Hopefully along the lines of the Sonic Cell or less.. if it's more than that I'm not game.

DocZ

Sonic Cell is half the price of a Prelude. I doubt this will be that inexpensive. After all, It IS a Sonic Cell PLUS a bunch of other stuff. The Cell is just the engine. That's like expecting an RA90 to be the same price as the Sound Canvas it was based on...

Not going to happen.

Are we ALL hopeless dreamers here?!

wow looks nice & small
hopefully it sounds big

we'll see...

Seems similar to the Ketron Midjay except with the addition of USB playback & recording.

Well it's not a Sonic Cell + a whole lot of stuff.. Sonic Cell has stuff that this thing doesn't. If this module is ment to be an addon for the home piano user - the ones that fork out cash for a RD300NX or a FP4 then it cannot cost more than max half the price of the piano - if it does - I doubt it will sell much. I'm hoping for USD $500 for this, but I guess it will be in the $900 range. But time will tell

DocZ

It's a Prelude PLUS some stuff the Prelude doesn't have... (and minus some stuff, I'll admit)

I expect to see it between $1000 and $1500, to be honest. Be a bargain if it's cheaper. Look, the Ketron Audya module is almost the same price as the Audya. It SURE isn't the same price as the little sound module they put out!

Sonic Cell has HALF the ROM of a GW-8. What does the Cell do that's significantly better than a Prelude (apart from detail Tone editing and creation)?

this seems like a good backup plan for my Audya

this can't match the live drums, live guitars from AUDYA

Nor should it, for 1/3 the price...

Well the Audya module is basically a keyless Audya, and since the Audya is insanely expensive to begin with the module is to - and keys aren't all that expensive in the first place. Where I live the Audya module costs $7500USD and the Audya costs $9800USD that is $2300 less than the keyboard. 30% less. So if this thing follow that same recipy it should cost $350 if it is relative to the price of the GW-8, or $420 if it is relative to the price of the Prelude. But until we know - we can only speculate

DocZ

you get what you pay for,
if you want a good sounding board
you gotta pay !!! that's basically it...

loving my Audya and it's sound