Arturia CS-80V2 Virtual Synthesizer

CS-80V2 Virtual Synthesizer description:

The Arturia CS80V2 is the reproduction of the legendary Yamaha® CS-80, which was considered by many as the "ultimate polyphonic synthesizer", back in the late 70’s.

In 1976, Yamaha introduced the CS-80, a synthesizer based on the same circuits as the GX1. The price tag ($6900) put it out of the reach of most musicians, and the weight (83kgs with stand) made it sometimes hard to use on stage. But the qualities of this synthesizer, considered Japans first great synthesizer, made it immediately famous in the Music Industry.

The CS-80 was popularised 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 turned the CS-80 into a real myth.

The main features of the Arturia CS80V2 include:

• All the original parameters of the Yamaha CS-80: 2 oscillators, 4 filters (high pass, low pass), 2 LFOs, 4 envelopes, 2 VCAs, 1 sub-oscillator (LFO), 1 ring modulator, chorus and tremolo
• New effect: Delay
• New Multi Mode: assign a different sound to each of the 8 voices of polyphony!
• New Modulation Matrix with 12 sources to modulate a choice of 38 destination parameters
• More than 400 presets made by a selection of the most famous sound designers
• Polyphonic aftertouch
• 1 Arpeggiator
• Expression and sustain pedals
• Ribbon controller
• No aliasing from 0.1 Hz to 16 kHz
• 64-bit floating point precision
• Sampling rate: up to 96 kHz
• Switch to Syncrosoft copy protection
• VCF audio quality improvements
• Ring modulator audio quality improvements
• A revolutionary preset navigation system called the SoundMap
• Lower CPU utilization on Mac OSX
• Better Audio Unit compatibility (Digital Performer most notably)
• Ability to use NRPN midi messages for automation
• Better handling of control surfaces while changing preset
• New presets added
• Midi RPN "pitch bend range" message is now recognized
• Bug fixes