I guess every new arranger is going to get comments like what we have here.
It is not different from when the T3 came out and persons were say what can you do with a T3 that you can not do with the PA2x pro? Most people believed that the T3 did not surpass the PA2x pro.

What a lot of people forget is with all of the TOTL arrangers, it is the integration of features and the types of features that are major selling points and not just the sounds and styles.
If you just want sounds and styles then just use VSTs and a software arranger.

And it never will but thats just my opinion.

nedim I sure you have something to substanciate that claim? I'd love to hear it.

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leezone,

After watching and listening to the new videos, I see that they were using the USER styles (on HD) which are simply the SD1 and SD5 styles, and not the ROM styles. The AUDYA can play styles directly from H.disk and so they ship with the SD1 & SD5 styles as bonus. However, these bonus styles are an addition to the over 300 AUDIO styles found in AUDYA's ROM (which were not clearly demonstrated in these examples). We should have some more videos up with AUDIO styles soon.

AJ

AJ thank you for the explanation....who wants to hear old styles form previous models? I thought they sounded familiar.
I think you Ketron guys have to really show this Audya & ALL its features off in a big way if you want to expect thriving sales..& I mean in a BIG WAY ASAP before it loses its edge. Aj how many people are Demoing the Audya around the world besides you?

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Let's see... One Audya for AJ and one in Portugal. So that's two Audya's as we speak (maybe one or two more at Ketron Italy Headquarters in Ancona) . AJ won't let anybody play his Audya so I guess we can nix his, right? So it looks like worldwide there is a total of "one" Audya being demoed in Portugal by people who don't seem to be Ketron employees. Although we don't know that for certain do we...

All the best, Mike

AJ

so you saying ALL styles they played are not the NEW AUDYA styles?

that's weird... why would all 4 guys in video play "old" styles ???

do they not kow where the "new" AUDYA ROM styles are???

may be worth emailing them in Portugal and asking,

something not right there...

Could they be the same styles from the SD1+/Sd5 tweaked for the Audya with some new edited intros/endings....I remember AJ telling us at the jam they shortened many of them on the Audya? Things are unraveling here little by little.

i wanna hear the new stuff,

AJ, get them videos up soon, thanks

leezone,

Not all; some (like 75%). The initial videos however did use the new styles predominantly.

Dnj,
What I said was when we developed the new styles for AUDYA (AUDIO and non AUDIO based), we shortened the Intro/Ending 2 and 3 (unlike what we would usually have done) since many had complained our Intro/Ending 2 and 3 were too long and melodic from our previous keyboards. The length of Intro and Endings from USER styles brought over from the SD-series were not changed - the styles were just tweeked to incorporate the new voices and arranger features from AUDYA.

As for the features you request we show, I believe I did cover 75% of them at the Shrevport jam (not sure which ones I left out, but we'll see when the video is out - remember, I had very little time too and this event was structured for a JAM session and not a Workshop/Clinic ~ from which we simply 'borrowed' time to show the AUDYA)? In the forthcoming ARRANGER FIESTAS, I plan on getting deeper into these features once more.

Hope it's clearer now.

AJ

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