Korg Oasys User Manual

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Data handling
Incorrectoperationormalfunctionmaycausethe
contentsofmemorytobelost,sowerecommendthat
yousaveimportantdataonaCDorothermedia.Please
beawarethatKorgwillacceptnoresponsibilityforany
damageswhichmayresultfromlossofdata.
Also,whendigitallyrecordingcopyrighted
audio
materialfromaDATorCDetc.,youmustobtain
permissionforuse.PleasebeawarethatKorgwillaccept
noresponsibilityforanycopyrightviolationswhichmay
occurthroughyouruseofthisproduct.
Korg OASYS Notice: Use of GPL and
LGPL software
ThisproductusestheLinuxkernelandsomeGNU
utilities.Thissoftwareislicensedbyitscopyrightholder
accordingtotheGNUGPL(GeneralPublicLicense).
TheKorgOASYSsoftwarecontainedinthisproductis
dynamicallylinkedwithsomesoftwarelibrariessubject
totheLGPL(LesserGPL)license.
CopiesoftheGPL
andLGPLlicenses,aswellasthe
sourcecodeforthesoftwarecoveredunderthose
licenses,areprovidedontheincludedCD‐ROMtitled
OASYSRestoreCD1/4,inthefoldernamed“src.”
ThecompletelistofsoftwarecoveredundertheGPL,
LGPL,andotherfreeoropen‐sourcelicenseswhich
are
usedintheOASYS,includingtheabovesoftware,is
includedinthesamefolder.
•Thesefilesareprovidedinaccordancewiththespirit
offreesoftware,andarenotrequiredinordertouse
thisproduct.
•Youcannotaccessthesefilesdirectlyfromthe
OASYS.Toreadthem,youwill
needtouseaseparate
computerrunningWindows,MacOS,Linux,orany
otheroperatingsystemcapableofreadingstandard
textfilesandtar,gzip,andbzip2archives.
TheKorgOASYSsoftwareiscopyrightKorgInc.,andis
independentofLinux.ItsuseiscoveredbytheKorg
OASYSSoftwareLicense,described
elsewhereinthe
documentation.TheGPLlicensedoesnotapplytothis
software,anditssourcecodeisnotprovided.
Korgacceptsnoresponsibilityforanydirector
consequentialdamagesthatmayoccurduetotheuseof
ortheinabilitytouseanyofthesystemsoftware
includingtheabove
software.
LinuxisatrademarkorregisteredtrademarkofLinus
TorvaldsintheUnitedStatesandinothercountries.
*KARMA
®
(KayAlgorithmicRealtimeMusicArchitecture)
TechnologyhasbeenlicensedfromStephenKay,andis
protectedbyU.S.Patents5,486,647,5,521,327,6,084,171,
6,087,578,6,103,964,6,121,532,6,121,533,6,326,538,
6,639,141,and7,169,997.Otherpatentspending.
*KARMA
®
andtheKARMALogoareregisteredtrade‐
marks,andGeneratedEffect™(GE),MelodicRepeat™,
DirectIndex™,ManualAdvance™,SmartScan™,Freeze
Randomize™,RandomCapture™,RandomFF/REW™
andSceneMatrix™aretrademarksofStephenKay,
KarmaLabLLC.Thismanualcopyright©1994‐2004by
KORGInc.andStephenKay.Allrights
reserved.
*ScreenshotsfromtheKARMAsoftwarethatappear
throughoutthisguideare©1994‐2004byStep henKay,
KarmaLabLLC.Usedbypermission.Allrightsreserved.
*KARMATechnologycanbelocatedontheinternetat:
www.karma‐lab.com.
*Thisproductwasdevelopedunderlicenseofphysical
modelingtonegeneratorpatents(http://www.sondius‐
xg.com)ownedbyStanfordUniversityUSAandYamaha
Corporation.
* Companynames,productnames,andnamesofformats
etc.arethetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheir
respectiveowners.
COPYRIGHT WARNING
Thisprofessionaldeviceisintendedonlyforuse
withworksforwhichyouyourselfownthe
copyright,forwhichyouhavereceivedpermission
fromthecopyrightholdertopubliclyperform,
record,broadcast,sell,andduplicate,orin
connectionwithactivitieswhichconstitute“fairuse”
undercopyrightlaw.Ifyouarenot
thecopyright
holder,havenotreceivedpermissionfromthe
copyrightholder,orhavenotengagedinfairuseof
theworks,youmaybeviolatingcopyrightlaw,and
maybeliablefordamagesandpenalties.Ifyouare
unsureaboutyourrightstoawork,pleaseconsulta
copyrightattorney.
KORGTAKESNO
RESPONSIBILITYFORANYINFRINGEMENT
COMMITTEDTHROUGHUSEOFKORG
PRODUCTS.

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