Hi Hellboy,
personally I'd wait & see what the Audya has to offer.
I luv the ketron drums. You can actually use "audio" drum loops in the styles & midifiles. The audio loops sync to style.

Ease of use, it's a bit of a learning curve, but quite frankly the VA7 wasn't a breeze either.

One thing I don't like about it , is ketrons don't have any type of event list editing for styles. You can alter sounds , velocities, mix n match patterns & style phrases etc etc but no event list editing, & I'm a bit of a style converting nut so that's a function I miss.

It does have Dance styles etc but it's not the type of style I use, so can't comment.

Really may be worth a trip down to Sydney when you get closer to choosing.
http://www.ketronus.com/demos.html


If you ever decide a ketron may be for you, check with me, I'm always swapping round my keyboards haa haa.

best wishes
Rikki

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