Re: [yamahacs80] Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by Tommy Priakos
You are one of the few, Laurie, who is passionate enough to include the beast in your live setup. As Bernie Worrell said to me when asked about the difference
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Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by Tommy Priakos
Was the KX88 the last polyphonic aftertouch keyboard Yamaha made? How long ago was that? Sent from my iPhone
Re: Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by g.poropat@...
A nice keyboard action would mean hopefully Polyphonic Aftertouch. :-)
Re: Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by blchrr@...
The video is heavily hinting a Yamaha CS reboot of some sort or another. I guess a virtual analogue with hands on control and nice keyboard action, an analogue
Re: Re: [yamahacs80] Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by laurie
I assure you, my CS80 has been portable and used live since 1979... last road trip was 2013 and has been moved to 3 locations since that... I also know lighter
Re: [yamahacs80] Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by Tommy Priakos
Also there seems to be some portability aspect to reface... Get ready to create your sound any place, any time. The keyboard made by someone who plays the
Re: Re: [yamahacs80] Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by laurie
just that 3 more vids are coming out, the 24th 29th and July 3rd 16 days and counting down https://yamahasynth.com/ ... Anyone have more info on this? First
Re: [yamahacs80] Yamaha reface?
2015-06-22 by David Rogoff
Anyone have more info on this? First I’ve heard of it. David ... Anyone have more info on this? First I’ve heard of it. David On Jun 21, 2015, at 2:14 PM,
Re: [yamahacs80] Forum waking up / CSxx mod development platform
2015-06-21 by laurie
anyone see this yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdj2EqO6WiE ... Hello everyone! Good to see a bit of traffic here lately after a long lull. I know why
Forum waking up / CSxx mod development platform
2015-06-20 by david@...
Hello everyone! Good to see a bit of traffic here lately after a long lull. I know why I ve been so distracted and I assume most folks have lots of stuff
Aw: [yamahacs80] CS 50 overhaul
2015-06-11 by Stephen Parsick
Hi all, I ve been browsing the archives to no avail. I would like to have my tech go through my 50 and have some minor issues fixed, like unsollicited
Re: [yamahacs80] HIgh Pitched Whine
2015-06-11 by Bob Stewart
This is pretty loud. And as I said, it seems to be eminating from the PSU... As in you can hear the power transistor on the -15Vrail whining away, if you ve
Aw: [yamahacs80] HIgh Pitched Whine
2015-06-11 by Stephen Parsick
I recently read about a modification that was done by Kent Spong which involved re-routing the cable loom because it would produce some kind of high-pitched
Re: [yamahacs80] HIgh Pitched Whine
2015-06-11 by Bob Stewart
Hi Tim Thanks for the advice. Moving cards might be a way forward. Will give it a go. On Thursday, June 11, 2015, Tim Conniff tconno@sbcglobal.net [yamahacs80]
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: HIgh Pitched Whine
2015-06-11 by Tim Conniff
Hi Bob You bought a part from me a while back....80% chance there s nothing wrong with the supply at all. I assume you ve thoroughly investigated visual
Re: HIgh Pitched Whine
2015-06-11 by bob@...
OK... so I m going to build a power soak to try and pin this down. ie. whether it is actually the PSU or if it s something elsewhere causing the issue.
HIgh Pitched Whine
2015-06-11 by bob@...
Hi Still having issues with this CS50 PSU. I ve got a horrible high pitched whine all over everything. If I turn the amps off, I can actually hear this noise
CS60 and Yamaha spares
2015-03-10 by Tim Cockram
All, After many years of lurking I m making my first post... With all the seasons that life brings my grand plans to restore a CS60 (no legs or lid) came to
Re: Proper LSI values on Kas Board-Sharing project
2015-03-03 by gearfire01@...
Hello Mike, Actually i ve been reading about -6.5v/+8.5v (1/0) process almost everywhere in the manuals, and precisely this is what pushed me to really check
Re: [yamahacs80] Proper LSI values on Kas Board-Sharing project
2015-03-03 by gearfire01@...
Thank you Crow, actually i did mention that one in my sources for collecting infos, but indeed i didnt go thru all the detailed explanations about the LSI s
Re: Proper LSI values on Kas Board-Sharing project
2015-03-02 by Mike Borish
What is your objective here? I ve had a few of them fail on me. The most common symptom of failure is the top octave not responding.
Re: [yamahacs80] Proper LSI values on Kas Board-Sharing project
2015-03-02 by The Old Crow
There is a complete analysis of the custom chips in the Yamaha CS Servicing Guide. I used this book to work out IG series equivalent circuits a dozen or so
Proper LSI values on Kas Board-Sharing project
2015-03-02 by gearfire01@...
Hello CS80 users, Probably as most CS80 owners, i am aware that the most critical parts in the beast are the 2 main LSI s (YM26600&Ym26700), as their failure
Pitch Bend Ribbon Specs
2015-02-28 by wmc_mick@...
