From Ben Bradley Sent Tue, Apr 30th 2019, 18:34
From Ben Bradley Sent Tue, Apr 30th 2019, 18:34
"If we made a CS-80, do you want a vintage reissue or a modern evolution?" I'm guessing vintage reissue is what people would want, something that would, if not guarantee it's the exact same thing, at least be closer to it than a "modern evolution" might be. From what I know of the CS-80, it has TONS and TONS of electronics in it, and it would indeed be big and expensive. I presume it would use SMT (you would NOT want to make this the way Moog remakes its modulars, with thru-hole parts and by hand, the same way everything was made 60 years ago, that would be hideously expensive), and thus be somewhat smaller and lighter (and even more affordable) than the original. Modern digital keyscanning, MIDI and presets shouldn't add too much more circuitry, especially compared to what's already there. I just registered on that ideascale site linked to in the article, and will be reading the other comments and probably commenting there too. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:15 PM mark c <xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2019/04/30/yamaha-considering-making-a-modern-cs-80-synthesizer/ > > Can't take this seriously myself, do Yamaha have that much of an organ department or Electon brand anymore? They must have been the analogue expertise and brains behind the CS80 and GX-1 in the old days. > > Maybe they'd be better just doing some good Poly-AT controllers, or it's me being a dog in the manger because I'd never be able to afford it.