Re: YAMAHA CS-80 ultimate upgrade ?
How can I find out some more about this?
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YAMAHA CS-80 ultimate upgrade ?
Hello everybody,
I was discussing with a friend as to which could be the most extensive upgrade for the CS-80 available so far and if there could be one more extensive than this one :
Curious to know what you guys know on this topic.
Thanks,
Phil
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I have a serious buyer looking for a CS-80, preferably in the USA if anybody's aware of one for sale. Please contact me at synthRodriguez@... if you know of anything available. And as usual I'm personally always on the prowl for CS-50, 60, 80 spare parts or carcasses, regardless of condition. Thanks!
Scott
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Sorry for hijacking this topic, but does anyone have an extra cs80 memories panel they would sell to me??
Mine is missing there’s.
Thanks!
On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 2:23 PM Florian Anwander < fanwander@...> wrote:
I don't have a CS80 service manual, but
the SM for the CS50 and the one for the CS60 show for all region
specific variations of the powerswitch a switch with integrated
light, while the european version has a switch without a light.
The partslist even mentions three different types of switches:
"Japanese", "Ather" (which means assumingly "Other"), and
European.
Am 25.10.21 um 19:14 schrieb unfrostedpoptart:
Hi Richard.?
From what I’ve seen, the narrow, black switch is on the US
version and the square white on the UK/European version.? I’m
sure there’s some experts here with more info.?
? David
?Does anybody know the history of the CS-80
power switch?? Mine has a narrow black rocker switch with an
integrated light.? However, I've seen many pictures of other
CS-80's (and 60's and 50's) with a square-ish white rocker
switch and separate light.? I'm wondering if the style
changed sometime during production, or if these were
different for 110/220 units.? Just curious.
Richard
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The black rocker is the USA version and the white is the European market. The mains power wiring is a bit different for both so?different?switches were needed..
Does anybody know the history of the CS-80 power switch?? Mine has a narrow black rocker switch with an integrated light.? However, I've seen many pictures of other CS-80's (and 60's and 50's) with a square-ish white rocker switch and separate light.? I'm wondering if the style changed sometime during production, or if these were different for 110/220 units.? Just curious.
Richard
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I don't have a CS80 service manual, but
the SM for the CS50 and the one for the CS60 show for all region
specific variations of the powerswitch a switch with integrated
light, while the european version has a switch without a light.
The partslist even mentions three different types of switches:
"Japanese", "Ather" (which means assumingly "Other"), and
European.
Am 25.10.21 um 19:14 schrieb unfrostedpoptart:
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Hi Richard.?
From what I’ve seen, the narrow, black switch is on the US
version and the square white on the UK/European version. ?I’m
sure there’s some experts here with more info.?
? David
On Oct 25, 2021, at 10:06 AM, richard
via groups.io <richard@...> wrote:
?Does anybody know the history of the CS-80
power switch?? Mine has a narrow black rocker switch with an
integrated light.? However, I've seen many pictures of other
CS-80's (and 60's and 50's) with a square-ish white rocker
switch and separate light.? I'm wondering if the style
changed sometime during production, or if these were
different for 110/220 units.? Just curious.
Richard
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Hi Richard.?
From what I’ve seen, the narrow, black switch is on the US version and the square white on the UK/European version. ?I’m sure there’s some experts here with more info.?
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On Oct 25, 2021, at 10:06 AM, richard via groups.io <richard@...> wrote:
?Does anybody know the history of the CS-80 power switch?? Mine has a narrow black rocker switch with an integrated light.? However, I've seen many pictures of other CS-80's (and 60's and 50's) with a square-ish white rocker switch and separate light.? I'm wondering if the style changed sometime during production, or if these were different for 110/220 units.? Just curious.
Richard
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Does anybody know the history of the CS-80 power switch?? Mine has a narrow black rocker switch with an integrated light.? However, I've seen many pictures of other CS-80's (and 60's and 50's) with a square-ish white rocker switch and separate light.? I'm wondering if the style changed sometime during production, or if these were different for 110/220 units.? Just curious.
Richard
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Re: SynthOffenders - Tim Coniff - BUYER BEWARE
That same person took me for 2 Unison boards and an ebay listing.??
