I have already alluded to how in the past Ketron extends the range of chord choices beyond the actually recorded ones.

If the chord you want is an extension of a chord already recorded, like a C6, C9 Cadd2, Cmin(maj7th) etc. the solution in the past has been to add a MIDI guitar note or two to the recorded pattern. So you don’t have what a guitarist would play for the C6, you have what a guitarist would play for a plain Cmaj with an extra note overdubbed. A 7 string guitar playing a chord shape that wouldn’t be played on a 7 string guitar…

If the chord is a chord that can’t be derived from the basic changes recorded, a diminished, an augmented, a half diminished etc, an entire MIDI guitar pattern is substituted, with a jump in sound and quality (because if the MIDI guitar part sounded as good as the audio loop, why use the loops at all?).

I have NEVER said the Ketron’s can’t play these chords at all. I have simply said that when you do, you will hear a noticeable change from the basic audio loop.

Now, if Ketron have managed to pull off a real-time Celemony Melodyne process (which actually CAN change notes within an audio chord using a computer) now’s the time to bring it up. Actually, if this had been achieved, I am sure that this would have been mentioned. To my knowledge, no one including Celemony themselves have managed to pull this off as a real-time effect. We’ve probably got a couple more CPU generations to go before this might be possible. And probably even longer before it trickles down to the RISC chips that power arrangers.

So, to reiterate (not that I believe that AJ didn’t understand in the first place, he’s just naturally trying to put a positive spin on the product he’s selling) I am NOT saying the Ketron can’t play any chord you throw at it.

I am saying that when you ask for a chord beyond the basic selection recorded as loops, you ARE going to hear something a bit jarring, and something that isn’t what a guitarist could or would play.

And I’m pretty sure that most everyone here understood that in the first place…