Hi all,

I am very much into the audio styles. Like stated somewhere else:

I've found that, for each onboard style, by adding i.e:

1. Different Audio drums
2. Different grooves for each variation - started using these & it's AWESOME!!!
3. Different audio bass tracks including their AWESOME riffs for each variation
4. Different loops for each variation for channel 4
5. Different audio live guitars for each variation
6. The ability to have my live guitars change on the fly purely by the way I press my chords
7. Assigning different vocal harmonies & settings to each variation

provide more than enough AWESOME variation for me, done on the fly & then saved as a single registration that also includes the style in the registration.

One simply selects ANY style found, and this forms only the very basis of what can be created. I can take the very same style, change all the above and you will not believe for the life of you that it started off by being the same style. The same can be done for any midi only style. I hardly use any onboard style as is anymore because of the ease I can create all the above with. And I become better at this with every style I change. Best part is, that whilst using this live, I can make more changes on the fly and simply re-save the registration before playing the next song. AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!

To top this all, the AJAMSONIC upgrade adds another 850 audio drum loops, many, many new AWESOME live guitar loops plus all of the Tyros 4 equivalent human choir voices (not even included in the new Yamaha S950). Plus, Sokratis made available all the awesome SD series drums. I can NEVER be bored with the audio styles coupled with the powerful onboard audio style editor.

Really, one CANNOT appreciate all of the above and it's effects without having the Audya at least for a week or so. And be sure to know what can be accomplished on it before you start to take it for a week long test drive - there's just so many things to explore during this week.

And as Tonewheeldude correctly stated, if you do not like the audio part, you've still got a top of the line midi arranger with more than enough midi stuff to keep you very, very, very busy indeed!

It's a win win situation, anyway you look at it!

Keep well all my friends,

Henni