Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Yamaha CS80

> Well... let me qualify my statements by saying that I
> generally prefer to use the CS keyboard, too - and I
> agree completely that it's an important part of what
> makes a CS a CS. But there are times when
> repeatability or precision is more important than
> keyboard feel. For those situations, I use MIDI along
> with a sequencer. If I'm playing the CS in a "pad"
> context or as an effect, then I'll use the CS
> keyboard. It's helpful to have both options. I
> probably end up using the CS keyboard about 70% of the
> time, and 30% over MIDI. But since I can't play 16th
> note runs all day long without getting tired, bored,
> and/or sloppy, sequencing via MIDI is very useful.
>
>
> --- David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
>
> > Jono Sloan wrote:
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply. It's put my mind at rest.
> > Now I
> > > don't have to spend hours on my keyboard chops!
> > > Cheers
> > > Jono
> > >  
> > Argggghhh!!!!  Sorry, but I consider the keyboard on
> > the CS-80 to be far
> > more important to the instrument than the voice
> > cards.  I almost picked
> > up the Kenton kit, but I didn't because there's no
> > MIDI out (which is
> > why I'm in the middle of restoring a Roland A-50 and
> > a Kurzweil MIDIBoard).
> >
> > Coincidentally, I've just spent most of this evening
> > removing all the
> > keys from my CS-80 and washing each one.  After more
> > than a year, I
> > finally have it electronically complete!!  Now I
> > just need to tweak the
> > tuning, clean it up, and put it all back together.
> >
> > Jono - if you, or anyone else, has a MIDI-ed CS-80
> > and don't use the
> > keyboard, I'd be happy to lighten your Yamaha by
> > about 50 lbs by
> > removing the keyboard from it!  I'd love to have a
> > spare CS-80 keyboard
> > and MIDI it: what a great controller.  I'll take the
> > ribbon too!  And
> > don't think I'm not serious.
> >
> > Anyway, enjoy yours however you play it!
>
>