Yamaha CS80

----- Original Message ----- 
From: slipperysoles

I have an 80V .... [...]

> If you want, send me some shots of
> your favourite patches and sound clips and I will give it a try.

Thanks.  I'll email you privately with some patches for the Arturia.  If you 
think the results would be of any interest to the group we can bring the 
discussion back into the public area.

I think you've hit the nail on the head regarding the Arturia and the synth 
it purports to emulate.  What you've said seems to be true of their synths 
in general - they also create sounds you can't get with the original 
hardware synths.

I tend to think of them as synths in the tradition of the ones they're 
modelled on, rather than mere copies.  I make use of the MiniMoog V even 
though I have a Moog Voyager, and I'm pretty sure I'd do the same with the 
2600V if I had a `real' 2600.  In fact I prefer the Arturia over the more 
accurate Timewarp emulation so much that I wonder if I'd be disappointed in 
a 2600.

I'm not really that interested in emulating specific synths too accurately, 
but I'm still curious about how close you can get.  I'm interested to see if 
I could refine an Arturia sound closely enough to put someone in doubt about 
which sound is the Arturia and which the original CS80.  I do think that 
would be quite a challenge, though, as I expect the Arturia to be weaker 
than the original to a noticeable degree when it comes to straight 
emulation.