Yamaha CS80

Here comes my wish list:

Auto Tune, most definitely.

Indicator LEDs on each voice board that show you which is active (if there\ufffds
no auto tune possible and you have to tweak them in tune yourselves).

External stabilized and regulated power supply, built to military standards
(which might solve some temperature-based problems. If not, it makes the
instrument 20 kg lighter... which is a good thing if you\ufffdve moved house as
often as I did in the past).

Less noisy built-in Chorus/Tremolo with an input level / output balance pot
rather than just on/off.

Ventilators (heavy duty computer fans, temperature-controlled).

Lighter enclosure 8)...

I wouldn\ufffdt want anything that potentially puts the playability of the CS at
risk (like MIDI which I deeply mistrust anyway, but MIDI and CS80 go
together as well as Chocolate Sauce and Smoked Eel). No, seriously, folks, I
am not one of these snobbish purists who\ufffdd say all innovation is bad right
from the start but I think it\ufffds just hard to find anything as immediately
satisfying as far as musicality is concerned as the CS-80. I wouldn\ufffdt want
to control it from somewhere else, and I wouldn\ufffdt want to use it as a master
keyboard controller, either, as most other synthesizers are not designed to
respond the way a CS80 does. Using it within a setup should always bring out
your musical wit and your musical skills, rather than having its track
perfectly synced to your other stuff.

Stephen.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Rogoff" <david@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 12:27 AM
Subject: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?


> Hi all.
>
> I'd like everyone to contribute to a list of everything you'd want
> added to the CS80 (besides the anti-gravity device).  I'm trying to
> come up with what I'd want to add and I'm wondering what other people
> have added, or thought of adding.
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> Here's a few:
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> MIDI
> This is a biggie, since it could mean many things:
>   MIDI in
>   MIDI out
>   Notes, pressure, ribbon, program change
>   Others???
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> Auto tune
>   Something like on later Prophet 5, including microtuning.
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> Digital patch storage
>   Also like P5, and other late '70s polysynths: scan panel controls,
> digitize (fast & high resolution!), save to flash.  We could really
> go crazy with this and replace the Panel sliders with motorized
> faders!
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> Oscillator Sync between sounds I & II.
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> Unison modes (like Kent is working on).
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> Split keyboard / Multitimbral.
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> Release velocity.
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> For some of these, especially trying to do several at once, the
> keyscanning and modulation distribution boards would basically get
> replaced.  Lots of work!
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> Please comment/add your own!
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>  David
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