Mercury-8

The deal

$39 at Plugin Fox (down from $69) - 43% off. Sale ends June 2, 2026.

What it is

Mercury-8 is Cherry Audio's virtual recreation of the Roland Jupiter-8, the legendary 1981 analog polysynth. It uses circuit and behavior modeling to replicate the thick, lush character of the original hardware, with dual-layer architecture that supports both split and stacked voice modes across 16 polyphonic voices per layer.

Who it's for

Producers and sound designers working in cinematic, ambient, synthwave, or any genre that calls for classic 80s analog polyphonic tones - pads, brass, strings, and leads built on JP-8 architecture.

Key features

• Two oscillators per voice with classic waveforms, hard sync, and cross-modulation
• Resonant high-pass and low-pass filters with switchable 12dB and 24dB slopes
• Analog Drift and Condition controls simulate the tuning instability and wear of vintage hardware
• A 4-slot modulation matrix, tempo-syncable arpeggiator, and 16x4 step sequencer are included
• Three independent effect chains with 20 studio-quality effects are built in
• Over 600 presets ship with the plugin, including recreations of original JP-8 factory patches
• SysEx import and export allows data exchange with original Jupiter-8 hardware