The Arturia CS-80V is the reproduction of the legendary Yamaha CS-80, which is considered by many as the ultimate polyphonic synthesizer. More than 25 years after its release, the time has come to rediscover a sound that has extensively contributed to the history of music.
The main features of the Arturia CS-80V 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
- Works as a standalone program, VST, RTAS or Audio Unit
The technical requirements for running the Arturia CS-80V are:
- Windows: Windows 2000/XP/Vista with 512 MB RAM; 1,5 GHz CPU
- Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher and Universal Binary with 512 MB RAM; 1,5 GHz CPU
Arturia CS80V (code 19147)
virtual instrument software: Yamaha CS80 V synthesizer, synth modelling plug in
£144.35 (inc vat)