"But, having said that, everything I've heard from them, and speaking as a drummer, these drums are way too much in your face, too loud, overdone and overpowering and overochestrated. Quite unatural. Any band I'd ever played in or heard the drummer would be told to back off if they sounded like that, both in volume and in being too busy"

Scott, I'm a drummer too, and that has crossed my mind too- If I played that loud and busy on most of the drumset gigs I do, I wouldn't get called back.

But for Latin (real Latin- not watered down ball room stuff) it's all about percussion. This is where the Audya really shines.

Finding real Latin styles for my Tyros 2 has not been easy.