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Released in the 70's and still sounds like the future of music.

I got so nervous watching that beast shake on its stand when Sam keeps slamming and slapping it.

I was responsible for one of those things when I worked for Zappa back in the '70s. We picked it up in Germany. I took a class in how to tune it there. Was I sorry we he ditched it for a Profit 5? Hell no! That thing weighed a ton. It was the 2nd heaviest keyboard we had after the Hammond B3.

Yo, Behringer, how about a $500 version?

I am Van-jealous.

My first introduction to music was piano lessons at Yamaha Music School in 1977, which was attached to their local piano showroom. I remember the first day the synthesizers appeared, all Yamahas of course, on stands next to the Yamaha grand pianos. I had never seen a keyboard synth before, they seemed so exotic. We were encouraged to experiment with them before and after classes. They seemed fun, but because they only used presets, and those presets were all named after traditional instruments WHICH THEY SOUNDED NOTHING LIKE, I was actually very disappointed at first. It would still be a loooong time before I learned to appreciate electronic music, and now I really kick myself for not identifying the potential and getting in on the basement floor. The industry really set stupid expectations by trying to market these instruments as electronic proxies of traditional instruments. I guess the point is I remember those Yamaha buttons and sliders very well, I goofed off for many hours with them and I can still remember what they felt like, I just wish I realized what I was playing with at the time.

I had to double check this video is from 2019. Guy looks like he is straight from the 90's and he is playing synth from the 70's.

I've restored one of these... one of the most difficult synths to keep working, ESPECIALLY when you are 'working' on it, thanks to the super small gauge wiring used throughout, and with aging, the soldered ends and their flux residue have eaten at the copper strands, making them separate if you look at them too hard! Oh, so many wires broken!!!! Argh.. I still remember the pain of that repair/restoration! Love the channel, keep up the fantastic work!

Never thought an Extra from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome would know so much about synthesizers. Nice man!

This is the first time Sam has made me legitimately nervous. Seeing that mythical giant beast sway on a casio stand is not a sight for the faint of heart.

I owned a CS-60 for many years. It is the baby brother of the 80. Still had poly aftertouch and the ribbon controller. Sounded fantastic! My fave thing was the ring mod and those great "pull down" pots. Still the most expressive synth I ever Played!

This is a professional instrument intended for stage use, it's built to take a bit of a beating on tour. Sam knows what hes doing and it always looks much more dramatic on video than it actually is. Give the guy a break and just enjoy watching!!

That may be the best CS80 demo I’ve ever heard. Bravo!

You always hear about the CS-80's lush pads and atmospheric sounds, but man this beast can output some seriously dirty low end!

That sounded amazing! You can really place it at the heart of all those historic sounds.

I would like to buy an hours worth of this CS-80 performance! Dear Lord, that was a-mazing!!

Really nice sounds, thanks for actually playing it instead of babying it!

6:49 wow, never heard it this fierce. nice.

Honestly I love just listening to the jam session. Just trying out different sounds, and the slow beat. Its so good!!

I just love your work, attitude, and style. It's a very refreshing approach to typical reviews and creations.

You just ripped us through a time loop back to the 80's. It was awesome.

God, I love the sounds it makes. Something so full and strong about them.

They are so expensive because Vangelis owns 95% of all the existing working ones.

I admire the way you test drive these classic synths. It's like watching Guy Martin take a Lamborghini Countach from the early 80's, and compete in the world downhill mountain bike championships.

Wow that masterpiece-of-a-synth is beyond heavenly genius. My kidney wouldnt even be able to pay for half of the price

I've never seen one in real life but I'd love to one day. This thing is a monster. I was a bit worried we were going to get furbies hacked onto it but instead we got a sweet little jam session. Great stuff.

THIS is how to demo a CS80. Beautiful job matey! ❤🎹

That synth is a beast! It’s really got a unique sound to it, maybe it’s that additive sinewave that makes it different from most polysynths.

Nice jamming on the CS80! I've always wanted one of those expensive beasts for their coveted sounds.

3:40 absolutely smooth analog ribbon pitch control! Not a whisper of the stepping you'd hear on almost any modern microprocessor-controlled UI.

Omg, what a massive sound with so much articulation. I'm speechless.

The greatest synthesizer to ever be conceived and you play it like you built it. Amazing.

Yep, amazing as usual. Don't forget Keith Emerson and Eddie Jobson were also both users of this amazing beast when it came out. And to think this one actually has a MIDI upgrade!

This synth was literally 4 decades ahead of it's time

Holy shit it sounds so good so warm like pissing in a pool

Saw this in 1978. It retailed for 8K in LA at the time.

damn i never knew that mini preset panel existed ! never seen anyone open it

I loved the part between 0.05 - 9.58 when the keyboard stand was giving me severe anxiety

I can feel the warm glow flowing from the speakers while flying through space.

6:49 That drum beat with the dark ambiance was when I fell in love.

Great video, iconic synth. That stand is totally inadequate!

Best playing i heard from LMNC so far, he really knew how to make this synth sing! And boy is it a beaut

Goosebumps, your demo is amazing. The sounds are so cool and atmospheric. By the way your collab with Hainbach was great.

Got studio monitors and the low end from this almost wrecked my windows!

That's a absolute unit

The dream synth. Please be gentle with it !!! And the low end on this... So "woaw" I'm not sure it's legal.

