| what it boils down to for me is korg spent loads on marketing the oasys as something incredible,keeping us waiting, adverts etc etct-its just a high specd workstation. The oasys is no hotel room scratchpad, the sheer size of the thing makes this impossible and this is added to with a case of course. I think a few years down the line korg will see this as a mistake, same as the overpriced and ugly radias. I believe imo they have lost their way in terms of creating exciting synths (not workstations) and too much goes into cosmetics, and unnecessary features. The phrase jack of all trades and master of none comes to mind with the oasys. I am saddened that a company such as korg would sink so much into this keyboard and not bring out anything that is really different.Same goes for the other big players. If they are not careful the same will become of Korg,Yamaha,and Roland that has happened to the major record labels. The consumers and players will move in droves to the more exciting and smaller companies that really listen to their customers needs and produce more cutting edge and risky designs. The workstation is a dead format, computers offer so much more for much less; i dont ever see myself wasting money on a digital hardware synth ever again. |