Me like-y... bigtime!
Those are some pretty great demos, on the whole. Great punchy sound, outsatnding styles, one of the most live backing sections from an arranger ever...
In fact, they are SO good, they bring up my only worry about the Audya (other than the price, of course!)... I am going to want ALL the styles to sound this good, and I'm going to want loads MORE styles in the future to be this good, and I'm going to need a bunch of styles in perhaps non-European styles (country, both modern and classic, alternative rock, reggae - lots of those! - New Orleons funk, cajun, emo, ska amongst many others) and of course I'm going to want an ever-expanding library of styles. In all fairness, with the technology incorporated into the Audya, and factoring it's cost, I am NOT going to want to be trading it for the Audya2 anytime soon just to get some new styles.
It's got a sampler, so I don't want to trade for the Audya2 for new sounds, either...
But the problem is going to be, what is Ketron's commitment to an ever-expanding library of this quality styles..? Because imported or converted styles are going to sound like dog poo in comparison, and there's no way you are going to want to sound THAT good on one song, and blah on another.
Because they incorporate audio loops, you are not going to be able to create your own styles, even if you WERE capable of making close to factory ROM quality styles on a MIDI based arranger. At least, nowhere near as easy, IMO...
Because, at the moment, it will be a product with no sister arranger downmarket to up the profitability (more models using the same styles will make it more likely they would be developed), what are the odds that Ketron will keep producing more styles as good as these, especially in non-traditional (at least non-European traditional!) styles, and what are they likely to cost?
Because, I get one of these, I am going to want a BOATLOAD more equally as good
