Yamaha CS and midi

otto · Post by **otto** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:20 am

Awesome I didn't realize the bass station had the capability. I'll consider going with the Kenton in the future.

What is RFM madtheory?

Ski · Post by **Ski** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:44 am

I have a CS-30L that literally looks (and works) brand new. After it warms up for several minutes, the tuning is unbelievably rock solid for an all analog synth.

I never realized that the Kenton units provided an extra LFO(s). Thanks for the info; will have to look into that!

cbjlietuva · Post by **cbjlietuva** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:58 am

Another vote for Kenton.

I love my Pro2000 for my sequencing purposes, so the proSolo should be great. Personally i'm not a fan of the CS15's circuit design which overrides the the portamento when you plug into the CV jacks for each VCO, mainly because I like the CS's portamento more than the Kenton's

Otto, I think RFM stands for Rack Format Module... i think

Doepfer makes their CV->MIDI converter in a rack format and in their eurorack format as well. as for the kenton, at least with the Pro2000, you can get rack ears for it, but i'm not tooo sure about the PROsolo just because the display and everything is on the top of the unit.

wvcttr · Post by **wvcttr** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:38 am

Waldorf Pulse Plus also lets you control a Yamaha CS synth. At least, I used to run my CS-5 with my Pulse+... but, then, I sold my CS-5... I miss my CS-5

(notice how I still call it _my_ CS-5... * sigh * )

watari banzai · Post by **watari banzai** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:43 am

theres also the midijack comes in both flavors but it will necessitate hacking into your synth

Post by **Mixolydian** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:42 am

Ski wrote:I have a CS-30L that literally looks (and works) brand new. After it warms up for several minutes, the tuning is unbelievably rock solid for an all analog synth.

Oooooh, a CS-30L! I played one of those about a year ago. Talk about knobs! I'd love to find one.

I do have a CS-10 though and quite like it. I was also thinking about a midi / cv box or possibly the conversion kit from Synhouse, the Midijack II. Anyone try it? http://www.synhouse.com/midijackii.html

Post by **madtheory** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:53 am

RFM- Read the "damn" manual

cbjlietuva wrote:I like the CS's portamento more than the Kenton's

That's why the mark 2 has more portamento options- constant time, constant rate etc. I like the mark 1 constant time more than the CS's. maybe you should upgrade to mark 2?

Ya, the LFO is excellent- lots of shapes, MIDI sync with all possible rhythmic divisions. The aux CV is a great feature- for about a tenner you can put a filter CV on the CS. The 5 and 10 have nice keyboards but little or no genuinely playable mod controls like the CS-60/ 70/ 80.

With a nice keyboard and the Kenton, they become far more playable instruments.

cbjlietuva · Post by **cbjlietuva** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:28 pm

madtheory wrote:RFM- Read the "damn" manual

cbjlietuva wrote:I like the CS's portamento more than the Kenton's
That's why the mark 2 has more portamento options- constant time, constant rate etc. I like the mark 1 constant time more than the CS's. maybe you should upgrade to mark 2?

i might... do they still offer the firmware upgrade? or do I just need to get a new Mk II?

otto · Post by **otto** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:24 pm

madtheory wrote:RFM- Read the "damn" manual

I did after it was pointed out.

I knew it had CV but having never used CV and finding out the CS line had a strange, lesser used systems (hz/volt) I a*s-umed I wasn't covered with the Bass Station. I don't think I can say it enough but a bass station is a real value in so many ways and it really doesn't sound bad either.

Post by **madtheory** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:31 pm

Ya, the bass station is a cool synth.

cbjlietuva wrote:i might... do they still offer the firmware upgrade? or do I just need to get a new Mk II?

Unfortunately, you need to buy a Mk 2.