Oasys v1.3.3 released!!!

Anukis · Post by **Anukis** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:47 am

After all the moaning and growing, I hope u are all as happy as me 750 new preset effects. Sound good to me.

Nowadays · Post by **Nowadays** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:01 am

Time for me to register now at last, haha. New fx presets are kewl however new FX would have been nice as well, I am thinking about morphng fx like in the Lexicon Vortex.

From my email:

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Changes in software version 1.3.3
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KARMA 2.2

KARMA is now updated to version 2.2, including the following new features and improvements:

Previously, if a new GE was selected while KARMA was running, Drum GEs would continue to play, but other Arpeggiation and Phrase GEs would stop. Now, these other GEs will continue to play as well. Note that Realtime GEs will still stop.

If User GE Category and Sub-Category names are edited via the KARMA OASYS software, and the resulting data is loaded into the OASYS (either via System Exclusive, or by loading a .KGE file), the new names will now be shown immediately.

When Local Control is turned off, and an external sequencer is used for MIDI thru, moving KARMA Sliders and then using Reset Controls will now update the value displayed on the screen, as well as resetting the internal value.

Programs and Combinations

If a System Exclusive data dump overwrites the currently selected Program or Combination, the screen and front-panel controls will now be updated immediately.

Sequencer

Previously, in rare circumstances, a track's volume might be set to 0 after the current measure was changed manually. This has now been fixed.

Other improvements

Previously, the system could crash if a System Exclusive Mode Change message was received while the Expansion Sample Setup dialog was open. This has now been fixed.

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:29 am

The Oasys lives!!

Arend Groot · Post by **Arend Groot** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:30 am

Very good waking up with this news. Right now I am downloading the files. I have a few days off....thanks Korg....

fallingman · Post by **fallingman** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:52 am

Good news !

A x.x.x update is better than nothing !

Thank you, Korg & Stephen !

billysynth1 · Post by **billysynth1** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:58 am

Yes, they are quick to send us the email. Thanks Korg

Billy

Kayemef · Post by **Kayemef** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:13 am

Holy mother of god.... And I thought it couldn't get any better.

I had a little down yesterday - Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) announced he was doing his goodbye tour with Jane's Adddiction , putting Nine Inch Nails on the shelf for an undetermined period of time.

This just cheered me up

!!

What I like about this effects bunch - the reverb presets in particular...
It's pretty hard to tweak the knobs and find the right combination of parameters to create a specific feel. Here, not only have they given us nice shortcut options, but also it will be interesting to "dig in" the presets and see what parameter has been changed and how they really affect the sound.

I don't use karma that much, but its still great to see that everything seems to be progressing.

Nice one guys, greatly appreciated

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:23 am

I guess they're keeping the "1.4"-upgrade for the rest of the M3-style update...

Just kidding, this is really nice news. The presets are very welcome in my Oasys!!

UCanDream · Post by **UCanDream** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:26 am

YAAAAAAYYYY!!!

To be honest with you all, before I did the updates and all the free and paid upgrades, I was happy with my Oasys...albeit left a deep trench in my checking account where echos can still be heard whenever I drop in a few nickles or yell, "Hello", hello, hello, hello....

So then I do the free upgrades and pay for all the other stuff and I couldn't be happier...well...sort of. All of my time in the studio needs to be spent making and recording music. To do any amount of sound programming takes a huge amount of time...at least for me it does. I don't mind tweaking sounds for my own custom touch so guys like you can't listen to my stuff and say, "Sounds like 'Particles And Waves', 'Birds On The Wire', 'Tangerine Skies'"!!!...and so on. But programming sounds and performances is a time consuming and arduous task. It also takes a great deal of knowledge and experience. But keyboard manufactureres HAVE to do this to show what their stuff can do. Besides, who wants a friggin' $8500.00 synth with no sounds included? Yeah, "It sure is pretty.... It sure is quiet." (LOL)

I guess I am saying that I really do appreciate upgrades to the OS and new Karma features, new effects (780? Dang, Korg!!! It's gonna take me three days to check all these out! Seriously, nice work gentlemen.) But it is sound programs for the Big O (no, not the rubber between my car and the road..not THAT Big O) that I have been hoping to see Korg come out with. And maybe they are working on it- who knows. I just remember being elated that Korg released this new upgrade for the M3 right before I bought mine. To tell you the truth it was pivotal in my decision when I was buying an new synth. I was literally within hours of ordering another manufacturers board when I read about the M3 upgrade. (I had already returned my Fantom G8 because I thought for four grand the sounds, overall, were...shall I say, lackluster...and uninspiring.) And I was getting ready to order something else. Anyway, Korg won my business BECAUSE they were supporting their gear and they were doing so pretty aggressively.

Granted, there are plenty of sounds now available for the Oasys from Korg. And some of them you have to pay handsomely for...grrr! I know it cost money to make these sounds. But I didn't pay an extra cent for FIVE HUNDRED extra sounds for my M3!!! Also, third party sounds are out there but there isn't a lot to choose from. But there is no such thing as "too many sounds" for our synths, is there, boys and girls?

So, while I enthusiastically welcome the 1.3.3.3.3.3.3 or wherever we are at in the "1.x's" I still am hoping (without holding my breath) that we will see a 500 sound package upgrade for the mighty O. I'd even be grateful for a couple of hundred. Heck, I'd send Korg some flowers for just a few dozen new sounds. I get the feeling I,m.....

<------- doing what he's doing.

From my heart, thank you Korg and Stephen Kay for your hard work. Much kudos you guys. The Oasys is still the coolest synth I,ve owned. (Except for that on I got from Radio Shack when I was a kid. But they're discontinued. Hehehe....jus kiddin'!)

Keep playin and keep smilin.

Best regards,

David

Nowadays · Post by **Nowadays** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:38 am

[quote="ucandream"]YAAAAAAYYYY!!!

To be honest with you all, before I did the updates and all the free and paid upgrades, I was happy with my Oasys...albeit left a deep trench in my checking account where echos can still be heard whenever I drop in a few nickles or yell, "Hello", hello, hello, hello....

At least you heard something, all I had was tears since my wallet is made from onionleather...

RC-IA · Post by **RC-IA** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:02 pm

great! thanx !

t_tangent · Post by **t_tangent** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:24 pm

Damn...Been up all night fixing my MythTV media centre, 12.30 pm now and still no sleep, so thought I would have a quick look on the net before I went to bed for a few hours, only to see this....

I think I'll just have to skip the sleep today

Fantastic News, and look forward to trying this out as soon as its installed

Thanks very much Indeed Korg

lcmorley · Post by **lcmorley** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:51 pm

So the M3 expanded functionality is now starting to trickle through.

Let's hope that where 2008 was the year for M3 upgrades, 2009 is the year for the Oasys upgrades!

Thanks KORG!

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:09 pm

lcmorley wrote:So the M3 expanded functionality is now starting to trickle through.

Let's hope that where 2008 was the year for M3 upgrades, 2009 is the year for the Oasys upgrades!

Thanks KORG!

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:35 pm

Ooops:

Error: failed to update the Oasys kernel
Update fails

I got this message after trying to update from the Global menu...

Should I turn it off and try the other method?