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Re: Yamaha CS-60 modification

2005-12-01 by pureoldsound

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "David Rogoff" <david@t...> wrote:
>
> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "pureoldsound" <pureoldsound@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone knows about a mod for the CS60 which lets you layer 4 
> > voices on top of the other 4?  
> 
> There's been talk about this kind of stuff before.  Look at the 
thread
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahacs80/message/350.  I know
> don't the details, but I know you can change a pin on the keyboard
> scanner chip to go from 8 to 4 voice (needed since the same chip is
> used in the 8-voice CS-80/60 and the 4-voice CS-50).  How you would
> get voices 5-8 to pick up the voice 1-4 gate/CV could get ugly.
> 
>  David
>

Thanks for the info.  I couldn't see the pics as it is an old auction, 
but I know someone that referred me to this mod.  I just don't know 
much about it.  My question would be if this mod is possible can I 
still keep all the 8 voices intact without any compromised when the 
layer switch is off?

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