Originally posted by leezone:
maybe they are selling it by the weight ?
Then my G70 is worth a fortune...
As I've said before, if the Audya had EVERYTHING from the current TOTL arrangers from Yamaha, Korg and Roland, and THEN added all the other bells and whistles it has, it might be worth that price. But the lack of so many common and much used things from those less expensive arrangers leaves it worth no more than a T3, IMO.
Sure, it sounds great OOTB. But, just as the SD-1 had very few ROM quality 'live loop' styles added to it after release, it is expecting a lot to imagine the Audya will be much different. And all the guitar loops are in ROM (not RAM), so what you get is what you are stuck with. So, if it is PERFECT for you OOTB, and you don't anticipate needing to expand it's style library much (if at all), maybe, just maybe, this could be your 'desert island arranger' and be worth the price.
But if, like me, you have a very wide range of stylistic needs, constantly changing, the Audya's non-existent style editing and creating tools, and lack of past performance at creating new styles, this seems an awfully expensive preset machine. One normally equates LESS choice and capability with less price, not more...
And if the guitar loop feature streamed, and worked the way it was hyped up to, all chord types, all extensions, and easy import of other guitar style loops, bass loops, etc., then it's price would be a bargain! But sadly, Ketron bit off more than current technology easily allows in realtime. Perhaps in another computer generation or two what they promised and failed to deliver will be doable...
Until then.... close, but no cigar
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