Oasys v1.3.3 released!!!

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:51 am

Those MOD-7 Programs were released quite some time ago ... you don't know what you've been missing

Everything installed splendidly here.

jerrythek · Post by **jerrythek** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:18 am

Glad to hear you all are enjoying the new FX Presets. Keep the comments coming - we'd love to hear which presets are your favorites, what new things you learned about an effect from them, maybe some cool applications you have for using them them on what type of sounds, or audi input...

In other words - share some info with your fellow OASYS users, and us - we love to not only see that files we made are downloaded, but what you actually like about them/what you do with them etc.

Enjoy.

Jerry

rtucker55 · Post by **rtucker55** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:06 am

jerrythek wrote:Glad to hear you all are enjoying the new FX Presets. Keep the comments coming - we'd love to hear which presets are your favorites, what new things you learned about an effect from them, maybe some cool applications you have for using them them on what type of sounds, or audi input...

In other words - share some info with your fellow OASYS users, and us - we love to not only see that files we made are downloaded, but what you actually like about them/what you do with them etc.

Enjoy.

Jerry

Thanks for the Note Jerry,

I'm sure you have had a very long day but yet you, a Korg Guy, are posting on a users forum (that is not an official Korg site) after 10PM.

You must LOVE your JOB!

Why else would you be posting on this forum at this time of the evening when most people with day jobs would be sleeping.

It is apparent that ALL the Korg folks Really care about their Customers and products. Thank You All.

The Oasys update today was probably one of the highlights of 2009 for myself. It was the last thing I expected. When I woke up I was getting ready to check the Cakewalk site to see if they had released the 8.3 update.

When I saw the email from Korg I just could not believe it. Everything from the download process to the install was flawless. The installation instructions was detailed to the nth degree. What a Great Job!

I must admit that I have been opposed to the Korg policy on don't tell until it's time but, I must also admit that it was like being a little kid on Christmas Morning today when I received a very special gift from SANTA KORG!

Thanks Again,

Sincerely,
Rick

przemm · Post by **przemm** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:33 am

That is a good news:-). Do the presets replace existing user-created presets? I have made a bunch of them and I don't want to lose mine.

Btw, I had to admit that I learned a lot examining effect settings in stock Oasys programs and combis. Lots of work and thought went into programming Oasys sounds - the deeper you get, the more amazed you are:-). Thanks Korg!

vortex · Post by **vortex** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:53 am

What a difference a day makes!

PS Totally uneventful install.

danatkorg · Post by **danatkorg** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:27 am

przemm wrote:That is a good news:-). Do the presets replace existing user-created presets? I have made a bunch of them and I don't want to lose mine.

The new PRESET.KFX file contains only the Preset data
(P01‐P15). Loading this file will replace any data that
you have currently stored in these locations. It will not
affect any data stored in the User locations (U00‐U15).

- Dan

Stralner · Post by **Stralner** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:08 am

jerrythek wrote:Glad to hear you all are enjoying the new FX Presets. Keep the comments coming - we'd love to hear which presets are your favorites, what new things you learned about an effect from them, maybe some cool applications you have for using them them on what type of sounds, or audi input...

In other words - share some info with your fellow OASYS users, and us - we love to not only see that files we made are downloaded, but what you actually like about them/what you do with them etc.

Enjoy.

Jerry

I have made a lot of preset my self, but like any other option you have it´s only what your imagination can bring out right, so the more heads in the same groupe the more ideas to work with and the loads of preset here just brings more ideas up to me. I´m gonna walk thrue all of them and I will give you some feedback. The hole idea of charing preset, new programs, new combis and more is much better than any new synt engine and what ever, we need to get what ever we can out of the already great Oasys, and that to me is a huge job it self. Let´s have more preset, sampels, programs and more userbanks

and let´s work with that. Just my 2 cent

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:09 am

Thanks to the Korg Team for the update -
all our fears of beeing left behind with the Oasys should have been stopped with this.
I´d like to see more posts to support the Korg team for this release, not complaints and moaning for "more" updates and "more sounds" - that´s no motivation for people who worked hard on this update.

SoulBe

Stralner · Post by **Stralner** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:16 am

Daz wrote:Those MOD-7 Programs were released quite some time ago ... you don't know what you've been missing

Everything installed splendidly here.

Other than the space for it

more banks

Post by **mikemolloyuk** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:39 am

ucandream wrote:
rtucker55 wrote: No one knows (except Korg and those privy to such info) but this just may be a pre-rec for upcoming improvements and New features which we will receive when we receive them.

It would appear that History has shown that is how it works and no matter how much any body complains it is not going to change a thing. I really am getting tired of seeing all the complaints on this forum and on Karma-labs forum. Yes I don't have to view threads that are posted as a complaint but it seems like no matter which thread you view, someone is bitching about not getting updates.

Put yourself in Korgs shoes for just one moment. How would you keep a positive, creative, and energetic attitude when seems like you are damned if you do or damned if you don't? Let's cut them some slack and be appreciative of what we have received.

Best Regards,
Rick
Good point, Rick....

