[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 another bit of perspective - I remember seeing stacks of Roland TB-303s at "blowout" prices at a couple of music stores in St. Louis when I was in high school - they couldn't get rid of them. ;)

- Aaron