Yamaha CS-80 emulation
The CS-80V is the reproduction of the legendary Yamaha® CS-80, which is considered by many as the "ultimate polyphonic synthesizer".
The CS-80V offers all the features of the original synth, plus a new generation of innovative features :
- A modulation matrix
- A multitimbral mode
- An arpeggiator
The synthesizer is based on TAE®, (True Analog Emulation) the proprietary technology developed by Arturia, dedicated to the digital reproduction of analog circuits, and already used in the Moog Modular V.
Features :
- Stereo synthesizer
- Polyphonic (8 voices)
- No aliasing from 0.1 Hz to 16 kHz
- 64-bit floating point precision
- Sampling rate: up to 96 kHz
- More than 400 presets, made by professionals
- Playable through a MIDI keyboard
- 2 oscillators
- 4 filters
- 2 LFOs
- 4 ADSR envelopes
- 2 VCAs
- 1 sub-oscillator (for vibrato)
- 1 arpeggiator
- 1 stereo delay
- 1 chorus
- 1 ring modulator
- Expression and sustain pedals
- Ribbon controller
- Polyphonic after touch
- Multi mode (allowing to assign a different sound to each polyphonic voice)
- Modulation matrix: a choice of 12 sources and 38 destinations
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Version 2.5 |
MacOS X Intel |
(App, AU, RTAS, VST) |
Dec 26, 2011 |
MIDI Control Assignment Improvement
Support for 64-bit VST and Audio Unit
Support for Pro Tools 9 & 10
Support for Mac OSX 10.7 (Lion)
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Version 2.0 |
MacOS X UB |
(App, AU, RTAS, VST) |
Sep 30, 2009 |
* Switch to Syncrosoft copy protection
* VCF audio quality improvements
* Ring modulator audio quality improvements
* A revolutionary preset navigation system called the SoundMap
* Lower CPU utilization on Mac OSX
* Better Audio Unit compatibility (Digital Performer most notably)
* Ability to use NRPN midi messages for automation
* Better handling of control surfaces while changing preset
* New presets added
* Midi RPN "pitch bend range" message is now recognized( V 2.0 )
* Bug fixes
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Version 1.6 |
MacOS X UB |
(AU, RTAS, VST) |
Nov 14, 2006 |
Universal Binary support
Vst 2.4 \ Cubase 4 ready
Factory presets have been checked and re-tuned
A new installer, regrouping all previous updates
Bug fix: better Pro Tools integration
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Version 1.5PT7 |
MacOS X PPC |
(RTAS) |
Nov 25, 2005 |
Update for Pro Tools 7 compatibility
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Version 1.5 |
MacOS X PPC |
(App, AU, VST) |
Jul 22, 2005 |
New features :
Wave Form :
- Typical original CS-80 saw-tooth wave form which clearly shows a 30 µs pulse at the top of the edge. Look at the waveforms captured from a real CS-80 compared to our CS-80 V.
- New triangle algorithm with improved Pulse width modulation (a unique feature)
CS-80 V "About Window" :
- The about windows shows new independent voice tuning knobs. They can be used to trim the tuning of each card on the CS-80V independently of the presets settings.
- New global tuning
- New controls for enabling/disabling pop-up windows.
Improvements :
Ring Modulator : Closer to the original behavior with a new On/Off switch to save CPU.
Chorus/Tremolo : The algorithm of the Chorus/Tremolo was completely revisited and much improved to get closer to the original large and fat sound of the CS-80 .
Ribbon controler : The GUI's ribbon controller works now exactly as the original does. As its model, it doesn't change the pitch when the notes are releasing for more musical applications.
Effect routing : The new routing algorithm of the effects fixes some issues of the previous version.
CS-80 V Original Presets : The original presets have been redesigned. A special thanks goes to Max Fazio for his assistance.
Bug Fixes :
Expression/Wahwah : Bug fixed
Modulation Matrix : Bugs fixed
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Version 1.2 |
MacOS X PPC |
(App, AU, RTAS, VST) |
Oct 4, 2004 |
- Modulation matrix: The keyboard-follow has been added in the modulation sources available.
- Copy and paste "singles" from one preset to another: it is now possible to select one "single" in any existing preset and paste it directly in another preset. This is particularly useful for creating rich multi-timbral presets efficiently.
- Polyphony (In the Multi-Mode setup): On each 8 single voices, possibility to manage from 1 to 4 polyphonic voices. For multi-timbral 8 "single", the polyphony is not limited to 1 voice, but to 4.
- Ribbon controller: Following different requests, the Ribbon controller now offers the exact same behavior as the original. A linear variation of the oscillators' frequency is possible, while the first mouse-click sets a relative position as a starting point.
- Ability to set up the plugin in multi audio output. In the "Multi Mode setup", the host sequencer will recognize 10 outputs instead of 2: the 8 "single" outputs and the 2 master outputs.
- Audio Unit:compatibility with the latest versions of Audio Unit and Logic Audio.
Fixed Bugs :
- For ProTools: the management of the tempo synchronization was not working correctly in all configurations. This problem has now been corrected.
- Arpeggiator: the synchronization of the MIDI tempo from the host application was, in some cases, not responding correctly. Guess what? This is not the case any more.
- Oscillator:it was not possible to set the pulse width of the second oscillator on the previous version. This is now possible.
- There was a bug on the set-up of the parameters when closing the "Multi Mode" setup. This bug has now been now corrected.
- Ring modulator: the ring modulator was only playing on the left voice. It now plays on both voices.