#yamaha cs-80

[benjamindehli]

Yamaha CS-80 Blade Runner sound on a DX7

The Yamaha CS-80 and Yamaha DX7 are probably polar opposites in both operation and sound. The CS-80 is an analog subtractive synthesizer, whereas the DX7 is a digital synthesizer that uses frequency modulation (FM) synthesis. The only thing they really have in common is the Yamaha brand name.

This experiment was an attempt to see if I could make the DX7 sound somewhat close to the iconic CS-80 sound famously used by Vangelis in the Blade Runner soundtrack.

The DX7 patch will soon be available for download at store.dehlimusikk.no as part of a DX7 bank/cartridge I'm currently working on.

Instrument:

Yamaha DX7 

Effects: 

Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978 

Music: Main Titles from the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis

[i-noctiflora]

[rubbish-audio]

Moog 3p modular, Synclavier II, Yamaha CS 80, Minimoog, Korg MS-20 and various other instruments at the Deutsches museum

[acidmoustache]

Vangelis - Yamaha CS-80

[drwhosoundtrackshowdown]

Doctor Who Theme: Round 1

Seasons 18-22

"The new theme was arranged by Peter Howell using his Yamaha CS-80, ARP Odyssey and Roland Jupiter 4 synthesisers as well as his EMS Vocoder, and some additional processing to that recording. [...] The opening and closing themes followed the pattern set in 1970 [...] However, Howell's theme began in the key of F-sharp minor. This obligated incidental music composers to end their final cue of the episode in the highly unusual key, or something complimentary. Howell therefore has called himself "the guy who just made it difficult for everybody". (DCOM: Meglos) Beyond this unusual feature, his opening remained unchanged aside from some very minor alterations to coincide with the revised Sixth Doctor opening sequence from The Twin Dilemma and his closing included the "middle eight" and ended with an explosive sound (nicknamed the "sonic boom" and complimented by the white-out effect at the end of the credits). This theme was used from Season 18 through Season 22."

Season 23

"Season 23 saw another new arrangement by Dominic Glynn. It was more haunting and ethereal than the previous themes, but very similar to Peter Howell's arrangement in most respects (enough so that the opening graphics remained unchanged from the final Howell season). The theme was in the E Minor key."

[randomstranger24]

The synths used in Sweet Dreams of the Thrift Shop Tape reminds me a lot of the Blade Runner soundtrack with the brass synths from the Yamaha CS-80. Is it true that both of these synths are similar and sound the same or are they different from each other?

For that track, surprisingly, I believe The Yamaha Reface CS. I think and I don't remember what else because of how long ago I recorded it plus the hundreds of tracks I made. It's truly ridiculous lol. I know for a fact, no like old school vintage collectable synth was used. But man,,,it would be fucking amazing to get my hands on the "Yamaha CS-80". I can dream though lol.

[sky-the-alt]

Well, okay, ik I said I quit but fffuck. 222 lbs. I'm officially heavier than a Yamaha CS-80. Fuck yeah

[alanbates]

Spiral (1977)

“Going on means going far — going far means returning”

It is Vangelis' first album on which he used the Yamaha CS-80. He played every single instrument on it too.

[hyperions-fate]

Vangelis and Irene Papas proved that folk music sounds best when made on a Yamaha CS-80.

[nervoussystemmusicreverence]

Pages - You Need A Hero

Music

Artist

Pages

Composer

John Ross Lang Richard James Page Steven Park George

Lyricist

John Ross Lang Richard James Page Steven Park George

Produced

Bobby Colomby

Credit

Neil Stubenhaus - Bass Jeff Porcaro - Drums Steve Khan - Electric guitar Steve George - Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Yamaha CS-80 & Minimoog], Backing Vocals Paulinho DaCosta - Percussion Richard Page - Vocals, Backing Vocals

Released

1981

[larissaligus]

Photos by mess_ltd

Legendary guitarist John Frusciante dropped in for a studio tour and a jam on the Yamaha CS-80 🌶 Thanks for dropping by John, hope to see you again!

[bluebirdofturtles]

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Steve Porcaro and the Yamaha CS-80.

[undiscoperlapausapranzo]

Un Disco per la Pausa Pranzo no. 3 - 14 Settembre 2017 - Peter Gabriel - So - 1986

Canzoni:

Red rain

Sledgehammer

Don't give up

That voice again

In your eyes

Mercy Street

Big time

We do what we're told (Milgram's 37)

This is the picture (Excellent birds)

Canzone preferita: Tutte! Beh, forse la più originale: We do what we're told (Milgram's 37)

Musicisti:

Peter Gabriel: Voce, CMI, Prophet (tranne 5 e 7), Pianoforte (tranne 7 e 9), Linn 9000 (3 e 7), Percussioni (4), Yamaha CS-80 (6), LinnDrum (9), Synclavier (9), Sintetizzatori (5 e 7)

Tony Levin: Basso elettrico (1-5), Drumstick Bass (7)

David Rhodes: Chitarre (tranne 6 e 9), Cori (tranne 1 e 5)

Jerry Marotta: Batteria (1 e 8), Batteria aggiunta (5) Basso elettrico (7)

Manu Katché: Batteria (2-5), Percussioni (3-5), Talking Drum (5 e 9)

Chris Hughes: Percussioni elettroniche, Programmazioni (1)

