Yamaha CS80

There's anothe rproblem on my CS-80:

The sound is sometimes completely fading out.
This happens without detuning, so I guess it's not a supply voltage thing.
It also happens without any distortion, and its a very smooth fading.
My prime suspect is the Expression circuit: I guess the LDRs can turn an
intermittent contact on the CV side into such a smooth fade.
I'll look into this when I'm finished tuning (i. e., not so soon), but I
thought I mention it now; maybe one of you had a similar problem and has a
hint where else to look.

JH.

When reading all these reports I´m beginning to feel more and more fed up with maintaining my CS... it just is no fun anymore, especially when there´s no happy money to burn on techs or whatever...

Boggles the mind,

Stephen.

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----- Original Message -----
From: JH.
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:05 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] another problem: everything fading out


There's anothe rproblem on my CS-80:

The sound is sometimes completely fading out.
This happens without detuning, so I guess it's not a supply voltage thing.
It also happens without any distortion, and its a very smooth fading.
My prime suspect is the Expression circuit: I guess the LDRs can turn an
intermittent contact on the CV side into such a smooth fade.
I'll look into this when I'm finished tuning (i. e., not so soon), but I
thought I mention it now; maybe one of you had a similar problem and has a
hint where else to look.

JH.





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>When reading all these reports I´m beginning to feel more and more fed up
>with maintaining my CS... it just is no fun anymore, especially when
> >there´s no happy money to burn on techs or whatever...
>
>Boggles the mind,

Right; but on the other hand, when I received mine, and it was good enough
in tune for playing with heavily PWM'ed sounds at least, I couldn't get my
fingers off of it for two hours. There's not many instruments that do this
for me.

JH.

It´s a wonderful instrument which is ultimately rewarding to use because it´s so musical and so organic-sounding. I never felt too fond of any other famous analogue polysynth like a Jupiter 8, Synthex, Matrix 12, Memory Moog, what have you, after I got a CS80 but I hate the issues it has... I´d never sell mine, I´m happy to own one, but frankly, even though I had it overhauled by a CS expert in The Netherlands, it still isn´t up to where I want it to be. This is quite annoying, especially when you´re using your tools on a semi-pro level.

Stephen

____________________________________________________________________

"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, kicking squealing Gucci little piggy." (Thom Yorke/Radiohead -- "Paranoid Android")

Finally available: Stephen Parsick -- Traces of the Past Redux, reissued with three previously unreleased bonus tracks.

It´s out: [´ramp] & markus reuter -- "ceasing to exist", a gorgeous dark ambient album. available through our webshop at www.doombient.com

For info and audio, please visit the official [´ramp] website at www.doombient.com

----- Original Message -----
From: JH.
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] another problem: everything fading out



>When reading all these reports I´m beginning to feel more and more fed up
>with maintaining my CS... it just is no fun anymore, especially when
> >there´s no happy money to burn on techs or whatever...
>
>Boggles the mind,

Right; but on the other hand, when I received mine, and it was good enough
in tune for playing with heavily PWM'ed sounds at least, I couldn't get my
fingers off of it for two hours. There's not many instruments that do this
for me.

JH.





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I feel exactly the same stephen... mine still has some issues, one
oscillator is still out a semitone or two (really annoying) and i have some
hum issues on the effects section, also my fine tune knob is not working
right and some other little things... but i do love the beast to death..
I plan to get it tolex'd at some point soon and hope to get the remaining
problems resolved at the same time, then ill be a very happy camper..

> It´s a wonderful instrument which is ultimately rewarding to use because it´s so musical and so organic-sounding. I never felt too fond of any other famous analogue polysynth like a Jupiter 8, Synthex, Matrix 12, Memory Moog, what have you, after I got a CS80 but I hate the issues it has... I´d never sell mine, I´m happy to own one, but frankly, even though I had it overhauled by a CS expert in The Netherlands, it still isn´t up to where I want it to be. This is quite annoying, especially when you´re using your tools on a semi-pro level.
>
> Stephen
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> "Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, kicking squealing Gucci little piggy." (Thom Yorke/Radiohead -- "Paranoid Android")
>
> Finally available: Stephen Parsick -- Traces of the Past Redux, reissued with three previously unreleased bonus tracks.
>
> It´s out: [´ramp] & markus reuter -- "ceasing to exist", a gorgeous dark ambient album. available through our webshop at www.doombient.com
>
> For info and audio, please visit the official [´ramp] website at www.doombient.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JH.
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] another problem: everything fading out
>
>
>
> >When reading all these reports I´m beginning to feel more and more fed up
> >with maintaining my CS... it just is no fun anymore, especially when
> > >there´s no happy money to burn on techs or whatever...
> >
> >Boggles the mind,
>
> Right; but on the other hand, when I received mine, and it was good enough
> in tune for playing with heavily PWM'ed sounds at least, I couldn't get my
> fingers off of it for two hours. There's not many instruments that do this
> for me.
>
> JH.
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Regards,
Rob Belcher
www.myspace.com/duplx

Oh I dunno Stephen, I kinda love my Jupe8 as well....!

Cheers,
TOM


--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Wavecomputer360"
<wavecomputer360@...> wrote:

>
>I never felt too fond of any other famous analogue polysynth like a

Jupiter 8,

>
> Stephen