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What developments?  I thought they dropped support for that wonderful 
card?  Wish they'd make XP drivers!

rEalm



And also with some of the developments going on in the Korg OASYS land.

I just wish that it had never been turned into an audio card in the first
place....the OASYS was originally supposed to be the 'end-all-be-all' of
multi-synthesis platform synthesizers. Granted, it still packs a punch, but,
not for people who don't want to lug there computers around to every live
set they do. From it's original plan, it's "was" destined to put many a
great multi-platform synths to shame (k2500's, ex5, and all those big packed
full of possibilities with no power to back them up, do it all at once
synths). I swear I had wet dreams for a year straight thinking about the
OASYS....:((
ByronE

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: erik_magrini@... [mailto:erik_magrini@...]
  Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:40 AM
  To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [xl7] Oasys?



  What developments?  I thought they dropped support for that wonderful
card?  Wish they'd make XP drivers!

  rEalm



  And also with some of the developments going on in the Korg OASYS land.

Third-party development has not ceased in the least bit. In fact, it's the
best it has ever been.

Alex Aliferis/Orwell Digital has released an excellent bundle of synths. The
OR-1 is a powerful, complex sample-based step sequencer which I have found
very inspiring. Each "step" has its own Filter Type, Cutoff, Resonance,
Tuning, Pan and Volume controls, so the results can get pretty wild very
quickly. The OR-2 is what he calls a "Spatial Positioning Synthesizer". All
I can say is that it is a rich, phat 4 oscillator sample playback synth. You
can place the sounds generated by these oscillators, as well as two
microphones into a virtual space, and move them around during the course of
the sound for some interesting stereo effects. He has also put out some
freebies which I have not had the time to try. His stuff is all pretty
innovative.

Norsez has done it again with his Hera-106 synth. His Hera, Mekla, and the
hundreds upon hundreds of Programs created by Scott Harris have kept me up
many late nights. Tons of great sonic possibilities here. The sounds get way
too many ideas flowing, I don't know where to begin sometimes. And
everything is free. I love these guys.

Another one I have not tried is the OAS7, which is an emulation of the DX7II
(DX7 + filters). I got the DX200 instead, but people like this one and it
looks promising.

There are more I am sure I'm forgetting. But you get the point. What is so
wonderful is that rather than concentrating on emulating classic analog
synths down to every last detail, these guys are creating something
completely new and fresh. I have never found myself saying, "oh, this sounds
like..." when using these plug ins.

Mark


on 9/9/02 7:39 AM, erik_magrini@... at erik_magrini@... wrote:


What developments?  I thought they dropped support for that wonderful card?
Wish they'd make XP drivers!

rEalm

Norsez is a sick programmer, good musician too.  We did a track together 
earlier this year in fact...

Check out his new VST plug ins too!  Pali kills it for delays.

rEalm



Norsez has done it again with his Hera-106 synth. His Hera, Mekla, and the 
hundreds upon hundreds of Programs created by Scott Harris have kept me up 
many late nights. Tons of great sonic possibilities here. The sounds get 
way too many ideas flowing, I don't know where to begin sometimes. And 
everything is free. I love these guys.

> What developments?  I thought they dropped support for that wonderful 
> card?

Korg have dropped development (rather than support), but lots of guys
are using the SynthKit development system to develop new synthesis
models for it.

The OasysPCI is a stunning piece of hardware, well worth the $499 and
$299 respectively I paid for my two cards.

-- 

  nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http://www.cassiel.com

> Granted, it still packs a punch, but,
> not for people who don't want to lug there computers around to every live
> set they do.

The OasysPCI works fine in a 2-slot Magma cage, which is how I use
it. A Magma plus a PowerBook is a lot easier to lug than anything
the size and weight of the prototyp Oasys keyboard.

-- 

  nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http://www.cassiel.com

--- In xl7@y..., "ByronIV" <byron@l...> wrote:
> I just wish that it had never been turned into an audio card in the 
first
> place....the OASYS was originally supposed to be the 'end-all-be-
all' of
> multi-synthesis platform synthesizers. 

It was actually built, before they realised that they'ld have to sell 
them for about $40k to break even on each unit.

http://norsez.tripod.com/

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