Yamaha Reface Cs Analogue Synthesizer

Yamaha CS-80
Manufacturer	Yamaha
Dates	1977 - 1980
Price	US$6900 UK£4950 JP¥1,280,000
Technical specifications
Polyphony	8 voices, dual layers
Timbrality	Multitimbral
Oscillator	2 per voice
LFO	1 multi-waveform
Synthesis type
Filter	2 High-pass 2 Low-pass
Attenuator	ADSR
Aftertouch expression	Yes, polyphonic
Velocity expression	Yes
Storage memory	22 preset 4 user
Effects	chorus, tremolo
Input/output
Keyboard	61-note with velocity and polyphonic aftertouch (on a per note rather than per patch basis)
Left-hand control	Ribbon Controller

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The Yamaha reface CS Analogue Synthesizer is a powerful and versatile analogue synth featuring 37-note HQ-mini-action keyboard, 8 voice polyphonic tone generator and 5 oscillator types; Simple control, colourful sounds, massive dynamics. The reface CS features Analogue Physical Modelling Engine with multiple synthesis and oscillator types.

The Yamaha CS-80 is a polyphonicanalog synthesizer released in 1977.^[1] 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. This can be heard on the Blade Runnersoundtrack by Vangelis, in which CS-80 is featured prominently, as well as the composer's soundtrack for the film Chariots of Fire, and the bassline of Peter Howell's interpretation of the 1980 theme tune to the BBC science fiction show Doctor Who.

Production of the instrument ceased in 1980. Vying with the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, and Oberheim OB-X polysynths, the CS-80 is regularly described as the pre-eminent polyphonic analog synthesizer,^[2]^[3] and commands amongst the highest prices of any polyphonic synthesizer.^[2]

Software and hardware emulations[edit]

There are two plug-in instrument software emulations of the CS-80 for usage in digital audio workstation, music sequencer, and other software which supports the plug-in formats that these instruments were implemented and released in: the 'CS-80 V' from Arturia^[4] which was released in 2003, the 'ME80' from memorymoon which was released in 2009.

There are no known hardware clones of the entire CS-80. At the 2014 NAMM Show, Studio Electronics premiered their new Boomstar SE80 synthesizer which includes a cloned filter section of the CS-80.At the 2018 NAMM Show, Black Corporation showed Deckard's Dream, a rackmount synthesizer with CS-80 inspired architecture and features and supports polyphonic aftertouch via compatible third party external keyboards.

In 2019, Yamaha introduced the Reface CS, a 37 key mini synth, based on the CS-80.

Vangelis[edit]

The Greek electronic composer Vangelis used the Yamaha CS-80 extensively. He praised the instrument for its capabilities, describing it as 'the most important synthesizer in my career — and for me the best analogue synthesizer design there has ever been. It was a brilliant instrument, though unfortunately not a very successful one. It needs a lot of practice if you want to be able to play it properly, but that’s because it’s the only synthesizer I could describe as being a real instrument, mainly because of the keyboard — the way it’s built and what you can do with it.'^[5]

Notable users[edit]