Big difference,... when I'm Pumping a younger House/Electronica Music party dance crowd for 4-5hrs at a full blown 350-400pp Wedding or Dinner Dance vs just 25-50pp at a
"Light Duty" nursing home, cocktail hr, etc, gig for a 1 hr show.
I repeat BIG DIFFERENCE!

Hi DNJ,

I downloaded that video. I even downloaded the registries with those settings. The harmony is not too bad, but I cannot for the life of me get the mic effects to sound the same as on the default Ajamsonic Audya settings.

Also, playing the S950 through the same powered speakers I use for the Audya, I cannot get it to equal the clarity of the Audya. And believe me, I REALLY want to.

So now I've given up for the moment. I'll keep the Yamaha, but focus on the Audya. It works as is for a novice like myself.

Cheers mate,

Henni

My 3 cents I'm different

The Audya, next to anything else, will have more checks (positive) than the competition...mostly in the sound department..

Light gig verses heavy duty gig....my opinion, a light gig is the job that needs a quick setup, with compromises to boot..it could be a low pay, short gig..Like I was entertaining the last couple weeks (PA900)..
The heavy duty gig, use of your favorite keyboard, not worrying about weight or size, just comfort and more enjoyable to play, justified by longer gig (4 hours)...no compromise..

Personally I use the Rock & Roll DELAY FX on the S950 I Like the fast slap back on my Mic when I'm singing thru the KB,....otherwise I run the Mic thru my Mixer w/FX, when I'm Djing, etc,.....
but honestly by the way you have been talking I would just stick with the Audya for all your needs, dig in deep make it do what you want it to do you'll be a happier player,..
and sell the S950 at least you gave it a shot it's not for everybody.
It's like owning a Ferrari then buying a Smart car!

What I was referring to Donny was your vocals. they shouldn't change whether you are performing for a relatively young crowd, or an older crowd - makes absolutely no difference, at least to me. Everyone gets the same package when it comes to my vocals - the best I can offer and nothing less. Today's crowd was not young, but they danced for the entire 2.5 hours I performed. They danced to everything I played, and about a third of the songs were high energy Latin songs.

Fran, all my jobs pay exactly the same hourly rate, no one gets cut rate and no one gets screwed over. Everyone is treated equally, which is probably why work more than anyone in my immediate area. And, I take the same rig into an assisted living facility as I take to a banquet, or Monday night's restaurant job. Why should anyone get more or less?

Now, I'm pretty happy with the quality of everything I have with this particular setup, especially the vocals, and so are my audiences. While my lung capacity continues to deteriorate, and I constantly have to place more effort on singing than anytime in the past, my audiences are telling me that my vocals sound as good or better than ever. I guess I must be doing something right.

All the best,

Gary

What I mean by Light gig..a small footprint set up, because you are setting up in crowded areas, hallway, isle etc..so the lightness and smallness would make it easier, but for me at the expense of a trade off..

Rates for these NH jobs is not always set by me..


I too have been using the same set up for all my jobs, and it is my heavey duty set up

Don,

I know you loved your Audya, I will never know why you sold it on, it does have some very nice sounds, I think you would buy another sometime Don, I have no idea what Ketron are up to to be honest but I doubt its company that can turn out another new KB out, its funny how the price is dropping, it normally means they can't shift the boxes anymore. What other manufacturers do when this happens is bring out a new one.

I'll bet they have something in the works. I think they are financially solid, but I really don't know. It is a very small company and they work on their own schedule!

Or they are doing the opposite and gong downward belly up...
just like technics, gem, mediastation, etc, etc, .. wont be the first time.

Well Technics didn't go belly up. They were a subsidiary of Panasonic, one of the largest companies in the world. I think the opposite was true, they just didn't want to worry about a very small division of their company. I think they continued to support Technics instruments for quite a period of time after they shut down production.
Mediastation was a one-man company, as far as I remember. It was a good idea but was marketed before it was even close to being ready. He had good intentions but probably was way over his head from the start.
There has been this same discussion and conjecture here for years, but the truth is, nobody knows.
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