One of David's videos is why I dove headfirst back into music over the past year. I was going to sell all my gear and give up, but David changed my mind. So it's his fault 😎
What an amazing treasure to find presets programmed by your friend's late father still functional. The synth is wonderful, too. Uncovering and being able to listen to something programmed and stored by a person who has passed away is incredible. Thank you for sharing this and the sample set.
Oh wow… as soon as I heard this synth producing its "normal" sounds, I immediately recognized it. Back in college in the '90s, a friend and I used to record free improvisations on my 4-track cassette recorder. One time we snuck into his college's electronic music studio and made use of their gear, including a synth that sounded just like this. I dug out our old notes and sure enough, it was a sibling: the Yamaha 40M.
I'm now curious how many little know composers of academic or experimental music have websites featuring their works. The world needs more composers like Clayton Larson.
I would HIGHLY recommend Louis Barren (or Baron?) who made the groundbreaking synth soundtrack for the 1950's sci-fi epic "Forbidden Planet", also Wendy Carlos, the classical music synth pioneer whose work was featured in "The Shining", "A clockwork orange" and the eponymous album "Switched on Bach". Great stuff from when synths cost $25,000😊
There's a documentary called "Rise of the Synths". Another is "Sisters with Transistors". Both are available on the Hoopla app which you may be able to access via your local library. There's also another about Suzanne Ciani who started in the 70's and worked for Buchla and still produces music today but I can't remember the name of it.
Amazing synth. Built like a piano, with love and attention to details. I got one this summer, from an old friend of the family. You just lose yourself in turning those knobs, feeling the warmth and depth in that sound.
Trip down memory lane for me David. My first synth in 1980 was the CS30L which had the 8 note sequencer you were looking for. As ever with you such great content.
Charming demo. Beautiful instrument. Nice one for fixing it (albeit temporarily) too. I'm sure you know it, but check out the CS-70m if you've not seen it. The daddy of this specific range.
What a fascinating device! Ever since stumbling on and enjoying the Korg DS10 analog ms10 emulator in the Nintendo DS, I’ve been fascinated by this period of “portable” analog synthesizers. Thank you for this video. ❤
Just want to say that i love your style of making videos. If im having a rough day they always cheer me up. Downloaded your decent sampler earlier today and have been having a blast messing with it
Awesome synth! I have the CS15D, (the little brother) I love these woodpanels and the soft and beautiful sound of these! Also my mod wheel has some issues sometimes. Thanks a lot for the insight!
David, thank you for your videos! I started learning music (piano + music theory, I want to compose) a bit short from two years ago, and your vids have added even more enthusiasm to my my little midlife endeavour. ❤
great video bro, that synth sounds fantastic. and it's great to have a piece of the owner live on after passing to the next journey. and your song you composed is lovely.
This is amazing! I hope you'll get your hands on a 70s crumar or korg string synth someday haha. You're so generous for making these large sample libraries, thanks so much :)
Very very underrated. I have one and there's not a lot of love out there for this for some reason. It does quirky sounds better than the other monos I have. The patch memory thing is limited - you can't tweak a patch much once it's saved, as many of the controls turn off when you select a patch - there are performance controls that you can mess with but you can't write a patch, then edit that and create another patch easily (giving it memories meant some limitations in the internal architecture, I guess). I guess this was meant to be a replacement for the CS15 mono but that is far more flexible - The M series of synths (20M/40M/70M) were not looked on favourably at the time in the press (here in the UK at least) and seen as a back step after the earlier range. The 20-M is crazy big for a mono synth too, as you found out! :-)
Great demo, I used to own this synth long ago but sold it due to it's size. You got some great sounds out of it! It sounds very old and nice, but it's very heavy and bulky and those side panels are ugly with imitated wood
This is great! After playing with all the presets that you made, I loaded the last one that lets you create a new preset and made something really spooky. Not sure if it’s any good for music, but it could be for some scary scene.
