Re: Factory presets
2007-08-14 by cuari7
... which ... I have my own string patch on my CS. Basically I take both the sawtooth and pulse waves from each VCO, but use the LFO to slowly mod the pulse
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Re: Factory presets
2007-08-13 by Adrian Crane
I m desperate to use a string pad on my album- any pointers as to which preset to base it on/how to warm them up? Also Reason to believe on
Re: Factory presets
2007-08-13 by cuari7
... the ... OK, OK, yes, the brass ones are actually quite good, and so is the organ, IMO. But the strings.... thin and cheesy!!
Re: #1480 initial power on
2007-08-09 by ][
... No thoughts as to the safest way (least shock to components)? I avoid frequent power cycles on all my other kit, I figured CS-80 would warrant same
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Factory presets
2007-08-09 by JH.
... Yeah - I don t think the presets are that bad, either. :) I *used* to think so, until I noticed it was a problem of transposing on my CS-50: The presets
Re: [yamahacs80] Factory presets
2007-08-09 by Wavecomputer360
Awful or not, characterful they are. After all, these presets have become classics by being used all over the place by Vangelis. And Blade Runner wouldn´t
Re: Factory presets
2007-08-09 by blchrr@homecall.co.uk
Well if anyone came near my Cs80 and started trying to change any of the Brass presets, id have no choice but to club them to death... :)
Factory presets
2007-08-09 by cuari7
What I can t get over about this instrument is how AWFUL the presets are. I have read on Mark Veil s Vintage Synths that there was this technician who would
Re: [yamahacs80] Just found some CS-80 videos on youtube
2007-08-07 by matrix
You might find some here: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/search?q=cs80 Although it looks like a lot of the vids have unfortunately been taken down. I hate
Just found some CS-80 videos on youtube
2007-08-07 by David Rogoff
Just poking around and found these (including some by members of our group - Mert: why didn t you tell us about it?). Some of these are old, but others are
#1480 initial power on
2007-08-06 by Wayne Griffin
I have a CS-80 that was dormant for perhaps several years... It was collected from a storage unit located next to Lake Ponchartrain in New Orleans the week
Help with CS60 repair
2007-07-31 by carlos cestero
Any recommendation for a tech in the US, Florida area other than EPR electronics, been there done that. I need someone who really knows about the CS. Thanks,
Yamaha part spotted on eBay
2007-07-29 by David Rogoff
Hi all. This could be a great find for someone! My CS-80 search on eBay just picked up these auctions:
Re: New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-17 by Richard
Hi Adrian, Great stuff! Will you be doing a gig in London or the Cambridge area any time soon? (Obviously without the CS-80...) Richard
Re: New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-17 by Quazimodo
Pity, can t you convince the lads it s just not the done thing to drown out a CS80 with guitar...!? Cheerz. TOM
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-17 by Wavecomputer360
Hi Rob, thanks for your kind words. Yes, the doombient.com site is the [´ramp]website, a band that I´m sort of involved in :-). I´m trying to find someone
Re: [yamahacs80] New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-17 by Wavecomputer360
As for actual music recorded with the CS80, I´d send everyone to my (rather humble) website www.parsick.com to listen to the audio stream playing in the
Re: New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-17 by blchrr@homecall.co.uk
I like your site Stephen. Is the Doombient site yours too? I quite liked the drones on there, creates a nice atmosphere. Is that a Dynacord your using for the
Re: [yamahacs80] New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-17 by David Rogoff
... Thanks Adrian - the songs sound good (although, of course, I d also raise the keyboard levels!). I m in no place to throw stones, spending more time
New tracks with CS-80
2007-07-16 by hudson_fall
I ve just mixed some tracks and put them on www.myspace.com/hudsonfall and my cs80 features on 3 of them. Only Lorenzo s dream DOESNT(I caved in and used a
RE: [yamahacs80] Re: A CS80 find.
2007-07-14 by Scott Metzger
Yeah, I am sure the Spong treatment is great. I get the Rogoff treatment in California! I feel lucky to have him within driving distance.
Re: A CS80 find.
2007-07-11 by blchrr@homecall.co.uk
If its in the UK why not pick it up and take it direct to Kent Spong (KSR) see if he can take it on? Im not sure how busy he is at the moment though. Get him
Re: A CS80 find.
2007-07-11 by Quazimodo
Hi Stephen, It s in the UK, but it ll be me that buys it. I m not *offering* it on this list, just asking advice about possible problems with it s condition..!
Re: [yamahacs80] A CS80 find.
2007-07-10 by Wavecomputer360
Where is it located? And how much is the owner asking for it? If you wish, you can contact me off-list with more info. Thanks in advance, Stephen.
A CS80 find.
2007-07-10 by Quazimodo
Hi chaps, I have found another CS80 close by me and it s up for grabs - but I am slightly concerned. It all seems to be working apart from a couple of voices.
