CERNION is quietformat's wavetable synthesizer, released on 9 November 2026 for macOS and Windows. Two main oscillators, a SUB oscillator and a NOISE source draw on built-in Analog, Pulse, Partials, Vowel, Edge and Complex waveforms, or on your own wavetables of up to 256 frames, drawn, built from harmonics or extracted from a single-note WAV recording.
Its strength is movement. Modulation is drag and drop, and every assignment gets its own depth, polarity and remap curve, with VIA letting a second source scale the amount, so one LFO or macro can move several parameters in different ways. GILLA ARP turns held chords into evolving, harmonically connected patterns, CLASSIC ARP is a 32-step sequencer with Latch, and full MPE gives each note its own Pitch, Slide and Press. Eleven effects, including the MICRO GRAIN fragment engine, run in serial or in two parallel lanes, and the same rack comes as the separate CERNION FX plug-in. The library holds 498 presets, 81 of them in four artist packs.
The trade-offs: AU and VST3 only on macOS, VST3 only on Windows, no Linux, and none of the preset and tutorial ecosystem that surrounds Serum 2. At $99.99 until 9 December 2026 (regular $179.99), or $6.99 a month towards ownership, it undercuts its paid rivals while offering something different from Vital.
Our CERNION first look explains the arpeggiators, modulation and effects and compares it with Serum 2, Vital and Phase Plant.