# Yamaha CS-15
“Hello Analog People. THIS IS AN AWESOME SYNTH. I’ve had two of these since the late 1980′s, kept one around as a spare. Neither one has ever had a problem. I don’t need two anymore – have to cut down on the arsenal, I have too much clutter. Gone are the days when I used to set them both up and pretend I was Rick Wakeman. Even so I’m sorry to part with this one. I would NEVER sell them both. I dearly wish Yamaha hadn’t abandoned analog in the 1980′s – they made a lot of progress. This has really fat low end – a bass player buddy of mine asked to borrow this for awhile to use for bass sounds sometimes in a reggae band and he loved it. It sounds a lot like a Moog and stays in tune much better. When I bought this from the original owner it was in a hard case (included) and they told me they hadn’t opened the case in several years. When I fired it up it was STILL IN CONCERT PITCH!! This beast holds pitch like nothing else I’ve ever owned.
Sorry no manual with this but it’s very intuitive. The front panel has a flowchart (literally!) that shows you the possible signal paths which are actually pretty basic. Anyway no instruction book can replace your own experimentation. As Ray Kurzweil put it – “Analog Synths are really a black art, you turn a knob until something feels good”.” Link