MATRIXSYNTH: Yamaha CS80 - The Ultimate Famous Songs Collection


Monday, July 01, 2024

Yamaha CS80 - The Ultimate Famous Songs Collection


video upload by Andy Whitmore

"Whitmore takes the iconic Yamaha CS80 & meticulously replicates 36 famous songs to create a wonderful landscape of classic 70s 80s & 90s songs, stings, themes & intros by artists including Vangelis, Dr Who, Kate Bush, Bruce Springsteen, Prefab Sprout, Genesis and more.
The licks are played to the original recordings so they are in time - true to the original, effects are duplicated too & the camera set up is made so you can duplicate the sounds yourself on emulation plug ins or the original.

Time Stamps:

00:00 Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA Intro Synth Chordal Melody
00:19 Prefab Sprout If You Don't Love Me Intro Brass
00:37 Genesis Duchess String Glide
00:49 Genesis Duchess Pluck Line
01:03 Genesis Turn It On Again Brass line
01:14 Paul McCartney Wonderful Xmas Time Middle 8 Lick
01:23 Kate Bush Babooshka Intro Lead
01:44 Vangelis To the Unknown Man Intro Melody
02:11 Vangelis Chariots Of Fire Brass Melody
02:44 Paul McCartney Ebony and Ivory Intro Brass
02:57 Dr Who Signature Sting
03:05 Dr Who Theme Bass
03:40 Toto Takin' It Back Sine Glissando Pad
03:50 Toto Africa Brass pad
04:34 Toto Rosanna Brass pad
04:56 ELO Time - Prologue String Intro
05:30 Vangelis Blade Runner Brass line
06:37 Genesis Behind The Lines Intro Brass
06:53 10cc Tokyo String Pad
07:11 10cc Tokyo Flute line
07:28 ELO Twilight Brass Line
07:45 Michael Jackson Human Nature Brass pad
08:05 Paul McCartney Wonderful Xmas Time CS80 Solo
08:16 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder Ebony and Ivory Lead Synth
08:46 Vangelis Blade Runner String Pad
09:46 Jon & Vangelis I Hear You Now Main Theme
11:21 Vangelis Chariots Of Fire Brass Lick
11:57 Kate Bush Babooshka Flute Glide
12:24 10cc Dreadlock Holiday Lead line
12:45 10cc For You And I String Pad
13:22 ELO Yours Truly, 2095 Flute Line
13:41 Quincy Jones Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me Lead Synth
14:09 Michael Jackson Billie Jean String Part
14:43 10cc For You And I Flute Line
14:59 Vangelis Blade Runner Flute Intro Line
16:25 Vangelis Blade Runner Brass line-no bass

Thank you KSR for doing such a complete restoration on this CS80 - that had been stored in a garage for 25 years!
In this video, take a look at the legendary CS-80 with Andy Whitmore. This beloved eight-voice analog synthesizer with great controls like polyphonic aftertouch and a ribbon controller. Its extremely fat sound makes it an honourable member of the hall of fame of synthesizers. The CS80 was produced between 1977 and 1980.

It supports true 8-voice polyphony, with two independent synthesizer layers per voice each with its own set of front panel controls, in addition to a number of hardwired preset voice settings and four parameter settings stores based on banks of subminiature potentiometers (rather than the digital programmable presets the Prophet-5 would sport soon after).

It has exceptionally complete performer expression features, such as a layered keyboard that was both velocity-sensitive (like a piano's) and pressure-sensitive ("after-touch") but unlike most modern keyboards the aftertouch could be applied to individual voices rather than in common, and a ribbon controller allowing for polyphonic pitch-bends and glissandos.

Production of the instrument ceased in 1980. Vying with the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and Oberheim OB-X polysynths for the title, the CS-80 is often described as the pre-eminent polyphonic analog synthesizer, and, together with the monophonic Moog modular synthesizer, commands amongst the highest prices of any synthesizer.

Greek New Age composer Vangelis is arguably the most well known of the players of the Yamaha CS-80, having used it most memorably on the soundtracks of films Blade Runner and Chariots Of Fire. Rumour is that he owned at least 4 Yamaha CS80 synthesisers."

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