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Arturia CS80V CS 80 Emulator VSTi (Macintosh and Windows)
Stunningly authentic modeling of the classic Yamaha CS80 supersynth.
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The Arturia CS-80V is the reproduction of the legendary Yamaha(R) 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. In 1976, Yamaha introduced the CS-80. The price tag ($6,900) put it out of reach of most musicians, and the weight (220 lbs or 100 kg) made it sometimes hard to use on the stage...But the qualities of the CS-80, considered as 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 artists and groups like Toto, Jean-Michel Jarre, Keith Emerson, Stevie Wonder or Vangelis, who helped to turn this synthesizer into a real myth.
Features:
Stereo synthesizer
Polyphonic (8 voices)
No aliasing from 0.1 Hz to 16 kHz
64-bit floating point precision
Sampling rate: up to 96 kHz
More than 400 presets, made by professionals
Playable through a MIDI keyboard
2 oscillators
4 filters
2 LFOs
4 ADSR envelopes
2 VCAs
1 sub-oscillator (for vibrato)
1 arpeggiator
1 stereo delay
1 chorus
1 ring modulator
Expression and sustain pedals
Ribbon controller
Polyphonic after touch
Multi mode (allowing to assign a different sound to each polyphonic voice)
Modulation matrix: a choice of 12 sources and 38 destinations
The CS-80V offers all the features of the original synth, plus a new generation of innovative features, taking the original design to a new elevated level:
- A modulation matrix
- A multitimbral mode
- An arpeggiator and a stereo delay
But is the sound of the CS-80V really close to the original? We would tend to say yes, as the synthesizer is based on TAE(R), the proprietary technology developed by Arturia, and already successfully used in the Moog Modular V.
PC :
Pentium II 500 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP
MAC :
G3 500 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, MacOS 9.x, Mac OS X 10.2
Sound Card :
Any sound card compatible with DirectX, ASIO, SoundManager or CoreAudio
A 260-paged paper manual is provided in 3 languages: French, English and Japanese.
Copy protection: the installation CD is only required each time you want to import new banks of presets or when you install an update patch of the product.
iLok compatible
Features:
Stereo synthesizer
Polyphonic (8 voices)
No aliasing from 0.1 Hz to 16 kHz
64-bit floating point precision
Sampling rate: up to 96 kHz
More than 400 presets, made by professionals
Playable through a MIDI keyboard
2 oscillators
4 filters
2 LFOs
4 ADSR envelopes
2 VCAs
1 sub-oscillator (for vibrato)
1 arpeggiator
1 stereo delay
1 chorus
1 ring modulator
Expression and sustain pedals
Ribbon controller
Polyphonic after touch
Multi mode (allowing to assign a different sound to each polyphonic voice)
Modulation matrix: a choice of 12 sources and 38 destinations
The CS-80V offers all the features of the original synth, plus a new generation of innovative features, taking the original design to a new elevated level:
- A modulation matrix
- A multitimbral mode
- An arpeggiator and a stereo delay
But is the sound of the CS-80V really close to the original? We would tend to say yes, as the synthesizer is based on TAE(R), the proprietary technology developed by Arturia, and already successfully used in the Moog Modular V.
Technical Info
Required ConfigurationPC :
Pentium II 500 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP
MAC :
G3 500 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, MacOS 9.x, Mac OS X 10.2
Sound Card :
Any sound card compatible with DirectX, ASIO, SoundManager or CoreAudio
A 260-paged paper manual is provided in 3 languages: French, English and Japanese.
Copy protection: the installation CD is only required each time you want to import new banks of presets or when you install an update patch of the product.
iLok compatible
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Arturia CS80V CS 80 Emulator VSTi (Macintosh and Windows) Reviews
9 out of 10
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"Tremendous sound and great value"
Feature:
Everything the CSV80 has and more with plug and play convinience.
Quality:
I've been running multiple instance for hours a day for weeks and never found a glitch in the software. One minor hitch with the documentation: the manual is fat and full of info but there must have been some changes to the patch names since it was printed as names and paths have changed and you'll have to do some hunting to find what you're looking for in the tutorial docs. I couldn't find an updated manual online. If you're tri-lingual you're in luck as the standard book is presented in English, French and Japanese.
Value:
1/20th the price of a nuts and bolts CSV80 and way easier to lug around. There's no excuse not to buy this one (you hackers know what I'm talking about). Please support the guys who made this so they can continue making great products for us.
Desirability:
It's an ugly digital clone but that's due to the fact it's a digital replica of the original with all it's green and red sliders. She may not be pretty but she's got a great personality and she's got it where it counts - THE SOUND
Sound:
The CS80V churns out great analog sound, fat, lush and crystal clear; from rich, bottomless basses to blistering, soaring leads, frenetic ARPs and complex EFX this is a great VST to add to your sound pallet.