'cept you forgot something... WE are the consumer. Far be it from me to be ungreatful....but I have always thought that sounds, sounds, SOUNDS are what we are looking for most of all!!

Put ourselves in Korgs shoes? Hell no! They didn't pay me $8500.00 for my Oasys. I paid THEM! Get it? It is THEIR responsiblity to support US--not the other way around. If they had asked for another thousand bucks for more sounds at the beginning to curb my bitching later down the road then I would have paid the money! AND paid without complaint. BUT I WANT MORE NOISES FOR MY OASYS and I don't have the dayamn time or desire to make them myself. And don't tell me to go pay Irish Acts for their sounds.

And to requote you: "No one knows (except Korg and those privy to such info) but this just may be a pre-rec for upcoming improvements and New features which we will receive when we receive them." Their 'ancient chinese secret' tight lip policy is so much of what creates a lot of this hysteria. We, us Korg users just ask, "Hey, what's coming down the pike next for my $8500.00 synth?" Korg, in effect says, "We are working on something and it is a big frigging secret...and your eight-thousand dollars wasn't enough for us to share it with you...until it's released...IF it's released. So leave us alone."

So there!

Just playing the devils advocate there. I loved my Oasys when I got it and it had 1.1 on it. The second thing I thought about it was, "Not too generous in the sound department are they." Of course, my 1st thought was, "Holy bat, Crapman!! (I mean, Holy crap, Batman) This thing is AWESOME!!"

Just to rub it in one more time. To the guys that developed the Oasys, I was always only REALLY looking forward to more MORE MORE sounds. That's all. Like my M3.

Okay. I'm going to the corner now for my rambunctious behavior.

David

David

So have you been throught every sound and every possible sound combination and every effect combination and every Karma structure to every sound combination possible to need new sounds?

Mike

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:47 am

LOL

Well, I don't think that's what he meant ...

Honestly, I'm happy about new sounds too. (That's why I like buying them from Karo, Sharp, Eric and of course Korg). But that's not really my major expectation for an update. I expect bug-fixes, ongoing improvement (might mean additional features or even synth engines if it's a big update) and PERHAPS some sounds. Korg released a "normal" update fixing bugs, improving some things AND delivered a bunch of FX-presets (which I regard as "special sounds"

). I'm happy with that, it seems to work well and the only thing I suggest is that Korg re-evaluates its "secrecy-policy". I still cannot see any harm for Korg if they announce that "something will come somewhen for the Oasys - we work on it". It would shut up lots of the complaining people here and its much more fun for a community discussing what might come, what we wish for etc. than "When will it be discontinued - because they don't announce anything".

tonybanks · Post by **tonybanks** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:34 pm

danatkorg wrote: The new PRESET.KFX file contains only the Preset data
(P01‐P15). Loading this file will replace any data that
you have currently stored in these locations. It will not
affect any data stored in the User locations (U00‐U15).

The following is just mere speculations.
As far as I am aware there were no .kfx files or effects preset on previous OS version.
1.3.3 OS also did not display the P on the upper right corner of IFX page (this is what I remember) when loaded.
The new function "preset effects" only appears to be available when you load a previously unavailable .kfx file from the internal HD.
I am totally unskilled in this filed but it seems like it's a hidden function inside this new (or may be also a previous) OS which can only be activated when you have a .kfx file to load.
Is this correct?
If it is, there's an obvious following question, which I will not make as I already know I would probably not get an answer

lcmorley · Post by **lcmorley** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:40 pm

No,

The P drop down box was there prior to loading the .KFX file. However, I am not sure if it was there prior to 1.3.3.

That said, having read other posts where other users are complaining that they may loose their own effects presets, I assume the functionality has been there for a while. This release just allowed Korg to provide their own presets.

danatkorg · Post by **danatkorg** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:42 pm

tonybanks wrote:
danatkorg wrote: The new PRESET.KFX file contains only the Preset data
(P01‐P15). Loading this file will replace any data that
you have currently stored in these locations. It will not
affect any data stored in the User locations (U00‐U15).
The following is just mere speculations.
As far as I am aware there were no .kfx files or effects preset on previous OS version.
1.3.3 OS also did not display the P on the upper right corner of IFX page (this is what I remember) when loaded.
The new function "preset effects" only appears to be available when you load a previously unavailable .kfx file from the internal HD.
I am totally unskilled in this filed but it seems like it's a hidden function inside this new (or may be also a previous) OS which can only be activated when you have a .kfx file to load.
Is this correct?
If it is, there's an obvious following question, which I will not make as I already know I would probably not get an answer

Effect Presets have been supported since the initial release of the OASYS; the P was displayed, you could save and load files, etc. There are so many features in the OASYS that I can completely understand why someone might have missed it, but it was not a hidden feature.

- Dan

danatkorg · Post by **danatkorg** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:45 pm

lcmorley wrote:That said, having read other posts where other users are complaining that they may loose their own effects presets, I assume the functionality has been there for a while. This release just allowed Korg to provide their own presets.

Correct. Note that you can save and load Effect Presets just like PCGs, so as long as you back up your existing data first (as instructed in the doc that comes with the Effect Presets, btw!), there's no risk of losing any data.

Best regards,

Dan