Dan... an $8000+ keyboard to play a linear two track file? A $1600 PSR can do that.

And yes, while you CAN use an Oasys as a DAW and VSTi alternative, let's be realistic. I haven't seen one ProTools facility give up their HD Accel cards and Apogee converters, etc., to go the workstation route.

It just strikes me as neither flesh nor fowl. Neither powerful enough to replace a pro DAW (it's a pro price, it should have been a pro DAW), nor stripped down enough to act as a simple track playback for a live show. On the whole, a pro-priced piece of kit is going to end up in the hands of pros. Who already HAVE ProTools, or Logic or Cubase4, etc.. Why waste the R&D money on something 99% of all it's likely owners will already have something far superior?

Oasys2.... do away with the DAW. A simple two track player with markers will suffice. Then drop the $1500 all this programming must have cost you. $6500 sounds a LOT more affordable...

In fact, make a sampler that loads at Oasys speeds. Make it Akai compatible. One rack space, 128 voices. Clean up BIGTIME!