Interesting Keyboard... What do ya'll think....

[AboutToCrash]

Surfing around the net and found this... Seems a little TOO good to be true... anyone ever touch one?

http://www.openlabs.com/gen2_p1.htm

[Syrinx]

It's real, and in fact very much a true existing product. It's a PC (with AMD Athlons) running Windows XP with a shell software (developed by Open Labs) with a keyboard. And why do you think it's too good to be true, did you look at the price?
For a hardware module that lets you use software VSTs, you may want to check the Muse receptor.

[Luca_Capozzi]

oh well... that's funny.. this kind of machine was there year before the Oasys, but no one is drooling on it... oh yea... that's not a Korg. :P

Luca

[Narek]

Wow that looks really cool! Maybe Mr. Rudess will replace the OASYS with this, lol I doubt that, but wow it has a full QWERTY keyboard on the side. But are there 88 key hammer weighted versions of this?

EDIT: Wow I just saw this pic of it... This (http://www.ixbt.com/proaudio/namm2006/namm3-openlabs-opensynthNEKO.jpg)

And this is the widest keyboard I've ever seen, and it looks ugly.

[stealth]

The Neko's been around for a while now.. well before the Oasys or Receptor hit the market. It's basically just a PC running windows XP, and it uses a modified version if Brainspawn Forte as its internal synthesis switching engine.

[RemcoG]

Cool. But too expensive..

Save up a little more and you have an Oasys.. :cool:

[rock_ya]

^^Oasys is PC based also and from what I remember the proc. is a P4. So computer-wise the Neko is a lot better. Of course the thing is it uses XP- on which I wouldn't rely as stable- whereas Oasys uses a Korg (linux based, from what I recall) operating system which I 'm sure is definately a lot more stable. Although the Oasys has been made to look more like a hard synth the Neko is nevertheless more expandable. Also, it has been around well before the Oasys came out (as pointed before) :wink:

oh well... that's funny.. this kind of machine was there year before the Oasys, but no one is drooling on it... oh yea... that's not a Korg. :P

Luca

It seems thats true, but wasn't that the case always :tongue:

[fallingman]

Thought this page is a bit cheeky :

http://www.openlabs.com/gen2_p2.htm

Comparing the lovely OASYS to the new Neko monster (in the true sense of the word !)...

Interesting to know the Neko uses Brainspawn's Forte though...