Electronic Musician

Cherry Audio GX-80

$59 www.cherryaudio.com

Strengths

  • Extraordinarilycomprehensivemodel of the CS-80
  • Theparametersare clear and concise
  • 1000onboard presets

Limitations

- We'd love a hardware ribbon controllerto go with it! Who wouldn't?

According to the fine folk at Cherry Audio, one of the most requested instruments for re-styling in software is the ‘70s iconoclastic synth from Yamaha, that continues to be the stuff of legends.

Upon opening the GX-80 for the first time, it's an impressive beast — there's an undeniably busy panel of faders and buttons, albeit in a virtual

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