Yamaha CS80

It is awfully quiet on the forum theses days. For you listening pleasure
I have therefore posted a track on soundcloud:

http://soundcloud.com/slippery-soles/polyphobia

It's got nothing to do with the CS-80, all noises were created using the
mighty Gakken SX-150.

For those who don't know this wonderful machine: the mighty Gakken SX-150 is very similiar to the CS-80 in that it is Japanese, analog and has a ribbon controller of sorts.

Enjoy
Worsel

Awesome!!!

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 2:47 AM, slipperysoles <slipperysoles@...>wrote:

>
>
> It is awfully quiet on the forum theses days. For you listening pleasure
> I have therefore posted a track on soundcloud:
>
> http://soundcloud.com/slippery-soles/polyphobia
>
> It's got nothing to do with the CS-80, all noises were created using the
> mighty Gakken SX-150.
>
> For those who don't know this wonderful machine: the mighty Gakken SX-150
> is very similiar to the CS-80 in that it is Japanese, analog and has a
> ribbon controller of sorts.
>
> Enjoy
> Worsel
>
>  
>



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cheers,
matrix
http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com


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Fun and impressive from such a simple instrument.

Just to tease you a bit, the SX-150 is actually made in China, though  
it is a Japanese design that comes semi-assembled with a $30 "Science  
for Adults" magazine. (well it's not really an "Adult" magazine,  
ahem... it's just written on a layman's level rather than a kids level)

There are a bunch of higher end Japanese magazines that come with  
kits or collectables inside, though the one it comes in takes the  
prize with other issues containing things like a dollhouse sized  
working  Theremin or a mechanical Edison style recording phonograph  
that uses coffee cups, One good part is that the "gift" tends to be  
good enough that bookstores keep them until they sell unlike typical  
magazines.

  Tomita, a CS-80 user (but I fear he might have sold his to make  
room in his studio) is in the magazine.

The magazine has many neat rare synth pictures but conspicuously  
absent is the Paia Gnome. While not a direct copy I'd call the SX-150  
a "lite" version of the Paia Gnome since it is more a synth than the  
better known Stylophone, which it also resembles. Paia of course is  
still in business.

While I've not confirmed it, I suspect the SX-150 has the highest  
number manufactured of any analog synth in history.

Nicholas,

what can I say: I totally agree ! Even the Japanese now need to outsource the making of certain components to their arch enemies...

I think the magazine that comes with the SX-150 is just absolutely great to a degree that I wish I understood Japanese. 

The CS-80 is shown in the section where they have hard vs soft. They have also assigned sufficient space to the mighty GX-1 in the Vintage Synth section.

Now that I have managed to control the SX-150 via MIDI/CV it's even more fun, hence the track.

It should be interesting to contact Gakken to find how many they have sold so far, so the SX-150 will find its appropriate place in the history of synths...

The Mini Moogs went up 13,000, the Prophet-5 to 7,200, our beloved CS-80 to -ahem- 2,000, and nothing beats the DX-7 at 160,000, but of course we all know that it's not exactly an analog synth.

Worsel
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, zaum <zaum@...> wrote:

>
> Fun and impressive from such a simple instrument.
> 
> Just to tease you a bit, the SX-150 is actually made in China, though  
> it is a Japanese design that comes semi-assembled with a $30 "Science  
> for Adults" magazine. (well it's not really an "Adult" magazine,  
> ahem... it's just written on a layman's level rather than a kids level)
> 
> There are a bunch of higher end Japanese magazines that come with  
> kits or collectables inside, though the one it comes in takes the  
> prize with other issues containing things like a dollhouse sized  
> working  Theremin or a mechanical Edison style recording phonograph  
> that uses coffee cups, One good part is that the "gift" tends to be  
> good enough that bookstores keep them until they sell unlike typical  
> magazines.
> 
>   Tomita, a CS-80 user (but I fear he might have sold his to make  
> room in his studio) is in the magazine.
> 
> The magazine has many neat rare synth pictures but conspicuously  
> absent is the Paia Gnome. While not a direct copy I'd call the SX-150  
> a "lite" version of the Paia Gnome since it is more a synth than the  
> better known Stylophone, which it also resembles. Paia of course is  
> still in business.
> 
> While I've not confirmed it, I suspect the SX-150 has the highest  
> number manufactured of any analog synth in history.
>