Cherry Audio releases Voltage Modular 2 and offers “one of the finest Juno-106 synth emulations ever created”

Riding on the coattails of the Eurorack synth boom, Cherry Audio’s Voltage Modular plugin is a great option for anyone who wants to do their patching without having to keep spending on new hardware. And now developers are calling version 2 “the most feature-rich, sonically flexible software modular platform in the world”.

This update removes all patching limitations, and promises new ways to build complex patches with fewer cables. Unlimited cables per patch means that modulation possibilities are near endless, while the Busses feature gives you a new way to build patches and gets rid of messy cables.

Each patch can also have unlimited variations – these can be played individually, or you can use triggers or CV to cycle through them. There’s now an integrated recorder, too, so you can quickly capture modular musings.

Other highlights include workflow improvements, the option to randomise a module’s settings, and a bypass feature. You can auto-align all modules to the left to keep things tidy, and many modules have been reworked. Owners of the Core package, meanwhile, now get more modules, and both the MS Vintage Bundle and Misfit Audio’s Digi Drums bundle have been expanded too.

There are new bundles too, the headliner being Vintage Voice Bundle. Highlights here include SynthVoice, described as a complete semi-modular vintage synth in the ARP 2600 vein. There’s also the Vector Bundle, which contains modules that combine vector synthesis, sample playback and wave sequencing.

Voltage Modular 2 update is free for existing users. Modular Core (plus Electro Drums) costs $99, and the basic Modular Nucleus bundle is $29.