Yamaha CS80

Hi Gregor,

I would imagine that most people would not go too mad on this value 
really. I would worry more about initial vca trims on Trig 1 and 2 
boards and then use vr14 on the m boards as a final tweak in a 
calibration process.






--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "willgregori" <will.gregory@...> 
wrote:
>
> Dear CS-80 friends,
> 
> while tuning my CS-80 according to Yamaha´s adjustment procedure I 
> wonder about the VCA #4 gain value (step 4 on page 15). This VCA 
sets 
> the individual output level of each Voiceboard. 
> 
> According to the manual it should be adjusted with VR14 to 80mV pp.
> 
> This is ridicoulus low and my CS-80 came with a much higher level 
on 
> each card, so I am not sure if the value in the manual is correct.
> 
> As I understand, increasing the output level of each card would 
result 
> into a better S/N ratio but could overload the following output 
stages 
> (PRA, Effect section etc.) if set too high, especially when playing 
8 
> voices together. 
> 
> Has anybody figured out already if those 80mV are accurate or if it 
is 
> recommended to adjust to a higher value here? To my feeling 
something 
> between 200 and 400mV should be more useful,
> 
> Thanks, Gregor
>