cons heavy! linear cv but not very stable tuning! biggest drawback :no self oscillation, weakcutting filters (yamaha analogs have some of the weakest filters, there's a whole range of standard filtersounds it falls short of, only 6dB cutoff point)

The fabled ringmod others talk about here is kinda useless, Why?? on other synths it tracks the keyboard, on the cs40m it is a seperate generator circuit, no tuned bells, just offkey twanging capability.

Overall, not recommended, exept for some clear solovoices, or flute type sounds.

For this money your far better of with a Sequential Pro One, A prophet 600, Korg Polysix.. even a Ms20 Greetz

I only have it now for 7 days. I've won an auktion on ebay - but it was a hard fight! I payed €600,--. It's a ver heavy instrument (20 kg). But it's worth every cent and every kg!!! I've never heard such a full warm and bright sound on another analog synth (and there weren't so much :-) )!! An it goes very deep!!! (Beware of your speakers!!!!) You can control everything and the way how this works ist still fine! The layout is very easy and the way the LFO modulate the VCO VCF and/or VCA is still great! The Resonance works on every filter-position (HP/BP/LP) and you con generate plenty of sounds!! The Ring-Mod is very easy to control an sounds wonderful too! The only thing that I miss is a second LFO or something to generate different S+H intervals for the VCO and VCF! But there is so much more that you can do with this synth! I love it and i would never sell it!!

We love this analog baby - bought for £140 from a music shop in Guildford several years ago, it's second hand value has fluctuated and was as high as £400 - but we wouldnt part with it for all the tea in China - a great big beasty this, with a bass extension that goes as low as 64 foot - and Band Pass filtering, even the Mini Moog didn't have this! a strange switch POA (Pass Over Amplifier) flumoxed us at first, Oscillatiors that do not tune exceptionally well and a leaky memory do not deter us from fireing up the synth on a regular basis. We have tried midiing it using a kenton box, to some success - but it's best played live on whatever you are recording.

Mark