Yamaha CS80

Which brings me to question is the SS30 strings nicer than CS-80  
strings?
I use Strings 2 preset on my CS-50 all the time and it beats for  
example my old ARP Omni 2 strings, Ro;and RS 202 strings hands down

David

On 29/12/2008, at 6:58 AM, David wrote:

> On the actual track Vienna Ultravox used an SS30 Yamaha string synth  
> and a Roland CR-78
> David
>
>
> On 29/12/2008, at 12:57 AM, Tim Siefkes wrote:
>
>> This has been a very interesting thread! I'm learning a few that I  
>> was
>> not aware of. For me, I'd have to echo what David Rogoff said about  
>> the
>> first UK LP "practically a CS80 demo". That was the album that got me
>> hooked and made me decide I HAD to get one of these beasts!
>>
>> One more I'd add to the list that I don't think that I've seen  
>> mentioned
>> yet... (apologies if it has...) is "Vienna" by Ultravox. I saw them  
>> in a
>> small club here back in about, oh 1981 or 1982, and they performed  
>> most
>> if not all of the "Vienna" album. Billy Currie had a CS-80, an ARP
>> Odyssey (his signature sound), the CP-30 piano, another string  
>> machine
>> (ELKA?) and what else I can't remember right now. He used his CS-80
>> quite a bit. Two tracks that come to mind are "Mr. X" and "Western
>> Promise" where he uses what sounds like the "Funky" presets in a
>> percussive manner with a bit of echo. I think he's also uses the  
>> CS-80
>> low strings as the descending cello counter line underneath the  
>> violin
>> solo in the title track.
>>
>> Recommendation - if you should decide to get this album, try and find
>> the edition with the original European track sequence, which makes  
>> for a
>> much better listening. The album SHOULD start with (the instrumental)
>> "Astradyne" which is also how they opened their concert. The U.S.
>> release starts with "Sleepwalk", a bit of a hit single for them at  
>> the
>> time but the LP lost some flavor when they re-sequenced it that  
>> way, IMHO.
>>
>> -Tim S.
>> <Twin Cities, MN>
>>
>>
>> 
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