I'm sure the owners of SD5 do not share your opinion.

Nedim

How long do you think we are away from a release date.

Its been released in Italy and Portugal. Released in what state of completion is unknown. At least to us. But i'd guess as did Nedim about 50% complete

Ok, first of all i am an SD5 owner and another 5 Ketron machines, i didnt mean literary a toy
but you know what i mean, come on, you cant compare Audya and SD5, it is 2 worlds.
As for release date i dont know, Lee can say all he wants but for another 2 months i dont
think we will be seing a ready Audya...just my
opinion...i dont know about the ones that bought it already...maybe special order...LOL...

Nedim.., you can call the SD5 a toy compared to the Audya but it sure as hell ain't priced as a freakin toy! The SD5 could be what the S900 is to the Tyros line..., yet look at how much the SD5 costs (not to mention the freakin size of that keyboard alone).

Ketron does some good stuff...., I'll give them that. Problem is Ketron IMO is on the path to WERSI pricing status. With the way the market is today (even with KEYBOARD companies going out of business) you'd think Ketron would take that into consideration. Anytime a keyboards price is literally HALF that of an economy vechicle SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY F&%^%ING WRONG!

I know there are many supporters out there for Ketron and I have no problem with that..., but Diki CALLED THEM on a few issues. Turns out he was also right yet the guy gets shat on just for asking the questions. Another member gets shat on for complaining about OUTDATED usb specs and his complaints were more than justified.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Ketron shipped out unfinished units across the waters. Hell..., everyone's doing that now just to meet a deadline and the consumer becomes the beta tester....

Plus Ketron (although they make some nice stuff) don't have the status of Yamaha, Korg, or Roland. We've seen the fall of two keyboard companies now due to the current economy (and other internal problems these companies had)..., so why would a keyboard company such as Ketron produce such expensive ass equipment???? If you're a smaller keyboard company and your price line is OUT OF REACH for the typical buyer then you'd damn well better be using the BEST and MOST CURRENT hardware on your product too--which Ketron ISN'T doing. Look how long it took just to get a half decent color display on a Ketron!!!!!!!

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So squeak what would you price the Audya or SD5 at ?

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The Audya shouldn't make the price of a Tyros 3 or a top Korg PA look like TOTL arranger keyboards ANYONE can afford. It should be priced according to it's competition.

The SD5 sells for what $2,300+ This is a 61 key arranger that's 46 inches long, weighs nearly 35 lbs, uses old ass floppy disks for (song recording--come on even Yamaha stopped doing that with the PSR-2000), over $2,000 and the harmonizer is OPTIONAL.., uses a display that's not even comparable to the PSR-S700.., or even the PSR-3000. Ketron for some reason must have had a major dislike for data dials too which is clearly seen in their model line.., although Ketrons styles are nice.., you get what.., 128 preset styles on the SD5 and extra style expansion is OPTIONAL for a measly 2mbs. Plus isn't the poly only 64 notes???? In this price range 64 note poly is disgraceful.., geez even the PSR-3000 had 128 note poly. I sure as hell wouldn't pay that much money for this keyboard considering how outdated it's hardware is.

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Oh, and give the G-80 GTX a Sampler Roland! A REAL Sampler too, not a T3 sample "player". >> It's up to Roland whether they will use internal hardware that compliments and enhances the USB 2.0 interface transfer speed.

I think they did a pretty good job on the Fantom G series. I would also like to think they will give the G-80 GTX a similar (or better??) throughput in my opinion. We'll see..

BTW, the G-80 GTX is not the real name of course. Or is it? Hmm... we'll see.

All the best,
Mike

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Poly is 128 notes on the Sd5.

At least it's 128.... On one site I saw today it was listed as 64 note poly.... This was a site selling the thing too.., and they got the poly info wrong.