Although I am a hardcore KORG owner I would have to pick two companies that are different in the hardware and software. Ketron has made the most strides with the real drums and guitar and reading from the hard drive super fast to achieve this, but they lack the technology that is available today because it was designed too many years back, the AUDYA should have at least 1 gig on the sampler,198 voice polyphony,unlimited space hard drive(like the PA800), touch screen and USB 3 for the basics. The other company that would also hold number one is Lionstracs because of it being open and having the correct hardware and software for the pro musician to make it their own but it lacks the out of the box pro styles that KETRON is good at from past experience. The hardware is tremendous with touch screen, big hard drive,big sample ram,lots of polyphony etc etc. now if Lionstracs were to put enough effort with the styles as they did with the hardware forget about it, a big winner would emerge, one final thought , the most important features at the top of my list, for me at this stage of my pro life, is weight and price of keyboard.

[This message has been edited by vangelis (edited 09-22-2010).]