Crumar DS-2 合成器Cherry Audio DS-2 v1.0.3.38 [WiN]

Team R2R | 01 April 2026 | 118.81 MB

Cherry Audoi 的 Crumar DS-2 合成器忠实地再现了 1978 年这款超前时代的硬件合成器的独特数字/模拟音色。此次与 Crumar Instruments 的最新合作，不仅捕捉到了原版独特的音色和多音色功能，更对其进行了增强，实现了创新与真实性的完美结合。

原版 Crumar DS-2 采用单音合成器引擎，并搭配一个 44 音符的全复音（准复音）辅助部分，两者结合使用可创造出独特的音乐体验。“DS”代表“数字合成器”（Diqital Synthesizer），它确实是一款早期混合合成器，配备两个数字控制振荡器 (DCO) 以及模拟低频振荡器 (LFO)、压控滤波器 (VCF)、压控放大器 (VCA) 和包络发生器 (EG)。但这些 DCO 与我们后来在复音合成器中常见的 DCO 并不相同。为了避免传统模拟合成器的调音问题，Crumar 在合成器部分采用了一种前沿技术，创造出不会漂移的振荡器。然而，由此产生的波形完全呈阶梯状，产生一种粗粝的音色和丰富的谐波。

复音部分采用准复音设计，配备一个滤波器（带有高通和低通旋钮）以及独立的压控放大器 (VCA)。它通过将分频方波与电阻和高通滤波相结合，生成独特的“锯齿波”。合成器部分的截止频率、共振和调制设置也适用于准复音滤波器。

因此，DS-2 的音色既不同于大多数数字合成器流畅、精致的声音，也不同于经典模拟合成器温暖、柔和的音色。相反，DS-2 具有锯齿状、谐波尖锐的音色和粗粝的个性，使其独树一帜。

Cherry Audio’s Crumar DS-2 synthesizer faithfully replicates the unique digital/analog sound of the ahead-of-its-time hardware synth from 1978. This latest collaboration with our friends at Crumar Instruments not only captures the distinctive tone and multitimbral capabilities of the original but also enhances them, offering an impressive combination of innovation and authenticity.

The original Crumar DS-2 featured a monophonic synth engine paired with a 44-note fully polyphonic (paraphonic) companion section, creating a unique musical experience when utilized together. “DS” stood for “Digital Synthesizer,” and it was indeed an early hybrid synth with two Digitally-Controlled Oscillators (DCOs), and analog LFOs, VCFs, VCA, and EGs. But these weren’t the same kind of DCOs we would become familiar with in later polyphonic synthesizers. To avoid the tuning problems of traditional analog synthesizers, Crumar employed a cutting-edge concept in the Synth section to create oscillators that wouldn’t drift. The resulting waveforms, however, were completely stair-stepped, producing a gritty tone and wild harmonics.

The Poly section was paraphonic, with a single filter (with highpass and lowpass knobs) and its own VCA. It generated unique ‘sawtooth’ waveforms by combining divide-down square waves with resistors and high-pass filtering. The cutoff, resonance, and modulation settings of the Synth section also applied to the paraphonic poly filter.

As a result, the timbres produced by the DS-2 are distinct from both the smooth, polished sounds of most digital synthesizers and the warm, buttery tones associated with classic analog designs. Instead, the DS-2 has a jagged, harmonically edgy quality and a gritty character that sets it apart.

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