Hi Tim, hi Laurie,
I think you hit the nail on the head... it´s the performance of the
instrument, the way controls are laid out and the way the machine responds
to you as a player which makes the CS80 stand out. And this is why all
virtual emulations are pointless as the sum of it all makes it the
instrument it is, not only the sound generation (which is rather simple,
compared with, say, and Oberheim Xpander and such). Like Peter Forrest once
said, other polysynths would wipe the floor with the CS80 when it comes to
modulation routings and such but the CS80 would blow them all away when it
comes to richness of sound and sheer performance power.
Like Brian Eno once put it, "the CS80 has just six sounds in it which are
great but I´d rather have six great sounds than sixty mdeiocre ones".
BTW, I talked to a tech yesterday and asked him if he´d overhaul my CS80. He
pointed out this machine needed an exorcist but not a technician...
Stephen.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Siefkes <timsks@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: [yamahacs80] What it is about the CS80
> (I've been exchanging back and forth a little off the list with Max
> about all of this too.) As I just said to Max yesterday, when I first
> saw one of these beasts in a music store back in '79 it was simply the
> most amazing thing I had ever played. I knew I had to have one, whatever
> it took. The expressiveness, the control, the ability to simply lean
> into a note to bring it out some, all the subtle nuances that can be
> added. The sounds are great, but the best parts of the 80 are the
> performance features. I too, Laurie, always felt as you do that this
> instrument, more than any other I have owned/played feels more like an
> extension of myself. There's an immediacy and a connection that just
> doesn't appear in other instruments. I played mine in three rock bands
> that travelled the US a lot, doing everything from The Beatles to
> Ultravox and this synth was always well worth the effort to haul it
around.
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> But of course, we're simply preaching to the choir here! :-)
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> -Tim S.
> <Minneapolis>
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> > I play in a very loud Hard rock Group(.FIST.)My CS-80 has been an
> > integral part of the band since the early eightys......touring and
> > opening with bands such as Triumph/Molly
> > Hatchet/Harlequin/Motorhead/Krokus...et all.... Aside from the 20 minute
> > warm up, The CS-80 delivers one hell of a show every time....Zero
> > latency....controllers on hand....poly aftertouch.....no midi
> > lockup.....it is by far less work for me to have a CS-80 in my rig for
> > me because there is no second guessing or pondering...It really becomes
> > an extension of me... giving me the ability to express whatever pops
> > into my head at any given time.....the Sound levels are consistently
> > solid......its always in the monitors and always in the front......Where
> > the alternatives to a real CS 80 fails is the 220 pounds of missing
> > audio that never consistently shows up at the FOH position......Nothing
> > can put out solid low end like a CS-80 can live....Sound men never have
> > to search for it (its right there, driven by 48 volt circuitry all the
> > way down to a half hertz...)with jbl 4530s for house lows, I have moved
> > tables and chairs with the CS-80 cause it can deliver....Many pitchers
> > of beer have foamed over but not from all the midi gak....its the
> > CS-80......every time.............
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