RE: [yamahacs80] Adjustment question.
2007-07-01 by kent spong
Hi, You need to put a scope on the cp4 VR11 and 12and cp5 VR13 test points and adjust these pots for audio signal amount. VR11 Sine wave 1v VR12 Square wave
Adjustment question.
2007-07-01 by Quazimodo
Please could someone confirm for me that the presets on the M board (eg: VR s 11,12,13 and 14) need to be adjusted so that there is 0-volts on the IC pin
RE: [yamahacs80] Sorry about the spam
2007-06-29 by Scott Metzger
Ahhh.. I wanted to meet a biker girl.:)hehehTo: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.comFrom: david@therogoffs.comDate: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:33:10 +0000Subject: [yamahacs80]
Please vote to help me win Creative Loafing Best Of 2007
2007-06-28 by Jim Combs
Please forgive the cross-post: OK folks, I need your help. Creative Loafing s Best Of 2007 has opened its nomination doors and I need you all to register,
Sorry about the spam
2007-06-26 by David Rogoff
Sorry about that folks. I ve delete the post and the poster. Most of you will never know what I m talking about ... David
Re: Where are all of us?
2007-06-12 by David Rogoff
Hi everyone. I hope you re all starting a happy, music, polyphonic summer. I was cleaning up some (hundreds, actually) old bookmarks in Firefox and found the
Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 External Input?
2007-06-11 by JH.
... Feed the main output back into the External Input! With carefully set modulation level, you can bring in controlled roughness to the sound via
CS80 External Input?
2007-06-11 by dscr22
Does anyone use this? What s the typical way of utilizing this feature? I m used to synths with an External Input to process another instrument through the
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-07 by Wavecomputer360
I saw Eric live in concert some years ago at the now defunct Alfa centauri festival in the Netherlands. Great if you´re into Emerson-infected prog rock, a bit
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-07 by Andrew
Do you mean Cloudbusting? :) The album credits `The Medici Sextet. To be more precise, it s the Sextet recorded twice, so twelve string players, if I recall
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-07 by cuari7
A question for the group: Are the strings on the Kate Bush song Clodbuster a CS80? I know at the end they sound like a really crappy sampler (Fairlight, I
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-07 by Tim Siefkes
Well, no... I m afraid I missed the proverbial boat about Erik. Better late than never, & he sounds like someone worth further checking out for sure. Yeah,
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-06 by cuari7
You d never heard of Erik? I bought his MKS30/PG200 awhile ago. He s got a great Moog Modular...
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-06 by Wavecomputer360
I´m not sure but I think Eric used either Keith Emerson´s old GX-1 for one track (at Media Ventures), or he was using Gordon Reid´s. I read it somewhere but
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-06 by Tim Siefkes
Speaking of the mighty GX-1, I was listening to the Aural Moon radio station at work yesterday when I heard a surprising cover of ELP s Pirates by an
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-06 by Quazimodo
Has anyone tried their CS80 through a MAM resonator? I ve recently acquired one and will be doing so very soon. Cheers. TOM ... pedal a few ... inbuilt ...
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by blchrr@homecall.co.uk
Hi Stephen, I tend to agree with you, but i have played a CS60 through a DC2 pedal a few years ago and the sound was just incredible!! I hardly ever use the
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by Wavecomputer360
There´s a 3300 up for grabs on evilPay right now, it´s located in Paris, and still, the price seems to be a bit of a steal. If no one else bids on it, that
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by Wavecomputer360
Any modification of a CS80 that does not serve its stability is absolutely pointless in my view. Noisy chorus? Who cares? Noisy tremolo? Who cares? Don´t use
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by blchrr@homecall.co.uk
Modify a CS80... thats like giving the Mona Lisa a beard dude! DONT DO IT! EVER!! Having said that, i finally took my CS80 to Kent Spong for restoration a
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by Richard Atkinson
I really wish I had a CS-80 with the GX-1 filter. Actually I really wish I had a CS-80 or any kind of polyphonic Yamaha CS, but you get the general idea :) I
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by blchrr@homecall.co.uk
Its funny you know, i love the Cs80, but i just think the GX1 is too much, i dont find myself lusting after one at all, the programmer looks like a nightmare
Re: the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-05 by cuari7
Yeeeeeeee-OW!!!! If I could afford it, I would probably build a room (or small house) just for it,,, like a shrine or chappel for the worship of The Allmighty
Re: [yamahacs80] the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-04 by david@therogoffs.com
... Would you give $83k? Well, you walked right into this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190118477140 Let us know when you get it so
Re: [yamahacs80] the Mighty GX-1
2007-06-04 by james devero
Okay I m thinking like $550 a month for 30 Years. ....just 360 easy payments! I ve got the first one...already.... I m on my way! All the clips are very short