Korg Nautilus First Impressions! - Is it Better than the Legendary Korg Oasys?

Sorry, what is "ba-a" ? Your English si horrible for people like me - non English ... sorry!

OASYS and Kronos were the absolute peak in music workstation in terms of technology.

To me the single sounds on the OASYS sound outdated. The piano on the OASYS lacks the natural realism of the Nautilus. The same applies for the strings etc.. Even the program sounds sound a bit outdated and old fashion on the OASYS. They are not bad, but if you listen to Radio Vocoder or other program sounds on the Nautilus, they sound amazingly rich and detailed.

Too me the OASYS might have been a great synth almost 20 Yeats ago, but you can hear that.

Compared to Yamaha, a Motif based Yamaha synth has far more realism in the single sounds than Korg. Especially the Piano and other bread and butter sounds.

I would prefer a Triton over the OASYS for sure. It's lighter and has timeless synth sounds.

Hard to believe these things are run from Intel Atom netbook processors.

Thank you for this amazing demo of both the Nautilus and the OASYS !
You play so well.

WOW ! I've always been a huge KORG fan, and I currently own an M3 (no relation at all to the M1 - very close to the OASYS in fact) , a Z1, a Prophecy, a MicroKORG XL, a MicroX (Triton sound engine) and a TR-Rack (had a Trinity but it blew up 😞). I also own an Access Virus TI snow, Roland XV-5080, Yamaha MX-88 and a Waldorf Micro-Q. Have owned more than 50 Boards & Modules over the year, for live and session work.

You can see and hear elements of the OASYS in most of the workstations that KORG has produced since. But unlike the other major manufacturers who tend to simply recycle old sounds and features. KORG continue to remain on the cutting edge when it comes to innovation. Look at OPSYS and so many others.

But if you compare the Nautilus and the OASYS, the huge improvement is obviously in the pianos and electric pianos.

When the Kronos came out with NINE sound engines,
it seemed so far ahead of the competitors,
I honestly wondered how they could compete at all.

I'll never get rid of my M3 because there's just nothing like it,
especially live in terms of a huge and very OASYS-like sound.


I would like to see the Nautilus 88-key with the "light scale" keyboard...

Feature wise the KRONOS is still KING! too many things missing on the Nautilus, no after Touch, no ribbon, just those two things is enough for me to not buy, what was Korg thinking? I guess the price was the most important rehash of a synth with less features?

whats the nautilus startup time is it over 2minutes like the kronos?

Do the Korg M3 do what the Korg Oasys do with the Pads.

Добрый! по блютус наушники можно к этой станции подключить?

I love this keyboard.

Back then I really wanted to have an Oasys. Today I wouldn‘t trade my modx for it 🙈

Commedy gold moments on this, I love these reveiws

Jeez, Korg really weren't thinking about people having to move the Oasys when they built it, that thing needs to be put in one place and live there forever.

your right the Oasys was the shit. but it was the most expensive synth ever.

how do youchange the speed of the tremb effecton e piano? it doesn't have that much buttons

Another great video, Jack. I'm fortunate enough to be the owner of an Oasys that I bought used in 2009. It was expensive, but it wasn't $8,000... still, it was a lot. Obviously technology has changed a lot since then, and I've gone through a lot of synths, plug-ins and even a couple of DAWs. But Jack nails it at the end -- there's something really special about the Oasys. You can't explain it until you've sat in front of one. It is extremely high class. The UI is just so well designed, and editing on a 10" touchscreen is amazing. There are many, many tools now that are more "powerful" -- any DAW with Omnisphere and Kontakt, for example. But "specs" aren't the only "features." Elegance, workflow, and build quality are features, too. (A Steinway grand has zero GB of RAM...) Your laptop has better specs, but the Oasys is way more classy, more fun, and it won't distract you with email, software updates, reminders, and iMessage. It's hard to describe how well made and elegant it is -- the Kronos faders and knobs feel rinky-dink compared to it. It can do really deep synthesis, too -- not just one-key-elevator-music compositions. I keep wishing Korg would release an Oasys v2 or a next-gen Kronos but everything seems to be moving to the consumer end. I'll never get rid of mine.

The Oasys still sounds amazing!

