I think I should clarify something first about the 'sound' of the Oasys.

I wasn't trying to say it was better or worse than any other keyboard/workstation/arranger. What I was trying to say, in a very clumsy way it seems, was that the 'sound' of the Oasys is different in ways very few, if any, other Keyboards out there can match. That is why I used 'sound' instead of sound.

It's like how how modelled sounds can be made to interact with other modelled sound or the fact that the fidelity of the Oasys's Rom based sounds are way up there in the quality stakes compared to almost every other keyboard available.

As for the debate going on here, (and there is nothing wrong with a passionate debate on any subject so I have no problem with taking part in, or reading such debates at all! ) in regards to the quality of demos for this or that keyboard..... If a keyboard has high quality sounds then posting up demos that are poorly recorded or use "the worse sounds' makes no sense to me. That does simply sound like a bunch of excuses to make up for a lack of quality for the keyboard in question.

We *all* tend to be biased towards the keyboards we own or have owned and I am no exception. For example, I sing the praises of my good old JD800/990's that I own (I have four now in total), all the time and yet I know, that for some people and their tastes the JD's are nothing special but for me, and my own tastes in music and sounds, the JDs take a lot of beating for that particular type of synth. I wouldn;t part with them for the world and yet, I also know that if I relaly wanted to I could recreate those sounds via one of my other keyboards. Not exactly, no.. but close enough. However, it's not just ablut the sounds themselves, but how the keyboard feels generally, that is equally important to me as well as the fact I know my way around the JDs, inside and out so of course, to me, the JDs are great becaue I have that level of experience using them!

Finally, I just want to point out that there is a world of difference between stating a fact as a fact and stating an opinion.

If someone says "Keyboard X doesn't do this" when it does, then that is factually incorrect.

If someone says "Keyboard X doesn't do this as well as I would like it to" then that is an opinion and if expressed as such, is valid in that person's mind.

When I saw a couple of facts that were incorrect, I was simply correcting those facts. This is because facts should be kept very seperate to opinions and if one quotes facts then the person stating the fact should always ensure his facts are accurate to the best of his knowledge. If those facts are incorrect then it's ok for someone else to correct him and state the real facts.

However, when I saw opinions that were different to mine, I was simply expressing my own opinions on those subjects. That is called discussion and debate and I would hope that, this form of discussion is both welcomed and useful to anyone reading these posts.

(I also note that sometimes, having to use English, when it is not your primary language, can cause difficulties during translation, so I try and bear that in mind too.)

Okay.. time to step off my soapbox.. Nice forum you have here and an interesting read indeed!

Cheers..

Nigel


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