I heard the Audya mixing midi guitar and audio guitar parts...not very convincing Don....definitely a reason to throw more than rocks at the Audya...it begins with "s" and ends with "t" and I'm not talking about soot.

It's like one guitar player uses a Tele to play the major and minor chords and may be a seventh, and then another player, with a different Tele playing the extra notes for the more complex chords.

Now, that's okay if your chording is limited to simple chords, but for those able to play the more complex types, it would be a let down.

This non-homogeneous sound might slip by if you turn the bass and drums up loud enough when playing live, but it sounds pitiful when the guitar parts are exposed.

The advantage of midi guitar parts, whether they be mega, DNC, or GM/GS/XG is that the guitar sounds like it was played by one player.

You can get away with the bass and drums being audio...the bass is only single notes...but, sadly, the guitar parts require more, and fail.

Perhaps, like me with my Yamaha, you get used to the sound after a while, but it sure stands out to someone not used to it, and like it or not, it is not realistic.

It's a half-baked workaround.

Ian