CS-80 V3

Built as a reproduction of the Yamaha CS-80 polyphonic analog synthesizer which was very popular back in the 70s, CS-80 V3 is a comprehensive software application that enables you to generate sound electronically.

It supports VST 2.4, VST 3 and AAX plugins, and bundles many helpful features, such as a sound map.

The setup procedure is fast and simple job. The only notable aspect about it is that you can remove the VST 2.4, VST 3 and AAX plugins from the installation.

As far as the interface is concerned, CS-80 V3 adopts a large window with a lot of buttons that may seem cluttered to the untrained eye. The tool is certainly not dedicated to inexperienced users.

You can take your time to discover and tinker with the keyboard, modulators, arpeggiator, volume level, pitch, touch response, two oscillators, LFO sub oscillator, velocity, ring modulator, VCO, VCF, VCA, knob mode (linear, circular, relative circular), four filters (high pass, low pass), four envelopes, chorus, tremolo, delay, sound map, and others.

The modified configuration can be saved as a new profile. When it comes to app settings, you can select the audio device type and output mode.

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that CS-80 V3 didn't hang, crash or prompt error dialogs. It has a good response time and a minimal impact on computer performance, using low CPU and RAM.

This software application comes loaded with many powerful options and configuration settings to faithfully and digitally replicate the legendary Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer.