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

Have you got any idea why the great CS60 was not popular ever? With
it's monophonic aftertouch, initial velocity, lovely ribbon
controller , ring modulator and 8 polyphony, it should at least be a
tough competitor against the Prophet 5.

I have owned a P5 for about 9 years and although it sounds interesting
and powerful, the rough pitch and modulation wheels, rather poor
keyboard and lack of velocity and aftertouch makes the precise
controlling of musical expression quite impossible. And it's limited
polyphony makes the P5 a real looser against the CS60 at sustaining
sounds. To me the P5 is not as musical compared to the CS60/80

The mighty CS80 makes the CS60 look a small limited synthesizer. But if
we take the CS60 on it's own, it is an incredible synthesizer still.

I am a lucky owner of a CS80. The CS60 is going to be my next purchase
with it's easier portability for my stage performance.

BTW, I old my P5 last summer and never miss it.