[sdiy] Korg Kronos/Oasys story

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:11 PM, karl dalen <dalenkarl at yahoo.se> wrote:
> The recent hype/unhype around Kronos are interesting.
> Both based on a RTOS'ed Linux, P4 for the Oasys
> and dual Atom for the Kronos, none worth it's money.
> Those who bought the Oasys now boat anchor (8000euro)
> are shafted bad since support and system are EOL
> according to Korg.
>
> K2000 was once such a ultimate workstation,
> can be yours for just 150euro these days.
>
> There should be a list of boat anchors!
>

While I'm not really familiar enough with the Oasys or the K2000 to
comment, I can't help feeling that these were the same sort of
comments people were making about analog synths back in the late 80s /
early 90s ("worthless boat anchors," "funky, dated sounds," "can't
service them - too many rare parts," etc.). I'm not saying Karl's
comments are without merit, but I just wonder if a generation that
grew up with M1s and K250s and (insert name of first gen digital
workstation here)s will be paying premium prices for these machines as
"collectors items" in another 10 - 20 years.

Again, I'm not saying Karl is wrong, I just wonder if - in the not too
distant future - we'll all be experiencing deja vu all over again. ;)


Tim (buy that M1 now, sell it for $6k in 2020) Servo
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