I just wanted to post something different as there's hardly anything from Ketron being posted these days. Although I own Yamaha's and will most probably always will do, I always do love to hear what else is out there. I am not sure if anybody has seen this demo but I think it's brilliant and sounds exceptionally realistic.

Nothing you can't reproduce with 6 or 8 great musicians and a high end recording studio.

Definitely a powerful sounding instrument for sure...very realistic styles.

Why would anyone waste money on VST's when this instrument does it so much better, meaning...no fuss, no muss.

Thanks for posting this, Danny.

Ian

Er.... because VSTi's (or MIDI arrangers) can do so much more to the style to customize it to your personal needs than audio loops?

On stage? 3 gigs a weekend? Good luck with that...

I was already aware of the advantages of midi based styles...I use and customize them for most of my music.

If you check, you'll see my post was referring specifically to arrangers using VST's.

If there are VST based arrangers that can, as you say, "do so much more to the style to customize it to your personal needs than audio loops" being used by members on SZ, how come we haven't heard anything from them to illustrate that alleged capability?

Is owning such instruments that exclusive that mere words of praise, and the posting of specs about them, from the owners/users/players, should be sufficient to confirm the quoted statement above?

That may fool you, but I'm not so easily convinced.

As I said earlier, these Wersi (and other VST based) arrangers/organs/furniture are allegedly the best sounding arrangers we have never heard.

Ian

Hi.... Audya is realy AMAZING KEYBOARDS...
So...We working new styles and new Audio (live) Drums for AJ Projects.
We have already the first style and audio drums...
Here is demos... Just style and new Live audio drums...
https://soundcloud.com/sokratis-1974/ketron-audya-soul-gospel

STYLE CREATOR / PROGRAMING / PERFORMING / AUDIO MIX / EDITING:
SOKRATIS KAVLENTAKIS.

DRUMS PLAYER: FOTIS VAKOUFTSIS
Thanks

Great job Sokratis!

Good luck trying to reproduce that groove with just midi drums...

Coincidence or not but I have just decided to give the Audya a go. A Ketron dealer here kindly offered me a two weeks trial period on a used Ketron Audya, which should arrive in two weeks time. Looking forward to that but hanging on to my Korg PA800.
My recently acquired Tyros 4 will probably have to go again. Much as I like the righthand sounds and the beautiful black edition it is too much of a finished (CD) product for me to get inspirational and creative, that is using it as a real band to back up my singing. And of course the drums........

regards,
John

The Art of a good Midi Drum Style is that the style is played on the equivalent Midi Instrument (Midi Drum Kit for example) by a real performer, as that way you have all the feelings and groove that you get in an audio style. (There’s a reason the loops (Particularly Drums) in VST are called grooves and not loops)

Bill