Poll: Should the Oasys be able to hold 4gigs of ram

[RobertPlatinum]

Do you think the current limit of Ram should be doubled?

[MartinHines]

Everyone would always answer "Yes", since people ALWAYS want more.

The OASYS motherboard is maxed out at 2 GB, so the only way to achieve 4 GB would be an "OASYS 2", which you ask about in the other thread.

Given all of the OASYS sounds are preloaded into RAM on power up, having more RAM would always be beneficial. With more RAM, one could load all of the Korg samples plus user samples.

[RobertPlatinum]

Thank you Mr. Hines your input is always valued.

[AnthonyB]

What about DFD (Direct From Disk) Like Native Intruments do with there software?

It's a very small patch you download, and Enables "Sampling From Disk", that uses little RAM. Well,Just a thought, as you can Audition samples from Disk can't you?, so With something similar to this Direct from Disk we would be able to play back (for example) KARO strings/Brass EX3 (over a Gigs worth) without having to load to RAM. As it is, I don't think its possiblle to have Karo Strings/Brass EX3 loaded at the same time, if you have the 500MB piano loaded is it? - or if the KARO strings is over 650MB, you might not be able to load in Brass at all will you?


AnthonyB

[MartinHines]

What about DFD (Direct From Disk) Like Native Intruments do with there software?

It's a very small patch you download, and Enables "Sampling From Disk", that uses little RAM.

In Sample File Disk Streaming (really patented by Nemesys with their GigaSampler product, prior to Nemsys being purchased by Tascam), you do have to load a small portion of every sample to which you want instant access into RAM. The big problem for the OASYS would be its slow hard drive (5400 RPM).

I assume Korg chose a slower speed for hard drive longevity, but I would suspect to do disk streaming you would need:
-- at least a 7200 RPM Hard drive
-- ideally a second hard drive from which to stream the samples.

[MIDIguru]

What about DFD (Direct From Disk) Like Native Intruments do with there software?

It's a very small patch you download, and Enables "Sampling From Disk", that uses little RAM.

In Sample File Disk Streaming (really patented by Nemesys with their GigaSampler product, prior to Nemsys being purchased by Tascam), you do have to load a small portion of every sample to which you want instant access into RAM. The big problem for the OASYS would be its slow hard drive (5400 RPM).

I assume Korg chose a slower speed for hard drive longevity, but I would suspect to do disk streaming you would need:
-- at least a 7200 RPM Hard drive
-- ideally a second hard drive from which to stream the samples.

The USB 2.0 ports on the back of the O would be perfect for hosting a 7200 rpm drive!

[Arend Groot]

The USB 2.0 ports on the back of the O would be perfect for hosting a 7200 rpm drive!

I have connected a 7200 rpm external drive. My experience is that for loading samples the internal disk is faster.

[ryan42]

What about DFD (Direct From Disk) Like Native Intruments do with there software?

It's a very small patch you download, and Enables "Sampling From Disk", that uses little RAM.

In Sample File Disk Streaming (really patented by Nemesys with their GigaSampler product, prior to Nemsys being purchased by Tascam), you do have to load a small portion of every sample to which you want instant access into RAM. The big problem for the OASYS would be its slow hard drive (5400 RPM).

I assume Korg chose a slower speed for hard drive longevity, but I would suspect to do disk streaming you would need:
-- at least a 7200 RPM Hard drive
-- ideally a second hard drive from which to stream the samples.

Actually it's a 5400 RPM laptop drive which due to platter size is actually faster than a desktop 5400 drive but probably slower than a 7200 RPM desktop drive.