I decided to setup several specific gig sets on a thumb drive using only styles and today played my first gig using the thumb drive as the source of the song styles. It worked really well and opens up a ton of possibilities. I found the limited registration folders(BANKS) to be a problem for the way I like to organize my song lists. There was absolutely no difference in the time it took to load the styles compared to using the onboard styles.

I like this feature of any keyboard because if there is a hard drive issue you can at least plug in the thumb drive and play.

Deane

:-)

Deane,

Very slick! I like the idea!

Stephen,
It works really well and if you use a USB 3.0 thumb drive the styles load faster than from the hard drive. I did not expect that! I am experimenting with other features and will post my experiences as I do them.

Deane

Sounds good Deane!

Where are you getting the styles that your playing from the thumb drive?

There are thousands of ketron Legacy styles available on the internet. They are mostly in .PAT format but they can be converted to the .KST format on the SD7.

Deane

Does this mean you handle you handle lead and LH instruments and volume balances on the fly? Also, is there any compatibility with Audya?

Bernie

Bernie,
the RH voices get changed with the variations. I setup those voices in the styles when I save them. Same with the volume levels.

Deane

OK Deane, that sounds great.

I am in a quandary, as my Audya sounds so good, especially with AJs upgrade, and has some things like drawbars and a RH volume boost button that the SD7 and SD9 don't seem to have. OTH, there is a new sound engine, CDG, better graphics, new guitars, styles, etc etc. If the SD9 ever gets here and is debugged, maybe I will look at it.