Mercury-8 Cinematic Strings and Pads

Dec 4, 2025 | Rik Marston Official

Musician and sound designer Rik Marston shares a new track composed with Mercury-8.

"Cherry Audio really got the Jupiter-8 harmonics SPOT ON! Just listen!!! In this virtual synthesizer sound demonstration video, I play some of my personal patches I've made for the Mercury-8, and I have a TON more! At the end of the demo I play a preset String patch, made for cinema! This really is my favorite VST from Cherry Audio. But honestly, the P-10 is second best to me. I love the P-10! The Mercury-8 and P-10 should be in everyone's VST arsenal! Seriously! This is the 80's VIBE! 100%!!!"

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Rik Marston's Ambient Synthesizer Music: "Digital Heart, Analog Soul" Vol. 1 + 2, "Unity", "Dark Night of the Soul", and "Back To 2049"; Gothic Industrial Electronic Music: "Best of Earth Empire" on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon.