Oh come on this is ridiculous, either OS4 is right or its wrong??? if its right why has it not been released to current Audya owners, surely they are entitled after all this time to get it now. If its not right, then please stop playing these childish marketing games and start being honest about what and why its not here OS4, looked great sounded great, but i can't help but thinking there is more to the Ketron story thus far, its been a long time, i mean years!!

Nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-eight, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-seven, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six....

Oh comeone guys.Do you nathig learn abaut Ketron at all that years?You must know what Ketron thing about Audya customers!We are nobady and Ketron dont care what we thing and what we expect from them.That situation is like Mercedes withaut service.Audya is really good sounding mchine like Mercedes is a good car,but with no service that car is a garbage.....

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...days...

Bottles of Valium...



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I think the delay with OS 4 has got to do with the flack Ketron is anticipating getting when most of the current Audya owners find out that OS 4 is going to require a factory authorized sound board upgrade for it to work properly with the new operating system. A hardware update is probably going to be required to handle the memory expansion too. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm beginning to have this sinking feeling that I'm going to be in for a shock to get my Audya (one of the first units to hit the US) updated to the way it should have been from the very first.

I really hope that my intuition is wrong in this case......

We'll see.

Rumor alert! Rumor alert!

How's Bigfoot and Elvis, too?

Version 4 has been running on an original Audya all week for the Ketron UK Tour. It was used every day by Robert Messier.

TWD



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"Version 4 has been running on an original Audya all week for the Ketron UK Tour. It was used every day by Robert Messier.

TWD"

OK TWD so why got get it out there??

Ok good but do we know that wasnt actually HARDWARE upgraded? I mean the speciffic unit.

maybe folks here oughta just relax and enjoy their instrument now and when the new update comes , whenever that might be, they can enjoy that too. Ketron will get it to you when it is ready. It is really as simple as that . Have fun with the instrument you have now. :-)

Some questions and answers for those who make mony with music for life:
For what we spend 4000Euro?
-cos we want to haw a top aranger on that world
Haw much time we nead to programing kayboard for gigs?
-some less some more,but one mounth can be queck...
Is rational programing Audya with OS3.0 and make registrations?
- my opinion is NO!
Whay?
-cos Ketron still programing brend new OS4 or what ever we call them.
For what we then spend money?
-I dont know....

From what I understand Ketron still want to finish a few more Audio Styles to include with OS4, plus some other finishing touches. The Audya used for the roadshow was the same as the one used at last May's demonstration in Pakefield.

Robert Messier says it will be released in the coming weeks but could not give a specific date (he knew when his elements would be completed but not the others working on the project).

Deployment of the upgrade in the UK may be done via the dealer network in a series of 'Update Days'. Customers can bring their Audya along to the nearest reseller where a specialist will update the keyboards for them. But as we learn more this may change too nearer the change; it all depends on how the final package is released and if Audya owners are concerned about damaging their instrument.

In other words everyone that saw version 4 on the roadshow was extremely happy, and are content to wait a little while longer while the loose edges are tied together.

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"In other words everyone that saw version 4 on the roadshow was extremely happy, and are content to wait a little while longer while the loose edges are tied together".
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thats exactly what I am talking about, we were all led to believe that OS4 was finished and ready to release, now its another story of oh! just a couple more touches and so on, its a saga of ginormous proportions.

I think we all agree, what we saw and heard at Messe was fantastic, but Ketron will need to do some fast recovery to install confidence back into a market place that they almost destroyed single handedly. I dont know who thier marketing or management of delivery PR is, but Its amazing that they are still there. This keyboard and module at the right price, could have, with financial backing taken Yamaha,Roland and Korg to the edge, but they are sitting back i'm sure waiting to see it all falls over, because promises should only be made when you can back them up, and they at least have learn't that lesson. What can I say, as a prospective purchaser I am worried that they will not deliver, and this is a big investment, cant afford to get it wrong.

Well I guess the only thing to say is: good things come to those who wait. I fully apprehend that people are starting to get frustrated with this whole ordeal – I am too. But nevertheless I do not mind waiting a couple of weeks more for them to get it right. Thus far the Audya has been basically useless for me and I had it for almost a year now – but this I anticipated could happen when I initially bought the damn thing. I mean after all Ketron is an Italian company – they have a relaxed attitude, which I find admirable. All we can do is being patient and then hopefully OS4 will blow our socks off once it arrives.
Keep on smiling

I must be dense. I still don't understand the concept of paying a huge amount for a piece of gear that you find unsatisfactory OOTB but you are hoping that the next version of the OS will "blow your socks off", especially given the recent update history of it's predecessor, the SD5. DonM seems to be the only one that bought it for the way it sounds RIGHT NOW and is happily (and successfully) using it as the main board in his performance rig. Everyone else (mostly) seems to have bought it for what it MIGHT SOMEDAY be. Like I said, I'm probably just dense.

chas

Its not that your dense, you just havn't had the right opportunity to play an Audya and understood what it is all about. That was the reason for the Ketron UK roadshow.

Only one or two have been unhappy (remember most of those that grumble on SZ are not owners). The vast majority have been more than satisfied with leaving behind old fashioned midi styles and having the feeling of playing with live musicians. Honestly unless you spend an hour with an Audya you wont get it. Has nothing to do with your IQ.