Hi Jim,
yes, it´s easy to dismiss all other smaller CS synths as complete pieces of
garbage. Which is utter nonsense as the CS50 can sound so enormously huge
and creamy, you wouldn´t believe if you just saw this vaguely home-organish
look.
Like Klaus Schulze once said "I used to have both a CS80 and a modular Moog
onstage, and as soon as I turned to the CS80, the Big Moog was no longer
audible". Which is true for all other CS synths of that era, too.
BTW, anybody selling an SS-30?
Stephen.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Combs <jwcombs@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: What it is about the CS80
> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "matrix" <matrixsynth@h...> wrote:
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> > What's interesting is the CS60 has a bit of this as well.
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> The CS-50 as well. I've had my CS-50 for about a year and a half, but
> only in the last month is it starting to click how best to use it and
> play it.
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> I'm working on one piece that was pretty dense polyrhythmic sequencer
> stuff (Sequentix P3, Novation Nova, E-mu Morpheus) and I decided to
> add some old tones to the mix, specifically a Roland SH-3a and the CS-50.
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> Nothing fancy, very simple 2 and 3 note chords on the CS-50, some
> subtle aftertouch brilliance, pretty standard CS sound.
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> Omagod, the sound is monsterous. It is so rich and full. Even as a
> mono signal, it totally overtook the track (not bad given 24 tracks of
> other synths). I've had to pull it down in the mix about 24-30 db,
> where it now occupies a very distinct place, still pops out of the
> cacophany appropriately. But it taught me some key pieces of how this
> synth should be "played."
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> -Jim
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