First time i’ve heard a CS-80 properly played full on madness!

If i got my hands on one of these, i'd play the hell out of it! I didn't even know the CS80 could sound like this, since almost every CS80 demo uses vangelis presets.

Good Lord, that tone is amazing! I listen to this and remember why it’s my favorite synth ever. I think it was also used on The Shining and everything Toto did.

What an awesome Jam session !!

I love this guys enthusiasm

Holy cow that sounds amazing. Has to be the best sounding poly ever

I can't believe this synth was made in the '70s... It sounds great!

best video of this keyboard ... as a jazz musician who is sampled based , this helped me alot understanding this "Yamaha CS80" is the top keyboard i want now !!!!!

That thing sounds incredible. What a massive tone.

lots of surface to snort a line on, huh?

6:50, This is why the CS-80 is my dream synth, despite all its issues, it would totally be worth it.

I’ve played and listened to a lot of synths, but hadn’t heard a CS-80 be ‘showcased’ before. This is fr the best sounding and most dynamic synth I’ve ever heard. When I first read about the price tag, as always, being cynical, I thought it was simply a supply & demand issue. I didn’t expect anything that stood out immensely. I did not expect to get this blown away.

The sliders and buttons on this look exactly like some of the old Yamaha "home organs" from the 70s & 80s which are still knocking around and which I sometimes play. But this beast is truly awesome for its time (apart from the obvious limitation of having only 4 user memories). Thanks for the excellent demo and hearing the great sounds that it makes.

Respect for the music you played on it. Actually you nailed the best performance made on this synth in the last 20 years. (!) (Im very very critical on synths and how they are used.) Keep on the path! And thank you!

i don't know anything about synthesizers but the sounds this makes are clearly above-average. i think the "aftertouch" is very distinctive

I love you! great video! so cool! getting to see one getting played!!!

Best CS80 demo I've seen, by far 😊

I didn't know that the Yamaha CS80 had built in digital reverb.

love the runs you are doing at 4:00 shit is so deep and spacey. What a cool piece of history this equipment is!

Would love to see a CS-80 in person someday. The plug-in versions are pretty good but having it right there in all its glory has to be pure synth heaven.

Hey, treat that Stradivarius with some respect!

beauty bud thanks for sharing - keep up that good work! -watchin while building oscillators

love the jam some good bits in there. quite a piece of work there the yamaha cs 80. your channel is super entertaining. n1

Damn that synth sounds good. Fantastic demo dude!

Fantastic sound! Clearly legendary for a reason. Can't wait to buy the Behringer version, if Yamaha had come out with their own analog reproduction for 5 or 6 thousand US I would have bought one already, missed opportunity on their part!

AAAAA!!11! I Love this thing! So Expression! NIIIICCCEEE!

I don't understand anything you're talking about but I love your enthusiasm and energy.

Amazing synth, i have to go in this museum! Thank you a lot for these vids.

I don't think that X stand is going to survive long lol I have to get my CS kicks out of a Deckard's Dream, but love the original still of course :)

thisguy sounds all London until he says 'aftertouch' and his northern roots are exposed!

Wow! Gorgeous sound!

I want that thing! Fantastic sound, you play it very well mate!

Great sound, great keys! Hello from the audiofund from Ukraine! in the history of synthesizer construction in the USSR, there was nothing of the kind, our technology was very far behind foreign, and when in Japan and other countries there were already such great synthesizers, in the USSR they were just starting to make simple keys on factories for the general consumer. In some devices you can find similar ideas, for example, switchable analog presets. There are interesting and great sounding devices among our devices, but the fact that it was then that abroad abroad still looks like a fantasy. It’s very ironic when I have on my desk a huge electroorgan over 25kg weight made by the USSR and a small yamaha dx100, released in the same year.

you made me want to want it again

Missed you're stuff, excellent as ever👍

My grandparents had a Yamaha organ in their basement. I used to mess with it as a kid. All those buttons and switchgear bring back memories. They were so tactile and satisfying to play with.

8:06 When you ask for turntables on Christmas but your mom gets you a CS80 instead

Human ears are made for this synths😍

Love the sounds!

Huge, just absolutely gigantic sounding. God bless analogue, Thanks for presenting

I believe you get one of this if you go to heaven

Sounds epic!!

Wow, that sounds really great!

Wow, the moment you started playing my jaw hit the floor. That thing sounds deeeeeeep!

It probably feels like a huge honor to play the CS 80 ... :)

No wonder it's worth so much, one of the few vintage synths with a truly unique sound...Love what you're doing at 7:00...so deranged, like circuit-bent micro-chip brain damage action.

Never really looked into the details of it, thanks for sharing that. I think having two oscillators per voice with separate parameters is unique and we can start to understand this notion of sounding complex wave characteristics to actuate realism, furthering down the line of Yamahas interest into FM...maybe

Congratulations!!! Excelente!!! Muy buena demo del CS-80!!

.:It's really beautiful, it was one of the favorite Vangelis synthesizer:.

The second he pushed that first note I climaxed...my god...

Wauv... what a fat, emotionally evocative and living sound.. most synth's of today do'nt even come half the way to that. HUGE sounds, and eerily alive..absolutely brilliant!

great video! this is one badass sounding synth.

Look mum a Vangelisizer ! ❤️