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#254051 - 01/22/09 02:20 PM
Re: Audya Chord recognition thread
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Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14271
Loc: NW Florida
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Sorry, but this is a technical question. I don't expect AJ to sit down at the bloody thing and TRY out all the chords! As the manufacturer, he should KNOW what chords were recorded. They should be in the manual, or some addendum somewhere, or at least available to Ketron personnel, you know, in case someone actually ASKS this question (what? you thought no-one would care? )... Why has this essential spec got to be ferreted out by exhaustive playing? It is (at Ketron, at least) a well known FACT... One they seem reluctant to divulge, though... You know, the USB 1 or 2 issue was quickly answered by factory reps. Why is this, to my mind FAR more important issue (musically, and that's all I really care about!) taking so long to get an answer for?
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#254052 - 01/22/09 02:39 PM
Re: Audya Chord recognition thread
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Registered: 01/31/06
Posts: 3354
Loc: The World
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The most salient thing AJ has said, for me anyway, (and it MIGHT just be the answer as well to Dikis questions) is this line....
"meaning when you play (e.g an A chord), all extentions/variations of the A chord - (dim, 9th, Maj, Min, Min7th, AUG ... etc) are recognized [AJ's term for PLAY] by the AUDIO and MIDI parts of AUDYA. Because we streem the Audio directly from the HD, memory wasn't an issue here."
You note he says "recognised by the audio AND midi parts"
I think we may be able to deduce that the higher embellishments, or "tension" notes if you like, are more than likely covered by midi data, with the basic chord structure covered by the audio loop.
This makes sense to me as it allows great freedom/variation in chord play, whilst keeping disk streaming to a minimum, as well as sample data.
Now let me say this is NOT the same as having the all chord types recorded as audio loops, and could be construed as a bit of a "fudge" by Ketron, and if it WERE the case I would be a bit disappointed, BUT I can see how that would work, and it may just be the first step along the road to TOTAL audio style play from Ketron.
After all this is a highly complex task they are undertaking and I beleive it has much more work before it is complete. However Ketron DID have to get something released and selling.
Of course I could be wrong, but it does seem plausible.
Dennis
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