A couple of years ago i, along with a lot of other people, bought a yamaha cs1x control synthesiser. The result was the yamaha control synthesizer cs1x. May 19, 2012 i had a bad button on my yamaha cs1x recently and i had to tear it most of the way down in order to fix it, so i took a lot of pictures. Latest manuals, catalogs, and softwares are available for download. The digital synth with an analogue style musictech. The second generation of the popular cs1x synthesizer is back in a bold and bright new analog modeling synth the cs2x. Yamaha cs1x soundfonts sf2 download best fl studio trap. Oct 31, 2008 the yamaha cs1x is a small synth music lctronique east. Cs1x links yamaha zone yamaha page at synth zone with many, many links the cs1x cs1x page with info and sounds cs1x manual. Jaybs sound sets for hardware and software synthesizers as well as free sample packs for your edm productions. It has some very nice drum patches, and the instruments have a lot of personality. I had a bad button on my yamaha cs1x recently and i had to tear it most of the way down in order to fix it, so i took a lot of pictures.
Thats precisely what the yamaha cs1x synth of 1996 did. Cs1x edit is a program for windows 95, 98, and me to administer the yamaha cs1x control synthesizer through your pc. Expand your instruments library of sounds, voices, and styles. Yamaha ableton mega pack created by expanding sound ableton live, mega. Page 5 cs1x main features the cs1x is specially designed with an intuitive, interactive user interface through lots of dedicated panel controls and sound editing features which can easily be manipulated in realtime during performance. Enjoy it welcome to the official ashley illah website ashley illah,is a great soul singer and some songs are mixed by knox town project. Fl studio doesnt support any midi dumping nor sysex data to youll have to do some it other software.
All samples were recorded with 24 bit 96 k conversion, through high end apogee converters. These are high quality samples of my cs1x, a staple of my collection and used on countless recordings. Yamaha cs1x ableton live instrument sample packs jam, 80s. Wavetable based on traditional xg sounds with resonant digital filter. The yamaha cs1x is a samplebased synthesizer released by the yamaha corporation in 1996 aimed primarily at dance musicians, the cs1x features analogue synthesizeremulating rotary controllers and monotimbral analogue synthesizer voices. Aug 11, 20 first, the cs2xs waveform rom has been upped to 16mb the cs1x had 4. The arpeggiator now holds 40 patterns for animating your sounds.
And with a name like cs, those handson controls, and those swirling sounds, it certainly ticked all the analogue boxes, too. But what made yamaha positively huge was its ability to cut to the chase. Yamaha control synthesizer owners manual cs1x 64 pages. In this site you can download free yamaha styles from everywhere in the world. The cs1x is also known for layering sounds, so with our ableton instruments we decided to get creative and try the same technique on some patches, with very cool results. A cs1x resource site with info, midi files, patches etc.
Cs1xedit is a program for windows 95, 98, and me to administer the yamaha cs1x control synthesizer through your pc. Have also a look at the download section of planetgroove for more yamaha cs1x programs. Many new improvements and enhancements have been made. Its more sexy with wooden panels and moogish knobs. With the player you can play your midi files while editing a performance, thus hearing your new sounds alive. As well as a superb set of quality synth bass, pads, voices, leads and arpeggiated sequences there are plenty of amazing drum. The cs1x can control a midi device by transmitting note related data and various types of controller data. Thank you so much don after the syx file is uploaded to my an1x, i realised that some of the patches have different names comparing with the patch list on your website, i am wondering if the soundset i received is an updated version, or just some of the patches have been renamed i dont have the an1x editor so i cant double check with the an1 file. Yamaha defined digital synthesis with products like the dx7, so the brand was always going to be a big player in the world of electronic keyboards. Aug 04, 2010 just testing the sounds of my new toy the yamaha cs1x synthesizer. The yamaha cs1x has two main modes, the performance mode and the multi mode. The yamaha cs1x control synthesizer is designed for the dance music market having some great analog type sounds.
Yamaha cs1x synthesizer blue synth like an1x thx to kreismeister cs1x link. Expand your yamaha synth with downloadable synth voice libraries from worldclass sound designers. You should use a program like cakewalk, cubase or sysex to send the. Control the synth, arpeggiator and editing through midi control. The yamaha cs1x control synth of 1996 planet botch. Check out our newest release, the yamaha cs1x ableton instrument packs and sample packs. It possde not too bad a keyboard of 61 keys, is the level synthse awm2 for controllers there are six in the facade of which some two assignable parameter. With this book you can get the most out of your yamaha cs1x. Jul 27, 2017 demo of this very underrated synthesizer, proof that you can make very up to date sounds on it. First, its built in an almost identical case with the same layout of buttons and knobs as the cs1x. Xg format 480 normal voices 11 drum kits and material voices.
