Any modification of a CS80 that does not serve its stability is absolutely pointless in my view.
Noisy chorus? Who cares? Noisy tremolo? Who cares? Don´t use it, simple as that. I find the built-in chorus slightly obtrusive anyway so I´d rather use the SDD-320 instead (some years ago I used to have an extra Dimension D just for the CS80), and it doesn´t have to be a Lexicon 224XL all the time. The Dynacord DRP20X sounds equally good ;-).
I´d say integrating some Boss stomp boxes into a CS80 is like installing a Roots compressor or a 478cu Big Block V8 in a Rolls Royce Silver cloud... undoubtedly a cool feature but not quite up to its original character.
Stephen (who even despises the idea of installing MIDI kits into a CS80).
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Atkinson
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
I really wish I had a CS-80 with the GX-1 filter.
Actually I really wish I had a CS-80 or any kind of polyphonic Yamaha CS,
but you get the general idea :)
I think in terms of programming the CS-80 beats the GX-1 any day, but the
GX-1 does have a warmer filter. That said, it shouldn't be too hard to
modify the filter structure of the CS-80 for some different sounds (if
anyone dares modify their CS!)
Instead of using the HP and LP modes of the two filter chips per channel
voice, both LP modes could be used instead. Depending on the spacing of the
cutoff frequencies, you would have a region of 12dB cutoff slope and a
region of 24dB, both with resonance peaks of course.
Richard
On 6/5/07, blchrr@... <blchrr@...> wrote:
>
> Its funny you know, i love the Cs80, but i just think the GX1 is too
> much, i
> dont find myself lusting after one at all, the programmer looks like a
> nightmare too..
> Id much rather have a PS3300, but its never going to happen at the sort of
>
> price they currently sell for... :)
>
> > Yeeeeeeee-OW!!!!
> >
> > If I could afford it, I would probably build a room (or small house)
> > just for it,,, like a shrine or chappel for the worship of The
> > Allmighty GX-1.....kinda' like the freaky mutants in the original
> > Planet of the Apes movies worship that bomb (crap, I'm old enough to
> > remember those cheesy flicks. Damn-you-to-Hell...!!! ;-P
> >
> > But back to reality.
> > ∗sigh∗
> >
> > The next best thing is having my CS40m atop my CS80, I guess.
> > Hell, they've both been holding their tunning quite well!
> >
>
>
>
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