My CS80 photo with stand as promised...
2004-09-15 by Quazimodo
Hi chaps. A long delay but better late than never eh? I have now uploaded a photo of my CS80 with the custom stand I was talking about a while ago, I was
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Re: MIDI9
2004-09-11 by David Rogoff
... not ... a ... Max, I don t see any point to this: You re only going to get note and velocity (initial touch) output. You won t have the poly-
Re: Hello, and part question
2004-09-11 by David Rogoff
... planning on ... suitable ... before ... &handler=data.listcategory&Ne=100&terms=3309W&Ntt=*3309W*&Ns=MfgrPart Number%7c%7cSField&N=65251&crc=true ... for
Re: [yamahacs80] Hello, and part question
2004-09-11 by The Old Crow
I suggest the Bourns 3309-series for drop-in replacements: http://www.bourns.com/pdfs/3309.pdf Mouser.com carries them (3309W type):
MIDI9
2004-09-11 by rreprobate
80 Lovers Does anybody have any idea how feasible it is to install one of those midi9/Gulbransen midi kits on an 80? These were intended for pianos and rhodes
Hello, and part question
2004-09-11 by rreprobate
Hello gang. It s great to have found the hang for us cs-80 owners/players/hackers. Just breezed through the archives and my mind is still working on trying to
Reminder about group features/Welcome for new members
2004-09-09 by David Rogoff
Hi all. It s been a few weeks, so here s a quick reminder about what s available in this Yahoo CS80 group, in addition to messages. Under Files, I ve got three
Re: [yamahacs80] Re:Good CS-80 Tech In LA or Ventura county
2004-09-02 by wavecomputer360
That´s good news, at least for you guys in the US as Kevin is stated as no longer fixing CS80s due to inherent problems and complexity of the unit in
Re:Good CS-80 Tech In LA or Ventura county
2004-09-02 by STEPHEN TELLER
I ve actually spoken to Kevin about the unit. He s cool with fixing it though I would obviously have to take the trek and visit him in his Geodesic Dome house.
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Good CS-80 Tech In LA or Ventura county
2004-09-02 by wavecomputer360
Kevin Lightner most likely will shut all his doors, board up all his windows and put a huge sign that reads abandoned in his garden... I think he won´t be
Re: Good CS-80 Tech In LA or Ventura county
2004-09-01 by David Rogoff
... Stephen, where are you? I used to live in Thousand Oaks and Agoura Hills. I m now in Irvine, but it s not totally out of the question to head up the
Good CS-80 Tech In LA or Ventura county
2004-09-01 by STEPHEN TELLER
Hi, Does anyone know of a good CS-80 tech in the Los Angeles / Ventura County area? My CS-80 has some minor issues I need repaired. The pitch ribbon needs to
Re: Pics
2004-09-01 by Scott L. Holmes
... OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KEYS??!?!?? ... oh. phew.
Pics
2004-09-01 by David Rogoff
For anyone interested, I took a bunch of pictures of the insides of my CS-80 and stuck them on my website at www.therogoffs.com/cs80. I also put a link under
Re: [yamahacs80] Mod or keep original? - was Re: Yay - I have a CS-80 again!
2004-08-31 by wavecomputer360
I´d opt for 2) and 3). This seems to be the most sensible thing to do, otherwise it would be like... well, imagine John Lennon´s psychedelic Rolls Royce, you
Re: Help please with CS60
2004-08-31 by Quazimodo
Hey David. I think we ve been through the touching the cards thing... Look at Scott s (Old Crow s) site www.cs80.com for info on this. You don t want to blow
Re: [yamahacs80] Mod or keep original? - was Re: Yay - I have a CS-80 again!
2004-08-31 by Rory Mc Donald
My own feeling is that unless the CS80 you have is cosmetically damaged or significantly impaired, I would keep it as stock as possible. I think it will affect
Re: Help please with CS60
2004-08-31 by David Rogoff
... Duncan, most of the circuits in the CS60 are the same as in the CS80 (voice/M cards, keyboard scanner). There are links from the Links page to some of the
Mod or keep original? - was Re: Yay - I have a CS-80 again!
2004-08-31 by David Rogoff
... up a ... up with these mods but... Stephen, You bring up a big, important issue, which I ve been thinking a lot about. Here s the main options: 1) minor
RE: [yamahacs80] Yay - I have a CS-80 again!
2004-08-31 by kent spong
Hi David, Just need one more plinth for the after touch boards which is around here somplace so bare with me. KSR
Re: [yamahacs80] Yay - I have a CS-80 again!
2004-08-31 by wavecomputer360
Hi David, congrats on your find! But.... (boring old elitist alert) don´t rip this CS80 apart. What makes it what it is is the entity... and chopping up a
Yay - I have a CS-80 again!
2004-08-31 by David Rogoff
Well, thanks to Bradley/Synth80s (and my friend Ed, for helping me get it up the stairs), I am once again a CS-80 owner! The tolex is a little bit rough and
Help please with CS60
2004-08-30 by g4dfv2004
Has anyone any experience of the CS60? I have one for restore/repair. Basically, everthing sounds garbled, and on depressing just a single key repeatedly gives
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-29 by The Old Crow
It is not that simple: the CS machines are much more than the sound of their chips. The only way to re-create a CS-80 is to make sure there is the correct
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-29 by marzzz@aol.com
... Crow- Once you have replaced all the custom chips with equivalent discrete circuits, how much further do you have to go to essentially recreate a Yamaha
Mods I'd Have.
