Softube released Model 77, their CS-80 emulation plugin.
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First impression: it certainly seems to sound good, analog.
The choice of factory presets is awful. I mean, on a CS-80 I’d like to find some iconic Vangelis-style sounds. Here, however, they sound a bit trivial to me.
Who the hell programmed all those presets that seem to make little use of filter envelopes? 
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I demoed this last night, and whilst I have the Cherry Audio GX80 and the Arturia CS80V, I was seriously impressed with it, albeit it does seem to have a high CPU load, but I put that down to the detail of the modelling.
As you might know, Softube do not over endow their VSTs with effects, but I have a Cantabile test song for ambient patches, using Eventide H3000 and Valhalla Super Massive that I quickly drop plugins into to see how they fair with those as treatments. The Model 77, which sounds great without treatment, became cosmic! Instant Vangelis.
So my modest patch librarian income will be blown on this this month.
And I can then boast that I have three CS80s! 
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After some days programming:
What I don’t like about the Model 77 is that I have to work by editing one layer a time. I’ve never been a fan of synths that do things that way.
Agreed. Would be a UI improvement. To have both layers visible
I really love the Memorymoon ME80 version.
- Paul