The “OA” in Korg’s mighty OASYS workstation stands for “Open Architecture,” and the release of the version 1.1 operating system software demonstrates exactly what means. Besides a pile of control, performance, and memory enhancements, the new OS delivers the first EXi Expansion Instrument update, the STR-1 Plucked String. The STR-1 allows you to realize acoustic and electric guitars and basses, clavinets, harpsichords, harps, bells, electric pianos, and ethnic instruments, as well as unique timbres. You can pluck, strike, scrape, or otherwise “excite” the virtual string with 16 different “pluck” types. The string model emulates physical materials and playing style including damping, decay, dispersion, nonlinearity, harmonics, and more. The string timbre can be shaped further using a huge variety of filters, LFOs, EGs, and other controls – all in addition to existing OASYS modulation sources. Korg has included 128 STR-1 programs specifically designed to take advantage of all of OASYS’s power. KARMA programs were designed by inventor Stephen Kay himself.
The new OS also adds support for up to 2GB of memory so you can keep both the EXs1 and EXs2 expansion libraries in memory at the same time, with room for almost 700 MB of samples still available. Korg is offering this update at no charge to current and future OASYS owners so don’t put it off! Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for more information.
