Sorry, Dan, but these are two totally different things. A single stereo file of an entire song is no problem for even inexpensive arrangers like S900, etc..

But what the Audya touts is the use of audio files for each pattern, each part, each chord. In other words, instead of the arranger playing a guitar sound by MIDI to get the guitar part, it is played using an audio recording of a REAL guitarist, playing that chord. And not in Song (or SMF) mode, but in arranger mode.

Here's your problem... Let's say you've got a four bar picking pattern. That's one file. For one chord, in one key (you can only transpose audio a couple of half steps, and it gets all chipmunk-y on you) you need maybe six or more recordings of the SAME chord (let's just say C Maj, for example) in different keys. Now that's just ONE type of chord. Now multiply that by all that ONE chord's extensions (Csus, C no3rd, C6, Cmaj7, C7, C11, C7b9, C9, C7#9 and so on) and that's just the Maj extensions..! Now add all the Cmin, Cdim, Caug, ChalfDim, and ALL their extensions, you are talking dozens upon dozens of audio files, just for that guitar pattern. Now multiply THAT by the four variations, and the fills, and we start to look at hundreds of audio patterns, just for ONE style. And THAT'S just ONE of the guitar Parts. Multiply THAT by the Bass Parts, the Pianos, the strings, the drums and percussion (although they don't need chord extensions so they are the simplest to produce), the horns, etc., etc..

Pretty scary....

Not to even get into the problem of how well these patterns join into each other, as you move from one chord to another in the middle of this four bar loop.

Now multiply that by the 200 or more styles that you expect in a modern arranger...

I have a sneaky feeling that this product is going to be hard pressed to live up to it's hype. As I said earlier, if the 'live audio' styles are THAT good, you are going to want them ALL to be that good. And that, my friends, is a herculean task for both the arranger to pull off technically, and the company to record.

Time will tell...