Recently purchased a CS-60 and had it fully restored. It truly has the magic, heart, and soul of the CS-80 and this demo absolutely shows that. Great job!
My father has own this marvelous piece of instrument, he bought it brand new from USA back in 1977, i was 6 years old when i was first layed my little fingers on this beauty...Thank you for this video!
Love these synths! The Yamaha CS line always sounded as if they'd had a bit too much to drink with that wobbly sound. To me, that, and their expressiveness is one of the things that set them apart from the others.
She is alive indeed... Indeed, she trembles with emotion under your delicate touch. Very beautiful melodies and expressive and delicate use of this instrument's legendary aftertouch. I have really enjoyed listening to this, thank you for sharing it. I look forward to listening to more of your work going forward. 😊
This is such a great demo. Wonderful performance. Your CS sounds beautiful. I'm dying to get mine back into the same spec! The CS60/80 has a magic about it that compares to no other synth. Genuinely sounds like it's alive. Thank you for this performance, so nice to hear.
Come on Behringer hurry up and don't mess this up. Out of all the remakes of classic Instruments this Is the most Important and will be the hardest challenge.
Unfortunately B'ger is the last company I'd trust to land a poly-CS anywhere near the neighborhood of "right". Just the calibration before it left the factory was an hours-long job on the originals.
@@shaft9000 they’ll do what they always do and everyone will love it and the originals will continue to appreciate in value to an irrational degree, but you’re right it will be sub par
A fine session, m8! Simmering/purring/clitoral-stimuli from 20-23min. I'll have to look into the LED mod, thx. Nice power-switch ya have there, too haha ;o) Love LOVE my CS60 so much. Other synths can respond to a player, but this goes beyond that, and into the realm of _a conversation._ In some ways the polyCS hasn't been bettered in 45+ years, and will never be duplicated 1:1 ever again.
dman030 The frenzied smiling cult waits with baited breath to see if Behringer can pull it off. If they nail it, get ready for another spate of Blade Runner emulations. You seldom see really nice original works like is on display here. The benchmark is so high, I think people are afraid to
I have two CS-80’s. If I played them simultaneously I probably couldn’t get them to sound as full, rich, and inspired as you do. Very satisfying experience to hear you play. Subscribed! Curious, you don’t happen to have an IG00158/M51628p waveshaper chip you’d sell me? I hate having them sit, as neither are 100% at the moment.
Thanks man!! I have no spare chips unfortunately - but there is talk of molecular 3d printing .. who knows, in the near future these rare Yamaha chips could be 3d printed and become available again
@@Metralon maybe some new synths could be built because the new stuff is just horrible end to end it is horrible it all sounds similar using similar manufacturing technique, no personality only imitation and the imitation not good and that's not even getting to flat mushy digital with the digital tricks and "features" it is no good for sound source.
Where did you find the Queen (CS80 is her king!). I was fortunate to be able to play on a CS80 for a minute or two back in the 80's. This was great. Thank you very much for sharing it with us plebians. .Namaste
Found her in a store years ago. When I powered her up for the first time, nothing came out but noise, hiss, bleeps .. Luckily all of the rare Yamaha chips turned out to be ok and fully working. Namaste
@@tears_of_heck You can find the service manual online and start from there. Study it for a while before you begin; there's a lot in there. A fascinating synth really. Also make sure to look up the CS60 restoration video's from a user called "GOLT !" here on RU-vid. It is a 3-part series; he does an excellent job explaining the basics and overall setup. Now, every CS60 or CS80 is a different story as decades of use or non-use, and varied states of preservation or neglection, have divided them into a wide variety of survivors in every shape and form. Also every situation is different from a user point of view ==> I am a musician first and I didn't want to be tinkering with this every other weekend. So I did a complete overhaul. I did a full recap from the get go and replaced all logical chips. That eliminated a lot of trouble down the line. I had good reason to do this as she had been sitting at the seller's location unused for who knows how long. When powered up the first time, nothing came out but hiss and blips and noise. So I went all in with the recap and logical chips replacement. If yours is already working fine, that's a completely different situation. In my case; whatever challenges were left after the recap etc. were a matter of tracing down the error, reading the schematics, and figuring it out. At least I knew at that point that the basics like caps and logical chips were fine. Usually what would give in next is opamps. Or one of the synths signature chips. So I narrowed down possible faults that way. I remember one of the most mysterious errors turned out to be a single faulty cable connection from the KAS board. All that to say: there are no steps really. Just use common sense and a basic understanding of electronics. For most it is better to hire a professional. If you're good at soldering and electronics, it's a compelling journey. Good luck.
How much would it cost to refurbish one like you did? I have one and it’s in good working order but I like the idea of replacing all the parts that can go bad
Not so long ago I was in your position. If you think it is impossible, YOU are the first obstacle . Change the thought "I can not afford this" into: "How can I afford this." You will find a way - if you really want it. Good luck mate.
