This synth is almost 60 years old and still plays smooth. Thanks Willem Twee for letting Cuckoo play with this superb sounding instrument

I'm more impressed at how well you can whistle... I really wish I could whistle that well

I had the opportunity to play a CS60 a couple months ago at Synth City in Chicago. It is a very special instrument. It sounds lovely, but it is also well made and feels pleasant to touch and interact with, which I do not find to be true with very many synthesizers. I think they wanted $13000 for theirs, which is more than I will ever spend on an instrument, but they were more than happy to set it up for me and let me play as long as I wanted, which is very cool. I’m glad to have been able to have that experience.

You asked: where has the noise gone? Well, before it arrived here the CS-60 stood idle in a museum basement for 20 years, so we slowly powered it up from 0 tot 230V. It turned out quite fine apart from one voice that was out of tune. Once that was calibrated (by Artefacts) we could install it in the set-up and play. Next week a bit of smoke came out of the top :-) After this, the noise was gone :-) So repairs to be done and rebuild the power supply as well, hopefully soon! Thanks for your visit!

My Dad had one. It unfortunately burnt up in a house fire. Will never forget lugging it home during the late 90s in his firebird. It didn't fit in the trunk so my uncle had to carry the heavy thing longways on his lap. He provably only payed a few hundred as analog was out of fashion at the time. I miss when he would plug it into a hiwatt halfstack and terorize the whole neighborhood on Halloween. Never knew how to make it do anything useful in those days but is the reason I play now for sure.

Amazing video as always, great vibes. I love how you put it about finding a way to coexist with the limitations of the instrument and how powerful that is as a source of inspiration. I couldn't agree more. I recently was lucky enough to pick up a Juno 106 and it's one of the most inspiring and warm instruments I've ever played.

Two Legends coming together.

3:30 Sounds even a bit amped. That's why we love analog gear! 🔥

Never heard sounds like that coming out of a synth like that. Beautiful!

Nice chords, love when you sing on !! I'd love to go to this place one day. As you say yourself : And then inspiration strikes ! In fact I feel some Kitsch in these Yamaha generation keyboards, it seems to suit you .

This was so beautifully rich and peaceful, I almost feel asleep. Not because it was boring mind! It's hard to believe a synth this old could make such complex sounds.

9:49 - oh goody, he's found the ring modulator! 9:53 - ha! Actual Doctor Who intro sound :)

The end of this video is kind of awesome. This synth and the 80 are time machines. One of those and a Suitcase 88 and you could rule the vinyl lathes.

Imagine people listening to this synth in the late 70ies, and felt how awesome it sounded, and thought "I cant imagine how good synths they will release in 2016's" and then they travel in time and see the Akai Timbrewolf getting released.

Always enjoy your jam sessions ❤️

Warm and beautiful sounds in just few minutes...just incredible. Even you whistling on them was really enjoyable 😂. Btw I am amazed sometimes how such technology -like the aftertouch- are not an exclusive of our days but they existed since decades ago

The sound quality is insane good O_O Welkom in Nederland :)

You look really inspired by this marvelous machine and its tones :)

Oo I clocked in so fast…this is my dream synth. Good stuff dog

it sounds like its not energy efficient and has full fat electricity pumping through it . I like it

Beautiful

And great whistling

Wow, welkom 🙌

Lets GOOO?

we need a synth whistle album asap !

Sounds alright ❤

5:39 This is a hit track right here... Put it on wax!

I passed one of these up for $600 bucks once... doh!

5:30 is the magic

0:50 What on Earth was that!?

I hope you don’t touch your 60 year old grandparent like that 😅

boring performance

Whistling good. Test smth else in that studio, the cs-60 is not that interesting, too many demos already