Yamaha CS80

Humorous!

The real situation is a worse indignity - CS-50 lives on the floor in 
a closet in my parent's basement.  I don't have room for it.  I play 
it a couple times a year when I'm there.  A good way to experiment 
with the CS audio architecture, without relying on the 80's voice 
layering.  Faster keyboard action and mono aftertouch can also be fun 
to play with - on balance poly aftertouch is superior of course.  

Biggest downfall to me is only four note polyphony - I hate that.  
I'd rather have an 8 voice CS-50 than a 4 voice CS-80.

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Synth80s" <synth80s@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know why, but this cannibalism thread triggers a funny, 
Monty
> Python-esque image in my head, somewhat like the "we've come for 
your
> liver" scene.
> 
> Imagine you have your superstar CS-80 and his trusty sidekick, CS-
50.
> CS-80 is the center of the studio, awash in spotlights and 
adoration;
> CS-50 sites over on some 3-tier synth rack squeezed between a Kawai 
and
> a Crumar (oh, the indignity).  Any time the CS-80 shows any 
indication
> of being sick, CS-50 gets *really* nervous because he knows he's 
going
> to be harvested for parts.  One day, you have to break the bad 
news...
> 
> "Sorry, little buddy.  CS-80, the quarterback of the synth team, 
isn't
> doing well and needs to 'borrow' some of your parts" (knowing it's a
> lie, you have to look away when you use the word 'borrow').  "I'm 
sure
> you understand.  Thanks for being a team player.  Goodbye, now..."
> 
> I feel bad for the victims of synth cannibalism, but theirs is a 
noble
> cause! ;)
> 
> -Synth80s
> 
> 
> > This has been discussed in these threads before.  The solution is
> > clearly hoping for discrete replacements, and cannibalizing 60s 
and
> > 80s in the meantime (a practice by the way which, over the next 
let's
> > say 15 years can drastically reduce the market for new 
replacements
> > be they discrete or ICs).  I myself bought one of Rob's KCB 
boards, I
> > think it was around $135... then I said "wait a minute - I can 
get a
> > CS-50 for less than $500!!!".  And I proceeded to do just that.  
Nice
> > fully functional CS-50 for $485, hope many years go by before I 
have
> > to cannibalize it.  Not sure what that's worth now - it was less 
than
> > two years ago when I got it -  but I reckon a bunch more than 
$500.
> > I estimated at the time there were around $1300 worth of parts in
> > there.
>