Korg Oasys discontinued as of July 2008 (?)

franzlp · Post by **franzlp** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:06 pm

I think if you look at the Oasys as solely as a dated computer then you are looking at the issue 2 dimensionally when you need to look at it in 3 or more. We've been so used the VSTs running on our PCs and having suped up CPU to run our music software but the Oasys is different. It's mucho more than a PC and furthermore it is running a stripped down Linux kernel that is dedicated to the functionality of sound production. It is not a PC alone that has to contend with houskeeping and other operations that compete with it's resource allocation. The fact that it is running Linux also makes it much more powerful as you don't contend with future expandibilty as much. I think I know a bit more about PCs as I work in IT and can tell you the Oasys is hardly dated. The Oasys is a perfect deal.

MauroR · Post by **MauroR** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:11 pm

I'm totally agree with you franz, anyone comparing an Oasys to a computer has understood nothing.

ytl · Post by **ytl** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:23 pm

franzlp wrote:I think if you look at the Oasys as solely as a dated computer then you are looking at the issue 2 dimensionally when you need to look at it in 3 or more. We've been so used the VSTs running on our PCs and having suped up CPU to run our music software but the Oasys is different. It's mucho more than a PC and furthermore it is running a stripped down Linux kernel that is dedicated to the functionality of sound production. It is not a PC alone that has to contend with houskeeping and other operations that compete with it's resource allocation. The fact that it is running Linux also makes it much more powerful as you don't contend with future expandibilty as much. I think I know a bit more about PCs as I work in IT and can tell you the Oasys is hardly dated. The Oasys is a perfect deal.

Thanks Franzlp & MauroR
and I agree with you.............
I just have a bad experience of my PC.......
and I have used very old　Electronic instruments

franzlp · Post by **franzlp** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:22 pm

YTL,

Hey I certainly understand you, afterall I had not the opportunity to upgrade my electronic intruments for many years. In fact, the most current keyboard I had prior to the Oasys was Korg DW-8000 and you know that is old. The Oasys is something totally different and the most satisfying change you can achieve.

ytl · Post by **ytl** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:55 pm

franzlp wrote:YTL,

Hey I certainly understand you, afterall I had not the opportunity to upgrade my electronic intruments for many years. In fact, the most current keyboard I had prior to the Oasys was Korg DW-8000 and you know that is old. The Oasys is something totally different and the most satisfying change you can achieve.

Thanks Franzlp again
When I first time touch Oasys , I know Oasys sound quantity is totally different , after that I just can buy an M3-73/wRadias , but now I need use two tube preamp to increase M3/Radias sound quantity , (and I have V-synth )...............Oasys sound quantity is the best.......

AnthonyB · Post by **AnthonyB** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:01 pm

just have a bad experience of my PC.......
and I have used very old　Electronic instruments

your old instruments don't include a collection of these do they? http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ms20.shtml

Anthonyb

ytl · Post by **ytl** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:07 pm

Hi AnthonyB
My first synth is polysix

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:21 am

MrT-Man wrote:Per the serial numbers at the Karma Lab forums, we know it's at least 3,200 units. Only the finance/sales/marketing types at Korg know whether this is a a good or bad number, based on whatever their initial projections were.

It's actually more then 3200, and the primary reason behind the OASYS wasn't money and profits per se, but in a long run and over multiple series of products. Development cycles always make sense when looked at from the "larger perspective" point of view...

Nevertheless, this is a seriously appericiated instrument by anyone who's ever tried it or looked at it or heard it. People either have it, or want it. It's as simple as that.

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:19 am

Been away ...

Just catching up with this thread, and took a look at Sweetwater's site. I've been a customer of theirs since being in the US, and use them regularly. It is unusual to see something being removed from their site as the O76 has been. Generally if they are out of stock of something, or if there is a long lead time for something to come back into stock they note that against the item itself, rather than removing it.

If the Oasys is being discontinued, then there is a crumb of comfort I am holding onto. That is that although the hardware may no longer be being made, Korg can still make money by selling the existing users more software. So the end of the hardware doesn't necessarily mean the end of the story for us. Being more optimistic maybe an Oasys rev B, or Mk2 of some sort is on the way ?

Only time will tell ...

Daz.

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:03 am

Daz wrote: So the end of the hardware doesn't necessarily mean the end of the story for us. Being more optimistic maybe an Oasys rev B, or Mk2 of some sort is on the way ?

Only time will tell ...

Daz.

Right !

I am sure Korg will release a successor in one or the other way of OASYS. As posted already, otherwise they still would sell M-1s. OASYS is an open system - more or less - and if one day an OASYS rev B or MK2 will see the light of day then most likely some of the developments will find its home in the current version. Although being speculative this seems logical to me as they always pushed their development forwards, this is what makes the OASYS such a great instrument and unique.... and honestly I even did not scratch the surface of MOD-7. So in case there would not come anything any more this alone is such an interesting instrument together with STR-1... one could spend days... no, weeks.... hm .. months to dig into it.

peter

Sina172 · Post by **Sina172** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:23 am

StephenKay · Post by **StephenKay** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:37 am

In the end, regardless of all this discussion and how it turns out, I can only say one thing:

The OASYS is the coolest, best-sounding, most interactively-controlled, most intuitively-interfaced piece of gear I have ever owned (and I've had a Fairlight Series III among others), and if/when it is discontinued, then the fact remains that I still have one, and that makes me phenomenally lucky. I'll keep it forever, and consider myself lucky to have worked on it.

Kevin Nolan · Post by **Kevin Nolan** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:33 am

Stephen -

Here, here!

However - WE are the lucky ones that you worked on it. You are the Bob Moog, Dave Smith and Roger Linn of the 21st century. You've revolutionised Korg workstations, and I heartely look forward to your next venture with them. In the mean time OASYS is alive and kicking and will serve all of us for many years to come.

Kevin.

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:09 am

StephenKay wrote:The OASYS is the coolest, best-sounding, most interactively-controlled, most intuitively-interfaced piece of gear I have ever owned.

Amen !

peter

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:23 pm

peter m. mahr wrote:
StephenKay wrote:The OASYS is the coolest, best-sounding, most interactively-controlled, most intuitively-interfaced piece of gear I have ever owned.
Amen !

peter

So true, so true...

If I could marry the Oasys, I would.

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