Yamaha CS80

Happy New Year everyone!

Here's a challenge to start the year. I was sorting out a of ton of
files on my PC and found some MIDIs of Eddie Jobson/UK. I just
uploaded the files "Presto Vivace and Reprise.mp3" and "presto.mid" to
the Files/PRESTO page on Yahoo. Someone did a lot of work creating
the MIDI file. However, the sounds, especially the ones that are
supposed to be CS-80 (all the keyboard parts) are totally wrong. The
mp3 file is what it really sounds like.

So, who can take the MIDI file and use the appropriate track to play a
MIDIed CS-80 or the CS80v software and get the sounds right to match
the mp3 file? Of course, if you play really well you could record the
part live. I'd love to hear what people come up with! Any takers?
Please upload your results to the PRESTO folder and let us know.

David

Hello everybody!

I have been lurking on this list for a while and feel it was time to start
posting :)

Don't own a CS-80 yet, though I'm sure I will one day.
But recently got a CS-50 off ebay, and will have it in my posession later
this week.
Was thinking about adding CV and gate inputs, or having them added since I'm
not very experienced with a solder iron :)
Does anybody know someone in Holland that has experience in
servicing/modding a Yamaha CS?
Beleive I read about a man doing this once but can't find it anymore.
Also does anybody know where I can find the CS-50 manual and perhaps also
service manual, or is anybody willing to copy them? (will pay for this
offcourse)
Thanks in advance for any help.

BTW I know an unbeleivably great CS-80 double album :) (if not the greatest
of all times)
Wanted to say this for some time allready because nobody seems to have
noticed it.
Selected Ambient Works volume II - Aphex Twin !
I'm 99% sure most of it is a CS-80. And some twisted samples run through
what sounds like a VCS3?

Cheers,

Marcel de Velde

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No sir, not buying that Aphex Twin reference, unless it comes right from RDJ himself. I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Maybe my old ears are bad or I have been reading in the wrong places, but I've always heard SH-101, CZ-101, MS-20, TR-808, TR-606 and a variety of cheap delays and reverbs in his early stuff.

Anyone got the truth on this?

Pat


In a message dated 1/4/2005 9:18:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Marcel de Velde" <mdevelde_laptop@...> writes:

>
>Hello everybody!
>
>I have been lurking on this list for a while and feel it was time to start
>posting :)
>
>Don't own a CS-80 yet, though I'm sure I will one day.
>But recently got a CS-50 off ebay, and will have it in my posession later
>this week.
>Was thinking about adding CV and gate inputs, or having them added since I'm
>not very experienced with a solder iron :)
>Does anybody know someone in Holland that has experience in
>servicing/modding a Yamaha CS?
>Beleive I read about a man doing this once but can't find it anymore.
>Also does anybody know where I can find the CS-50 manual and perhaps also
>service manual, or is anybody willing to copy them? (will pay for this
>offcourse)
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>BTW I know an unbeleivably great CS-80 double album :) (if not the greatest
>of all times)
>Wanted to say this for some time allready because nobody seems to have
>noticed it.
>Selected Ambient Works volume II - Aphex Twin !
>I'm 99% sure most of it is a CS-80. And some twisted samples run through
>what sounds like a VCS3?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Marcel de Velde
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Spreek vrienden en familie met MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, enmach@a... wrote:

> No sir, not buying that Aphex Twin reference, unless it comes right

from RDJ himself...

An even less reliable source!

To the original poster... if you think that a CS sounds like a CZ-101
through a dying
digitech reverb then I think that you are going to be pleasantly
surprised.

Bert Vermeulen, Marc Paping, en / of Sint Eric (van Baaren) misschien.

Stephen


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcel de Velde" <mdevelde_laptop@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] My first CS (50)


>
> Hello everybody!
>
> I have been lurking on this list for a while and feel it was time to start
> posting :)
>
> Don't own a CS-80 yet, though I'm sure I will one day.
> But recently got a CS-50 off ebay, and will have it in my posession later
> this week.
> Was thinking about adding CV and gate inputs, or having them added since
I'm
> not very experienced with a solder iron :)
> Does anybody know someone in Holland that has experience in
> servicing/modding a Yamaha CS?
> Beleive I read about a man doing this once but can't find it anymore.
> Also does anybody know where I can find the CS-50 manual and perhaps also
> service manual, or is anybody willing to copy them? (will pay for this
> offcourse)
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> BTW I know an unbeleivably great CS-80 double album :) (if not the
greatest
> of all times)
> Wanted to say this for some time allready because nobody seems to have
> noticed it.
> Selected Ambient Works volume II - Aphex Twin !
> I'm 99% sure most of it is a CS-80. And some twisted samples run through
> what sounds like a VCS3?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcel de Velde
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Spreek vrienden en familie met MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Hi Marcel, welcome!

Enjoy your CS-50. My CS-50 gets constant use in both my studio and in my live rig.

Kenton still has CV/GATE kits for the CS series, though they are quite pricey:

http://www.kentonuk.com/products/retro_kits.shtml

Let us know how your mod goes.

-Jim
www.touchxtone.com

Hi Pat and rreprobate :)
You should give selected ambient works II a listen it is not at all
like his music before or after. Defenately not a cz-101 and a
digitech reverb hehe.
Really almost sure it's mostly cs-80 and a lexicon 224 reverb, some
sound are very typical and i would know of no other way to make them
than with a cs-80. It's the most organic record i've ever heard. The
music that comes closest i think is Brian Eno's Ambient 4 - On land,
but selected ambient works II goes much further where Eno left off
imho.

Stephen and Jim, thanks for the names and info!
Will contact them and will let you all know how the mod turns out.
Was thinking it would be nicer to add gates and v/hz cv and a cv for
the aftertouch and an encore expressionist midi to cv instead of the
expensive kenton kit. Not only for the costs but also because it's
semi modular that way and i can hook it up to my other analogues or
play it in unison, maybe figure out a way to do microtuning, and
things like that :)
btw does anybody know a way to do microtuning in this setup? Is it
possible through midi or is there a module from one of the modulars
to process the cv's, or should i just bug encore electronics to
implement this in their midi to cv converter?
If it's not possible by manipulating midi data in for instance
cubase etc then i think a manufacturer of midi converters should be
smart and implement this, would be the easyest place to implement
it, and would do music a lot of good, all old analogs would have
instant microtuning! Would be a giant spiritual leap forward for
western music hehe ;)

Cheers,
Marcel

I believe the Kenton mods are strictly midi and in this case don't give you
anything but note in at least on the CS80.

I was interested in CV myself, especially given the control capabilities of
these synths, however my understanding is that is actually harder to modify
for CV than for midi.

Does anyone in fact have such a CV mod on CS80 or others? I would be
surprised.