Thanks for the info - very helpful and appreciated. had hoped to hear that it was on a par with the Xpander but seemingly not.

@Sir ruff - accept online demos are useful, but there's not substitute from hearing the thoughts of actual users (that's what forums are for )

I've been contemplating getting an Oberheim Matrix 6 for years, and they seem to go for good prices these days, but always back off from it because I just don't know enough about the instrument, and it looks like there's too much writing on the control panel and not enough live controls. Does anyone...

You know what? The number of views of this thread is quite interesting and in itself may suggest a healthy interest in the return of instruments like the CS80! The interest - even if just curiosity for most - is similar to the 'interest' shown in similar threads prior tot he actual release of the li...

I own a Jupiter 6 and I love it. It's rock solid, got buckets of options and capability, absolutely classic Roland sound. I have a prophet T8 too and love it - but find that because of the lay out of the control surface I tend not to experiment as much with it as I do with the J6. The J6 overflows w...

hmmm - but - who, ten years ago, would have imagines: dozens of modular synth companies, prophet12, family of moog mono synths, arturia mini brute, korg analogue range, ..... - there's something new and exciting happening that looks like all types of synths finding their place and market - so why no...

Oh yes - thanks shaft9000 for picking up on that and clarifying it - genuinely appreciated. I was ambiguous. Arturia software engineers (software programmers did a stunning job !!). It's the preset designers / programmers I was suggesting might not have been CS80 users - virtually none of the preset...

I think Automatic Gainsay you are being too cautious and precious about the original. It's basic sonic character is quite OK - but noting special - and I've heard quite influential CS80 owners and players even say "underwhelming"!. As indicated in a post further up, it's the particular design, layou...

But there is no point making a "modern cs-80" that doesn't sound and work exactly like the old CS-80. Then you might aswell buy Arturias CS-80V for 130 bucks. Or the Origin keyboard with all the presets and controls in there. That's because the programmers Arturia used know, or seem to know, very l...

I've always disliked Kraftwerk; and the video shown here only compounds that feeling. Absolutely depressing. I feel they are the biggest con going. They are doing absolutely nothing on stage. I'm being earnest about that and not trolling to trying to provoke. I cannot for the life of me see, or hear...

Really interesting replies. Seems to be a fair split between yes and no - though the number of views and replies to the thread show a fair amount of basic interest! I own a few prisine CS80s ( :-) ). And I have to say there's nothing like it. Polyphonic aftertocuh, the ring modulator, the 20 perform...

If Yamaha re-released the CS80, would you buy one?

What's the maximum (realistic) price you'd pay?

But I'd want to be a fly infected with the ebola virus

Justin Bieber

Thanks! It's an amazing bass sound, and line. And there's quite a lot going on - vibrato, some pitch bending,... A great bass part.

Anyone know what synth Jarre used on Equinoxe Part VII for the bass part? Is it an ARP2600?