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[Chankgeez]

[echorec]

(Space Echo)

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There are unconfirmed features such as echoes.

We have received unsubstantiated reports, that this echo device may possess the ability to echo, but at this juncture, we will neither confirm nor deny this reporting.

[Chankgeez]

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[Chankgeez]

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This is a gorgeous piece of art. It is also playable, but it will just require a little bit of careful love to get it strung and setup (for lack of a better term - I’m a guitarist). This was hanging among other antique world instruments in a music professor’s teaching studio.

This is the piece of my father’s collection that I’ll have the greatest difficulty parting with. Like everything else in my shop, this is better served in the hands of someone who will find greater utility with it than I will - someone who will appreciate it and put it to good use.

Please message me with queries and offers. I refuse to be disrespected by people entering lowball offers and pressing the enter key on this item.

Read my other listings. Notice the difference. I apologize for any perceived tone in this listing, but this is one where I am not playing games. Thank you for reading and considering this instrument.

Fast and free shipping with the utmost care.

[Dandolin]

[frodog]

Found this gem while researching a mixer I'm considering. Not a 'for sale' listing but it's just too funny not to share. For what it's worth the other reviews were really positive.

[one star out of five] Alesis..more junk

By Sweetwater Customer from Still on earth and in this dimension on May 30, 2020
Music Background: 50 years as a professional musician... Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Met and played with Aaron Copeland..yes.THE... Aaron Copeland...toured with the platters

I ranted on the Alesis Dm Pro ( original ) model years ago. What Alesis produced was just short of ( in my opinion ) fraud.... JUNK... ABSOLUTELY ...N...O...T........ usable as a drum module for live use.


The Alesis Multi Mix 8 USB 2.0 FX....... yet another ... ___________ ( insert naughty words there).....

VERY NOISY PRE-Amps.... I wear hearing aids and the hiss bothers ME.....
The aux send and return system is stupid as I...can...not..... use the "b" returns unless I am willing to deal with some tacky sound effect...WHICH I CAN NOT TURN OFF !!!

This thing is s9 bad... I use it DOWN stream from my Behringer 8 channel mixer.....

Live and learn... strike two... there won't be a chance to disappoint me again.

30 year pro drummer, jazz and classical percussionist..... I did my first New Years gig in 1969 as a guitarist....piano tuner... technically proficient.... zero tolerance for junk.... not interested in political correctness

Alesis.... never again

[Chankgeez]

[Blood_mountain]

Found this gem while researching a mixer I'm considering. Not a 'for sale' listing but it's just too funny not to share. For what it's worth the other reviews were really positive.

[one star out of five] Alesis..more junk

By Sweetwater Customer from Still on earth and in this dimension on May 30, 2020
Music Background: 50 years as a professional musician... Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Met and played with Aaron Copeland..yes.THE... Aaron Copeland...toured with the platters

I ranted on the Alesis Dm Pro ( original ) model years ago. What Alesis produced was just short of ( in my opinion ) fraud.... JUNK... ABSOLUTELY ...N...O...T........ usable as a drum module for live use.


The Alesis Multi Mix 8 USB 2.0 FX....... yet another ... ___________ ( insert naughty words there).....

VERY NOISY PRE-Amps.... I wear hearing aids and the hiss bothers ME.....
The aux send and return system is stupid as I...can...not..... use the "b" returns unless I am willing to deal with some tacky sound effect...WHICH I CAN NOT TURN OFF !!!

This thing is s9 bad... I use it DOWN stream from my Behringer 8 channel mixer.....

Live and learn... strike two... there won't be a chance to disappoint me again.

30 year pro drummer, jazz and classical percussionist..... I did my first New Years gig in 1969 as a guitarist....piano tuner... technically proficient.... zero tolerance for junk.... not interested in political correctness

Alesis.... never again

Please, tell us more about yourself.

[Chankgeez]

Welcome to the very best Yamaha CS-80 to ever be available for sale. The very best in terms of electronic condition/calibration and capability, and certainly the one with the longest life expectancy you can find. A life expectancy longer by some decades from the other not-upgraded 'regular' CS-80s you will find around.

Why is that ? Because not only has it been fully serviced but also it has the most advanced and thorough upgrade ever to be installed in a CS-80. And very possibly never to be matched in the near nor distant future.

To achieve all this an extensive service has had to be performed, among which :

- all electrolytic capacitors were replaced since the old ones are bad (around 450)

- all sliders and switches were professionally cleaned (around 80)

- cleaning and readjustment of the keyboard contacts

- cleaning of the polyphonic aftertouch parts

- removal of 5 old boards, to be replaced by 7 new boards. Now the very rare YM26600 and YM26700 chips are replaced by modern and easily available electronics. Meaning this CS-80 has some decades of life expectancy added to what a 'regular' one could hope for.

- around 250 additional wires, several modifications to the boards and around 70 extra capacitors are needed to make everything possible

- complete calibration of all circuit boards

- The programmer is connected to the back of the CS-80 with a single connector.


Some of the added features :

- 6 banks of 128 free programmable presets

- 3 banks of 128 free programmable performances (pair of presets + added features)

- possibility of dumping performances and presets by SysEx

- MIDI sending and receiving of almost every parameter (more then 100 CC# !)

- full MIDI support of the CS-80 keyboard's polyphonic aftertouch

- special keyboard settings like octave transpose, velocity and aftertouch response

- automatic keyboard double trigger remove setting

- programmable chord memory

- foot pedal can be programmed sending CC messages so you can control up to 4 parameters simultaneously.

- possibility of manually disabling any defective voice(s)

- autotuning of all 16 oscillators. See Proof Of Concept in video linked at the end of my description. (and for those who would argue a true CS-80 is always a little out of tune you have a detune feature to bring back some of it if desired. From 0 (perfect tune) to 127 (extreme out of tune))

- 3 additional separate global LFOs for VCO, VCF and VCA (with MIDI clock sync, sync degrees, division factor, etc...)

- special playmodes such as voice stealing, monophonic and polyphonic in unison (2-voice, 4-voice or 8-voice unisons) with detune setting.

- VCF and VCA envelope time can separately be switched to 5 times the original length

- original ribbon pitch modulation's amplitude can be reduced to taste

- very much care has been taken so the 'analog feel' of the CS-80 stays identical to original.


Since almost every parameter of the synthesizer can receive and send MIDI data and be stored in memory it's easier to list only those who cannot :

- detune CHII slider

- the four touch response sliders

- the master volume knob (although volume expression can be controlled by foot controller and MIDI)

- Foot Pedal EXP & EXPWAH switches

- The sustain slider of left-hand panel (although it can be controlled on/off by foot switch and MIDI)

- the switches and knobs of the tremolo and chorus section.



This CS-80 comes with its original lid, original metal stand, original foot pedal, the Programmer + its cable and a manual for the upgrade.

A video demo of some of the main features can be found with the pictures below.


Local pick-up here is highly preferred and recommended. We will not ship it, however you are welcome to arrange pick-up with your private courier (UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc) if you (or your shipping company) take(s) full responsibility for any damage during travel as we cannot take responsibility for any damage in shipping. So if you want to send YOUR shipping company to pick it up for worldwide shipping we can have it crated for you (Shipping costs we charge are for the crating only). Should any damage appear after pick-up, it will have to be settled between you and your shipping company. Please message us to arrange shipping.



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Someone, please, loan me $88,000.