IF I mean IF

[mozartella]

ok, Christmas is around the corner, and, my question, and please honest responses are expected...

Having not all the $$$$ to buy either all the LAC-1, the MOD-7, the brass from Korg, the new Sharps proposition, the Karo, and of course some of the Stephen choice, and some I must misses

witch one would you recommend to purchase first? I know, this is hard to answer, but, perhaps, we do have some softwares with either better sampling layers, or more choices, sya not only a lots of brass, and or violons, maybe a nice mixe to have not a bigger instruments we do have already plenty in the Oasys, but, I am looking for quality also...

THEN ????

[Charlie]

Depends on the music you'd wish to make - but of those mentioned above I'd clearly prefer one: MOD7!!
I used it quite often followed by Solo-Sounds of the MS20. But MOD7 is an amazing engine with lots of ready-to-use sounds.

[Arend Groot]

I would first start with the Korg stuff (and I agree the MOD-7 is my favorit too).

And then.......well after Karo Strings and Granular I start with Oasys Assault, but that's also because I can't choose which piano dvd to buy from Karo.....some major problems

[Ultimate Dj]

ok, Christmas is around the corner, and, my question, and please honest responses are expected...

Having not all the $$$$ to buy either all the LAC-1, the MOD-7, the brass from Korg, the new Sharps proposition, the Karo, and of course some of the Stephen choice, and some I must misses

witch one would you recommend to purchase first? I know, this is hard to answer, but, perhaps, we do have some softwares with either better sampling layers, or more choices, sya not only a lots of brass, and or violons, maybe a nice mixe to have not a bigger instruments we do have already plenty in the Oasys, but, I am looking for quality also...

THEN ????

Hey,
My opinion would be the LAC-1. Its got two Synths that you can use and I like the sounds better. Karo has a cool package called Virtual Analog. Its only 72USD and you get 128 pcgs with it. They have a Christmas sale on right now as well. I think you should check out the Demos and see what you like best!
Good luck!

puravida
DJ

[Mike Conway]

Listening to the demos to OASYS Assault, I would think it would make a nice, all around choice. You get new pianos and synth sounds, so it covers a lot of ground.

My personal fave choice is MOD-7, but it is deep and complex. You could make a career out of this synth, and nothing else!

If you are running the latest OS, you can hear MOD-7 and the LAC synths in demo mode. Use your ears and weigh what kind of music that you want to do.

One other thing to consider - MOD-7 and LAC-1 are already in there and don't use up sample memory.

[mozartella]

All of you thanks for your advises, they are pertinents, and we could even have more inputs from others members, that, we could even make a kind of pool question...

Now, the next one, reading the comment of Assault sounds, someone mentionned, the use of RAM is big...but, my real question is, with 2 gig of internal RAM, if we already have loaded the original sounds of Oasys, plus, even in DEMO mode from KORG, the LAC the MOD and the Brass, what truly we could put on top of it, without need to buy an extra 2 gig of RAM ? or I would not be happy to load, unload some sounds and, this is becoming too much of a manipulation, or...? to make a new set including, some sounds from here and there? but, but, if loading a combi say from the net, then the set, would anyway, use the original dounds programed with Oasys..

thanks you, now, like Mike, I need to speak to my hubby, but, direct, with no email in beetwen

[Sharp]

Now, the next one, reading the comment of Assault sounds, someone mentionned, the use of RAM is big...but, my real question is, with 2 gig of internal RAM, if we already have loaded the original sounds of Oasys, plus, even in DEMO mode from KORG, the LAC the MOD and the Brass, what truly we could put on top of it, without need to buy an extra 2 gig of RAM ?

The OASYS does not work like that. All you need is 2GB of ram and that's all you can install into the OASYS.

It makes no difference if the RAM is completely full of samples or not. This does not effect the systems performance or the ability to have every single one of KORG's Exi's loaded at the same time.

They OASYS keeps about 500MB of RAM to run the entire system including the EXi's. The rest sits unused and only available to Samples.

In short, there is nothing stopping you from loading OASYS ASSAULT and every single EXi from KORG at the same time.

Regards.
Sharp.

[Daz]

witch one would you recommend to purchase first?

Personally I would go for the MOD-7. If I remember correctly your music has a more abstract flavour, and the MOD-7 is a great source of wide variety sounds, traditional and more electronic.

I would choose MOD-7 over LAC-1, because with AL-1 you already have a very fine virtual analog synth (the best out there IMO), so MOD-7 offers something something more complimentary to what you have already in the Oasys. As someone mentioned they are plenty of Korg provided presets for the MOD-7 and also the opportunity to import patches from the ye olde Yamaha DX7. The real fun comes when you dig into creating your own sounds with MOD-7, like the AL-1 and STR-1 it's very richly featured and there is a wealth of creative opportunities.

2c,

D.

[Charlie]

Just noticed once more, that MOD-7 is a deeply appreciated synth-engine. Sorry for getting off topic, but in my opinion it didn't get the attention it deserved when it was launched. Mozartella, if your music is like Daz described it I reinforce my recommendation. BTW the Mod7 comes with 2 extra banks of sounds!

[mozartella]

I can't believe, some of you has so much memories...and thanks

Yes, I still love to dig for extra special musical stuf, then, when My Bank manager would approuve my expense for, with the crisis, it's going to take more time, I think first the Mod, and then The Assult, then after, when my ear would become better, in fact, I was thinking I has the tinitus, and, after mult controls at the hospital, this is not that, it is more related to arteriosclerosis near my left ear, and, also, to neck trouble, and, now I can better listen, still not perfect, but, way better, but, the badside ot it, theses extra pills, are very difficult to adjust with some others pills...Anyway, 2 months ago, I was thinking, like perhaps Beethowen, no more ears, no more music, no more playing, even if I do not play well, I do love to play..... and for us, on the music side, this is very very sad......when an accident can occur...

OK, I think I made a mistake with the internal RAM of Oasys, in fact, my question was more, if I use an Iomega 120 gig for external hard disk, does, for someone, who love to make samples, I mean a lots, does those sample, can stay in the Iomega hard disk and be played by Oasys, or? does theses extra samples, must be, first loaded into the hard disk of Oasys...? this is my real question, like you said whith the 500 RAM, I think to play a fews songs in a row, must be plenty....