I just received some new literature & a nice color flyer on the New AUDYA "Advanced Music Station" Release date to be announced shortly.

I'll tell ya Reading all the specs... this KB is loaded with very cool features & only 38lbs also. Cant wait to try one soon.

also inlcuded was the Midjay plus & New SD3 Sound module.
Specifications
Keyboard: 76 semi-weighted keys. 8 Velocity curves.

Pitch & Modulation Wheel. Aftertouch. Portamento.

17 Slider Volume controls ( 2 Assignable ),

Assignable tabs.


Display: 320 x 240 Colour Graphic Display TFT.

Hard Disk: 40G ATA IDE 2.5. (upgradeable to 80G).

USB: 2 USB Host + 1 USB device.

Mass storage devices supported: Floppy, Stick, Mp3 players, CD/DVD Rom, HD,

Computer keyboard.

Sound

Generation: 360 MB PCM Wavetable. 384 New Orchestral

Presets Sounds. Stereo & Multilayer Voices. 384 GM2

Sounds. 32 parts Multitimbral.

Total Polyphony: 197 notes.


Voice List:320 programmable 1 Touch - Favourite Sounds.

Drawbars: 9 Digital Drawbars slider controlled. New Rotor,

Percussion and Overdrive effect.

Programs: 320 Programs. 3 Voices, 3 splits. Sustain, Portamento,

Velocity switch, Duet, Trio, Morphing, Steel, Slide,

Harmony. Single & Global Program loading. Editing

capabilities: A,D,S,R, Cut Off, Resonance, Effects and

keyboard assignments.

2nd Voice: 384 Preset & programmable Second Voices. 2nd Voice 1 & 2.


Ram / Ins: 64 MB Ram Sound (expandable to 256 MB).

Up to 128 Voices control.


Sampler: New Sampling unit 64 MB. 44 KHz / 16 bit.

Professional

Multiplayer: 2 x Wav, 2 x Mp3, 2 x Midi fi le Player. Hi-quality real

time stretching and transposition. Play List, Autoplay.

2 tracks HD recording. MP3 Encoder (with editable

resolution). CD Audio tracks Ripped to int. or Wave.


Midifile Player: SMF Song playback with karaoke and Txt fi les.

Converts .kar & Midi type 0 fi les to 1. Juke box.

Intelligent Transposer. Song Chain. Drum & Bass.

Lead On/Off . Save Song setup.

Drum Remix: Real time interactive Midifi le and Style playing.

Song and Style select.

Registrations: 320 global panel settings. Single & Block modes.

Drum 1: 32 New Drum sets . 24 User Drum Sets. 10 Drum

sections. Drum Mixer. Manual Drums.

Drum 2: 62 Live Drum Loops. Acoustic, Electro and Latin Loops.


Real Audio Arranger: Stereo Live Drums ( Wave) and Real Acoustic &

Electric Guitars plus Bass Accompaniments. Over 200

Internal Styles, featuring new Unplugged, Latin, Pop,

Ballad, Traditional, Swing and Ballroom Styles.

Arranger part Mute. After Fill.

4 Arrangers: A, B, C, D. 3 Intro/Endings, Fill In, Break . Interactive

Accompaniment. Manual Bass. Jump. Tap Tempo.

Accelerando-Ritardando. Tempo control. Pedalboard

functions. Rootless & Standard Chord recognition.

Pattern: New Pattern section with advanced Editing functions.


Song Recording: Real time Song Recording to Disk (HD or FD).


Pianist: Standard & Auto Piano-style arranger playing modes. Sustain On/Off.

Octave: 1 octave Up/Down.

Double: lower octave coupling.

Harmony: Full, Jazz, Double, Bluegrass, Trill, Repeat, Folk 1, Folk 2.


Transposer: +/- 24 half tones.

Arabic Scale: 13 arabic setups (footswitch assignable).

Tune + / - 99 cents per note.

Accordion

Mode: International, Belgique. Velocity control to Left&Right.

Bass&Lower octave. Left Drum to Bass&Chord.


DSP: 3 new Multieffect DSP’s with Reverberation, Chorus,

Flanger, Delay, Tap Delay 4 / 8, Wha Wha, Distortion,

Overdrive, Rotor Slow/Fast , Bass Boost. Portamento,

Mono - Legato.

Micro 1 /Micro 2: 2 Microphone Inputs with separate Gain control ,

10 bands Equalizer, Echo, Reverb, Pan/Pot,

Pitch Shift, Talk , Voice Transform.


Voicetron: new 5 Voice Harmonizer. Vocoder, Auto-Harmony,

Midi Vocalizer track, Advanced Voice editing,

Pitch to Midi.


Midi: In 1, In2 , Out, Thru. 32 Midi Channels. GM2 standard.

Outputs: Left/Mono, Right. 4 Separate assignable outputs 2

stereo or 4 Mono). Sustain and Volume Pedal.

Footswitch (6 or 13 switches). Digital SPdif In / Out.

Inputs: Stereo headphone. 2 x Microphone. 2 x Line in

Video

Interface: System: PAL, NTSC, Super VHS. Monitor, Mirror,

Zoom, Karaoke ½ page and full screen,

Mark, Underlined. Size and position controls.

Optionals: Hard Case, Pedal Sustain Piano type, Pedal Volume,

FS6 / FS 13 Footswitches.

Dimensions: L x W x H = ( 114 x 43 x 15 cms. ) ( 45 x 17 x 6 “ ).

Weight: 18,5 Kg. ( 38 lbs )

Power: Automatic Voltage detection (110V/60Hz – 240V/50Hz)




[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 06-16-2008).]

Donny,
Did you get anything on the new SD4 sound module?
If so, does it look better than the SD2?
Thanks,
Lee

Leeboy....yes this is what it says in the flyer about the SD4....

"So small yet so powerful take all the world renown Ketron sounds with you in a pocket sized sound engine."
It looks like the SD2 but a bit smaller.


You got mail

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 06-16-2008).]

I hope I am wrong, but from the specs, it looks like an updated SD1, and certainly Not the next generation of Arrangers that we were promised.
Fingers crossed

Bill

From some discussions in Korg Forums it looks like this will be a very, very expensive board.

Thank you Tommy. Audya is priced there 1,000 Euro / 35% more than the Pa2X.

Well, since one of our new members still works on development of the sounds and/or styles for Audya, I doubt it will be ready for shipping before and of the year. Or maybe they are planing to sell unfinished product (good old Microsoft tactic). :-)

Unfortunately, it will sure be dream machine for most of the potential users, at least by sky-high price. But anyway, Ketrons where never famous for low price.

Well, it seems to be pretty full featured if nothing else.

So the going price is gonna be roughly $5,200.00 + tax which totals about $5,600.00 out the door if you live in California U.S.A. And that is also if the Korg forum is accurate about the price i.e. 35% higher in price than a Pa2xPRO.

I wonder if they'll have an introductory price offer for the first 30 days etc., that it becomes available to the public. You know, the usual 2 Grand or so off would be sufficient.

They are marketing it to the wealthy that's for sure. Oil Sheiks in Arabia might even balk at that price though. Well, look at it this way.. People are paying for the R&D on this puppy for the last 3 or 4 years of its developmental stages. Apparently it has taken 4 or so years of meddling to get the job done and that's "IF" it IS done! - AND we see it on store shelves by NEXT month or sooner. OTOH, we may not see the Audya in stores until Ketron has at least one more opportunity to demo it at Musikmesse again. Then perhaps we'll see it in stores - maybe, possibly, perhaps,... but don't count on it!

Best,
Mike