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CS-80 V4
Reviewed By Prefab doubt [all]
January 11th, 2005
Version reviewed: 1.2 on Mac
In my opinion, one of the greatest products of 2004.
Unfortunately I cannot make an A/B comparison with the original Yamaha instrument, but with this virtual synth you won't regret spending your money.
Great sound, warm, powerful and subtle at the same time. A lot of additional features (like you expect from Arturia's products), a lot of useful presets (and you will start making your own soon).
Most of all, an inspiring machine.
Cons: it requires a fast cpu, the patch storage system could be better (like in other Arturia's products), sometimes I get white noises changing quickly from a preset to another, and a few other little things that I'm sure will be fixed in a next upgrade.
None of these things must discourage you from trying it, you'll be thanking Arturia for having made such a great job!
The manual is good, it could be better, but it's useful especially because this CS80 is really a powerful "beast" with a lot of features. Be sure to read it if you're not an expert user, you'll discover nice things to love this instruments more...
Support is not the quickest in the world, but I have had just one problem once. It's a shame their forum on the site is still down after a couple of months.Read Review
Unfortunately I cannot make an A/B comparison with the original Yamaha instrument, but with this virtual synth you won't regret spending your money.
Great sound, warm, powerful and subtle at the same time. A lot of additional features (like you expect from Arturia's products), a lot of useful presets (and you will start making your own soon).
Most of all, an inspiring machine.
Cons: it requires a fast cpu, the patch storage system could be better (like in other Arturia's products), sometimes I get white noises changing quickly from a preset to another, and a few other little things that I'm sure will be fixed in a next upgrade.
None of these things must discourage you from trying it, you'll be thanking Arturia for having made such a great job!
The manual is good, it could be better, but it's useful especially because this CS80 is really a powerful "beast" with a lot of features. Be sure to read it if you're not an expert user, you'll discover nice things to love this instruments more...
Support is not the quickest in the world, but I have had just one problem once. It's a shame their forum on the site is still down after a couple of months.Read Review
