Suggestion to Korg - how to make a few quid from OASYS

[cello]

Ah, well - I tried!

To answer the OP's question - as I have all the EXis such an incentive wouldn't interest me. But I agree that some users (probably not the ones here) would pay to have them - even if just to have it fully loaded if they decide to sell.

Of course, any time Korg decides to release further EXis to purchase, then I'll be front of the queue!

[peter m. mahr]

First - thanks for bringing up the topic that somehow completely got lost....

Of course, any time Korg decides to release further EXis to purchase, then I'll be front of the queue!

Yes, but sorry to tell you... you'll be number 2 in the queue.

[SoulBe]

Hi,

I have all EXi´s because of 2 reasons:
- first I play different kinds / styles of music in different bands from soul/funk to rock/metal. So the fully shipped Oasys covers all and I do not need other expanders,
- second after deciding to buy the Oasys as the top synth/workstation I also wanted to have access to all features / not beeing limitated with this top instrument.

I would be the next in the queue

regards
SoulBe

[UCanDream]

I apologize if my comments seemed to hijack the thread....certainly not my intent.

Okay, back on topic....


Cheers

[Hedegaard]

You seem to forget that just 10 years ago, you bought a hardware synth, and it wasn't upgradeable. What you paid for = is what you got.

With Oasys, we got the possibility to 'upgrade' and if you look at the history since 2005, we got something (more or less) at least once a year. Its not so bad.

But yes theres room to gripe, such as it would be nice if we got an Exf, but we never saw one and now its just some words in a manual with no relevance.

Oh and we got a non-functioning "Function" button too

But who knows, perhaps someday in the future, something could be ported from a future Korg product onto the Oasys.
Because at that time programming tools or technology would make it feasible to do so.

As for Korg as a company, I suspect most people working there is because of the passion for instruments/design/music e.t.c. and the salary probably isn't as good as a bank manager's.

[Akos Janca]

I like the original idea of discounted EXi's. Unfortunately, now I didn't like David's answer because of its intonation (sorry mate ).

I don't think Korg have stopped software development for OASYS - we got the last update a year ago. This could explain why they still sell options at full price: hopefully, the whole OASYS project is not completely dead for ever.

Answering Peter's question: yes, I don't have MOD-7 yet basically because of the high price. (In fact it's even relatively higher here because in my country the salaries are roughly 5 times lower for the same job (!) but the prices are generally similar. So, imagine the MOD-7 for yourselves not for 250 but for approx. 1250 USD. ) I would buy all options after all because I like them and want to own them.

I'm still a proud Hungarian because of many things. Check this out for example.

P.S. The Function button is explained here.

[TonyGen]

Hi Korg -

A suggestion - to offer (worldwide) discount deals on EXi's for OASYS - including premium deals on purchasing more than one.

Surely there are lots of OASYS users out there who are just waiting for a discount to tip the balance and go purchase them.

A win-win IMO, Korg make a tidy little sum from increased sales of EXi's and OASYS users get to beef up their beloved investment.

Go on Korg - celebrate with a festive OASYS discount package on EXi's - it's nearly Christmas, its after Ramadan, nearly Hanukkah, not far from the Chinese new year - and sure the world ends by Dec 21st 2012

Kevin.

For all that's been said, I agree with this.

Come on Korg how about a Festive treat for impoverished Oasys owners?

Maybe you could just upset Korg US subscribers and discount them in Europe only

[Akos Janca]

Maybe you could just upset Korg US subscribers and discount them in Europe only

Yeah, I hear the drums and Shakira singing: "this time for E-U-ROPE"!

[cello]

Maybe you could just upset Korg US subscribers and discount them in Europe only

Love it! Brilliantly funny

[MartinHines]

Really Martin?? Seriously??? What about the FRIGGING musician that KEEPS SPENDING HIS MONEY!?!?! I spent my money on hardware (like a lot of guys did) rather than software because of Korg's committment to develop that hardware!

I am simply TIRED of people complaining about the OASYS. I was one of the first OASYS owners in the U.S., and therefore I was not happy about Korg's discontinuation of further OASYS development. However, that was a while ago -- time to move on.

Companies don't release updates forever. If times would have been better, Korg would have probably updated the OASYS for 1-2 years longer, but no more.

If you thought Korg was going to update the OASYS forever then you are crazy.

You should either enjoy the OASYS for what it is, or sell it.

[Sina172]

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[UCanDream]

I guess if I don't explain myself completely then I am open to misinterpretation...