It's a good synth that you could find for under $500 like many lower numbers in the CS series. I got mine given to me as well from an old fella who played it in a Portuguese polka group.
I keep hearing the Brian May composed FLASH GORDON soundtrack in this synth and wouldn't be surprised if it was in the studio when the film score was recorded.😊
I was craving more when your video ended. Any chance you will post the raw footage of the hour you spent experimenting and exploring? In the 8 mins of your video I was transported back to my 13 year old self and hypnotized by those sounds!
Hi! Got a question. I've been watching your videos for a while and I'm thinking of dabbling my feet in music producing a little. You often upload these sound libraries, and I'm wondering if you can use them in any DAW like Ableton or FL Studio, or are they specific to one program? I don't know a lot about these kinds of things so I was hoping you could answer my question :) Thanks for the video!
Dave's sound libraries are intended to be loaded into the Decent Sampler player, which he also created. The player is free as are most of his libraries, and can be loaded into any of the major DAWs. The whole concept is a wonderful gift from Dave to the music-making community and I for one am a big fan of his. Follow his link in the description to download this library as well as the Decent Sampler player. Have fun!
Hey, I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, but the CS-20M actually has an 8 step sequencer built into it, it's one of the earliest onboard sequencers. You missed it!
Also: there are two slightly different colored knobs - white and yellow. For the presets, only one set of those is actually written to the memory, and the others are intended to be manually configured every time - which means that you weren't entirely hearing somebody else's presets, just part of them, and they were always meant to be dialed in at each session
“At this point I forget I’m recording, and just play with the envelopes and filters” phew, glad I’m not the only one 😅 I finally recorded some videos I’d been meaning to do for months about some of my patches, but I’m sure there’s 5-10 minute sections where I just lose track of time and play without speaking!
I always hunt for Vangelis sounds. The closest I was able to get (since I don't have a Korg MS-20) was by combining cheaper Korg's, like NS5R with Strymon Mobius, Timeline and BigSky effects pedals. I love vintage, but I never liked the large footprint of modular analog machines. Plus, the beauty of FX pedals is that they're good for both, guitars and keyboards, unlike many synths that lack input functionality...
Oh, the Big Sky is so wonderful for that kind of sound. It's true about the footprint. This thing is absolutely massive, and to think that it's essentially the smallest of this Yamaha range.
Im curious how you learned so much about circuits and how to diagnose things like synths, guitars, amps, etc. Did you learn from schooling or experimentation? Im looking to get into this sort of stuff myself.
I've wanted a CS20M ever since I found a demo of it on TH-cam 12 years ago (th-cam.com/video/BJ89SOf7r8Q/w-d-xo.html ). Great to see it getting some love!
I was in the middle of watching your previous upload and I got bitch-slapped by TH-cam with a "This video is no longer available". Wow, that was fast! Not even my gf went that far!! 🤣🤣
The CS-20M, a nice predecessor to the CS-70M, but certainly no real connection to the CS-80. If i had the money and the confidence (Yamaha) I'd go for a CS-70M, not a CS-80. There are enough candidates for a CS-80 already. Of course that is an epic instrument, but i prefer a real synth instead. But i like your video: one rarely gets a demo of these old synths! Thank you.
I think this is the blog post you want: www.decentsamples.com/2024/01/24/q-is-it-possible-to-extract-the-samples-contained-within-decent-sampler-instruments/
I'm a simple man, I see David Hilowitz upload, I click, listen, learn & get inspired then head to make music afterwards. Bye youtube for now.
Same here 🙂
Bye
Same I just go to my Casio SK-1
yeah always inspires me to get my ass off youtube and create
One of David's videos is why I dove headfirst back into music over the past year. I was going to sell all my gear and give up, but David changed my mind. So it's his fault 😎
the section with the presets is really touching, a very sweet way to remember the original owner, rip
so cool to see you here :)
What an amazing treasure to find presets programmed by your friend's late father still functional. The synth is wonderful, too. Uncovering and being able to listen to something programmed and stored by a person who has passed away is incredible. Thank you for sharing this and the sample set.
