With a conventional arranger, the guitar tracks are, in a sense, audio, because the sounds being used are samples...in the case of Yamaha, mega voices are not just notes. but other additions such as fret noise, hammer-ons etc.

Since these samples are manipulated via MIDI control, the programmer has as many patterns as needed...also, some of the guitar tracks in Yamaha (and Roland, Korg) are input via MIDI guitar, so it sounds as natural as possible.

The new GTT mode on the T3/S910, goes a step further, by voicing the chords as a guitar player would.

Can the Audya's strum or finger-picking audio tracks be edited...can the notes be off-set to allow a "swing" feel...can the voicing of the chord notes be changed (without using another, different loop) by the user?

Many songs begin with guitar only, and just as often, the guitarist establishes the bass line...if the arranger's guitar tracks cannot voice, for example, a Cmajth/B as a chord with the B note in the root, it becomes a limitation...it seems, after hearing the demos posted, that the Audya cannot voice the guitar chords in that manner...it needs the bass guitar track to establish what is the root note.

The Audya would need it's audio guitar loops recorded in every inversion of each chord....does it have them?

Midi controlled guitar tracks that use sampled individual notes, as in Roland, Yamaha, Casio, Korg, do not have this issue...all inversions are available.

Ian

[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 04-22-2010).]