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Yamaha • CS1x

The CS1x is Yamaha's first Analog Emulation performance keyboard for electronic and dance musicians (the CS line is back!). It's a digital synthesizer that emulates analog style, sounds and controls. All controls and parameters are real-time and MIDI controllable. As well as a superb set of quality synth bass, pads, voices, leads and arpeggiated sequences there are plenty of amazing drum sounds also with analog sound and control.

Some of the coolest features of the CS1x aimed at dance musicians will provide you with instant sonic gratification and hands-on real-time tweakability. There are 6 knobs for envelope attack, release, filter cutoff, resonance and 2 are assignable knobs. Two scene memories will remember the current state of the envelope and filters as set by the control knobs so they can instantly be recalled and you can even use the Mod-wheel to morph from one scene into the other, very cool! Scene Memory data is also stored with your synth patches. Built-in digital effects are great but the Arpeggiator steals the show with 30 inspirational patterns suited for techno, house, basslines and basic arpeg. patterns.

Plenty of memory (128 preset, 128 user) and MIDI control make the CS1x perfect for both live and studio use. Control the synth, arpeggiator and editing through MIDI control. The CS1x only has limited multitimbrality in which, when hooked up to a sequencer, MIDI channels 5-16 offer plain old Yamaha XG synth sounds but MIDI channel 1 holds the CS1x's main sounds and effects. It's already being used by Underworld, Bushflange, Jamiraquai, Skylab2000, Somatic Responses, and David Bowie.

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SickWave

Posted 2 days ago

Manual, data list and bluebook (english and german) can be found at http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/htm/manuals .php.

tim

Posted 2 days ago

does anyone here know where i can get a copy of the "blue book" programming guide for this bad boy?? The yamaha site seems not to mention anything about the cs1x anymore! :(

Luca

Posted 30 days ago

I've bought it on ebay just four mounths ago. It's a complete instrument, with very useful sounds. It's really plastic on touch, but it's very easy to carry out : just 6 Kg.
Analog's like controls are very nice and a good way to control sound on live stage. I'm happy to be a CS1x's owner :-)

frodo

Posted 86 days ago

I Had this Blue Baby, since it was released. It is very expressive and the filters sound great!! The sounds are really GREAT! GREAT pads
GREAT leads.
You can also download loads of nice sounds from the net.
It's been used by Rata Blanca (metal) and Efecto Tralali (experimental)
Very, very worth getting.

il

Posted 123 days ago

Bag of [beep] ... and a slur on the look of the amazing AN1x (which used it's case as a base but with some improvements).

This is good for john and jenny keyboard newb and that's it. It's not at all like it's 'look alike' the AN1x (that is a real mans synth), this is a limited rompler in a cheap case... nothing else. Oh and anything bearing the letters 'GM' or 'XG' shouldn't even be on this website... toys children toys...

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