2004-08-28 by kent_spong
Well where do you start.... I guess the Unison for one and the power supply in a 19 rack mount, individual CV Gate outs for each voice and after touch VCF,
Re: What mods would you want?
2004-08-28 by Scott L. Holmes
... to ... people ... Did anyone say channel audio outs? I own a Marion Systems MSR-2 which has 16 audio inputs into dual board 16 voice synth s filters. I
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-28 by barbara_Streisand@hotmail.com
seperate lfo for voice II? ... From: wavecomputer360 To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] What
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-28 by The Old Crow
My biggest mod plans are to replace all the custom chips with equivalent discrete circuits. For a voice board, it will be mostly surface-mount parts in order
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-28 by wavecomputer360
Good point, this. What´s the point of having all these beautiful mods when the instrument becomes unplayable due to some dead custom ICs? Making the spare
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-28 by wavecomputer360
Here comes my wish list: Auto Tune, most definitely. Indicator LEDs on each voice board that show you which is active (if there´s no auto tune possible and
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Finally got my prototype discrete Yamaha CS VCO working
2004-08-28 by The Old Crow
Yes, I have that set of Yamaha engineering notes. In fact, that page you indicated was my primary guideline for the discrete version. I think the reset pulse
Re: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-28 by Rory Mc Donald
I have a CS60 which is modified for CV i/o for each oscillator... Rory McDonald ... Regards, Rory McDonald Hi all. I d like everyone to contribute to a list of
RE: [yamahacs80] What mods would you want?
2004-08-27 by Synth80s
Hey David! You ve got big plans already, I see.. ;) I d love the ability to route the audio input through the filters -- yummy! Why not make it stereo while
Re: Finally got my prototype discrete Yamaha CS VCO working
2004-08-27 by David Rogoff
... into ... but ... I just found this site: http://home.debitel.net/user/jhaible/cs80_vco.gif. Apparently, the weird pulse is done on purpose! David
What mods would you want?
2004-08-27 by David Rogoff
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
Re: GX 1
2004-08-26 by Scott L. Holmes
For a fascinating story about the GX-1 be sure to check out the excellent 2 part saga at Sound On Sound:
GX 1
2004-08-25 by wavecomputer360
The home organ version of the GX-1 they´re talking about could be the GX-707. I remember vaguely that I once saw a GX-1 pictured in German Das
Re: [yamahacs80] GX-1 for sale (from Analog Heaven mailing list)
2004-08-25 by wavecomputer360
I thought this was the one at RAK studioss (of the late Mickie Most) but this seems to be another one. Nice to see them popping up that often... this will
Re: [yamahacs80] Re: CS-80 running temperature issue....
2004-08-25 by barbara_Streisand@hotmail.com
damn scott, do you have any rooms left to rent? im a reasonable clean person, can tell boring jokes or dull stories for food. And the stories about me being
Re: [yamahacs80] GX-1 for sale (from Analog Heaven mailing list)
2004-08-25 by barbara_Streisand@hotmail.com
no.....no.......nooo..........noooooooooo.noooooooooooooooooooooooo.........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ... From: David Rogoff To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Sent:
GX-1 for sale (from Analog Heaven mailing list)
2004-08-25 by David Rogoff
http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php? ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=011355 or http://tinyurl.com/6dmmp Hope you all saved your pennies! David
Re: Finally got my prototype discrete Yamaha CS VCO working
2004-08-24 by David Rogoff
... Great stuff! I did a little web searching and found this page: http://www.falstad.com/fourier/ You can choose pre-defined waveforms or draw your own,
Re: CS-80 running temperature issue....
2004-08-24 by Scott L. Holmes
... Hey guys! Good to finaly have a forum for us here. *snickers!* My CS80 sits on top of of TWO Oberheim 4 Voices!
Re: [yamahacs80] Finally got my prototype discrete Yamaha CS VCO working
2004-08-24 by The Old Crow
The URL for the scope shots being, http://www.cs80.com/vco.html Crow /**/
Finally got my prototype discrete Yamaha CS VCO working
2004-08-24 by Christopher_S_Rider
I decided to take the discrete VCO design I d been leaving on the project back-burner for a year or more and finish building the prototype. It works, but it
Re: CS-80 running temperature issue....
2004-08-21 by Quazimodo
Hi David. I ll dig out my digital camera an put a couple of shots into our photo section here. I ll post when they re in there. Cheers. TOM
Re: CS-80 running temperature issue....
2004-08-21 by David Rogoff
... sides ... My ... left Tom, I don t know about the heat issue, but it would be great if you could post a picture, or two, of the stand you built. I ve been
CS-80 running temperature issue....
2004-08-20 by Quazimodo
Hi again guys. I have made a stand from 12 mill plywood that runs around the sides and back of my 80 and has two shelves for some of my other gear. My question
Re: Expression Pedal
2004-08-20 by David Rogoff
... the electronics? I was thinking of buying a replacement for my exp. pedal which got lost someday before I purchased my CS. I always thought it needed some