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Originally Posted by goldphinga The phrase jack of all trades and master of none comes to mind with the oasys. |
I'd encourage another look at the synthesis side of things, then. 84 voices of high-spec'd VA that competes easily on both audio quality and features with the german VAs. Best available realtime PCM interpolation. Hammond model that's an improved version of the already well-received CX-3. Plucked string model that I'd encourage folks to compare with any other modeling synth, in both features and audio quality. Dynamic allocation (including overage protection) between all of these models, which no computer-based system offers. All modulation updated every 32 samples, and locked to the sample rate (no slowing down when you play a lot of notes). Etc., etc. I don't think it's possible to support the "master of none" premise on these counts.
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I think some may assume that because it's a workstation, it's somehow not a synthesizer. That's not the way we see it at Korg R&D, however, and I *hope* that's not the way it sounds or plays. We've worked on the Wavestation and the OASYS PCI; we did the synth parts of OASYS, in cooperation with the workstation team at Korg Inc. in Japan. All of our work has been focused on making it a kick-ass *synthesizer,* with different synthesis methods that sound as good as we can make them, and which interoperate smoothly. Yes, it also has a sequencer and HDR, but it can just as easily be used as a synth with computer-based sequencing/DAW systems -- which, as far as I know, is how many use their Tritons as well.
- Dan