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#254730 - 01/27/09 12:43 PM
Re: Lots More AUDYA Demos...Check 'em out !!!
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Registered: 10/27/03
Posts: 2417
Loc: CA
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I'm kinda hesitant about whether the Audya would fit the bill for my needs too. One of the BIG negatives, in my opinion, is the lack of sample RAM expansion for the Sampler. And what sample ram there is apparently can't be used for importing .wav, .aiff, AKAI, or other multi-sample libraries. But with a maximum of only 64MB of RAM as it stands currently the point is really mute anyway. Another thing is the Styles. So apparently only the "new" audio linked Styles are going to sound good? Why couldn't Ketron tweak (re-formulize) the other "non-audio" styles to sound good too? Yamaha and Korg seem to do very well, thank you, with their "midi-linked" styles on the T3 and Pa2XPRO. Much better apparently (from the videos anyway) than Ketron does with their "old" styles on the Audya in my opinion. The biggest question of all is what price tag will the Audya have attached to it when it shows up (if it shows up ) at retail outlets? If it shows up with a $5,000.00 MAP then these other shortfalls on the Audya will be magnified many times over in my opinion. In other words, what big improvement over, let's say a Pa2XPRO, would the Audya bring to the table? Or, for that matter, even over a "61" key Tyros3, other than the addition of a few selected audio styles and a few more keys? The Ketron Audya apparently also does NOT have anything better or even comparable to Yamaha's SA/2 voices (or possibly even the Sweet!, Live! or Cool! voices as well) as far as the sounds go; at least that I could tell from the videos anyway. And most likely neither to Korg's RX or DNC voices either?!?! So possibly $5,000.00 for what again? A few audio styles, 76 keys, and some extra polyphony? You decide. Now if it shows up at a reasonable, respectable price then the Audya could sell pretty well BECAUSE of the extra polyphony, the extra keys, and the audio styles, etc. All the best, Mike
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#254732 - 01/27/09 02:37 PM
Re: Lots More AUDYA Demos...Check 'em out !!!
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Senior Member
Registered: 06/24/08
Posts: 3131
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Mike,
i think the ONE BIG thing the AUDYA has over its competition is its LIVE sound
don't know if you've ever played a Ketron X or SD through a good PA, but it sounds..."LIVE", more so than any other arranger, it sounds like a real band.
i own a G-70, and use BOTH at my performances every weekend... and even though the G-70 has better sounds, i find myself using the Ketron more, it has a "punchier", live, in your face sound, it has that "natural" sound
playing the same song on Ketron and Roland, i get more people on the dance floor with Ketron, like i said, it just sounds fuller,
i think this is mainly because of the drums, and styles, and not because of the (right) solo voices,even though Ketron has a few good ones.
i think what the AUDYA will bring to the table is an EVEN MORE "live" sound as it has lots of guitar and bass loops.
i do wish the sounds of the AUDYA were more on par with the Yamahas MOTIF, or Rolands Fantom. i was hoping for LOTS of new sounds, a bank of cutting-edge modern sounds. who knows, maybe it's upgradable, or will be at some point
i think the ULTIMATE arranger would be a combination of the AUDYA and the T3, the styles/loops/drums being from AUDYA, and the solo voices from the T3
from what i've heard, Ketron has some new voices, but MOSTLY has lots of the same "old" tweaked to sound a bit better.
thats my $.02
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