Anyone who shot venom back at me: Did you seriously MISS the VERY FIRST line in my response?? I am truly sorry that I did not use the maximum font size. I will continue to show self-restraint and NOT quote myself with "huge" letters....and I do quote, "based upon their average apparent view of their customers."

Case in point: Do any of you guys remember a dude that was on here a long time ago....? Oh wait, it wasn't really long ago at all! In fact, some of his post are still sizzling in the pages of this very forum! Remember that guy?? What was his name.....? Oh yeah, it was Daz! Did Daz leave cuz he was cranky about the Oasys sequencer? Or small hard drive size? Or really anything PARTICULAR about the Oasys? Ummmm.....NO! It doesn't take a very smart person to figure out that Daz left (and took his expert advice and talent and insight with him) because of KORG'S ATTITUDE.

MartinHines,

I am simply TIRED of people complaining about the OASYS.

Okay... but my response wasn't about the Oasys, specifically. It was about Korg's attitude. By the way, would you prefer it if this forum was censored? Anyway, in my endeavor to not be offensive or unfair I was sure to not be insulting to persons. I mentioned 2 by name in an attempt to offer insight that I wasn't slinging crap at individuals....especially individuals that do not appear to mirror the "screw the customer" attitude. My list of Korg gear is longer than my list of all other gear combined. So after ALL of that money spent I feel at liberty to say something about what is on my mind about the very company I have so heavily invested my money into. Nobody here was REQUIRED to read my response to Kevin's post. And no one certainly should have been offended or uptight by what I said.

Also, I didn't expect 'updates forever.' But possibly the most useful update to the Oasys would have been the sequencer. Instead we got some cool sounds and some cool effects....and a bunch of locked synth engines that were ALREADY ON THE SYNTH but required purchasing. Again, I didn't even cry about that stuff-- been there, done that-- like a lot of us. I simply took aim at what I believe are corporate assbags who look at the guys buying their products as disposable wallet liners. I get it...you know, big business. That's fine! It is what it is. I just threw it out there, that's all.

I also wasn't trying to take anything away from Kevin and his idea. My thought was that Korg is no more likely "to offer (worldwide) discount deals on EXi's for OASYS" than they are to resume development on Oasys' sequencer or hardware. And since they promised customers who would invest in their promises of OPEN ARCHITECTURE then why wasn't that developmental potential opened up to those users that are capable or writing code to extend the Oasys' usefulness? Of course we know why they would not let THAT out! But THEY are the ones that made the promises.

Martin, you told me, "You should either enjoy the OASYS for what it is..." Good advice....and I already do that.

Sina's comments: "I'm sick to death of people saying "I paid x amount of money for it and I feel ripped off." If you are SO worried about how much you paid for it..." Sina, are you just in here so that you can be involved and shoot your mouth off? I didn't say I was ripped off. I never said I was worried about what I paid for the Oasys. But the one question of value that you did manage to hack up was, "WHY DID YOU BUY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?!" Hey Sina, were you aware that "OASYS" is an acronym? Why don't you go to bed thinking about the meaning of Korg's "OASYS" and you might just dream up an intelligent response to your own question. Hint: I illuded to it a few lines up. It's deep buddy...but it explains one of the reasons that a guy might have bought his Oasys. Oh, one more thing, Sina..."For the love of God people, SHUT UP! I am LOVING it for what it is RIGHT NOW and I could NOT be ANY happier! So can we PLEASE DROP the subject and just let it go already?!" Sure buddy. Since you are happy and "LOVING it" then we shall all (Oh wait, you sent your remarks in my general direction)...I mean, then I shall "SHUT UP" and "DROP IT." You are happy so I am happy. Perhaps you and Martin can ask Sharp for censorship if you are really that opposed to reading some of this forum's content....

Recap: My original response was said to have hijacked the original thread. (Sorry about that Kevin, my bad.) But I wasn't crying about money spent. It was trust spent. 'Hard economic times hit so Korg bailed on Oasys.' Why? Hard economic times hit most of us bet we didn't quit our jobs. A lot of us just had to work for less. Korg didn't work for less- the way I see it....they just quit their job. They just said, "Screw them guys. We don't need to work for less. We just need to abandon the Oasys project before it goes in the hole."

One last thought... given my mildly deranged sense of humor you guys that got your panties in a knot could/should have just ignored me. Geez you guys! It isn't easy to ascertain or deliver subtle nuances of our communication over the internet, be it ever-so-mild-humor, a touch of sarcasm, or what have you....but gosh, let's go a little easier here people. And if our (redundant) opinions are not welcome here perhaps Sharp can revise the 'Terms of Service' as it were.


Sincere regards.
~UCanDream

[Kontrol49]

If you are SO worried about how much you paid for it, WHY DID YOU BUY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

For the love of God people, SHUT UP!