This was an instrument that seized the moment in a way that rivals had missed, and once again scored an unmitigated. While nord, novation and the rest were reinventing the analogue wheel digitally, yamaha simply and rather cleverly wrestled its analogue out of existing awm2 technology, layering four of those sounds together in performance mode. Enhancements include 64note polyphony, a bigger sample rom and a 24 dboct lpfhpf filter. The cs2x sounds a lot clearer and more fluid than the cs1x, and the reason for that is, as other people have noticed, that it actually has samples onboard from the ex5 and fs1r basically the best yamaha synths of the 90s, or even of all the yamaha synths of the last twenty years. And as we share our musical endeavors, we are also happy to give away some free sounds that have helped shape our creations.
All sounds off clears all the sounds in the specific channel played by. Yamaha cs1x akai internalphotone magesy revolution. The cs1x control syntheizer is a rompler that has the same case style as the yamaha an1x va synthesizer, but they sound very different. Yamaha cs1x samples the cs1x is yamahas first analog emulation performance keyboard for electronic and dance musicians the cs line is back.
The cs2x is designed for maximum realtime control, according to yamaha. Cs1x background edit is an easytouse application designed specifically for editing the yamaha cs1xs background channels 516 when it is in performance mode. It is the successor of the very successful yamaha cs1x. There is as always a free sampler pack available for download as well, so if youre not sold yet try it out here and see if you love it like we do. If you choose to load these files, save all your internal. You can use the patches below on the yamaha cs1x control synthesizer. The cs1x was succeeded in 1999 by the cs2x synthesizer. Underneath that blue surface lay a very digital heart.
Yamaha cs1x ableton mega pack ableton, choral, yamaha. Its a digital synthesizer that emulates analog style, sounds and controls. Provide a pc editor that allows you to edit and control the background channels of a yamaha cs1x synthesizer. Lots of new sounds for your cs1x in a macintosh or windowspc friendly format. I havent seen a lot of pics on the web of this synth, so hopefully these pictures help you out if you. Although the an1x is not a followup to the cs1x which has since been followed by the cs2x and the cs6x it has borrowed many functions and technologies from magesy download the cs1x synth. Demo of this very underrated synthesizer, proof that you can make very up to date sounds on it. There is as always a free sampler pack available for download as well, so if you re not sold yet try it out here and see if you love it like we do. The yamaha cs1x is a small synth music lctronique east. Polyphony has doubled to 64 voices and theres 16mb of sampled waveforms. But it can also be used for ambient music and in xg mode as a multitimbral synthesizer. Our first jam seen in the video here showcases some of this ableton packs capability. The blue book is an advanced guide to the yamaha cs1x and includes two disks with midi files, song demos and some new sound patches.
F0 43 00 4b 00 2e 60 00 00 39 30 39 20 45 51 64 20 11 7f 00 7f 7f 2b 7f 7f 40 70 7f 56 5c uploader. Uplifting trance soundset for yamaha cs1x imageline. Behold, the yamaha cs1x ableton instrument mega pack. The cs1x is yamaha s first analog emulation performance keyboard for electronic and dance musicians the cs line is back. The cs1x can be controlled by the incoming midi messages which automatically determine tone generator mode, select midi channels, voices and effects, change parameter values, and of course play the voices specified for the various parts. The synth excels at big, airy, breathy atmosphere sounds, and chimey leads. As well as a superb set of quality synth bass, pads, voices, leads and. Yamaha cs1x specifications, pictures, prices, links.
Yamaha oriental styles, yamaha editing programs, yamaha voices, yamaha dgx ypg troubleshoot. The cs1x took an unconventional approach to creating those desirable sounds of the moment, but it worked, and in a lot of ways, yamahas heavy attention to the preset bank and their focus on sound rather than sound creation even though it was often glossing over the synths flaws, won them the battle. Sjcrecords good label good music london the greatest clubs in london and communities. First, the cs2xs waveform rom has been upped to 16mb the cs1x had 4. This time we made sure to make a separate pack of instrument and drum samples, for people who use other. All controls and parameters are realtime and midi controllable. Patches to download plus info and resources for the cs1x. Unique collections of voices, midi, style files and registry information in the whole world. Jan 06, 2020 yamaha cs1x akai photone 19th july 2016 427. The cs1x takes the best of analogsimplicity of use, natural interactivity, thick sound, and, of course, the. I havent seen a lot of pics on the web of this synth, so hopefully these pictures help you out if you need some info on whats inside the box. Some patches are compressed with zip to reduce the filesize. It has a good arpeggiator and a set of knobs for realtime control and was marketed to djs. Mx88 the complete solution for the modern piano player needing realistic piano action, inspiring synth sound and easy connectivity to computers and ios devices.