Yamaha CS80

I have CS-80 serial #1650. Purchased about a year and
a half ago. This CS has a full MIDI (in)
implementation - it responds to poly aftertouch and
everything. Pretty neat.

I've tuned it a couple of times, using the strobe mode
of a Korg digital tuner. Basically the tuning is
stable, but I wouldn't say it's perfect. I moved it
from one end of the house to the other (on a rolling
rack... I didn't have anyone else around at the time
to help) and it's been in need of a minor tuning tweak
since then... it's still quite playable but off enough
to annoy me a little. However, anyone who's tuned one
of these knows why I've been putting it off...

Cosmetically this CS is very good. Some of the tolex
on the bottom is scratched up, but everything topside
is in great shape. And the pitch ribbon works just
fine. I need to get it to my tech to fix a minor
problem with the MIDI implementation, but again those
who have moved a CS know why I've been putting that
off too.

Since I've had it I've used it on a number of
projects, including a remix for Sophie B. Hawkins
(track #13 on her new album 'Wilderness' in case
anyone's interested).

Every once in a while I think about selling it - after
all, it does take up a ton of space, is hard to move,
etc. etc.  But when I play the ol' bastard, I usually
forget about all of that. The CS sound is definitely
in a class of its own. I've A/B'd it with the Arturia
CS-80V and found that while the software emulation
does do a pretty decent job of capturing the overall
flavor of the CS filters, there's just nowhere near
enough depth/low end/balls/whatever to call it a CS
"equivalent". So I'll just have to stick with the real
thing.

Mike





	
		
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