Korg Oasys User Manual

Introduction to OASYS
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berecalled.WhenyoupresstheCOMPAREswitch
onceagain,theLEDwillgodarkandyouwillreturnto
thesettingsthatyouwereediting.
Ifyoueditthesettingsthatarerecalledbypressingthe
COMPAREswitch(i.e.,thesettingsthatarewritten
intomemory),theLEDwillgo
dark,anditwillnotbe
possibletoreturntothepreviouseditsbypressingthe
COMPAREswitchagain.
InSequencermode,youcanusetheCOMPAREswitch
tomake“beforeandafter”comparisonsimmediately
afterusingrealtimerecordingorsteprecordingto
recordasong,orafterperformingatrack
edit
operation.
Forexample,thiscanbeusedeffectivelywhen
realtime‐recordingatrackforasong.
1. Realtime‐recordaMIDItrack.(Take1)
2. Onceagain,realtime‐recordonthesametrack.
(Take2)
3. PresstheCOMPAREswitch.TheLEDwilllight,
andtake1willberecalled.
4. PresstheCOMPAREswitchonce
again.TheLED
willgodark,andtake2willberecalled.
5. Ifatstep3youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthe
sametrack(take3),theobjectoftheCompare
functionwillnowbetake1.
Ifatstep4youonceagainrealtime‐recordonthesame
track(take3),theobjectoftheComparefunctionwill
betake2.
Inthisway,theComparefunctionletsyourecallthe
previousrecordingorthepreviousstateofevent
editing.
TheComparefunctiondoesnotworkinGlobalmode,
withtheexceptionofSampling,Disk,WaveSequence,
andDrumKitediting.
Popup buttons and popup menus
Youcanpressapopupbuttontoaccessapopupmenu,
andthensetparametervalues.
Keyboard input
Whenenteringanotenumberoraspecificvelocityas
thevalueofaparameter,youcanusethekeyboardto
inputthesetting.HolddowntheENTERswitchand
playthenotethatyouwishtoenterasavalue.The
notenumberorvelocityvaluewillbeinput.
When
theGlobalP5:DrumKitpageisdisplayed,you
canholddowntheENTERswitchandplayanoteto
recallthesettingsthathavebeenassignedtothatnote.
(Iftheparameteryou’veselectedexpectsyoutoentera
velocityvalue,thevelocityyouplayedwillbeentered.)
InSampling
mode,youcanholddowntheENTER
switchandplayanotetorecalltheindexthatis
assignedtothatnote.

Korg Oasys Specifications

General

Type	Workstation
Timbrality	16 parts
Velocity Sensitivity	Yes
Aftertouch	Yes
RAM	1GB
Synthesis Types	HD-1, AL-1, CX-3, STR-1
Oscillators	Varies by synthesis type
LFO	Multiple LFOs per program
Filter	Varies by synthesis type
Effects	12 insert effects, 2 master effects
Sequencer	16-track MIDI
Sampling	Yes, with 16-bit/48kHz resolution
Display	10.4-inch color touch screen
Keyboard	88-key or 76-key weighted action
Storage	40GB internal hard drive
Connectivity	MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB, S/PDIF