Yamaha CS80

(I've been exchanging back and forth a little off the list with Max 
about all of this too.) As I just said to Max yesterday, when I first 
saw one of these beasts in a music store back in '79 it was simply the 
most amazing thing I had ever played. I knew I had to have one, whatever 
it took. The expressiveness, the control, the ability to simply lean 
into a note to bring it out some, all the subtle nuances that can be 
added. The sounds are great, but the best parts of the 80 are the 
performance features. I too, Laurie, always felt as you do that this 
instrument, more than any other I have owned/played feels more like an 
extension of myself. There's an immediacy and a connection that just 
doesn't appear in other instruments. I played mine in three rock bands 
that travelled the US a lot, doing everything from The Beatles to 
Ultravox and this synth was always well worth the effort to haul it around.

But of course, we're simply preaching to the choir here! :-)

-Tim S.
<Minneapolis>

laurie wrote:

>     I play in a very loud Hard rock Group(.FIST.)My CS-80 has been an
> integral part of the band since the early eightys......touring and
> opening with bands such as Triumph/Molly
> Hatchet/Harlequin/Motorhead/Krokus...et all.... Aside from the 20 minute
> warm up, The CS-80 delivers one hell of a show every time....Zero
> latency....controllers on hand....poly aftertouch.....no midi
> lockup.....it is by far less work for me to have a CS-80 in my rig for
> me because there is no second guessing or pondering...It really becomes
> an extension of me... giving me the ability to express whatever pops
> into my head at any given time.....the Sound levels are consistently
> solid......its always in the monitors and always in the front......Where
> the alternatives to a real CS 80 fails is the 220 pounds of missing
> audio that never consistently shows up at the FOH position......Nothing
> can put out solid low end like a CS-80 can live....Sound men never have
> to search for it (its right there, driven by 48 volt circuitry all the
> way down to a half  hertz...)with jbl 4530s for house lows, I have moved
> tables and chairs with the CS-80 cause it can deliver....Many pitchers
> of beer have foamed over but not from all the midi gak....its the
> CS-80......every time.............
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