Yamaha CS80

An Origin? Would be more close to the real CS than the VST version?
There are some signature sounds on the real CS I never could get
on the VST version. (as guitar 1+Bass for example).

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
>
> georgesporopat wrote:
> > Are you dreaming the same as me?
> > A CS80R (rack, a big one) ? Everything with discrete components?
> > Midi, and the VAX77? hehe!!
> >   
> It may be blasphemy, but I'd take an Origin over a 100-lb analog 
rack. 
> And, the DSP and VSTs are getting better all the time and the 
computers
> are getting faster and cheaper. Within five, or ten years at the 
most, I
> think it's going to be hard to justify analog hardware, even for 
most of
> us fanatics.
> > Then a very peacefull feeling of freedom, without any 
> > IG series inside? ;-).
> I agree that someday this will be needed.  However, at least on the 
five CS80s + CS60 I've worked on, I haven't seen any Yamaha parts go 
bad.  All the failures I've seen were either 4xxx CMOS or generic op-
amps.
> 
> 
> What have other people seen?
> 
>  David
>