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Originally posted by TheArtOfSound:
For me, the Oasys is all about the 'sound' it produces. There is simply nothing else out there that compares and trying to compare the Oasys to the Wersi or the Neko is simply like comparing apples with oranges. They are not the same or even similar, except for the fact they are keyboards.

That's not to say the Neko, for example, is a bad keyboard because it is not. I had one for about a month on a free trial and I enjoyed it a great deal. My only issue with it, and the reason why I didn't buy it, was because it did nothing I couldn't do with my PC and keyboard for a lot cheaper a price.

The Oasys on the other hand, is something totally different and quite special/unique and something I cannot recreate using a PC and a lot of software synths.

Once you sit down and play an Oasys for any length of time (not just an hour or so but for a few days at least) you suddenly 'get' what it is all about. Going back to using other keyboards is like driving a Ferrari and then having to go back to driving a Chevy S10 truck! You just want to be back behind the wheel of that Ferrari again and nothing else will do.

Just try one out for at the very least, several hours and then see if you still feel the same about the sounds your other keyboards produce.



I own the Wersi, Lionstracs, and Oasys and I can tell you that the Oasys doesn't sound any better than the other two, especially the Wersi. The synth features of the Oasys are its stronger points, the sequencer and audio recorder are in my opinion oversights on Korg's part as both are essentially worthless to me. Sure I can use them, but why put a mediocre sequencer/recorder in an $8500 instrument? Korg needs to do some serious software updates to change that otherwise the Oasys is nothing more than a glorified synth, not a full blown workstation.

If you've never played the Wersi in person you won't know its capabilities but I can assure you they far exceed the Oasys. I can do 24 bit stereo sampling, FM synthesis, Wavetable synthesis, Analog Emulation, B4 with real time drawbars, MP3/MP4/WAV/Video playback, in addition to the Wersi factory sounds (which are great) and practically any VST that I'd want to use. The Wersi also has Cubase for audio recording and sequencing as well as Wersi's own software sequencer which is quite intuitive. Should I feel the need to use another sequencer or digital recording program its as simple as loading it into the Wersi. You simply can't do that with the Oasys. Your analogy that they are the Chevy S10 and the Oasys is a Ferrari is way off point.

As I've said, the Oasys as a synth is great with KARMA being one of its primary functions and for that its awesome. Still for the money spent I don't think the Oasys is worth the asking price unless Korg can seriously do some software magic and make it infinitely better. That's just my opinion and of course yours may vary greatly from mine.

FWIW... I've spent many months (not a few hours or days) with the Oasys and have compared it side by side with the Wersi and Lionstracs so my perpective is much different than those who have never seen all three let alone owned all three.