street priceCS-50 is a 4-voice monotimbral synthesizer featuring 4 oscillators each per voice. There’s one LFO, a 2-pole filter with low pass and high pass options. The 49-key synthesizer has no effects section. The patch memory is represented with 13 presets.
The instrument was introduced in 1977. CS-50 is a cheaper solution for those who want CS-80 sounds but prefer to spend less. It has a 49-note keyboard with pressure sensitivity which can be routed to several destinations while CS-80 featured 61 weighted keys. The voice of the CS-50 is not thick because of only one oscillator per voice and a 4-voice polyphony but is anyway as peculiar as other models of the series. Editing of the presets can’t be stored due to no memory provided.
The instrument was used by Men Without Hats and Herbie Hancock.
Tags: analog synthesizer
Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Analogue (A) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 4 |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Oscillator Type | VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) |
| Oscillators per voice | 1 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Sine |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Triangle |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Saw |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Single Voice Preset | 13 |
| Filter | |
| High-pass Filter (HPF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| 12dB | |
| Resonance | |
| Modulation | |
| LFO: LFO Count | 1 |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Aftertouch | |
| Size | 4 |
| Number of Keys | 49 |
| Production start | 1977 |
| Production ended | |
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