Sina

From a Guy who annoyed and aggrevated every possible music forum site offering $xxxxxxx for reward of safe return of said machine,if you was so pissed off by it being stolen why the fook didn't you insure it to prevent such a financial loss should the inevitable happen??????probably because you never envisaged it would have been stolen,so does that mean we should tell you to shut the fook up because you were an idiot for spending so much on the Oasys with no insurance....its a risk you take the same as all of us who bought an Oasys

we paid 5k for a machine that was flouted as open with future upgrades nobody expected or thought Korg would offer lifetime support but not too be dropped in a few years time,and in comparison to other middle grade workstation products from Korg still unfinished in some respects to others OS updates as to its potential,were you a little disgruntled the day your Oasys was stolen...yeh probably the same feeling as some of us finding out the machine we so heavily invested in was no longer worth the price tag and the concept that you bought into was now not what it was so in essence the principal of being robbed if only morally still touches the same nerve

you have a unique oasys so not surprised you enjoy it given in the time you owned it its been stolen and returned!one hell of a history your machine has!must be worth two fold now

Every time you post you claim how its the best thing you've ever laid your hands on,Yet I seem to recall the same s**t about the Fantom G until you found it had flaws then it became the s**t "Roland" company,Same with the MV8800 you bought that you reckoned was about to change your musical career forever,and then two days later because it never had multitrack recording you claimed it was crap so WHY DID YOU BUY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE

Everyone's entitled to their opinion,If your tired of the boring disgruntled Oasys owner then simply turn the page and enjoy your experience without feeling its aimed at you personally because we somehow should feel "grateful" its been dropped just because you feel a moral obligation to praise it,there is nothing wrong with the machine,so wind your neck in and absorb the posts which are about Korgs politics towards it future,if any owner thought that oasys was s**t and they would have sold it by now as per many of the units that do crop up on various auction sites.

[UCanDream]

Hey Kontrol49.

Nicely put! And I was pleased to see that you had insight that I was lacking about the very guy issuing the command for me to SHUT UP. More importantly, you weren't incensed at my comments. You didn't read a bunch of unintended crap into what I said. Thank you.

By the way, I have a bunch of the same gear as you, i.e., Oasys (duh! lol), 01R/W, N1R, Triton Extreme, V-Synth GT (I also got the original), TC Helicon VoiceWorks Plus, EX5R...and I just sold my A6 as well as my Virus. I had the KB. Looking for a TI2 at a good price on eBay.

On original topic, I thought Kevin has a great idea. But I figured Korg would roll their eyes at such a thing. Hence, my comments. I didn't realize that I was about to become the red-headed step-child of Korg Forums. Oh jeez, now I'm going to "get it" from all the red-heads here. And if I'm not mistaken, the moderator is from Ireland!...LOL, yeah, red hair! Dangit, I just went off topic again!


Peace!
~ UCanDream

[Kontrol49]

By the way, I have a bunch of the same gear as you, i.e., Oasys (duh! lol), 01R/W, N1R, Triton Extreme, V-Synth GT (I also got the original), TC Helicon VoiceWorks Plus, EX5R...and I just sold my A6 as well as my Virus. I had the KB. Looking for a TI2 at a good price on eBay.

Peace!
~ UCanDream

TI's are very desirable machines,but seem to demand good secondhand prices on ebay,love mine to death,would be that and the Oasys if I had an ultimate pairing choice,

I've had s**t loads of hardware(synths.Modules) over the years but my studio now is a kind of best of the best that I have shifted out the s**t and kept all the machines i know well and highly rate and have inspired or added something to my sound pallet and hence why i have a few of the same models of the same synths etc,V synths I adore probably one of the few newer synthesizers that add something unique to synthesis methods and sound manipulation,I used to have 4 Tritons as they were my main live rigs but have since managed to convert most of the sounds or substituted them for alternatives on the Oasys so decided to ditch my Classic keyboard and the second rack model earlier this year as they were being used less and less eventually I intend to ditch the Other rack model but I shall keep the Extreme,I hope to have only the Oasys and the Extreme as the only Romplers in the rig as many of the others LIke the jv/ex/n1/01 barely get used but I've kept hold of them because of certain particular sounds that I've been unable to replicate(and I'm too busy to be bothered with multisampling the waveforms)this is where I was hoping for some support on the Oasys if Only korg Made an Ai2 EXis for the oAsys that included every sound ever made on those machines(aah well dream on)

I'm also kind of drawn lately to the Waldorf Blofeld which seems to be on the similar lines to the TI