The CS80 fitted the age.
It had a stage gravitas unmatched at the time, and it made some fantastic noises.
Early guitarists speak of the reverence reserved for guitarists with Strats imported from the States. The CS80 did something similar. You have to admire Yamaha’s aprroach and dedication to improving the human machine interface.
A total bastard to lug onto a stage.
Vangelis used two of them…
What do people think of pitch ribbon implementations in regard to this thread?
MIDI is the absolute lowest common denominator.
It even comes with it’s own physical layer.
My favourite hero, the disinterested musical user, likes 5 Din pin connectors.
By the time you’ve booted the PC and discussed Macs versus PC versus Roland, versus Korg…,
the Rig is done.
We build superb devices, cheaply, repeatably and with massive attention to detail.
The open source element is how, outside of two engineers talking in a pub you avoid Manufacturers, understandable, vested interests.
