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Yamaha CS-5

“Much loved vintage analogue mono synth, dating from the late 70’s. Sounds fantastic and has tons of character. As used by Aphex Twin and Depeche Mode. Finally letting it go to make room for an ever expanding modular system.

Full size keys, single VCO (square and saw) with PWM and glide, pitch bend, noise, LFO, Resonant VCF (High Pass, Band Pass, Low Pass), VCA and ADSR envelope generator. Also has a sample and hold circuit along with an external in, which are quite unusual for this type of mono synth. Running external gear (guitars sound great) or audio through the filter sounds really good.

External trigger knob has broken off but the control and circuit are still fully functional and easy enough to adjust. This and a few cosmetic blemishes aside, it’s in perfect working order….impressive considering it’s older than me! ” Click here to visit listing on eBay