Polyphony was something of a holy grail for the synth makers of the late 70s. Weened on a meagre diet of monosynths for nearly a decade, synthesists longed for a workable way to play polyphonically - ...

Joe Rossitter and Simon Arblaster go back to a time before MIDI and control voltages to have a little tinkle with one of the most revered and recognisable synthesizers of all time, the grand old CS-80 ...

NAMM 2025: If you harbour even a passing interest in synth history, you'll know the CS-80: Yamaha's '70s classic is one of the most fabled instruments in music technology, an ambitious and formidably ...

Behringer has announced its intentions to clone Yamaha’s classic polyphonic analogue synth, the CS-80. A Facebook post shared over the weekend says that the company acquired an original CS-80 around a ...

45 years on from its release, Yamaha’s CS-80 synth seems more popular than ever. Ownership of the original hardware, though, is the preserve of the lucky few, so the market for software emulations is ...

Canadian artists Ango and Jonah Yano recreate the Blade Runner soundtrack with help from the Yamaha CS-80 during the RBMA Bass Camp Calgary 2019.