Diki,

i know it's for ROM expansion,

but my point is that it's easy to access

not easy to access the HD,
and i'd probably want to swap out hardrive more often than ROM, perhaps to back it up, as i don't have 6 hrs to wait around, and no i don't want to do it overnight

if AUDYA is "like a computer" then make a small door for it so i can get to it quickly as i can on most any laptop


[This message has been edited by leezone (edited 09-24-2009).]

But it ISN'T 'like a computer'...

PARTS of it are like a computer, and parts of it aren't. You want an ALL computer arranger, there's the MS. No?

Didn't think so!

The thing is, accept that the Audya is only a SLIGHTLY more computer like arranger than most of the rest, but it is still a LONG way from being basically a desktop computer in a keyboard case. Ketron don't advertise it as such. Expecting it to be something that is patently is NOT is simply a way to frustrate yourself unnecessarily. Accept it the way it is, and make some music!

If anything good can come from this type of wishful thinking, it will have to be way down the line. The Audya's hardware is what it is. It still seems to do a pretty decent job of being an arranger (in the way that 99% of us actually use one!). As long as we keep an eye out for unreliability issues (and this is just the one case) and owners realize that a backup regimen MUST be used (it would be interesting to see if the same people that don't back up their arrangers are the same people that don't back up their computers, either ), I don't see how any of this is a deal breaker for potential Ketron users.

Me, I am still FAR more concerned about musical issues (timing, lack of full chord choice for audio loops) than any hardware issue that CAN be worked around. Let's wait to hear about a LOT more HD problems from Audya owners before we write this off, eh?

When HD first came into the Arrangers, it was to store styles, midi, userdata etc.
You could run the machine without any HD, as it was a high priced option/addon to
load/save rapidly and rise storage space dramaticly compared to floppydiscs.
As long as the HD contain data that is nessesary to boot up and run the keyboard,
a quick and easy recovery option is just as mandatory as UPS.

GJ

This is the best idea yet, it makes sense to just make a hatch with 4 screws, ribbon cable and power to remove the HD from the underside of the Audya like the T2, 3 mins and it's swapped out. Do hope Ketron read this site a lot of good ideas from people who have to use these KBs. You need to remember that apart from the sliders and he wheels the HDD is the only part that's moving all the time about 10000 rpm and the little shearch arm is going like a line dancing fiddlers elbow!

Tony



[This message has been edited by Tony Hughes (edited 09-24-2009).]

Tony,

AUDYA is way behind (hardware wise)
as is evident with USB 1.1,
only 64MB RAM
Old Looking Screen & UI

what makes you think AUDYA uses or can handle a 10,000 RPM drive?

i'd guess 5,400 RPM

I agree with you Leezone I have been saying this all along, they are about 5 yrs behind with technology and that's along time in digital terms good job style don't age tah fast, and yes 5.4 Ok but do Ketron look and listen, what do you think!

All these Audya stories are childish and funny with time, like trying to awaken a dead monster.
My grandma is 80 years old, no matter how much make up you put on her she is still 80 years old.
Go on with your lives, its worth it.

Nedim,

what's older, your grandmother or the AUDYA's hardware?

[This message has been edited by leezone (edited 09-25-2009).]

Figure it out the same...month two difference...

Bitch, bitch, bitch...

You all want the Audya to be something it isn't. You all want technology on it that no other arranger has. You all want the future NOW...

And not one of you has a clue about how expensive adding all you want would make things. Look, for the last time... FORGET about thinking it is a computer with a keyboard attached. It isn't. It is pretty much like any other arranger out there, a combination of proprietary chips (to run the sounds, effects and I/O) and a RISC computer to run the OS. Trouble with all this is, it costs a LOT more for a custom chip to do, say, USB2 than it costs for off the shelf computer motherboards and PCIe cards to provide USB2. Computer hardware always runs YEARS ahead of dedicated RISC chips. Just tooling for the die is millions. You can't expect this from a TINY keyboard manufacturer.

Look, if it is SO easy, why haven't any of YOU done it yet?

In the meantime, and despite all it's technological stone-agery, it SOUNDS better than any other arranger out there. And, unless you are simply a techno-geek with no interest in the TASK that the machine is designed for (it SURE sounds like you are all more interested in the peripheral technology than how well it performs its' TASK), surely that should be your PRIMARY concern..?

My objections to the Audya are all MUSICAL ones. So WHAT if it has USB1? Shouldn't we still be up in arms about the fact that the loops can't play a sus4 or a dim or an aug, rather than how long it takes to back up? I'll tell you one thing. My audience neither knows, nor cares what kind of USB is on board. BUT... they know good sound when they hear it!