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juleiietoday at 12:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

Once you hear analog perfect imperfection, it is hard to go back to emulators.

No words can describe the feeling of original Yamaha cs-80.

It is very unfortunate as there is no true alternative to a 80kg, age issues ridden, ultra expensive antique device.


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bxgufftoday at 12:57 PM

my high school had a cs-70 and it poisoned me for life. that being said, theres a pretty big leap in terms of accessibility vs a browser based synth and you dont need $10,000 to play it so that's nice

aa-jvtoday at 12:40 PM

Well, Deckards Dream comes pretty close to attaining a modern analog manifestation of the CS80 ideal:

https://black-corporation.com/shop/

And, well, its a lot more feasible to gig with, by comparison.

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