Humorous!
The real situation is a worse indignity - CS-50 lives on the floor in
a closet in my parent's basement. I don't have room for it. I play
it a couple times a year when I'm there. A good way to experiment
with the CS audio architecture, without relying on the 80's voice
layering. Faster keyboard action and mono aftertouch can also be fun
to play with - on balance poly aftertouch is superior of course.
Biggest downfall to me is only four note polyphony - I hate that.
I'd rather have an 8 voice CS-50 than a 4 voice CS-80.
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Synth80s" <synth80s@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know why, but this cannibalism thread triggers a funny,
Monty
> Python-esque image in my head, somewhat like the "we've come for
your
> liver" scene.
>
> Imagine you have your superstar CS-80 and his trusty sidekick, CS-
50.
> CS-80 is the center of the studio, awash in spotlights and
adoration;
> CS-50 sites over on some 3-tier synth rack squeezed between a Kawai
and
> a Crumar (oh, the indignity). Any time the CS-80 shows any
indication
> of being sick, CS-50 gets ∗really∗ nervous because he knows he's
going
> to be harvested for parts. One day, you have to break the bad
news...
>
> "Sorry, little buddy. CS-80, the quarterback of the synth team,
isn't
> doing well and needs to 'borrow' some of your parts" (knowing it's a
> lie, you have to look away when you use the word 'borrow'). "I'm
sure
> you understand. Thanks for being a team player. Goodbye, now..."
>
> I feel bad for the victims of synth cannibalism, but theirs is a
noble
> cause! ;)
>
> -Synth80s
>
>
> > This has been discussed in these threads before. The solution is
> > clearly hoping for discrete replacements, and cannibalizing 60s
and
> > 80s in the meantime (a practice by the way which, over the next
let's
> > say 15 years can drastically reduce the market for new
replacements
> > be they discrete or ICs). I myself bought one of Rob's KCB
boards, I
> > think it was around $135... then I said "wait a minute - I can
get a
> > CS-50 for less than $500!!!". And I proceeded to do just that.
Nice
> > fully functional CS-50 for $485, hope many years go by before I
have
> > to cannibalize it. Not sure what that's worth now - it was less
than
> > two years ago when I got it - but I reckon a bunch more than
$500.
> > I estimated at the time there were around $1300 worth of parts in
> > there.
>