On Thursday, September 30, 2021, 09:48:57 p.m. EDT, Nigel99 <nigelc@...> wrote:
Hi David,
Thanks for that addition. I think that you can tell by the amount of typos in my post that i’m seething over this situation and it's that feeling that led me to act.?
Not meaning to distract the forum members, but just a heads-up in this case as the individual is still operating a CS80-centric business and will no doubt separate other owners from their hard earned cash.
Thank you all.
On 1 Oct 2021, at 11:17 am, unfrostedpoptart < david@...> wrote:
Your friendly, neighborhood admin here. I think that a single warning message like this can be useful but I don’t want a bunch of replies about the named individual or others. I would ask that others who want to chime on please directly contact Nigel99. If he/she receives a bunch of these, please let me know and we can find some way to let others know without turning this list into a pit of complaints or even possibly causing some legal action.?
Likewise, I’d ask others of you with opinions or experience with posts of these kind on forums to directly contact me with them so the list doesn’t end up being a giant argument about this.?
Thanks,
David On Sep 30, 2021, at 6:06 PM, Nigel99 <nigelc@...> wrote:
?Unfortunate to do this here but I feel the need to put out a public warning against this guy.
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Re: SynthOffenders - Tim Coniff - BUYER BEWARE
Hi David,
Thanks for that addition. I think that you can tell by the amount of typos in my post that i’m seething over this situation and it's that feeling that led me to act.?
Not meaning to distract the forum members, but just a heads-up in this case as the individual is still operating a CS80-centric business and will no doubt separate other owners from their hard earned cash.
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On 1 Oct 2021, at 11:17 am, unfrostedpoptart < david@...> wrote:
Your friendly, neighborhood admin here. I think that a single warning message like this can be useful but I don’t want a bunch of replies about the named individual or others. I would ask that others who want to chime on please directly contact Nigel99. If he/she receives a bunch of these, please let me know and we can find some way to let others know without turning this list into a pit of complaints or even possibly causing some legal action.?
Likewise, I’d ask others of you with opinions or experience with posts of these kind on forums to directly contact me with them so the list doesn’t end up being a giant argument about this.?
Thanks,
David On Sep 30, 2021, at 6:06 PM, Nigel99 <nigelc@...> wrote:
?Unfortunate to do this here but I feel the need to put out a public warning against this guy.
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Musical Instrument Museums
Hi all.
I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up on a great little museum in the area: the Museum of Making Music ( ).
It’s in Carlsbad, CA next to Legoland and in the same building of the NAMM headquarters (parent org). I’ve been going there for years and have always enjoyed the displays and the special events and concerts they host. They just updated the whole place and added many touch-screens to the exhibits to give multi-media info about them.
There’s also several areas where visitors can play various instruments from guitars to keyboards to drums. I’d definitely recommend it for anyone interested in music or music instruments. Even little kids like some of the interactive areas.
In addition, I became a volunteer there a couple of months ago and really enjoy helping out - mostly helping visitors with the exhibits. The hours are very flexible and you can sign up for various blocks on a website. Lots of very nice people on the staff and the other volunteers. I’d recommend it for anyone in the area who wants to help out for a good cause in the community. Oh, and if you work at least 60 hours in a year, you can go to the NAMM show!!!!!
I’ve also found it great to have a place to get dressed to go to at a specific time after all these months working from home. If anyone has questions, please let me know. And, yes, they require masks.
And no, we don’t have a CS80 there but lots of cool and rare instruments including some synths. A few years ago, there was a month-long Moog exhibition that included performances by Eric Norlander, Larry Fast, and Keith Emerson (with the big, modular Moog).
Related to this, if you don’t already know, the big NAMM show near Disneyland has been bumped to the first week of June and Synthplex (where there was a CS80) is moving to Oct 2022.
David
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Re: SynthOffenders - Tim Coniff - BUYER BEWARE
Your friendly, neighborhood admin here. I think that a single warning message like this can be useful but I don’t want a bunch of replies about the named individual or others. I would ask that others who want to chime on please directly contact Nigel99. If he/she receives a bunch of these, please let me know and we can find some way to let others know without turning this list into a pit of complaints or even possibly causing some legal action.?
Likewise, I’d ask others of you with opinions or experience with posts of these kind on forums to directly contact me with them so the list doesn’t end up being a giant argument about this.?
