The prices in www.Thomann.de

SD9PRO 4.080 €

SD40 1.990 €

Ketron UK (ketronmusic.co.uk) are having a Pre Launch sale with the SD40 being just £1299

It's curious, SD 40 already listed at online stores, and the Ketron website still has lots of white spaces...

Other than the few demos from Musikmesse, there is no demo to be found of SD9 and SD40.

No manuals online either. Good luck, you need a lot of confidence to be among the first buyers...

http://www.ketron.it/prodotti/35-moduli-suono/sd40-1

demos for the SD40 are not required. Its simply a module version of the SD7.

The SD9 is not quite ready and cannot be ordered yet. Demos will be available once its ready for release.

What's that nonsense at Thomann then? They are usually quite reliable with availability dates:

http://www.thomann.de/de/ketron_sd_9.htm

I was in direct contact with Marcello Colo, he was less clear about it and said it rather had the soundset of the MidjPro, which is not 100% that of the SD7.

I guess it would be a good idea to have a few more demos, at least that's probably what prospective buyers think, and also an online manual. I don't know how many buyers like doing a blind bargain.

And now it is 3998,00 euro.
http://www.thomann.de/nl/search_dir.html?bf=&sw=ketron+sd9

3799 at Dera the Ketron Dealer overhere in Holland

http://muziekhuisdera.nl/keyboard/keyboard/ketron/ketron-sd9-arranger-keyboard#.V5tvFriLSHs

I 'may' need to make an apology for this statement. It looks as though the SD40 might have an upgraded sound engine to both SD7 and MidJay Pro.

The SD40 features 668 GM sounds across 5 banks as opposed to 543 across 4 banks on the SD7 and MidJay Pro. However the SD40 appears to lack the SD7 Ram Sounds. It also does not include some of the 'player' and 'dj' features found on the SD7. I suppose that is where the choice between Midjay Pro and SD40 become more clearer.

With that in mind I will upload SD40 demos to the website in the next 24 hours.

So Tonewheeldude,you got one in your hands,SD40?