Wow! No wonder Ketron took so long to replace the SD-1. Cutting edge and new innovative features required extra development time I reckon.

The weight is okay for me especially since it has 76 keys, and 'half' weighted keys at that. Weighted keys do add extra weight of course.

I noticed A.J. hasn't responded yet to the question regarding a Sequencer on the AUDYA. I wonder also if the USB is USB2.0 or USB1.1. If it is the latter it will be unfortunate.

The Polyphony at 197 is the best yet for any high-end Arranger, although in my opinion Ketron would have rocked the keyboard world if they had given the AUDYA 256 polyphony. Still, at 197 notes of polyphony, Ketron is no doubt turning heads from the corporate higher-up's at Yamaha, Korg, and Roland. Ketron raised the polyphony bar and I hope finally Yamaha and the others will follow suit.

The cost is going to be crucial in the scheme of things and I hope Ketron doesn't price themselves out of the market. We shall see.

All in all though the AUDYA looks very interesting and it really is indeed a true workstation Arranger keyboard from the specs. >> If there is a built-in Sequencer that is.

Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 03-29-2007).]