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Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-29 by marzzz@aol.com
In a message dated 8/28/04 1:11:42 AM, oldcrow@... writes:
My biggest mod plans are to replace all the custom chips with equivalent
discrete circuits. For a voice board, it will be mostly surface-mount
parts in order to keep the board the same size as the originals. Same
goes for the KAS board (key assigner), though that one won't have to be
surface-mount parts.
Crow-
Once you have replaced all the custom chips with equivalent discrete circuits, how much further do you have to go to essentially recreate a Yamaha CS-80? Imagine I have a MIDI keyboard capable of generating polyaftertouch, and perhaps have a Kurzweil Expressionmate handy. I am thinking of a box similar to the Oberheim Expander, hopefully weighing significantly less and with better tuning stability.
-Marshall
btw- Introduction: I owned a CS-80 for about a year after wanting one for decades. Loved the sound, didn't love the maintenance issues. And yes, I do own a Kurzweil MIDIBoard and an ExpressionMate....