its alive! (was: Re: [sdiy] cs10 owners?)

[Gavin & Delia]

It's Hz/volt.

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>From: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
>To: <analogue at hyperreal.org>, "synth-diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: its alive! (was: Re: [sdiy] cs10 owners?)
>Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2003, 7:28 PM
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>well, after checking the (incomplete) service manual, i got everything
>figured out. the cs10 is back among the living! the pitch bend and
>portamento sliders aren't working yet, but that may be because it's only
>possible to control this thing via the cv/gate ins on the back. no more
>keyboard!
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>but what a nice synth this is. very nice and round tone, a nice addition to
>the rest i have. i love the filter! nice lowlass, but also very cool band-
>and highpass.  it's the only one where turning up the resonance actually
>makes it sound a lot better. it doesn't self-oscillate, but boy does it
>sound nice. add a filter eg that has initial level/attack level/attack time
>and you have the recipe for some very nice bass sounds. with these controls
>you can do all sorts of things at the 'front end' of a bass sound in a
>detail most other mono's don't have.  and the eg can be triggered by
>incoming audio as well as the normal trigger in, which is a nice touch. i
>was truly surprised by the versatility ofthis machine.
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>1 issue remains: vco tuning. can anyone confirm if this thing is 1v/oct? or
>is it hz/volt? i know it has the inverted gate. but now, it doesn't seem to
>be in tune if i use it via 1v/oct. or maybe it needs some internal trimming.
>linked to that is the fact that it seems to be tuned too high: to get any
>low sounds at all, the range setting needs to be at 64', at which rate the
>oscillator should be ticking. it has a range from 64' to 2', but it seems to
>be tuned too high in general. any thoughts on this,anyone?
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>all in all, it feels good to have this synth brought back from the dead. and
>i probably own the only cs10 expander in the world..;-)
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>r./
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