I'm surprised you weren't impressed John. You don't work for Yamaha do you? Just kidding.. Did you listen to the demos through a decent sound system John? If not then that could be the problem. What I got from the demos was an excellent "live" band feel. Most of the sounds the demonstrator(s) played I thought were outstanding, although I noticed it was mainly just Piano, Guitar, Organ, and Brass with the 'main' focus on the Guitars. There was no real String(s) or Woodwind demos (flute, oboe, etc.) and not much in the way of Synth sounds really. I'm guessing Ketron is wanting to stick with the meat and potato sounds and keep the spinach and broccoli under wraps and out of sight perhaps. In other words, just showcase the best and leave perhaps the "tepid" rest of the sounds to the imagination.

Perhaps Ketron will do another batch of videos that will highlight some of the other sound categories too. The more we know about its sounds, the more informed of a decision people will have to open up their wallets and fork over the big bucks if need be. And I mean BIG bucks.

BTW, I have an excellent sound card in the PC I listened to the demos with and an outstanding 3 piece Klipsch speaker system that are especially made for bringing out the true quality and nature of any given musical piece. Believe me when I tell you that if the sounds I heard in the video demos (which are actually 'compressed' .avi) are as good in person as they are through what my ears deduced while listening to them through my Kplisch PC speakers, then without a doubt the Audya exceeds everything else currently on the market in my humble opinion. For instance, there is NO other arranger that I'm aware of that even comes close to the quality of guitar sounds on the Audya in my opinion. The Accordion(s) were fantastic too; EP's as well, along with everything else in my opinion. Of course most of the guitars in the demos were "audio" sampled guitars but nevertheless there is still no comparison to the rest of the pack if you ask me. I can't imagine that any of the sounds could somehow be diminished when playing it Live in person either. On the contrary, the Audya should sound even better live and in person. Now if we could just get Ketron to drop the price a couple grand eh? The price tag is the biggest obstacle in most people's way of getting an Audya right now, especially in these dire global economic times that we're currently experiencing. Even if they only dropped it a grand their sales would probably double in no time I dare say. I know, I know.. keep dreaming right?

All the best,
Mike


[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 06-27-2009).]