Yamaha CS-80 - The Goss Demo

Eli Goss sits down and plays our Yamaha CS-80 Synthesizer paired with a Meris Hedra and DBA Rooms reverb.
This short demo captures some ambient sounds from the CS-80, and is part of a series of videos we will be posting showing off other sound types and playing styles.

[@tomfenn7149]

No other analogue can touch a the expressive beauty of a CS-80 which is remarkable when one considers how old it is and how many polyphonic instruments have been designed, built and released, worldwide from other manufacturers. Even from Yamaha themselves.

[@Jefflantern483]

The holy grail of synthesizers the magnificent Yamaha CS-80 & just love the sound from the CS-80! 🎵🎵🎵🙂

[@tobygordon]

Such great playing! Beautiful

[@TonyAndersonMusic]

You could sell this video of the CS80 on reverb to someone for $20k.

[@anti-foundation7757]

A beauty, so inspiring, you guys do such great work 😻 can’t wait to pick up our babies currently in the shop!

[@skrie]

Fantastic sounds and playing.

[@galaxiesmerge_original]

I’m eagerly waiting for Rob Rosen to complete the work on my CS80 which you can see on KZbin as GalaxiesMerge CS80. A great instrument. Once I get it back, I will update a new video of it.

[@neonether]

Follow up on this comment! Eagerly awaiting! :D

[@ALFA8902]

Hey i Remember your old demo of your cs80 it was incredible

[@Slurkz]

Beautiful ❤ Thanks!

[@Michael_Geyre]

Very good demo !!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Magnificent! 😎

[@MarcasLancaster]

Lovely moments in sound captured here. What a wonderful sounding instrument. I came here to verify my interest in Black Corporation’s ‘Deckard’s Dream’ and I’m definitely buying one now.

[@jaylloyd7246]

Brilliant that !

[@NicoHolloman]

absolutely gorgeous. This synth has so much movement and soul. Nothing these days comes close

[@reecedeyoung6595]

Black corporation

[@neonether]

@@reecedeyoung6595 Black Corp's DD comes damn close. I've only played on a CS 80 once, and subsequently got a DD. WIsh it had the ring mod, but in itself is electrifying and hair raising...let's call it a CS 79!

[@reecedeyoung6595]

@@neonether you can buy the ring mod as a separate module

[@neonether]

@@reecedeyoung6595 not anymore 😭 would have been cool if it came with the synth at the time of my purchase. If it pops up I’ll def be getting it.

[@Jack-vl3mu]

Native Instruments "Massive"

[@galaxiesmerge_original]

Nice - just saw this!

[@tektitestomp240p8]

dad: why are you crying so damn loud me: Yamaha CS-80 - The Goss Demo 1:19

[@bcbudrecords]

Cheers !

[@Gear4musicSynthsTech]

4:02 is wonderful!

[@karanjeet-ne1qk]

great

[@bjunk5344]

I purchased the cs6x for $500 and it came with 2 plug in cards (PLG 150AN and PLG 150 PF) I wish I got the DX and XG cards instead. To acquire them is way too much now. It would be cheaper to buy software synths.

[@goodman1127]

Yamaha is Yamaha

[@AETHERIUS001]

¿Los efectos de reverberación y eco son añadidos desde fuera o los traía de fábrica el CS80?, gracias.

[@lashtal]

For those unable to shell out 100k, check out a free VST called "Arminator II", a CS-80 digital clone. I like it better than Arturia's, and other company's paid versions.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

Man that's so crazy just before the pandemic started maybe just 2 and a half years ago you could buy a CS80 for 20K - 30K and you could get a Jupiter 8 for 14K - 18k. It's Insane how everyone jumped the prices for vintage synths , I really doubt they're even selling for 100K , unless people are artificially boosting In some scam.

[@curtis8516]

It is totally mind-boggling as to why this synthesizer isn't being re-issued.

[@RosenSound]

Reissuing a CS-80 would be a massive undertaking. There are hundreds of VCA's and while surely much of it could be taken over by an MCU, it would lose a lot of the soul that makes it what it is!

[@curtis8516]

@@RosenSound Hmm, that's a good point. But the following it has and the money they'd make, I am confident it would sell and make profit. Nevertheless, nice video, as I forgot to put!

[@mrkitty777]

It's approximated with digital software plugins though. It in software tries mimick analog electronics. The commodore c64 sid chip from 1982 with 3 voices only and analog electronics even nowadays cannot be fully emulated though. So if a simple 3 voice analog chip is so difficult to emulate it's logical most musicians started using purely digital sound instruments. I am of the synthesizer era and cannot make trance music e.g. i find trance to repetitive it's mostly short melody and i only like very long melody making. And i can't do rythm.

[@tobiasgreeeen]

Well, Black Corporation thought so too and took it upon themselves.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

@@RosenSound That and financial issues

[@mkdoddart]

Considering the amount yamaha produced, it appears on KZbin that everyone owns one. 😂

[@merttopel595]

You have not seen all of them :)

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Placed on the Price: No Object Alpha list

[@warrengalliano6103]

Too ethereal, no balls!

[@Evgeny2424]

Sounds by 50.000$

[@bugsan]

Rare with an owner of a CS-80 who could actually play.

[@richardvecchi1971]

The sound of Blade Runner,

[@machinate]

this is gorgeous! I will say though, it's a shame that you're using two of the best *stereo* effect pedals on the market, yet uploading the demo in mono :( Either way, it can't not sound dreamy, it could just get a massive bump in quality if it were stereo. ty

[@RosenSound]

Totally fair point. We’ll keep that in mind for the future. This is far from the only CS-80 demo we’ll be posting!

[@jsaulkane5893]

no stabs no bass no sci fi no sequences no ring mod... another boring cs 80 vid.. I have one and it does many sounds.. yet all you see is this

[@RosenSound]

Looking forward to your demo!

[@skyko]

@@RosenSound (LMAO) 😆😉

[@roootsfarmer]

I was happy to find a demo video without those things, this really showcases the beauty of the oscillators, instead of the jangle of all those complex modulation options. To each their own! 😛