there is nothing negative to say about the CS80v
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The Sound of the synth is Hauntingly CS80...
....It weighs less than 200 pounds,and costs under 300 bucks.......
It has Features the CS80 never had..........like MIDI, multimode,user selectable oscillator rotations,multi timbrality, stable tuning,more than 4 user presets,(modulation matrix-source/ destination/ amt+/-) osc SYNC mode, triangle wave, DigDelay,polyphony selectable lfos,Arpegiator,mod wheel.........and many,(not all) of the parameters meet and exceed ranges the cs80 was limited by.........BTW a good thorough tuning and filter alignment at the electronic shop will cost about $800.00 a visit if the tech is familiar with a CS80.......
With that said
the progressive updates Arturia has made, have addressed many of my wants towards the original......Not by deleting the original CS80v 1.0 functions, but by adding the CS80 faithfull ones..... like the ribbon range now has a selectable CS80 mode, like the individual osc (1-8)tuning..."right click on arturia", SUSTAIN I now responds correctly with the pitch on release function(try it ...long release ....repeat a key while you ribbon down and listen),,,,,
these are subtle things which a CS80 newbie would never notice or miss.....
there are many of these great little things on the original that lurk there untill you discover it.......then you have to tell somebody.........
I think people will really appreciate what more can be reproduced from the Yamaha80 if they can also select them with what Arturia has already given them.....
I salute Arturia for there Kudos.... and respect them for listening and responding to earlier concerns......
That......My friend .......Should never scare Customers away...............