Oh wow… as soon as I heard this synth producing its "normal" sounds, I immediately recognized it. Back in college in the '90s, a friend and I used to record free improvisations on my 4-track cassette recorder. One time we snuck into his college's electronic music studio and made use of their gear, including a synth that sounded just like this. I dug out our old notes and sure enough, it was a sibling: the Yamaha 40M.
This hit a bunch of sweet spots for me: debugging, maintenance, and electronic music. Thanks.
My plants would certainly grow listening to this track!
Please, never stop making this content, this is one of my favourite TH-cam channels ever
I'm now curious how many little know composers of academic or experimental music have websites featuring their works. The world needs more composers like Clayton Larson.
I would HIGHLY recommend Louis Barren (or Baron?) who made the groundbreaking synth soundtrack for the 1950's sci-fi epic "Forbidden Planet", also Wendy Carlos, the classical music synth pioneer whose work was featured in "The Shining", "A clockwork orange" and the eponymous album "Switched on Bach". Great stuff from when synths cost $25,000😊
There's a documentary called "Rise of the Synths". Another is "Sisters with Transistors". Both are available on the Hoopla app which you may be able to access via your local library. There's also another about Suzanne Ciani who started in the 70's and worked for Buchla and still produces music today but I can't remember the name of it.
You are an absolute gift to the music scene. True dedication. You do things no one else can or would.
Man this channel just continues to be a hidden gem.
The quirks of these old synths are endlessly entertaining 🎹
Amazing synth. Built like a piano, with love and attention to details. I got one this summer, from an old friend of the family. You just lose yourself in turning those knobs, feeling the warmth and depth in that sound.
Trip down memory lane for me David. My first synth in 1980 was the CS30L which had the 8 note sequencer you were looking for. As ever with you such great content.
Charming demo. Beautiful instrument. Nice one for fixing it (albeit temporarily) too.
I'm sure you know it, but check out the CS-70m if you've not seen it. The daddy of this specific range.
Thanks! I was thinking about your videos the whole time I was working on this. :) I don't know the CS-70m. I will definitely check it out
What a fascinating device!
Ever since stumbling on and enjoying the Korg DS10 analog ms10 emulator in the Nintendo DS, I’ve been fascinated by this period of “portable” analog synthesizers. Thank you for this video. ❤
so lovely!
@@prodthayerperiod hello
Just want to say that i love your style of making videos. If im having a rough day they always cheer me up. Downloaded your decent sampler earlier today and have been having a blast messing with it
Beautiful sounding synth.
Awesome synth! I have the CS15D, (the little brother) I love these woodpanels and the soft and beautiful sound of these!
Also my mod wheel has some issues sometimes. Thanks a lot for the insight!
David, thank you for your videos! I started learning music (piano + music theory, I want to compose) a bit short from two years ago, and your vids have added even more enthusiasm to my my little
midlife endeavour. ❤
Just wanna say i think you totally undersold that decent sampler pack for this synth, it's incredible. Thank you.
What a lovely and thoughtful tribute to a friend and fellow composer... kudos, much respect! ❤
Wow! What an amazing find. I love the sounds that come out of that beautiful machine. Great video and RIP to the creator, Clayton Larson.
Great work, Auggie.
Thank you for your content.
This is One of my favorite music related channel on youtube❤
dude. splendid track and inspiring story behind this beautiful piece of hardware.
Love that final composition! And the synth, of course!
Gorgeous. Thank you, David.
I am so happy I came across this channel.
great video bro, that synth sounds fantastic. and it's great to have a piece of the owner live on after passing to the next journey. and your song you composed is lovely.
Wow that thing sounds beautiful.
Absolutely love this machine! Smooth leads and truly phat resonant basses!
Thank you for all you do and all the free things you give us
This is the first video of yours I’ve seen. It just happened to pop up, haha. Immediately subscribed! Keep it up!
