Korg Oasys discontinued as of July 2008 (?)

[Sharp]

Hi Sina.

All I can say is love your OASYS for all it is now. It technically makes no difference if it's no longer in production. Who knows what the future holds. Maybe what is developed for it's replacement will see it's way back into the original OASYS ?.

Some laugh though if it's replacement had the same sequencer.

Regards.
Sharp.

[MauroR]

I hope it's not. I barely used it since I bought it used (very good deal) about 6 months ago.

[MrT-Man]

So one retailer doesn't list the 76 as being available, and you've come to the conclusion that it's discontinued? There's a ton of other retailers that still list the 76.

I would think it's a safe bet that the 76 and 88 will be discontinued at the same time, so I wouldn't worry unless both show up as being unavailable at sweetwater and elsewhere.

[sirCombatWombat]

It's not like they are coming to take it away ha ha...

Some people seem to think that a product will become useless the instant it is discontinued. I bet there was a bunch of them when the Moog modular was discontinued, only they had no global forums back then and had to stand at the crossroads to shout prophecies about the impending doom.

Tell you what, even if OASYS 2 would be announced tomorrow it would not affect me or my current projects. All my precious sounds would still be in my OASYS and not in the next one. And they would still sound the same, and that means excellent. I am not selling my music by owning the greatest synth in the market, I am selling music and the synth is only a tool to make it.

Sorry about the rant, I'm just getting tired of these threads.

So, when the next update comes I'll have a beer and bump all these threads back up for people to laugh at.

[Kevin Nolan]

I can understand people's apprehension on OASYS being discontinued. We have been part of a wonderful, vibrant era involving regular updates to our magnificent instrument, keeping the whole experience alive; interaction with the great experts behind it, and having amazing discussions and interactions on this forum - unique among forums because we made a difference to the evolution of OASYS and engaged the experts, and with incredible unanimity in our appraisal of how excellent an instrument it is. The cessation of OASYS development would not just end the development of the technology, but would see the end of an era of user/developer interaction probably unique in music technology. We can already see it fade a little on the forum.

I realise all of that will not completely end as soon as OASYS is officially discontinued, but it will be different.

I'd hope Korg will take on board all of these added dimensions to OASYS and its user base and some how harness them in even more far-reaching ways with whatever comes next. I think this is very important to the future of Korg and to the hardware synthesizer / workstation.

That said, the concept of 'discontinue' is probably in action already for some time. With Dan indicating about a year ago that another 'manufacturing run' was then taking place, it's possible that that was the last OASYS manufacturing to occur, and that it has been discontinued already save some unusually high future demand sparking another run. What ever the situation, probably most of the people who want an OASYS already own one, and this will direct the natural course of events for the lifetime of the instrument. However, with possibly another OS update / new feature at some future juncture, perhaps Korg will not announce the end for OASYS as we know it for sometime yet?

Kevin.

[MrT-Man]

With Dan indicating about a year ago that another 'manufacturing run' was then taking place, it's possible that that was the last OASYS manufacturing to occur

Sure, it's possible, but what reason is there for thinking that was the last run?

probably most of the people who want an OASYS already own one

Probably most, at the original street price -- but don't you think a lot more people would want an Oasys if the price came down? (& it seems like the price HAS come down...). It's still the best workstation out there.

Obviously, the Oasys will be discontinued at some point in time, but until Korg says it's been discontinued, or every store lists it as being unavailable, or the successor (be it an Oasys 2, or whatever) is announced, I don't think there's any reason to think it's been discontinued!

I also don't think that an end of the current model would mean an end to the platform. A lot of work went into developing the Oasys OS, and in making it work on standard PC components. Korg will likely see the need to put out a new redesigned model at some point, perhaps so that new capability can be added, or so that it can be made with more cost effective components, or whatever -- but it would make no logical sense to kill the platform. It's not like the UI & OS themselves are old, outdated or uncompetitive at this point.

And, while the platform is alive, there's always the hope of partial backwards-compatibility (i.e. maybe a lot of new EXi etc. designed for the Oasys 2 won't work on the original Oasys, but maybe some will...).

[GiveItATry]

The discontinuation is almost 100% sure. Thank God! Let's hope now that the new Korg Workstation that is on its way is a real workstation with extraordinary sounds and a superb sequencer built-in for professional use only.
I visited the most trusted and respected Pan-European store thomann.de and they also hane no more Oasys 76 in their store but you can buy it ONLY upon request. They no longer bring it in their store. Additionally, the Oasys now ( both 76 and 88 ) are much cheaper now, they cost hundreds of euros less. Also, Dan from Korg replied 5 (!) times to this topic and he did not specifically denied the rumours of a new Workstation coming along. So, this must be the end of the old Oasys who was addressed more to high school kids and semi's. Thank God for the new Professional Workstation. Well, we hope that the new instrument is gonna be a professional one. For example if the same sequencer is in it (a pitiful number of 16-midi tracks, 12 IFXs, etc), it will be the joke of the century!

And, while the platform is alive, there's always the hope of partial backwards-compatibility (i.e. maybe a lot of new EXi etc. designed for the Oasys 2 won't work on the original Oasys, but maybe some will...).

That is not possible for many reasons. For example, if you use Cubase 4, you can load Cubase 3 projects on the Cubase 4, but you can not load Cubase 4 projects on the Cubase 3.

[MauroR]

GiveItATry why don't you give a try to get out of this forum?

[curvebender]

GiveItATry why don't you give a try to get out of this forum?

Maybe he's trapped somehow, and doesn't know how to get out..

[GiveItATry]

I am just very excited about the upcoming release of the new Korg Workstation.

I hope this new workstation to be indeed powerful and not a weak one as the old oasys.

I hope its new sequencer to be superb with many dozens of tracks (far from the useless sequencer of the old oasys).

I hope its sounds to be extraordinary (far beyond of the cheap sounds of the old oasys).

I hope its design to be very impressive and dynamic (miles away from the very ugly appearance/design of the old oasys except for the touchscreen which is indeed very beautiful).

[MauroR]

You seems Foleycore. the f*ck*ng stupid troll of the Motifator forums.

[GiveItATry]

You seems Foleycore. the f*ck*ng stupid troll of the Motifator forums.

I dont know the guy you mention above but Id like to ask you something.

Why someone who seeks for the best sequencer out there should be a troll?
Why someone who seeks for the best sounds out there should be a troll?
Why someone who seeks for the best workstation appearance/design out there should be a troll?

I understand your anger. You have probably realised the weakness and the ugliness of your old oasys and you know that it is very difficult to sell it and buy the new one, especially now that the prices at stores for an old oasys are going down. But this is not a reason to call me a troll, OK?

[sirCombatWombat]

I vote for a ban to GiveItATry

[MauroR]

Yes it's foleycore, the same writing style. It's him. I have no doubt.

[MauroR]

If you don't like the Oasys and you hate it you shoudln't be here. And i haven't any anger, be sure about that. They're the retarded like you that give me anger.