Yamaha CS80

Hi Jim,

yes, it\ufffds easy to dismiss all other smaller CS synths as complete pieces of
garbage. Which is utter nonsense as the CS50 can sound so enormously huge
and creamy, you wouldn\ufffdt believe if you just saw this vaguely home-organish
look.

Like Klaus Schulze once said "I used to have both a CS80 and a modular Moog
onstage, and as soon as I turned to the CS80, the Big Moog was no longer
audible". Which is true for all other CS synths of that era, too.

BTW, anybody selling an SS-30?

Stephen.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Combs <jwcombs@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: What it is about the CS80


> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "matrix" <matrixsynth@h...> wrote:
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> > What's interesting is the CS60 has a bit of this as well.
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> The CS-50 as well. I've had my CS-50 for about a year and a half, but
> only in the last month is it starting to click how best to use it and
> play it.
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> I'm working on one piece that was pretty dense polyrhythmic sequencer
> stuff (Sequentix P3, Novation Nova, E-mu Morpheus) and I decided to
> add some old tones to the mix, specifically a Roland SH-3a and the CS-50.
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> Nothing fancy, very simple 2 and 3 note chords on the CS-50, some
> subtle aftertouch brilliance, pretty standard CS sound.
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> Omagod, the sound is monsterous. It is so rich and full. Even as a
> mono signal, it totally overtook the track (not bad given 24 tracks of
> other synths). I've had to pull it down in the mix about 24-30 db,
> where it now occupies a very distinct place, still pops out of the
> cacophany appropriately. But it taught me some key pieces of how this
> synth should be "played."
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> -Jim
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