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Its precision not only captures the distinctive sound and essence of the JP-8 but even facilitates unprecedented data exchange with MIDI-modified hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ultimate JP-8 emulation, engineered by Cherry Audio with its latest comprehensive circuit and behavior modeling techniques to provide unparalleled accuracy to -- and exclusive compatibility with -- the original hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighly 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo oscillators per voice for each layer deliver thick, vibrant tones with classic waveforms, sync, and accurate exponential FM cross-modulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriangle, ramp, sine sawtooth, noise, and square or variable pulse waveforms with pulse width modulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-pass and resonant low-pass filters for each layer faithfully recreate the legendary Jupiter curves, with 12 dB and 24 dB slope options\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo full ADSR envelopes per layer with velocity, independently assignable to filter, amp, and modulation for expressive control and dynamic sound shaping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTempo-syncable LFO for each layer, with retrigger option\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalog Drift and Condition Controls to fine-tune the \"age\" of the synth from pristine new to unstable vintage, with adjustable VCO, VCF, VCA drift, and envelope slop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo, Unison, Poly-1 and Poly-2, Multi, and single-key Chord Memory assign modes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulti-voice mode that adds adjustable \"mini synth\" trimmers to provide subtle or extreme voice variation in pitch, panning, filter, and envelopes to tones and patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepurposed \"digital display\" interface with clickable access to extended features such as trigger and note priority, unison voices, and multi-voice modes, condition, and drift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 600 out-of-this-world presets by ten sound design pros, along with the precise recreation of the 64 original JP-8 factory patches (with enhanced versions) and the eight factory setups, all accessible in a convenient preset browser. Also included are template presets that serve as ideal starting points for sound design in Mercury-8, and a MIDI controller mapping compatible with the Jupiter-X hardware synthesizer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive modulation matrix with four slots and simple click-to-assign functionality: 25 sources and 43 destinations with optional \"Via\" controls, including Mercury-8's integrated effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSyncable 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 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSyncable and transposable 16x4 polyphonic step sequencer for each layer with Start, Stop, Auto Start, and humanize options, with accurate DAW clock and step synchronization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree independent customizable chains of effects, one for each layer plus a global layer, with an individual effects modulator for each layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 studio-quality effects that can be arranged, saved, and recalled within their effects chains, which are compatible and can be shared with Cherry Audio's Trident Mk III synthesizer:\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBBD Flanger, Compressor, Digital Delay, Digital Reverb, Distortion \u0026amp; EQ, Dual Delay, Dual Ensemble, Dual Phaser, Envelope Filter, Flanger \u0026amp; Chorus, Galactic Reverb, Lo-Fi, Lushverb, Ring Modulator, Seven Band EQ, Spring Reverb, and Tape Echo. 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