Yamaha CS80

They´ve got nothing in common. It´s like comparing a Mini Moog with a, say, Vox Continental. A totally different sound generation, completely different signal paths... all the SS30 and the CS80 have in common is a very high standard of engineering and build quality.

I´ve got both of them here, SS30 and CS80, and they couldn´t be more different timbrally. I for one would never use a CS80 for string washes.

Stephen

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David 
  To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 7:02 PM
  Subject: [yamahacs80] SS30 Yamaha string synth vs CS-80 String presets


  Which brings me to question is the SS30 strings nicer than CS-80 
  strings?
  I use Strings 2 preset on my CS-50 all the time and it beats for 
  example my old ARP Omni 2 strings, Ro;and RS 202 strings hands down

  David

  On 29/12/2008, at 6:58 AM, David wrote:

  > On the actual track Vienna Ultravox used an SS30 Yamaha string synth 
  > and a Roland CR-78
  > David
  >
  >
  > On 29/12/2008, at 12:57 AM, Tim Siefkes wrote:
  >
  >> This has been a very interesting thread! I'm learning a few that I 
  >> was
  >> not aware of. For me, I'd have to echo what David Rogoff said about 
  >> the
  >> first UK LP "practically a CS80 demo". That was the album that got me
  >> hooked and made me decide I HAD to get one of these beasts!
  >>
  >> One more I'd add to the list that I don't think that I've seen 
  >> mentioned
  >> yet... (apologies if it has...) is "Vienna" by Ultravox. I saw them 
  >> in a
  >> small club here back in about, oh 1981 or 1982, and they performed 
  >> most
  >> if not all of the "Vienna" album. Billy Currie had a CS-80, an ARP
  >> Odyssey (his signature sound), the CP-30 piano, another string 
  >> machine
  >> (ELKA?) and what else I can't remember right now. He used his CS-80
  >> quite a bit. Two tracks that come to mind are "Mr. X" and "Western
  >> Promise" where he uses what sounds like the "Funky" presets in a
  >> percussive manner with a bit of echo. I think he's also uses the 
  >> CS-80
  >> low strings as the descending cello counter line underneath the 
  >> violin
  >> solo in the title track.
  >>
  >> Recommendation - if you should decide to get this album, try and find
  >> the edition with the original European track sequence, which makes 
  >> for a
  >> much better listening. The album SHOULD start with (the instrumental)
  >> "Astradyne" which is also how they opened their concert. The U.S.
  >> release starts with "Sleepwalk", a bit of a hit single for them at 
  >> the
  >> time but the LP lost some flavor when they re-sequenced it that 
  >> way, IMHO.
  >>
  >> -Tim S.
  >> <Twin Cities, MN>
  >>
  >>
  >> 
  >

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