Why not Ketron dont make a today useful hardware, real touchs pads for the new launchpad and others funcions, user assignable funcions, etc? And a propose a independent knobs for áudio multitrack. Makes the keyboard instrument more flexible and modern!

Those launchpads are very effective. In the second demo of one of the videos above, you can clearly see where he brings in the sax & guitar solos & where he ends them. Very, very realistic indeed. This is like Yamaha's multipads, only much, much more realistic & much more powerful. I often copy style parts from one style to another. This only works if the part lengths are the same. So these launcpads will indeed prove to be the biggest addition to what is presently available in the Audya. One can only hope that those nice added solo parts can actually be downloaded from somewhere as the ones used in the demo are no ordinary copied style parts.

I would definately buy the version with the real pads...and the knobs (4 would be enough) been saying this for years,,, If you want to see what company gof the interface right.. with pads, knobs, touchscreens and drawbars... have a look at the casio mz-x 500..

Altough they have 2 major letdowns, physicall build quallity and sound quallity, the interface of Casio MZ-X and their selection of tools on board is almost perfect...


Physical pads and physical encoders are a must have....

So here we are ..SD9 was shown on Musik messe 2016 and 2017 and we still dont know when it will be released...

Well done Ketron, this is what the brand needs so people regain trust in your company

Don't worry Bachus.
If the world still rotate, it's a chance there will be a Musik Messe in 2018 again.....
After all, "The Ketron Way" is not to ride the same year they sadle ....

I think in Holland we call such the Italian way.

Let's look to the past when I remember right

Audya

2007 - first shown @ Musikmesse
2008 - again shown @ Musikmesse
2009 - shown @ Musikmesse and available in a very unstable version


SD9 Pro

2016 - first shown @ Musikmesse
2017 - again shown @ Musikmesse
2018 - ?

Now are the demos on their site,we all seen this,nothing new,but i have an answer from an Italiën Musicshop,there are a vieuw Sd9 available end this month and the price from this shop is 3190 euro's,i hope this price is right and also there answer,so Holland,Germany,Belgium etc,your prices are way to high.

Bachus,

After further considering your suggestion, we have now included in the LaunchPad the capability to quickly bring in a style. This way, while you are in the LaunchPad environment, you also have access to the style sections (Arranger A, B, C ... etc) in real time!

I hope you'll now consider an SD9 Pro?

Great point ... and thanks for the suggestion.