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From: dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Yamaha CX-5 ?
Message-ID: <190@telesoft.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 01:27:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 01:27:02 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 03:37:35 EDT
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Hello, Netfolk.

If I have this straight...

The Yamaha CX-5 is a cross between a baby home computer and a synthesizer.
It has a typewriter keyboard, is programmable in basic (sigh), and hooks up
to your TV to display text.  In addition, it has something like the
equivalent of eight DX-7s inside it.  The voice parameters are set,
and notes may be played, by basic programs.  The CX-5 can also be
hooked up to many devices via a MIDI interface.  In particular, it can
be hooked up to a keyboard which functions as a controller only
(Yamaha makes two).

Does anyone out there have any experience with the CX-5?  It seems to
me to be much more powerful than the DX-7, and I'm wondering what the
downside is.  Perhaps it is much more difficult to set up sounds, or
perhaps it is not both velocity and pressure sensitive?

The real kicker here is that a local (San Diego) music store is
selling the CX-5 with a keyboard controller for less than $1000!
Seems like there is either some catch which I don't know about, or
that is a pretty damn good deal.


Now, if this thing turns about to be decent, and if it is perhaps a
little harder to program, I'd be inclined to write a nice front end 
for the CX-5 in C and run it on an Amiga.  THAT would be cute.


Do I hear the voice of experience out there somewhere?

-David
sdcsvax!telesoft!dar

"If you get confused, just listen to the music play."