Answers to some of the questions asked above.

Individual out on drums:- This is for midi and Groove drums. For styles that have Audio drums, the entire drum track can can be assigned to an output. Bass, Audio Guitar, Chord parts ... etc can also be individually assigned.

Articulation control:- Controlled by velocity, time to which the next note is hit after current note (initial or mute attack, e.g on sax) and aftertouch.

For just an accoustic guitar part (or equivalent) we have the UNPLUGGED styles which can be used.

Yes, the Audio Guitar, Bass (or other instruments) parts does/will respond to more than just Major, Minor and 7thh chords.

Intelligent Arranger:- The intelligent part picks up usually between 16-32 measures of play (depending on the style). For styles witin 'longer messures' the 'pick up' is longer i.e more measures have to be played before it kicks in. As an example, 'No Woman no Cry' - Reggae style. If you play the chorus back-to-back about twice (the same way), you'll hear the difference on the 3rd time around, however if you play and also increase your velocity of play (get excited) during the 2nd time, you'll hear subtle differences too. Hope this examples explains this feature better?

Keytunes:- You can synchronize the audio (before creating the keytune list) and yes you can cue to start one right after the other, however you will have to use an audio editor (e.g Recycle) to 'edit' the wave/mp3 files so that there is no 'space' at the begining or end of each file ... just a little homework for a better, smoother performance.

We are working on some demos that should be up and running soon.

Also, those who attend the forthcoming workshops should feel free to try out the keyboard. No one was turned down from trying the AUDYA at the Shrevport Jam ~ there was just too little time to show all it's features and remember ... many people there simply wanted to 'jam' after the demonstration, not play the AUDYA. There just wasn't enough time, but the forthcoming Ketron workshops are just that - workshops...

Lack of audio parts:- We never advertized or mentioned anything along the lines of "... and now, our styles will be replaced entirely with complete Audio". We hope there wasn't a mis-understanding about this and hopefully this clears it up. Styles are made up of about 8 elements (Drum 1, Drum 2, Bass, Chd1-5). For many styles, Drum 1, Bass and Chd5 are replaced with AUDIO equivalent parts while Drum 2 are grooves. The other parts (Chords 1-4)are still midi based. The AUDIO parts can also be turned 'off' and replaced with Midi.

We forgot to mention ... Arpeggios and Licks - can be substituted for Chord 4!! Arps have usually been associated only with Synth Workstations ~ but now, Arranger Workstations can use them too. You can change the voicing of the Arp. once the style is being played (say from Strings to Guitar or synth or ...). When the style is off, you can change/select a different Arp. that best suits you. When done, you can now save this style with your new setting (changes may be applied to individual Arranger parts or the entire style).

Full functioning software (for editing/creating DJ loops, styles, customization ...etc) will be made available and downloadable on our website at a later date. The complete manual is also being revised and will soon be up on our website for download.

Import/Recording Grooves:- Yes, you'll be able to use yours (Drums) with the assistance of software which we'll provide on our website. In STYLE VIEW, you can see the entire STYLE structure. By selecting CHORD-5 (F10), you can decide either to use AUDIO (and therefore select from a data base of guitar and other instrument parts that reside in AUDYA) or MIDI (select any instrument to assign to this track). As for the Audio Bass and Chords, Ketron will be enhancing this library as well with future updates.

Hope that better explains it.

Thanks,

AJ

[This message has been edited by Ketron_AJ (edited 02-09-2009).]