...and that's another of the many reasons I'm playing Korg.
It's a matter of habit, but an unnatural one to have to raise your hand and lift it several inches, when the traditional location is easily reachable. I do much prefer the joystick, and it's one of the things I liked about SD7.

We are all so different when it comes to personal playing Technics & habits,...everyone does it different and in their own comfort zone way....there is no right or wrong.....the only tell tale is what the music sounds like while your playing....enjoy what you play and how you play it.

Ah....

Where do I start? We just got back from Germany and are playing catch up, so if I am slow to get back you, please understand why.

To answer your question simply Henni, the answer is "No". The SD9 PRO offers features not found in AUDYA but which customers have asked for.
The AUDYA also offers features not found on the SD9 PRO with more to come in OS updates.
Although they share a lot in common (like Live Audio Drums, Live Audio Guitars ... etc), each customer will have to decide which of these units best fits their needs.

Having said that, I must say we had a lot of excitement at or booth this year where both products were present. Meeting distrbutors, dealers and users from all over the world was a plus and we want to say "THANK YOU" to all those who stopped by and for your contineous support for KETRON products.

Thanks,

Any Musikmesse demos on you tube?

Hi AJ,

Thank you for your answer. I am relieved. This means in effect that the new Audya will have many more extra features than just those. Well worth waiting for.

All the best & may the SD9PRO sales surpass even your wildest expectations!

Henni

Who says there will be a new audya soon?

And soundwise, according to people that heard it on the messe, the sd9pro is way ahead of the audya...

You should really get one then! As for me, I'll wait for the new Audya which WILL see the light, maybe even this year. The new casing is there, the new touchscreen ready, the SD9PRO features ready - not really all that much involved in creating it. And yes, it will have more than two outputs, it will have an onboard SSD etc. etc.

Now tell me again, how long did it take from the SD7 to the new SD9PRO...

I will not get one.... unless i get proof that service and reliability in europe have improved by about 6000 miles...

I do like the ideas of Ketron, however i have been dissapointed one time to much by their support overhere in europe...

Ketron showed of to be so typicall Italian, great ideas, great looks... but they should have left the building and support of their instruments to the Germans (or AJ)




And why they are not building a new Audya yet... because they are still selling the old one, and probably are stocked quite well on them... promoting the new SD9 as the Audya replacement would make them loose money on their current batch of Audya's...

Believe me, the SD9 is the only thing close to audya they will produce in the next few years... the instrument is allready so high end that it does not leave room for another instrument on top of that... just wayt till you see the price of the SD9

Not much more than the SD7. Going by Israel pricing, half the price of a new Tyros 5 in South Africa!



Aaah - Ketron will surprise everyone once again as they did with the Audya!

Surprise anyone?

Audya was announced a year before it hit stores, and was highly unreliable the first two years or so... And even before the audya announcement, there where rumors about the audio styles for over a year...