leezone,

Both USER and FACTORY audio drums stream from the Hard Drive (just located in different folders there). There appears to be this mis-conception from some (which has led to comparison with the Pa2X's memory) that the smaller memory available to users on the AUDYA limits the number of audio drums that can be used. Since the AUDIO is streamed directly from the HD, the 'memory in question' (if you want to compare) is actually the size of the free HD space (roughly 50GB since the other space is occupied with FACTORY data). When using the SAMPLER/MSP, memory alocation becomes a factor (which will later be upgraded) as the sound files have to be loaded before being manipulated with. With HD streaming, there is no manipulation required. The USER AUDIO files should have already been 'cut' and prepared by an external sampler .. e.g. REASON (TM). When you load/select a STYLE (user or factory), simply press DRUMS (F1) repeatedly in the STYLE VIEW screen to assign the drums to either FACTORY AUDIO, USER AUDIO, FACTORY MIDI or USER MIDI drums. There is almost no limit as to what you can do with this STYLE MORPHING Feature from KETRON - just the HD's size!! Expanded upon this, we also have a similar feature with new Sound Banks available for BASS, DRUM2 (GROOVES), CHORDS 1-3 (new PIANO and GUITAR loops) for OS3.0.

Combining this with the soon-to-be-released STYLE EDITOR (both PC and on the AUDYA [Pattern EDITOR] ), you will have so many style templates to use that re-creating one from scratch could become a feature used by few but made available anyway!!

This also now enhances DRUM REMIX as you can assign your AUDIO DRUMS to your midifiles. The only restrictions in both cases are ...

1. When changing the tempo of the midifile/style you can do so without loosing the quality of the AUDIO DRUMS by +/-45% of the original BMP which the audio file was recorded in.

2. You have to make the AUDIO DRUM have the same Time Signature as the style/midifile you want to associate it with!

Hope this makes it clearer ...

Thanks,

AJ