger Hughes (CustomSonics). These presets fully leverage the innovative and expressive features of Memorymode 2, including layers and splits, polyphonic sequencers, the Touch Animator, dual arpeggiators, and the updated effects library. The result is a stunning showcase of dynamic sounds and motion for Memorymode 2.
Memorymode 2 synthesizer is available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats, and a free 30-day demo is available.
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 is recommended. Hard disk space: 186 MB
Windows Requirements: Windows 7 or above (including Windows 11), 64-bit required. Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM is recommended. Hard disk space: 166 MB
An internet connection is required for product activation.
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