That thing sounds really nice! And what a lovely tune 🙏🏻
This is an incredible find.
This is amazing! I hope you'll get your hands on a 70s crumar or korg string synth someday haha. You're so generous for making these large sample libraries, thanks so much :)
I was just given a Roland sh-2. It rocks so hard. This is an amazing keyboard that you have
Totally increadible videos❤
thank you!
Oh wow, what a cool synth!
Very very underrated. I have one and there's not a lot of love out there for this for some reason. It does quirky sounds better than the other monos I have. The patch memory thing is limited - you can't tweak a patch much once it's saved, as many of the controls turn off when you select a patch - there are performance controls that you can mess with but you can't write a patch, then edit that and create another patch easily (giving it memories meant some limitations in the internal architecture, I guess). I guess this was meant to be a replacement for the CS15 mono but that is far more flexible - The M series of synths (20M/40M/70M) were not looked on favourably at the time in the press (here in the UK at least) and seen as a back step after the earlier range. The 20-M is crazy big for a mono synth too, as you found out! :-)
Great demo, I used to own this synth long ago but sold it due to it's size. You got some great sounds out of it! It sounds very old and nice, but it's very heavy and bulky and those side panels are ugly with imitated wood
You make videos for the soul
Another stupendous episode.
This is great! After playing with all the presets that you made, I loaded the last one that lets you create a new preset and made something really spooky. Not sure if it’s any good for music, but it could be for some scary scene.
It's a good synth that you could find for under $500 like many lower numbers in the CS series. I got mine given to me as well from an old fella who played it in a Portuguese polka group.
I keep hearing the Brian May composed FLASH GORDON soundtrack in this synth and wouldn't be surprised if it was in the studio when the film score was recorded.😊
I also immediately thought Flash Gordon! This can't be a confidence.
@JulGer1 yeah synths have a signature sound you can identify, I can easily pick out a DX7, OB-8, SH-101, Juno-60, that Yamaha has it too!
What a beauty.
I was craving more when your video ended. Any chance you will post the raw footage of the hour you spent experimenting and exploring? In the 8 mins of your video I was transported back to my 13 year old self and hypnotized by those sounds!
Very cool ! Merci beaucoup !
Return of the king
2:47 is beautiful. Very BOC!
That's why I leave notifications on!
Awesome
Very cool. Not quite a GX-1, but it has its own charm.
The sound reminds me a bit of my old Wasp that I sequenced using its associated Spider sequencer
Interesting synth.
Great video and awesome music! Some serious Minecraft vibes here!
Hi! Got a question. I've been watching your videos for a while and I'm thinking of dabbling my feet in music producing a little. You often upload these sound libraries, and I'm wondering if you can use them in any DAW like Ableton or FL Studio, or are they specific to one program? I don't know a lot about these kinds of things so I was hoping you could answer my question :)
Thanks for the video!
Dave's sound libraries are intended to be loaded into the Decent Sampler player, which he also created. The player is free as are most of his libraries, and can be loaded into any of the major DAWs. The whole concept is a wonderful gift from Dave to the music-making community and I for one am a big fan of his. Follow his link in the description to download this library as well as the Decent Sampler player. Have fun!
thanks for the kind words!
@@grahamtruckel Awesome, thanks for explaining!
@@DavidHilowitzMusic Praise where it's due!
Hey, I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, but the CS-20M actually has an 8 step sequencer built into it, it's one of the earliest onboard sequencers. You missed it!
Also: there are two slightly different colored knobs - white and yellow. For the presets, only one set of those is actually written to the memory, and the others are intended to be manually configured every time - which means that you weren't entirely hearing somebody else's presets, just part of them, and they were always meant to be dialed in at each session
“At this point I forget I’m recording, and just play with the envelopes and filters” phew, glad I’m not the only one 😅 I finally recorded some videos I’d been meaning to do for months about some of my patches, but I’m sure there’s 5-10 minute sections where I just lose track of time and play without speaking!
