[sdiy] Korg Kronos/Oasys story

[lanterma at ece.gatech.edu]

On Jan 23, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Tim Parkhurst wrote:

> 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.

And for a bit of historical perspective along those lines, I remember being *blown away* by the Roland D-50 when it first came out (although I immediately noted that the DSS-1 could do many of the same tricks, but the D-50 did a better job of marketing it as a "new" feature.) I bought an MT-32 right after it came out and spent a lot of time with it when I was an undergrad. ;)

- Aaron