Click here for an in-depth look at Korg’s new OASYS workstation
At last year’s Summer NAMM, we were a little surprised that Korg really didn’t have anything major to show in the keyboard
category. Apparently, they were saving it up for a big surprise, and sure enough, here at Winter NAMM, the big buzz around the Korg
booth is about a groundbreaking new synthesizer workstation that will cause all of us to rethink our present music creation setups.
The waiting is over; Korg has just unveiled the new OASYS.
Standing, listening to its huge, multilayered sounds created from the insane amount of possible combinations of synthesis types
and patches, we’re reminded of the saying about not being able to live in the past or the future, so stay in the present.
Not content with simply creating a leading edge synth, Korg has to shatter our concepts of time and space as well. With OASYS,
you can make regularly scheduled trips to the past, while you stay in the present moment with an eye to the future. The OASYS
combines Vintage Wavestation vector synthesis, the CX-3 tonewheel organ, analog modeling, the Triton HD-1 sound engine, a 2nd
generation Karma, along with MIDI sequencing, hard disk recording, DAW control, touch screen, and effects processing including
ToneWorks mic amp and speaker models, all neatly packaged with an 88-key real hammer action keyboard (76-key available too). But the
best thing about the OASYS is the Linux-based open-architecture operation system. What this means to all who have found their very
expensive old synths falling by the wayside due to an inability to interface with modern gear, is that your OASYS will remain
cutting edge as any new soundware innovations Korg comes up with in the future can be added in quite simply. In a musical instrument
desert filled with dry, me-too synths, Korg has created an OASYS.
KORG OASYS Features:
Click here for an in-depth look at Korg’s new OASYS workstation
