If Korg .....

[MartinHines]

Ok they stopped further software development with the O, but did they stop manufacture of the O because there would be no more software updates or because they werent selling enough units, or because they assumed that if they didnt provide further software updates nobody would buy it?

In the end, it is ALWAYS about sales.

Nearly every keyboard has its manufacturing stopped eventually due to the lack of sales.

The OASYS was an expensive keyboard to manufacture and expensive to buy, so the potential market was never that big. This situation was compounded by a declining worldwide economy which slowed sales even further.

[nitecrawler]

"Small case in point: What is that frigging "Function" Button doing on my Oasys? Is there anything I could do to make it light up? Is it even wired to ANYthing in there? Why wasn't it properly labeled? It should be the "Nothing" Button. Anyhoo, my money was well spent and I am getting good use out of Korg's flagship synthesizer."

+1 I guess it will just be one of those curious idiocynrocies of this beast. Regarding Tommy Imanuel, yes, I actually went to one of his shows put on here in Denver a few years back. He's got chops and a wierd Aussie sense of humor. I would close my eyes and just listen and swear that there were two guitarists playing at the same time. Then maybe, he just had a tape delay goin on up there on stage.

nitecrawler

[danatkorg]

Small case in point: What is that frigging "Function" Button doing on my Oasys? Is there anything I could do to make it light up? Is it even wired to ANYthing in there? Why wasn't it properly labeled?

The Function button is used for the internal calibration application. (I think this has been mentioned before.)

As to why it's there: there was room in the layout for another button in that group on the front panel. We thought it would be good to have a button there just in case we needed one in the future. Better to have an extra one, than to need one and not have it.

- Dan

[Davidb]

"Small case in point: What is that frigging "Function" Button doing on my Oasys? Is there anything I could do to make it light up? Is it even wired to ANYthing in there? Why wasn't it properly labeled? It should be the "Nothing" Button..."

+1 I guess it will just be one of those curious idiocynrocies of this beast.