How does feel the keybad of 66 and 73- key version of Nautilus? has exactly the same keybad with Krome ex, or at Nautilus is better? I have a 61-key Triton Studio and i love its keybad, but i hate the keybad at Krome..

Oasys is still my favorite keyboard synth I own!

the Oasys just blows the Nautilus away

Great. Now I want an Oasis instead of that crummy Nautilus. LOL! It only weighs as much as an elephant.

Bro, nobody wants the Nautilus after seeing/hearing the Oasys !! And after HEARINg the OASYS it makes the Nautilus sound like a very cheap Casio no joke...

The Oasys steals the show. The Nautilus is kind of cool, but why does Korg make their best instruments so scarce? Same with the kronos. Much better than than Nautilus, but then they quickly discontinue it. I bid on an Oasys today, but someone was quicker, and the seller is actually a nice guy that keeps up his earlier made appointment, even if I bid slightly more. Crying.

Good Going Jack!! It was a pleasure to hear you play!! If you want to donate the Oaysis send me message!! All donations are appreciated!!

Hi. I think that without the OASYS there would be no Kronos or any of the subsequent products. Great Video.

This is beautiful i have the Korg m3 not much video on it wish some will go into dept about it

midi file of piano playing please

That was Keith Emersons go to keyboard and it still sounds absolutely tremendous!!

That viewing window was the best on any keyboard ever!! Period!!

Never buy second hand!! That is a no no!!

I believe the Korg M50 is close enough to the M3 whci is close ish to the OASYS. Its a
real sleeper.

All well & good, but I much preferred the Roland Fantom.

Particularly because we are not dependant on the Korg screen!!!!

The performer at any Gig will be best operating the controls & synth effects & we are not on the Roland Fantom.

Korg made a more affordable version of the Oasys... the M3 was amazing.. i owned a 61 key... theyve never made anything like it since..

Did I miss something?
Who give a fudge about piano, electric pianos, and flipping organs?
We all know a vst can totally rinse any workstation in those departments so why is this always the go to area when demonstrating a workstation?
How about making a demo using a workstation to write modern music?
Now theres a novel idea never mind what second hand gear you have on sale!

my king korg sounds better

Does anyone know why Korg stopped making the Kronos? Is there a newer version coming out? I like the KARMA feature the Kronos had. Why didn't Korg include that in the Nautilus? The new Roland Fanotm 0 series looks like something to look into but I like the Korg products, after all, Keith Emerson used them, need I say more.

I just got myself a Korg oasys and I am impressed by the amazing things it can do! the virtual analog stuff where you can plug in the cables like a real analog synth, the amount of effects is staggering, things like record crackle and rotory effects with a long list of parameters for each effect and the 2000+ arpeggios are great. I just made my own combi sound combining 3 pianos, 2 string and a flute and it sounds amazing, so much control also the vocoder works great I was able to make some awesome sounding vocoder sounds.

I moved my Triton Studio Pro to gigging duties recently so was on the lookout for a 2nd hand Kronos 88 for the studio. Then came upon an Oasys 88 for £1400 - I'd bought it before I could breathe in again - I remember seeing one in the flesh in 2005 and thinking I would never own one. I got it home 3 days ago and I don't think I've slept or eaten since...

this man is very enjoying...in every video, why simpleton that's want to be black, get some professional please.

you would be better off getting a used Kronos than a used Oasys or a new Nautilus.

I owned an oasys and sold. It 😫 worst mistake ever
Even compared to today's synth it not only Looks amazing and current but sounds the same as well
One of the true great synthesizers ever made and an absolute feat of incredible ahead of its time technology 👊

Oasys looks classy expensive new Korg looks like a cheap toy

Is this Dr mix

NO Aftertouch

Haha what a video, here’s the Korg Oasys oh and by the way we happen to sell the Nautilus if you fkng daft enough to want one🙈 £1600 though 🤔that’s a bargain🤔 🤩

Oasys is a beast🎹✌️

In cases as this, I wonder whether YT uses lossy compressed audio or not...

And the KARMA engine still does exist in the modern day. Kind of. The last keyboard we had it on was the KRONOS/KRONOS 2. Outside of that we've never had the KARMA engine on anything else. Not even the Nautilus.