It's supposed to be nothing like a CS-80, if anything it's more like the spiritual successor of the SY77 and SY99 which also had a combination of FM synthesis and samples.colmon wrote:I spent 10 minutes with the Montage yesterday, very cold and digital sounding, plastic-y and fake like a soft synth. Doesn't have the 3D warmth and ballsiness and sheer rugged manliness of a Yahama CD-80.
Except you're forgetting that Yamaha makes a lot more than just synths...colmon wrote:they'd surely be a more successful company!