Support:
Good downloads available from the web site for extra patches but no additional info on the synth or programming and I have to take points off for no downloadable manual.
Overall:
The CS80V is a great synth if you want the classic analogue sounds, more powerful than the Minimoog V and Prophet 53 and easier to tweak out than the Moog Modular V (all, also good VST synths). If you only want or can afford one this is a great choice. I have Triton Studio, Virus KC and Andromeda A6 and the CS80V gives me sounds I can't get with any of them. I'm constantly searching for great tones and the SC80V is all about great sound. Highly recommended.
Everything the CSV80 has and more with plug and play convinience.
Quality:
I've been running multiple instance for hours a day for weeks and never found a glitch in the software. One minor hitch with the documentation: the manual is fat and full of info but there must have been some changes to the patch names since it was printed as names and paths have changed and you'll have to do some hunting to find what you're looking for in the tutorial docs. I couldn't find an updated manual online. If you're tri-lingual you're in luck as the standard book is presented in English, French and Japanese.
Value:
1/20th the price of a nuts and bolts CSV80 and way easier to lug around. There's no excuse not to buy this one (you hackers know what I'm talking about). Please support the guys who made this so they can continue making great products for us.
Desirability:
It's an ugly digital clone but that's due to the fact it's a digital replica of the original with all it's green and red sliders. She may not be pretty but she's got a great personality and she's got it where it counts - THE SOUND
Sound:
The CS80V churns out great analog sound, fat, lush and crystal clear; from rich, bottomless basses to blistering, soaring leads, frenetic ARPs and complex EFX this is a great VST to add to your sound pallet.
Support:
Good downloads available from the web site for extra patches but no additional info on the synth or programming and I have to take points off for no downloadable manual.
Overall:
The CS80V is a great synth if you want the classic analogue sounds, more powerful than the Minimoog V and Prophet 53 and easier to tweak out than the Moog Modular V (all, also good VST synths). If you only want or can afford one this is a great choice. I have Triton Studio, Virus KC and Andromeda A6 and the CS80V gives me sounds I can't get with any of them. I'm constantly searching for great tones and the SC80V is all about great sound. Highly recommended.
Submitted: 12/24/2004
9 out of 10
"CS-80v is hands-down the best sounding 'analog' VSTi going right now.."
Feature:
The Multi-mode and matrix-mod sections are great enhancements to the original...and don't detract from the feel of the original if you don't wish to use them.
Quality:
My only genuine complaint about the product is nothing terribly new to software... a few little buggy things that could use some working out.. and in fairness, Arturia seem decent in their support for fixes/upgrades. I give a '7' because bugs are still bugs...
Value:
This thing sounds so good I use it almost exclusively right now in projects. I have an MS-20 and MS-50 combo but am preferring my CS-80v at the moment. When you consider what you get for the price of say, a casio keyboard this thing is in my opinion hands down the best value on the synth market today. If your 'puter is strong enough this thing can *easily* fill all of your analog polysynth needs
Desirability:
softsynths just keep getting sexier and sexier... where's it gonna stop???
Sound:
This things sounds damn awesome. I used to play a bit on a CS50 and CS60 (though only once on the original CS80..and that was YEARS ago) Arturia have nailed the 'feel' and sound of the machine.
Support:
No opinion
Overall:
Anything else I get will be supplemental. The CS-80v will be my main analog synth for some time...but then, I was always a sucker for the Vangelis sound... :-)
The Multi-mode and matrix-mod sections are great enhancements to the original...and don't detract from the feel of the original if you don't wish to use them.
Quality:
My only genuine complaint about the product is nothing terribly new to software... a few little buggy things that could use some working out.. and in fairness, Arturia seem decent in their support for fixes/upgrades. I give a '7' because bugs are still bugs...
Value:
This thing sounds so good I use it almost exclusively right now in projects. I have an MS-20 and MS-50 combo but am preferring my CS-80v at the moment. When you consider what you get for the price of say, a casio keyboard this thing is in my opinion hands down the best value on the synth market today. If your 'puter is strong enough this thing can *easily* fill all of your analog polysynth needs
Desirability:
softsynths just keep getting sexier and sexier... where's it gonna stop???
Sound:
This things sounds damn awesome. I used to play a bit on a CS50 and CS60 (though only once on the original CS80..and that was YEARS ago) Arturia have nailed the 'feel' and sound of the machine.
Support:
No opinion
Overall:
Anything else I get will be supplemental. The CS-80v will be my main analog synth for some time...but then, I was always a sucker for the Vangelis sound... :-)
Submitted: 04/25/2004
Style of Music: whatever the project requires...
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