Yamaha CS-15
 Yamaha CS-15 | |
| Dates | 1979-1982 |
|---|---|
| Price | £799 GBP $999 US |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | Monophonic |
| Timbrality | 2 part [1] |
| Oscillator | 2 (Pulse, Saw Down, Sine, Square, White Noise) |
| LFO | 1 (triangle, saw and S&H waveforms)[2] |
| Synthesis type | Analog[3] Subtractive |
| Filter | 2 (12dB Slope (2-pole), Band Pass, High Pass, Low Pass, Resonance) |
| Attenuator | 2 (ADSR) |
| Storage memory | None |
| Effects | None |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 37 keys[1] |
| Left-hand control | Pitch bend |
| External control | CV/gate |
The Yamaha CS-15 is a Monophonic analog synthesizer produced by Yamaha from 1979 to 1982.[4]
Architecture[]
It features two voltage-controlled oscillators, two 12 dB/Oct multi-mode Voltage-controlled filter (Low-Pass, High-Pass or Band-Pass), two ADSR envelopes and a Low-Frequency Oscillator. It also features a White noise and an external-in for processing other sounds.[5]
The CS-15 offers a great flexibility with various routing possibilities to the filters and envelopes. You can, for example, rout VCO 1 to both VCFs and the VCFs to any of the envelopes positive or negative voltage.
It's actually a duophonic / bitimbral synthesizer but you have to connect it two separate CV/Gate controls (Hz/V like Korg synthesizers not V/Oct) to play the extra voice.
Notable users[]
The CS-15 was used by several bands in the early 1980s. The Human League made prominent use of the instrument on their album Dare.[5] Marillion used a CS-15 on their first full-length album, Script for a Jester's Tear.[6] It was also used by Astral Projection, Somatic Responses, Moog Cookbook, The Human League, and Vince Clarke.[2] In post-disco early 80s NYC Boyd Jarvis, through groups like Visual, extended early DJ radio NYC mixes and home made reel to reel music using drum machines and a Yamaha CS-15, began an underground musical movement that later came to be known as house music.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b SynthArk, Designed by www.1234.info / Modified. "CS-15". www.synthark.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ a b "Yamaha CS-15 | Vintage Synth Explorer". www.vintagesynth.com. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "Yamaha CS-15 Synthesizer". Encyclotronic. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "Top Ten Most Underrated Synths - Page 9 of 11 - Attack Magazine". Attack Magazine. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ a b "Top Ten Most Underrated Synths". Attack Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Script for a Jester's Tear (Media notes). EMI Records. 1983. EMC 3429.
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