The CS-80V is a software reproduction of the mythical Yamaha CS-80, which is considered by many as the ultimate polyphonic synthesizer. More than 25 years after its release, the time has come to rediscover a sound that has extensively contributed to the history of music.

The CS-80V offers all the features of the original synth, plus a new generation of innovative features, taking the original design to a new elevated level: a modulation matrix, a multitimbral mode, an arpeggiator, and a stereo delay.

The synthesizer is based on TAE, the proprietary technology developed by Arturia, and already successfully used in the Moog Modular V. The CS-80V comes loaded with more than 400 presets made by a selection of talented sound designers.

In 1976, Yamaha introduced the CS-80. The price tag put it out of reach of most musicians, and the weight (220 lbs.) made it sometimes hard to use on the stage. But the qualities of the CS-80, considered as Japan's first great synthesizer, made it famous in the music industry. The CS-80 was popularized in the late '70s and early '80s by artists and groups like Toto, Jean-Michel Jarre, Keith Emerson, Stevie Wonder, or Vangelis, who helped to turn this synthesizer into a giant.

Arturia CS-80V Soft Synth Specifications:

• Required Configurations
• PC: Pentium II 500MHz, 128MB RAM, Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP
• MAC: G3 500MHz, 128MB RAM, MacOS 9.x, Mac OS X.2
  
  Soundcard:
• Any soundcard compatible with DirectX, ASIO, Sound Manager or Core Audio

Arturia CS-80V Soft Synth Features:

• Stereo synthesizer
• Polyphonic (8 voices)
• No aliasing from 0.1Hz to 16kHz
• 64-bit floating point precision
• Sampling rate: up to 96kHz
• More than 400 presets, made by professionals
• Playable through a MIDI keyboard
• 2 oscillators
• 4 filters
• 2 LFOs
• 4 ADSR envelopes
• 2 VCAs
• Sub-oscillator (for vibrato)
• Arpeggiator
• Stereo delay
• Chorus
• Ring modulator
• Expression and sustain pedals
• Ribbon controller
• Polyphonic aftertouch
• Multimode (allowing to assign a different sound to each polyphonic voice)
• Modulation matrix: a choice of 12 sources and 38 destinations

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