| The CS-80V is the reproduction of the legendary Yamaha˘ç CS-80, which is considered by many as the " ultimate polyphonic synthesizer ".
More than 25 years after its release, the time has come to rediscover a sound that has extensively contributed to the history of music...
From the original myth...
In 1976, Yamaha introduced the CS-80. The price tag ($6,900) put it out of reach of most musicians, and the weight (220 lbs or 100 kg) made it sometimes hard to use on the stage...But the qualities of the CS-80, considered as Japans first great synthesizer, made it immediately famous in the music industry.
The CS-80 was popularised in the late 70's and early 80's by artists and groups like Toto, Jean-Michel Jarre, Keith Emerson, Stevie Wonder or Vangelis, who helped to turn this synthesizer into a real myth.
...to the evolution of the species
The CS-80V offers all the features of the original synth, plus a new generation of innovative features, taking the original design to a new elevated level:
- A modulation matrix
- A multitimbral mode
- An arpeggiator and a stereo delay
But is the sound of the CS-80V really close to the original? We would tend to say yes, as the synthesizer is based on TAE ˘ç, the proprietary technology developed by Arturia, and already successfully used in the Moog Modular V .
Not convinced yet? Just listen to pieces composed with CS-80V.
Features
- Stereo synthesizer
- Polyphonic (8 voices)
- No aliasing from 0.1 Hz to 16 kHz
- 64-bit floating point precision
- Sampling rate: up to 96 kHz
- More than 400 presets, made by professionals
- Playable through a MIDI keyboard
- 2 oscillators
- 4 filters
- 2 LFOs
- 4 ADSR envelopes
- 2 VCAs
- 1 sub-oscillator (for vibrato)
- 1 arpeggiator
- 1 stereo delay
- 1 chorus
- 1 ring modulator
- Expression and sustain pedals
- Ribbon controller
- Polyphonic after touch
- Multi mode (allowing to assign a different sound to each polyphonic voice)
- Modulation matrix: a choice of 12 sources and 38 destinations
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