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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
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Key Features
The Cherry Audio Crumar DS-2 is a hybrid virtual synthesizer for producers seeking gritty vintage digital textures and flexible modulation control. It recreates the original’s digitally controlled oscillators and analogue signal path, delivering distinctive stair-stepped waveforms with complex harmonics. The expanded voice architecture now supports polyphonic operation in both Synth and Poly sections, alongside unison, voice cycling, and tuning control for wider sound design scope. A deeply configurable LFO system with multiple waveforms and assignable destinations gives you precise modulation shaping. With three independent effects chains and over 300 presets, you can quickly build layered, evolving sounds while retaining the DS-2’s unmistakable character.
Product Ref: 373351
The DS-2’s architecture combines digitally controlled oscillators with analogue-style modulation and filtering, resulting in a tone that sits between digital precision and analogue unpredictability. Its stair-stepped waveforms introduce natural aliasing-style artefacts and complex overtones, giving you a sharper, more aggressive sonic profile. Unlike typical analogue emulations, this character cuts through dense mixes with ease. The paraphonic Poly section further shapes this sound using divide-down techniques and shared filtering, creating layered textures that feel cohesive yet raw. If you want something less polished and more characterful, this engine delivers it directly.
Cherry Audio has significantly extended the original voice architecture to suit modern workflows. The Synth section now supports polyphonic modes with 4-, 8-, or 16-voice options, alongside unison and multi-voice configurations for thicker sounds. Voice cycling, panning, and tuning controls let you fine-tune stereo width and movement. Meanwhile, the Poly section reaches up to 32-note polyphony, making it far more capable for chords and layered arrangements. Split and layer modes allow flexible keyboard mapping, so you can assign different ranges or stack both engines for complex performances.
Modulation has been reworked to offer far more control. A third LFO introduces additional movement options, with multiple waveform types including staircase and reverse shapes. Each LFO features its own delay, sync, retrigger, and one-shot modes, giving you precise timing control. The LFO mixer now routes to six assignable destinations, each with extensive modulation targets, opening up detailed sound shaping possibilities. Enhanced envelopes include delay stages, velocity sensitivity, and looping, so you can create evolving textures or tightly controlled transient shaping depending on your patch.
The DS-2 includes three independent effects chains for the Synth, Poly, and global layers, each with its own modulation control. You can choose from 20 studio-quality effects and arrange them freely, then save and recall configurations as part of your presets. A dynamic arpeggiator can be applied to either or both sections, adding rhythmic variation quickly. Additional performance features such as aftertouch support, assignable touch controls, mod wheel integration, and adjustable pitch bend range make the instrument responsive to modern MIDI setups. With over 300 presets included, you’ve got a strong starting point for immediate production.
