Listed at Thomann online store now and announced for August!

http://www.thomann.de/gb/ketron_sd_40.htm

Looks like they will have the SD9 in next week,will be pretty expensive here in Canada. Cal.

The SD9 before the SD40 - that's really bizarre...

And still no new information on the Ketron website, no new demos, no manuals... Who is going to be the beta tester?

SD9 will not be in stock next week anywhere.

SD40 is already available on Pre Launch Sale for those in the UK (www.ketronmusic.co.uk)

SD40 demos are not really required as its simply a modular SD7 just like the Audya 4 is a modular Audya 5.

I wouldnt trust on that....

Thomann says available within 2-5 days, and they are not known for unrealistic announcements:

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

I'd give up everything I own to have a Ketron, but.......this is one of the reasons I shy away from it.....too much confusion involving everything about it. I mean just here in America. AJ can only do so much. However, if I lived in Europe, it would be a totally different story. More support, more players, more common over there. And, I almost forgot, probably more jobs for an arranger player.

News from Ketron Belgium:

Le KETRON SD80 ainsi que le KETRON SD40 sont disponibles chez votre revendeur KETRON.

Whereas their Dutch-speaking staff seems to be a bit confused due to the heat wave:

De KETRON SD80 en Ketron SD80 zijn leverbaar bij uw KETRON muziekhandelaar.

https://www.ketron.be/fr/

Manual for the SD40 is online now, and the ketron.it website also announces that the module is available now!
http://www.ketron.it/prodotti/35-moduli-suono/sd40-1-1
http://www.ketron.it/en/
http://www.ketron.it/images/ketron/manualiPdf/SD40.pdf

The "manual" is ridiculous. Extremely short, and they didn't even care about an adequate translation. This is not an SD2 or SD1000, it's a 2,000 Euro instrument...