This has a very Minecraft-esque sound and I love it.
I always hunt for Vangelis sounds. The closest I was able to get (since I don't have a Korg MS-20) was by combining cheaper Korg's, like NS5R with Strymon Mobius, Timeline and BigSky effects pedals. I love vintage, but I never liked the large footprint of modular analog machines. Plus, the beauty of FX pedals is that they're good for both, guitars and keyboards, unlike many synths that lack input functionality...
Oh, the Big Sky is so wonderful for that kind of sound. It's true about the footprint. This thing is absolutely massive, and to think that it's essentially the smallest of this Yamaha range.
Some of those stored presets remind me of the intro to “Bread and Circus” by PUSCIFER.
One day it will be possibile to have a mono sound with portamento/glide on decent sempler? Congrats and thank you for all of your work man!
Are you a big BoC fan? A lot of the synthy music you make kinda reminds me of them
You can add MIDI to these via the MIDI2CV board and a good synthesizer tech. Mine has been MIDIed and allows me to even send MIDI CC to the filter! :)
Thanks
Dude Love your Stuff!
thanks!
@ OMG HE COMMENTED BACK AHHHHH
Nice video
This music reminds me so of celeste
I like that you just ended up making Celeste music
thank you synth man
Im curious how you learned so much about circuits and how to diagnose things like synths, guitars, amps, etc. Did you learn from schooling or experimentation? Im looking to get into this sort of stuff myself.
it's got a feature that is not very common on synths: you can blend in a sine tone for more bass paralell to the filter, if I remember correctly
Subscribed and here for it.
Helo
David Hilowitz my beloved!!!
Okay that’s going on my grail synth list
I've wanted a CS20M ever since I found a demo of it on TH-cam 12 years ago (th-cam.com/video/BJ89SOf7r8Q/w-d-xo.html ). Great to see it getting some love!
7:45 And here I caught a flashback from "Into Deep Blue" by Stratovarius
Japanese circuit boards from this era always had that look.
Juicy and fat synth... simple but does what it does and sounds great. I really like the synths Yamaha was putting out around this era.
the last part sounds like Tomita, which is great
nice
I was in the middle of watching your previous upload and I got bitch-slapped by TH-cam with a "This video is no longer available". Wow, that was fast! Not even my gf went that far!! 🤣🤣
Sorry, it's my fault :) I published the wrong version :(
@@DavidHilowitzMusic That's OK, Dave. What a beautiful, majestic piece of equipment, btw. Great content as usual! 👍
The CS20M and larger CS40M were both the smaller brothers of the polyphonic CS70M, not the CS80
fun video!!!!!!!!!
BOC vibes
hey is there any playlist of the synth ambient song you use for these videos? they are really calming
not yet, but i'm putting one together :)
@@DavidHilowitzMusic i am forever grateful to you
The CS-20M, a nice predecessor to the CS-70M, but certainly no real connection to the CS-80.
If i had the money and the confidence (Yamaha) I'd go for a CS-70M, not a CS-80. There are enough candidates for a CS-80 already. Of course that is an epic instrument, but i prefer a real synth instead.
But i like your video: one rarely gets a demo of these old synths! Thank you.
lol...i know this thig..its great..i cant believe Behringer has not remade this yet..
i will use the samples in in ANA 2 vst
Eurorack update please?
WHERE CAN I FIND ONE OF THESE!!??
What's wrong with the people disliking this video?
Any wave files available? The format in the download doesn't work very well. It looks to be a preset for a plugin instead of samples.
I think this is the blog post you want: www.decentsamples.com/2024/01/24/q-is-it-possible-to-extract-the-samples-contained-within-decent-sampler-instruments/
Hello, I wanted to ask for advice for new artists I just finished my first album and I don’t know what to do.
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Could just need some spray contact cleaner on the variable resistor. It's probably just oxidised. :)
I tried, sadly the variable resistor seems like it's completely dead
@@DavidHilowitzMusic -- That sucks.