The CS-80V from Arturia is a virtual reproduction of the legendary Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, considered by many as the ultimate polyphonic synthesizer. The CS-80 was introduced in 1976, and the price tag of $6,900 meant it was out of reach of most musicians. The 220 lbs. weight also made it sometimes hard to use on the stage, but the qualities of the instrument, considered as Japans first great synthesizer, made it immediately famous in the music industry.
The CS-80V offers all the features of the original synthesizer, plus some innovative features, taking the original design to a new elevated level. A modulation matrix provides a choice of 12 sources and 38 destinations. Also new are a multi-timbral mode, an arpeggiator and a stereo delay. The plug-in comes loaded with more than 400 presets made by a selection of talented sound designers.
The CS-80 was popularized in the late 70's and early 80's by artists and groups that include Toto, Jean-Michel Jarre, Keith Emerson, Stevie Wonder and Vangelis.
CS-80V functions as follows:
- Stand-alone under ASIO, Core Audio or DirectSound
- Plug-in for applications supporting VST, AU, HTDM and RTAS for Mac OS X
- Plug-in for applications supporting VST, HTDM, RTAS and MAS for Mac OS 9
- Plug-in for applications supporting VST, HTDM, RTAS and DXi for Windows XP
Key Features
- Stereo recreation of Yamaha's famous CV-80 synthesizer
- Comes with over 400 presets
- Operates with sampling rates up to 96kHz
- 2 oscillators, 4 filters, 2 LFOs, 4 ADSR envelopes and 2 VCAs
- Polyphonic after touch
- Ribbon controller
- 64-bit floating point precision
Voices- 8
Sounds -More than 400 presets
Effects- Delay and chorus
Output -ASIO, DirectX and Core Audio
Requirements
G3500 MHz
OS 9.x or OS X 10.2
128MB of RAM
ASIO, Core Audio or Sound Manager compatible sound card
Pentium II 500MHz
Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP
128MB of RAM
ASIO or DirectX compatible sound card
Specialties Multi mode allows the user to assign a different sound to each polyphonic voice
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