Update on Korg Oasys Post

Wow! Peter Kirn, Editor-in-Chief of create digital music dropped by to comment on my Korg Oasys post. I'm very flattered as it is one of my favorite blogs. Click through to read his comments. He points to an article on the Oasys in Keyboard Magazine, and he mentions an article he is working on the Oasys for O'Reilly. I look forward to reading it. Very cool. Thanks Peter! BTW, I'm assuming it's this O'Reilly. For you computer geeks out there (me included), I wonder what animal would grace his article. : ) All bow to the camel...

Lemur-like Rear projection control

This in via pixelsumo. Check out the video. It's not a Lemur, but if you think about it... Imagine a virtual modular in your wall where you can interchange modules on the fly and have tactile control over everything. One of these days we'll have our touch screen wall displays with the quality of a Lemur (with a remote tablet to boot so you can fiddle away on your recliner), but between now and then I wouldn't mind one of these.

Multi-touch interface.

The Oasys before the Oasys - Korg Oasys PCI

The new Korg Oasys will run you roughly 8k for the 76 key version at Sweetwater. I remember years ago when the Prophecy came out followed by the Z1. There was a bit of buzz going on about Korg coming out with an Oasys keyboard, the grandaddy of all physical and analog modelling. It never materialized. But... I remember at one point you could get the original Oasys on a DSP PCI sound card for the blowout price of $199! I never got one because I didn't want to be tied to the PC and I figured with upgrades and Moore's Law it would soon enough be available in portable software. If I only knew then what I know now... Anywho. Click here for more including some sound samples and a demo that doesn't require the hardware!!! But doh! It also doesn't make any sound. You will need the hardware for that. : )

I'm not sure how the new Korg Oasys keyboard compares. The PCI was more of an open synthesis system like Native Instruments Reactor. Some interesting sites like zargmusic came up with instruments for it as well.

List of emulations:

Analog
Prophet™
Minimoog™
Percussion & VPM
Physical Modeling
Tonewheel Organ
Electric Piano
Guitar & Bass
Brass & Woodwinds
Vocals & Microtuning
Sample Playback



Update: I didn't think I'd be able to find a picture of this, but here it is. This is a mockup of what the original Korg Oasys was thought to look like during the days of the Oasys PCI (note the Oasys logo on the right of the synth. Looks like a mock-up of the Korg Trinity):

Yamaha GX1 site

This just in via AH. The Yamaha GX1 was the precursor to the Yamaha CS80. Check out this link for more including some video! Make sure to check out the bass pedal video. Sick.

More MacBeth M5 Samples

http://www.imnotsoho.net/M5/M5.html

New and old samples by Nico Schaap. Check em out. : )

Update: Also check out the MacBeth Studio Systems site for updates and some beautiful shots.

Museum of Making Music - Moog Flickr shot

Minimoog shot in via Flickr. Interesting thing is it was taken at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. I never knew about it. Click through to check out the museum site and be sure to check out the virtual museum. Electronic keyboards start coming in with Gallery 4, 1950-1969. Pretty cool. Definitely need to check this out during my next visit to LA.

Update: unfortunately the shot that was here is gone.

Morrison Digital Trumpet

Found this posted on Engaget. Click here for more including pictures, videos and sound samples. It's great to see more controllers out there.

Can a Polyevolver sound like a Yamaha CS80?

One thing I noticed listening to the demos on carbon111's Polyevolver site is how much the Polyevolver actually sounds similar to the Yamaha CS80 to me in his examples. I particularly noticed it in the warm pad demo . I thought it was just me, but somone else pointed out that the soft lead demo sounded a bit like this CS80 demo. It's interesting; the CS80 filter has that swarming bee quality to it, missing in the Polyevolver, and it sounds a bit fuller in these samples, but that certain organic quality is there.

More OB-Mx Samples (via zengomi)

http://zengomi.com/music/4-vox%20rag.mp3

Just in from zengomi. Bass and lead on this track are the OB-Mx. Nice track.

Great Polyevolver Site

Carbon111 has put up a nice Polyevolver site containing some softer demos of the Polyevolver as well as programming tips, waveshape charts, and wallpaper. Click through for more.