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The CS-80
The CS-80 was made popular in the late 70's and early 80's by a number of pop groups,
including Electric Light Orchestra, Toto, Paul McCartney and Wings. Other artists and
bands like Vangelis, Bon Jovi, Jean-Michel Jarre, Geoffrey Down, Stevie Wonder and
some others managed to turn the CS-80 into a real myth.
Let us quote Matt Friedmann from the Vintage Synth Explorer website: «No synth sounds
greater. The best examples for its extremely fat sound are 'Blade Runner', 'Mask', or
'Bounty' by Vangelis as well as 'Dune' by Toto. (...)
With two analog oscillators per voice, the CS-80 has the potential for some really phat
sounds! A great VCF filter with independent hi pass and low pass resonant filters, a
powerful ring modulator and plenty of modulation controls further enhance the CS-80's
sonic potential. There are 22 preset sounds (6 user) selected from bright and ugly
colored buttons above the keyboard. The keyboard is weighted and has a full 61 keys
with performance controllers for vibrato, pitch, brightness and volume. Surprisingly
there's also a ribbon controller for the pitch-bending. There is no MIDI or cv/gate.»
The first edition of the service manual has a lot of hand-drawn pages, including the main
panel layout.
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ARTURIA – CS-80V – USER'S MANUAL
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