Mercury-4 Synthesizer
Mercury-4 Synthesizer
Description
Mercury 4 Synthesizer
Mercury-4 lovingly recreates Jupiter-4
Originally released in 1978, the Roland Jupiter-4 synthesizer was one of the earliest instruments to combine voice-assign polyphony with digital patch storage – that is, the ability to store and recall sounds to a digital memory and recall them at the touch of a button. The Jupiter-4 rapidly became the go-to polysynth for numerous English and European acts in the 80s’ including Duran Duran, Thomas Dolby, The Human League, Simple Minds, and more, and for good reason – the Jupiter-4 sounded fantastic, with a raw, raunchy tone not found in any of the other beloved Juno and Jupiter synths. Its analog oscillators have a uniquely aggressive tone quality, the built-in sub oscillator adds girth, its oddly fast and deep LFO modulation capabilities allow it to create uniquely whacked out modular synth-like tones, and Roland’s famous stereo chorus “ensemble” circuit is beautifully implemented, adding a boatload of width and dimension.
The Jupiter-4 had its share of disadvantages, including limited patch storage, just four voices of polyphony, and boat-anchor weight. Cherry Audio’s Mercury-4 improves upon the original’s design by offering 16-voice polyphony, infinite patch storage, velocity sensitivity, MPE support, and much more. We’ve even paired it with a fantastic model of the classic Roland Space Echo tape delay.
Features
- Authentically modeled oscillator with sub oscillator
- All filter characteristics modeled, including powerful low-frequency resonance
- Up to 16-voice polyphony
- Exactingly replicated unique arpeggio section w/tempo sync
- Carefully modeled wide-range LFO modulation with “inverted” mod characteristics
- Drift control for increased analog realism
- Precisely replicated stereo ensemble effect
- Warm and organic tape echo with multiple reverb modes
- Tempo-syncable LFO
- Detunable unison mode
- Single-key chord memory mode
- Highly optimized coding for high performance with ultra-low CPU load
- Advanced one-click UI magnification
- Comprehensive MPE support
- Full MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls
- Available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats
- Over 400 presets, programmed by industry veterans
System requirements
MAC
OS X 1(macOS 10.9 or above (including macOS 12). Native Apple M1 processor support)
Memory: 8 GB
CPU: Quad-core computer
Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AU, AAX, STAND-ALONE
WINDOWS
Windows 1(Windows 7 or above (including Windows 11))
Memory: 8 GB
CPU: Quad-core computer
Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AAX, STAND-ALONE
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