The CS-60 is a very scaled down light version of the CS-80. It's a classic and old polyphonic programmable analog synthesizer that has some potential. It does not sound as great as the CS-80 nor is it as programmable. You get a few preset sounds which are pretty useless and a mere 1 user patch. But there are just enough sliders, edit parameters and even an excellent Ring Modulator to get some interesting pads, drones, basses and other analog synth sounds. Oddly, sitting between the keyboard and those large Preset Switches is a long velvet ribbon controller which is pretty cool for doing wild pitch bends.

Due to its old age most CS-60s are in battered shape these days, difficult to service but in need of some. And they suffer common ailments of the analog domain - overheating, unstable tuning, it weighs a lot, etc... However the CS-60 is the cheapest way to get into some genuine CS-80 sounds of analog heaven with basic entry-level programming! It has been used by Air, Jean-Michel Jarre, Oshe and Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Moka

June 9, 2013 @ 9:10 pm

The sound and editing possibilities of the CS-60 and CS-80 are exactly the same sans the built-in chorus and dual-multitimbrality of the 80. The one performance control you loose on the 60 is velocity, but in an alternative way, you can use AT to play velocity. I have owned both (still have one of them) and experienced many differences, but none in sound quality or sound shaping choices.

asciirory

May 29, 2013 @ 1:24 pm

I am selling my CS-60 on eBay. It has some extension internal modifications to add CV access, altering of the original presets (switchable) etc
Check it out here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281113312761&ssP ageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Steven H Fisk

May 26, 2013 @ 12:42 pm

Hi Mike. My email is shfisk@gmail.com

mike

May 25, 2013 @ 4:00 pm

steven fisk, whats your email? love to chat about your cs-60!

Steven H Fisk

May 24, 2013 @ 9:42 pm

I have a CS 60 for sale. Excellent cond. All the knobs. Its sat in a home studio for years. As you know built tank like. A few scrapes on the Tolex.

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