Vintage Synth Explorer

Yamaha • CS2x

The second generation of the popular CS1x synthesizer is back in a bold and bright new Analog Modeling synth - the CS2x. Many new improvements and enhancements have been made. Polyphony has doubled to 64 voices and there's 16MB of sampled waveforms! There are 64 resonant 24dB filters! The Arpeggiator now holds 40 patterns for animating your sounds. All functions are MIDI capable, even the Arpeggiator can transmit its pattern data to other synths or sequencers! There is even a direct TO-HOST connector for direct hook-up to your computer.

The CS2x is perfect for studio work as well as live performance. Plenty of semi-dedicated and assignable knobs are available for real time analog style editing of all parameters at all times. The ultra-cool Memory Scene buttons from the CS1x are back on the CS2x and can memorize up to 2 current edit parameter settings. The two scenes can also be morphed via the Mod-wheel. Scene memories are saved with your current patch in one of 256 user patches. The CS2x sounds great and is totally suited for making great dance music with lots of hands on control for animated and evolving synth sounds with digital clarity and lots of control! It's been used by Depeche Mode.

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AGL

Posted 10 days ago

Yes, it's a somewhat interesting synth, but I think it's a misnomer. The CS2x is more of a Rom-pler than a synth. Most of the "Waveforms", if you can call them that, are far too overloaded for an actual synth programmer, so then it's a sampler, but a sampler which you can't actually load new samples into.

On the other hand, if you don't mind mashing all sorts of different sounds together, the CS2x can produce completely unexpected results, occasionally even good ones.

To this date, I have seen 2 car commercials which use un-edited CS2x presets, with no other sounds added whatsoever. I always wonder how much those two producers got paid to hit a single key on their Yamaha's...

Marty

Posted 46 days ago

I have owned one of this for the past 5years. I use it in almost every recording I make, can't speak highly enough of it.

No idea what "Jo" means, as the portamento is sensational

Jo

Posted 98 days ago

I heard that portamento on this synth is awful and not usable at all.

Sans Pants

Posted 165 days ago

Bought one new nearly 10 years ago. Gigged, bashed and dropped and yet it still works perfect and sounds great. I think some of the cheesier sounds are the best ones. The arpeggiator is easy to access and to use. Some of the sounds were sampled off the FS1R which it controls to great effect, especially when combine the sounds of both.

Paul Brown

Posted 172 days ago

The Piano on this thing is fantastic!
The CS2X works great as a very creative virtual analogue synth or a dedicated piano substitute.

Only critisism would be that The Synth section sounds are'nt quite as rich as the CS1X but that's probably just my fond memories of the Big Blue playing tricks on me. ;-)

Highly Recomended Synth!!

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