Stewart Copeland: Hi-Hat (1), Batteria (7)

Daniel Lanois: Chitarra (1, 2 e 4), Tamburello (2), Chitarra surf (7), Chitarra a 12 corde (9)

Wayne Jackson: Tromba (2 e 7), Cornetta (7)

Mark Rivera: Sassofono tenore (2 e 7), Sassofono preparato (6), Sassofono contralto, Sassofono baritono (7)

Don Mikkelsen: Trombone (2 e 7)

P.P. Arnold: Cori (2 e 7)

Coral Gordon: Cori (2 e 7)

Dee Lewis: Cori (2 e 7)

Richard Tee: Pianoforte (3, 5 e 6)

Simon Clark: Tastiere, Cori (3), Organo Hammond, Programmazioni, Basso elettrico (7)

Kate Bush: Voce (3)

L. Shankar: Violino (4 e 8)

Larry Klein: Basso elettrico (5 e 6)

Youssou N'Dour: Cori (5)

Michael Been: Cori (5)

Jim Kerr: Cori (5)

Ronnie Bright: Voce basso (5)

Djalma Correa: Surdo, Congas, Triangolo (6)

Jimmy Bralower: Programmazioni, Gran Cassa (7)

Bill Laswell: Basso elettrico (9)

Nile Rodgers: Chitarra (9)

Laurie Anderson: Sintetizzatori e Voce (9)

[daddysmusicblog]

The mighty Yamaha CS-80. Produced from 1977 to 1980 for a hefty price of $6900 US. Not many are left in working condition. Mint examples of this glorious machine will set yet back about $60k US. The CS80 was a favorite of the late great composer Vangelis.

This massive machine was also a big part of making Michael Jackson's Thriller album and Toto IV. A very complex marvel of the state of art in electrical components like silicon chips and microprocessors.

You can also hear the CS-80 in the 1980 revision of the Doctor Who theme.

[nemosynth]

timbre-centric

Was playing a Clavia Nord Wave synth, a second hand unit on a musical instrument shop's sales floor, when a little girl, maybe kindergarten age, long hair, wearing a navy blue sweatshirt with pinkish logo, running around with sweatpants, playing one after another the digital stage pianos displayed in a row. She was playing random notes but only a single note at a time. Perhaps she knew that most pianos are not for banging your fist to make vanguard cluster chords but to play melodies.

I was playing a dreamy pad sound with a pair of choir samples with pitch interval of minus four semitones, running through a comb filter or a three peak filter with cutoff frequency modulated by S/H LFO, with the resonance cranked up high to the lower reaches of self-oscillation, and delay line added. The Nord Wave does a good job on processing a sample in a peculiar distinctive way, to prove how freely a hi-tech musical instrument can go light years away from an acoustic instrument.

The girl kept playing one stage piano to another, but after a while, I realized that she was waiting for me to leave the Nord Wave so that she can try it out herself. She was pretending indifference, but she was curious about playing a synth that fills the air with such spacious soundscape, as if it was from a sci-fi scene. I moved over to a Moog Subharmonicon synth module, and began tweaking its poly-rhythmic sequencing phrase.

The girl came close to the Nord Wave, silent, and eagerly gazed at it with her large eyes showing great interest. The synth was placed on a high keyboard stand, high enough that tiny she could not see the front panel. She turned to her father and asked 「パパ、あれなに？（Daddy, what's that?） 」 The dad rushed to her, lifted her up, murmuring not to touch that because she may ruin someone's setting. He seemed a bit younger than I.

Was the synth a rocket space science for the dad? Was he afraid of me looking very much a synth nerd might get furious to see her destroying what could have been my sonic patch settings? Anyhow, I didn't see them afterwards.

Perhaps, I accidentally opened her gate to the infinity outside of her daily world. Perhaps it leads to know that there are a lot more sounds that attracts your ears than a piano, a lot more keyboard instruments other than a piano.

To the Infinity outside.

The Nord Wave used to be mine, which I sold it to the dealer. I was a bit happy to see it sitting there yet, so I was playing my own sounds still remaining on that one. One might find a synth of life, like Moog IIIp is to Isao Tomita, Buchla modular for Suzanne Ciani, Yamaha CS-80 for Vangelis, and Ensoniq VFX-SD II for me. When it finally went kaput, I looked for the successor, and tried out various PCM/VA synth like VFX. Nord Wave was a distant option. Kurzweil PC361 was closer.

Nord was bright sounding whereas Kurz had guts at the fat bottom end, much like Ensoniq but more matured. But then again, the successor of the VFX was never a PCM sample playbacker kind. It was a DSI-Sequential prophet 12 a DSP/analog hybrid that has no samples in it. It created a barren terrain soundscape that was peculiar but very much new and fascinating to me. Hence, my interest of sound was shifting from conventional PCM sample-based to non-samples, and digitally generated.

I decided to sell my Nord Wave and PC361. They are very good ones, and were hard to let them go, but perhaps there are people who can make better use of them than I. Quite by the accident, that sales floor was with two people leaving the previous sonic world and phasing into the next. This was one of the places where timber-centric voyages begin.

[alphachromeyayo]

Hey, neat! Me and my studio are featured over on Music Radar right now 🥰

Love this feature, psyched to be part of it. Cheers!

Full thing here