Hi all! Can somebody tell me how the pitch ribbon works on the CS-80? I mean does it output variable resistance or how is it made. I would like to use one for
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-20 by gearfire01@...
Thank you Tim, indeed it may be interesting.For now i found only 2 IC damaged, but if i find more than that in the end ,i will let you know :-) Regards
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-19 by tconno@...
Hi If you re interested I have a voice card for the cs80 listed on e-bay and it s guaranteed to work. Tim
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-19 by gearfire01@...
Thank you Joachim for such precise explanations, i couldnt expect that much:-) Now i understand more the meaning of the pronouncing mode mentionned in the
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-18 by joachim.milson@...
I just read the post of David you mention. By a jumper I think he did not mean a physical jumper, but a wire to be added between +8.5 and the resistor at
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-17 by gearfire01@...
Oh btw Joachim, i think you did a great job with the interactive diagram about the CS80, congrats and thank you for this! Cheers
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-16 by gearfire01@...
Hello Joachim, Thank you for those explanations. Indeed, i forgot about the +rail voltage.But i guess i can adress that with some cardboard put between the
Re: Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-16 by joachim.milson@...
Hi, Don t forget that the lower rail on which the boards are screwed is at a voltage of +15V ! If what you want is only to no longer listen to this voice
Properly and safely disconnect M boards
2015-02-15 by gearfire01@...
Hello everybody, Does anybody have a safely procedure about how to disconnect a M board from the whole CS80 system? I think i have identified a bad IC on one
Re: Stuck sounds from the CS80
2015-02-13 by joachim.milson@...
There is nothing between the SH and M but a wire. Output K1 of SH board is bound to the K input of M11 and an other wire goes from there to the K input of M21.
lower part out of tune
2015-02-11 by Fredrik Segerfalk
A friends CS80 just went out of tune on the lower part only. All voices jump up and down more cents than is pleasing to the ear, but still within a semitone.
Stuck sounds from the CS80
2015-02-08 by gearfire01@...
Hi everybody CS80 users, I recently got a short during calibration on the KAS board, which blew one of the PSU fuse, and created a low resistance in the
Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2015-01-11 by joachim.milson@...
Hi David, Of course I m aware of the two sites you mention. I have browsed them both more than once. Without them, my project would certainly not be well under
Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-30 by david@...
Forgot to mention - I really like the job you did on the diagram! David
CS80 website - Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-30 by David Rogoff
Hi Joachim, It’s always great having folks collect and provide documentation for synths. However, I don’t know if you’ve seen some of the existing
Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-29 by joachim.milson@...
I just created a dedicated site where I ll share several resources concerning the CS-80 (among other things). So I moved the Overall Circuit Diagram there:
Looking for a CS-80 power supply !
2014-12-23 by zenithaudio2003@...
Hi ! I am looking for a power supply for the cs-80 . if someone got that in stock ! ( maybe !!, ) .
Re: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-22 by laurie
thats exactly what I did... it said the cs80_diagram.zip was corrupt.... what is your default unzipping program on your version of windows 7? perhaps I
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-22 by Florian Anwander
Hello, It worked for me fine on Windows 7 download all five files CS80_Diagram.z01 CS80_Diagram.z02 CS80_Diagram.z03 CS80_Diagram.z04 CS80_Diagram.zip put them
Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-22 by joachim.milson@...
Downloading and unzipping the files works fine for me. Here are the exact file sizes for you to check: size of files with extensions . z01 to .z04 is 3MB
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-22 by Daniel Forró
Same here, I m on Mac... but maybe the reason is I had few days ago HD crash and still didn t re-install all my apps... Thanks in advance. Daniel Forro
Re: Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-22 by laurie@...
Hi ... thankyou for your effort I downloaded the 5 files but my extracting programs says the file is corrupt and none of them will open.... could you re check
Clean CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram
2014-12-22 by joachim.milson@...
In the last five years, I’ve been working on the CS-80 Overall Circuit Diagram. I cleaned the original scan, but also added colors to help localize the
Re: Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 tuning - How good is good enough?
2014-12-12 by laurie
... Sure, that in a analog synth that is desirable, but for phasing effect between the channels we have detune function in the CS80, that is quite touchy so to
Re: Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 tuning - How good is good enough?
2014-12-12 by laurie
there were different runs of oscillator chips.... I did the upgrade for all 16 chips, sadly, one chip was a dud and I had to revert both chips in the 8th
Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 tuning - How good is good enough?
2014-12-12 by pyjamagroove@...
Sure, that in a analog synth that is desirable, but for phasing effect between the channels we have detune function in the CS80, that is quite touchy so to use
Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 tuning - How good is good enough?
2014-12-12 by Daniel Forró
Maybe it is possible, but is it good to tune it so precisely? I think a certain out-of-tune behavior is normal, and even desirable, in the case of polyphonic