No... I want to know about the Audya. Not the SD-1.

Are you telling me DEFINITIVELY that the Audya is identical in it's sample load up procedure (NOT loops, but Akai multisamples) to the SD-1? (and if so, it's not exactly a major improvement, then, is it?)

Have you got some Akai disks? Have you loaded Akai mulisamples (a drum kit, or maybe a sampled multi-velocity piano set for example) before? All you have talked about so far is loops into an SD-1. Thanks for the info, but what I am after is Akai multisamples into the sampler section...

The sampler of an Audya, that is...

What I'm after is the time to load 64MB into the sampler, and it be ready to go. If it is slower to read Akai than it's own native format, I would not be surprised, and if possible, I'd like a load time in Akai format and the same load in native (presumably, you can load Akai, create the voice programming in the Ketron, and save as a Ketron sampler load), some samplers load faster in their native format...

Sample load times is one of those untalked about stats. Virtually NO manufacturer out there publishes them in their keyboard specs, but IMO, it is one of the most critical specs that can let you know whether the sampler is a practical live tool, or something only fit for the studio at best.

The Audya, being built around a CPU from a computer, you would THINK loads up a lot faster than embedded systems like the SD-1. So data from an SD-1 isn't (I hope!) indicative of what the Audya does, for good or bad...

[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 12-10-2008).]