mc,

i personally think "eq of each track, AND EACH INSTRUMENT (drum) within that track AND changing of the notes" is VERY important

and fact that it doesn't covert midi to styles (as does the G-70) is quite disappointing.

you say there is styleworks?,
but you're forgetting that styles works destroys all velocities which will make your drums sound VERY robotic like.

so give us SMF to style conversion on either the AUDYA, the software or preferably BOTH.



[This message has been edited by leezone (edited 03-06-2009).]

Looking at the available data, and call it a "gut" feeling, I think you only need to look at the SD1+ editing "specs" to see just how far you will be able edit the Audya. Of course I could be wrong, but....

Editing was NEVER a Ketron strong point. And any editing available has always been convoluted and counter-intuitive, in my view.

I think the Audya is simply an SD1+, with a Midjay added to it. Include the audio instrument loops and audio playing functions and there you have it.

As a live playing machine, Ketrons have always been good.This is true also about the way they (Ketron) make what are pretty basic sounds, mix together exceptionally well within styles.

But editing, no.

Dennis

[This message has been edited by miden (edited 03-06-2009).]

maybe if the AUDYA had extensive style/sound editing capabilities as do the other makes, we'd have to pay $7,000 for it... ;-)

Geez.., that Roland V-Piano's starting to look more affordable now Don't give Ketron any ideas man! They're already heading down the line to Wersi pricing! Their current prices are already much higher than the others.

if KETRON is smart, they will price AUDYA competitively with Roland, Korg, Yamaha, ESPECIALLY in this economic crisis.

is it better to sell 5,000 AUDYAS at $5,000
or
10,000 AUDYAS at $3,999

Remember:
Short-Term Gain can lead to Long-Term Failure

But some of them have been guessing right...

It isn't really guessing when you have knowledge of prior products, or if you have experience with using similar functions in a computer environment...

Then, it's just common sense.

The Audya is NOT 'revolutionary', it is simply another step down the path. Many of it's touted features have existed in other products or software long before now. Even the AI seems to remind me of older Korg products, that would change patterns based on velocity, chord types (more of them than most others), note density (or was that one Technics?), etc..

Guitar loop libraries are STILL not fully functional in TOTL computers...

And Ketron's style editing tools have, in the past, been VERY bare bones.

It ain't GUESSING.... it's 'extrapolation'

Diki.., even the Casio MZ-2000 had a setting that varied the auto accomp based on velocity It wasn't as in depth as others, but even Casio was playing with it. I know someone's probaby going to jump in here as well and say it wasn't Casio (again another rumor that went around that was never confirmed about the MZ-2000 being built buy another company)

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 03-06-2009).]

seems like everyone has lost interest in this AUDYA...as nobody is posting anything on it anymore

Yeah! When they finally announce the retail price of the Audya, it's going to go over like a "fart in a space suit".

i don't want to know retail price,
i wanna know exactly how much i have to pay for it...