CS60 Mod
2005-08-12 by matrixsynth
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew more about the following mod: http://www.matrixsynth.com/CS60mod.gif. The 8/4 switch changes it to a 4 voice synth with 2 OSCs per voice. The other switches seem to allow some sort of hold function; if you have one switched down you can play a note a few times and it will hold so you can play along on other synths. Unfortunately if you try to play along on the CS60 itself, the note being held will eventually be replaced with another note you played - the magic number of notes to change the held note seems to me 3 or 4 notes with 4 more often. It's really odd. Twisting any of the tune knobs next to them will adjust the tuning of the note. The tune knob next to the 8/4 switch seems to offset the tuning of the OSCs until they come back an octave or so higher, it's an interesting effect. The other knobs seems to affect tunning as you play as well. They have slightly different effects on tuning as if the right knob has more of an effect on the right of the keyboard while the center knob has more of an effect on the left, however both affect the entire range with the switches off while only their respective range with the switch on and the note held. It's odd. Note that the two center switches have a label of AUX. I still need to experiment with all of this. Just curious if someone out there knows exactly what this mod is supposed to do other than the obvious doubling of voices. I feel like I'm staring through a fence that looks focused but a little off only to find that my persepective was off and the fence is actually further away (that stereograph effect). Also, there is a 1/4" CV and Trig on the back. One of my guesses is that these are ins so you can trigger it from a sequencer and play with the switches and knobs. Kind of like you would with the individual voices of a Mono/Poly.