Thanks,
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On Sep 30, 2021, at 6:06 PM, Nigel99 <nigelc@...> wrote:
?Unfortunate to do this here but I feel the need to put out a public warning against this guy.
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SynthOffenders - Tim Coniff - BUYER BEWARE
Unfortunate to do this here but I feel the need to put out a public warning against this guy.
He charged me around $300 for one of his unison boards and has come up with nothing but a bunch of excuses.? Synthoffenders is the name he's now operating under and thumbing his nose and the trail of honest buyers that have fallen for his scams.
Understand that his is not some seller whom forgot to send an item but a guy whom shared a load of BS about hard times, proceeded to send me a pic of a shipping box with my details on it, and then not send the package!
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Re: Photo resistor P588 G50 201B signed PH1 and PH2, where to find orig part/replacement?
Does anyone know if the photo resistors that are in the E-30, E-50, or E-70 etc. might work in a CS-series synth?
Any other parts from those that fit the CS? The switch bank on the E-70 looks similar to what is on the CS-80 for example.
best - DT
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Re: Photo resistor P588 G50 201B signed PH1 and PH2, where to find orig part/replacement?
Hi Scott,
Many thanks for the reply. Hmmm, sounds like I have yet another endless quest on my hand here, these CS-80s are certainly no walk in the park to fix and maintain. Will check with Kent Spong if he knows anything about the missing part, scour this forum for info and keep an eye on PRAs on eBay.
Thanks again!
Mathias
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Re: Photo resistor P588 G50 201B signed PH1 and PH2, where to find orig part/replacement?
I spoke with a very helpful representative of the company that originally manufactured them. They had the part in their?database but could not help with the specifications as the product was just too old.
I recently had a CS-80 here in the shop with bad components in both L&R in the expression pedal position. In?the end, I purchased old CS-60 PRA cards and robbed the parts off those. :(
Scott
Greetings,
Hope all is well with everyone. Regarding a previous post on different volume outputs on the L+R of my CS-80, a competent tech locally helped me diagnose a faulty photo resistor on the PRA as the likely culprit (we swapped two and the problem moved from one channel to the other).
It's the photo resistor P588 G50 201B marked as PH1, PH2 in the schematic, does anyone know where I can find an original part or a modern replacement?
best,
Mathias
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Photo resistor P588 G50 201B signed PH1 and PH2, where to find orig part/replacement?
Greetings,
Hope all is well with everyone. Regarding a previous post on different volume outputs on the L+R of my CS-80, a competent tech locally helped me diagnose a faulty photo resistor on the PRA as the likely culprit (we swapped two and the problem moved from one channel to the other).
It's the photo resistor P588 G50 201B marked as PH1, PH2 in the schematic, does anyone know where I can find an original part or a modern replacement?
best,
Mathias
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Re: Yamaha YC-45D organ expression pedal usable with a CS-80?
Greetings guys,
?
Thanks for the info on the FC7 and the heads up on the FC4. I'm considering buying one of Syntaur's CVP-100 pedal, as they at least list it as functioning with a CS-80. Will shoot them an email to double check.
Best,
Mathias
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Re: Yamaha YC-45D organ expression pedal usable with a CS-80?
Thanks for the info Scott. Could you possibly share that mod?
DId the original pedals have specific model numbers?
best,
DT
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Re: Yamaha YC-45D organ expression pedal usable with a CS-80?
Yes, the FC7 works ok. The bad part is there's a lot of change from full-off pedal to half-pedal, and then not much change from half-pedal to full pedal.It's? not the nice, even throw you get with?a light-powered pedal and shutter assembly designed for it.??It's not so bad that you can't get used to it, but it's not an optimal?choice.
And I might mention, never plug an FC4 into the expression pedal jack, as it shorts the -15 VDC power rail directly to ground. There's a couple of different actions you can take with a mod on the PRA board to keep things safe if it's in a situation where someone might do that (i.e., roadie, studio guy, etc.).
Hi,
Doesn’t the FC7 / CB 83742 volume pedal work with the Yamaha CS-50/60/80? Please correct me if I am wrong (now I’m curious). I think those are not so difficult to obtain.
And FC4 for sustain?
best,
DT
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Michael Carr
Nigel99
Mathias Tjonn