In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQPm6R7qE4 seen at 0:51.

"I've sold a lot of the keys that were very prestigious but I just didn't like that much,” he says. "The Minimoogs and the [Yamaha] CS80s, the Memorymoog, the [Roland] Jupiter 8… I think they are so overrated because they're really not that great."

Seth Justman, the keyboardist of the J. Geils Band, utilized the Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, specifically its pitch ribbon feature, for the production of the "Love Stinks" and "Freeze-Frame" albums. This information is corroborated by discussions on the Steve Hoffman Music Forums, where the use of the Yamaha CS-80 by musicians of the era is examined.

Instruments around the room include a Fender Strat with a telecaster neck; a Yamaha CS80 ("still my favourite synth") and a MultiMoog, both of which he tries to steer clear of since they are distinctive of After The Fire days; latest acquisition: a Yamaha DX7 with the KX5 ("it's a dummy MIDI keyboard that works with the DX7 for slinging round your neck and posing with. It's great actually. It's got all the things the DX7 does; all touch response, breath control, modulation, pitch bend, sustain.").

Christian Bruhn once fetched Timm Thaler's multi-track tape from the shelf just for me to tell me the original instruments from the track plan, I almost passed out with "Unworthiness". He had Kristian Schultze (also a brilliant musician, unfortunately already in heaven) to record the synthesizers, who had recorded the tracks in his own studio and on his instruments, as well as the Captain Future Tracks. A SH-2000 was not there, if you listen carefully you can clearly see the Minimoog. As hard as it is, Schultze had used all the unaffordable super sound monsters for the two soundtracks. So, here is the original information from C. Bruhn from the track plan:

Prophet 5 (Schultze had a rev2), Roland Jupiter 4 (you can clearly hear that on Captain Future), Minimoog, unfortunately actually also a Yamaha CS-80 and a rare Wersi string machine, as well as an eventide h910 harmonizer, the cascading pitch -Effect can also be clearly heard, along with the tape echo flutter.

I hope this clears up a piece of audio history for all Captain and Thaler fans.

Of course, I was also at an appointment for Mr. Bruhn's cinema tour. At the end of the question and answer session he had a piano medley from Cptn for me. Future and Timm Thaler played. Dark hall, I stood wg. my question, everyone else was sitting and Mr. Bruhn was playing for me. I will never forget the moment, 1.5 minutes of complete trance ... Thank you very much, Mr. Bruhn!

"Hi there everybody - just a little something for the keyboard people out there ! Here's a list of gear that I have owned from 1970 to now - all lot of it I don't have anymore but there's still quite a lot that I do have ! Click on the image to see all - Enjoy.......🙂" straight from Didge's Facebook page.

"This entire cue was done with only one synthesizer--an actual Yamaha CS80. All melodic and percussive sounds (even the kick) were done on a real CS. For the drum kit, the CS was sampled and loaded into Kontakt. It was multitracked to Digital Performer, and there are 47 stereo tracks in the mix. I spent a year of on and off working on restoring this infernal machine, so I thought it was time to actually write something for it. Normally, I wouldn't want to do an entire cue with just one synth, because that one instrument's character often overwhelms the mix (sort of like doing a symphony for 48 clarinets and nothing else). The CS80 is an instrument with a very broad, expressive range. There is a vague futility in doing pure synth cues these days, especially with a monster like this machine, so the proper name for this piece of music is"

Andy Richards is confirmed to use the Yamaha CS-80, as mentioned in the article "Programmer's Protocol" published in Music Technology in June 1988. The article highlights Richards' extensive collection of gear, including the Yamaha CS-80, alongside a grand piano, Hammond C3, two Mellotrons, Fender Rhodes, ARP Odyssey, and Minimoogs.

David Arnold showcases the Yamaha CS-80 among the analog synths he has bought and collected over the years, as seen in a YouTube clip.