Posted by
CowboyNeal
on from the under-the-hood dept.
jgwong writes "Korg's newest keyboard, called OASYS, will run Linux with a propietary software developed by themselves. With a 10.4" touchscreen, CD burner and 16-track HD audio recording this looks pretty neat. No information about availability or price, though."
Keyboard?
by
Lord+Byron+II
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I really wish that the poster/editor had made an effort to designate that it was a *music* keyboard. I read it thinking it was for my computer, wondering what you would do with a LCD screen and if Microsoft would allow the "Windows key" to be on a board running Linux. =)
I have to admit I don't fully understand these all-powerful keyboards. Why not just use a computer? Software synthesis and recording? Better gui (larger real estate for sure), more choices. You could posit portability but I think my powerbook and my oxygen8 is more portable than this sucker. It's cool, it's geeky, but that does not make it worth the cash, especially if I'm just worried about getting things done. It seems to me all-in-one systems are more prone to breakin down. Modularity, right? It is pretty though.
Because setting up a PC and dealing with software crashes just isn't acceptable in a professional live music setting. I saw the Chemical brothers lose their entire library at a live show once and it meant an unexpected 15 minute second intermission. Luckily it wasn't an OS corruption issue, they just reset the looper and reloaded their samples. Not to mention the fact that these things are really friggin rugged to put up with the abuse from roadies. Oh yeah, and these things basically never break down. I don't think I've ever heard of a Korg Triton (previous DAW from Korg) breaking down.
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Re:All well and good...
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YrWrstNtmr
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Well, with the stability and reliability of Linux, Ashlee Simpson will never make a lip-sync gaffe again!
I actually am a REAL musician and I do make money from my project studio. You do realize it's possible to do that, don't you?
I may not have directly said it in my post, but I'll make it clear: Just because one chooses components over all-in-one units does not make it inferior - particularly when research is done prior to purchase.
Again, Wow. Go outside and take a break or something.
How about getting just the proprietary SW, and a Korg soundcard, and a MIDI keyboard (only - just the keys outputting MIDI data)? Maybe they'd prefer to bundle the proprietary SW with the Korg soundcard, the way they sell keyboardless MIDI "brains", without worrying about piracy? Every Linux box (and some still infected with Windows;) could be in their target market. We've already got the HW that runs the Linux and their SW; why raise their prices by selling it to us again?
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Foot in the door for Linux
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Anonymous Coward
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Korg first annoucned the OASYS in the early 1990s, long before the Trinity (predecessor of the Triton) hit the market. For a while the OASYS was a DSP card, too. Now it's 3 of their synths rolled into one with a touchscreen. Nothing worth writing home about, if it weren't for their use of Linux as its OS. If they've managed to make it fast-booting, and made fast patch-changing possible, they might not have a winner (boot and patch-changing times on synth workstations are slooooooooooooooooooooow), but it'll certainly lay the foundation for future development. The use of Linux is surprising, as everybody would have banked on Windows, thanks to their Legacy Cell plug-in suite. Will it be a success? That depends if it can stay below the $3500 street price barrier. I've worked in music retail for years, and for 99% of clientel an item like this doesn't exist if it's over 3500 smackers, no matter how good it is.
This keyboard can't be pirated, in the way that software can. Ergo, there's money to be made. Perhaps you won't get it into the hands of as many people, but at least those people will have actually paid you.
Also, not every musician is a computer geek. I've met quite a few who were terrified by them, even though they were happy getting around equally complex audio hardware.
Network with a guitar?
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Linuxathome
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Re:This is not unexpected News
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midifarm
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Interesting that you brought up MAX. Stephen Kay, creator of KARMA and a slew of programming for Korg for 15+ years, wrote KARMA using MAX on his Mac. The main cost will be the highly refined control suface that I'm sure Korg will attach to it. A 76-key and 88-key version is slated with more buttons and sliders etc than a JD-800. I would probably pay $800 for OASYS in software form, if it ran on a Mac. It won't happen, but I'm happy to see the keyboard I dreamed about for years coming to fruition.
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I really wish that the poster/editor had made an effort to designate that it was a *music* keyboard. I read it thinking it was for my computer, wondering what you would do with a LCD screen and if Microsoft would allow the "Windows key" to be on a board running Linux. =)
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I have to admit I don't fully understand these all-powerful keyboards. Why not just use a computer? Software synthesis and recording? Better gui (larger real estate for sure), more choices. You could posit portability but I think my powerbook and my oxygen8 is more portable than this sucker. It's cool, it's geeky, but that does not make it worth the cash, especially if I'm just worried about getting things done. It seems to me all-in-one systems are more prone to breakin down. Modularity, right? It is pretty though.
Stable software does not overcome faulty wetware.
Seriously, the hardware looks nice and all, but you could piece together a comparable system with components for half the cost.
Really.
How about getting just the proprietary SW, and a Korg soundcard, and a MIDI keyboard (only - just the keys outputting MIDI data)? Maybe they'd prefer to bundle the proprietary SW with the Korg soundcard, the way they sell keyboardless MIDI "brains", without worrying about piracy? Every Linux box (and some still infected with Windows ;) could be in their target market. We've already got the HW that runs the Linux and their SW; why raise their prices by selling it to us again?
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make install -not war
Korg first annoucned the OASYS in the early 1990s, long before the Trinity (predecessor of the Triton) hit the market. For a while the OASYS was a DSP card, too. Now it's 3 of their synths rolled into one with a touchscreen. Nothing worth writing home about, if it weren't for their use of Linux as its OS. If they've managed to make it fast-booting, and made fast patch-changing possible, they might not have a winner (boot and patch-changing times on synth workstations are slooooooooooooooooooooow), but it'll certainly lay the foundation for future development. The use of Linux is surprising, as everybody would have banked on Windows, thanks to their Legacy Cell plug-in suite.
Will it be a success? That depends if it can stay below the $3500 street price barrier. I've worked in music retail for years, and for 99% of clientel an item like this doesn't exist if it's over 3500 smackers, no matter how good it is.
This keyboard can't be pirated, in the way that software can. Ergo, there's money to be made. Perhaps you won't get it into the hands of as many people, but at least those people will have actually paid you.
Also, not every musician is a computer geek. I've met quite a few who were terrified by them, even though they were happy getting around equally complex audio hardware.
Can it be networked with the Gibson guitar with built-in ethernet?
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