From sam Sent Wed, Jan 30th 2019, 15:46
From sam Sent Wed, Jan 30th 2019, 15:46
Spot on, Peter and Florian. It's easy to compare synths on paper (or on YouTube) and conclude that Synth B sounds remarkably close to Synth A, and possibly has a few extra features. But until you have both of those under your fingers for a bit, you won't have the complete picture. The CS-50 is an incredibly solid synthesizer, and the moment you start playing it and fiddling with the controls, you will realize that you are playing an upper-tier finely engineered instrument. It's like driving a fine Mercedes after owning a rattletrap. In fact, when I read these posts, I realized that it was the feel and playability of the CS-50 that come to mind for me at least as much as the sound of it. A few weeks ago, an employee brought his Behringer Minimoog clone to the shop, and compared it to my Model D (another incredibly solid synthesizer). His conclusion was that the sound is so similar. Mine was that the Behringer is tiny and does not give me the pure joy and goosebumps that I get when I play the Model D. Neither of us is right or wrong, of course - it all comes down to what is important to you. If those tactile things are going to inspire and influence the music you ultimately make with a synth, you'll want to try it out in person if at all possible. Sam Mims Syntaur On 1/30/2019 6:24 AM, Florian Anwander wrote: > As a CS-50 owner and with experience in repairing / maintaining CS-60 > and CS-80: > > No 2500 is too much. I bought mine for 1500 with some minor faults > four years ago; I'd pay 2000 in maximum for a technically mint one. > I prefer the CS-50 over the CS-60 because the (mono)-aftertouch of the > CS-50 suits the CS-Sound better than the velocity of the CS-60. (also > in extreme aftertouch amount settings, the AT works also like kind of > velocity). > > And in regard of Deckard vs CS-x0: 50% of the CS-Series is the user > interface. You are playing these short angle sliders (especially for > the modulation and the ring modulator). And these sliders are much > much better than any linear slider or potentiometer in a controller. > > Florian