so you think it was a market positioning ploy by Ketron to omit the seqencer to make the choice between their high end arranger (SD1) and mid range SD5 more distinct? Its still in my opinion a marketing mistake. The SD1 has been out ages with only AJs upgrade kit being a recent innovation. I would guess that sales of new SD1's will have gone into decline when competeing with the newer top flight keyboards (T2 PAX). The upgrade kit as far as i am aware is only being sold to existing SD1 owners so the upgrade is only of benefit to existing owners. (AJ correct me if i am wrong and that the SD1 's being sold are all upgraded instruments ) The new sounds on the SD5 are excellent, guitars outstanding, and if i were an SD1 Owner i would be tempted to actually "downgrade" to the SD1. ( watch out for the SD1 second hand market) . so who are the new purchasers of the SD1 ? Is Ketron going to launch another top end arranger with the SD5 sounds and a fully kitted out machine, sequencer,VH sampler ? I saw the vid of the SD5 and it sounds spectacular but so did the tyros 2 and the PAX to me. But the PAX took my money because it was the most complete arranger as far as i was concerned, sampler, VH, sequencer , synth, on board speakers and product support ongoing updates etc.

I wish Ketron well and am happy that there is still competition driving the arranger keyboard market . I hope they have got this one right for most of theirpotential customers. Unfortunately i wont be one this time.