Hi all,

I've listened to EVERY single Audya demo - I did not hear anything that puts me off. And please note that the arranger is being played by a wide variety of folks from all ages.

One of the newer demos even include some amazing rock - did you listen to the rock guitar solo? Now tell me again that it will not compare to Mega voicing.

I think we're making too much hype of this new arranger. Because it uses audio, we're scrutinizing it under a magnifying glass which is not fair. The demo's are from all sorts of genres and hardly any major chords are being used at all. I am satisfied by what my ears are telling me, so all this intellectial debate do not put me off in the very least.

Henni.

I hope we see a 61 key Audya w/speakers like the SD5 also.....then maybe I'll take a closer look

when i think speakers on a keyboard, i think CASIO,

sorry , to me a pro keyboard should NEVER have 30-watt speakers,

and yes the SD5 should not have had speakers either

get a real sound system and a real monitoring system

lee you are so wrong .....onboard speakers are excellent monitors for vocalists/players
& versatility on very small gigs & other uses...many big pros here consider speakers a "Must have" I've gigged with Casios also so what?...what the audience loves is what you play & how "GOOD" YOU play your music not what is appears to be. lets HEAR what you got is my motto & always will be period, gear comes in second.

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Lee, my friend, my Yamaha CP-300 Stage Piano has speakers...wouldn't you say that it is a pro instrument?

The Roland RD700 Stage Piano does not have speakers.

Would the Korg PA-588 be considered "pro"?

Some companies like to put them in, some don't...I don't think it makes one instrument "pro" and one not.

I like the convenience of speakers, and wouldn't buy a keyboard without them...at least not willingly.

We all have our preferences.

Ian

i have seen HUNDREDS of REAL bands playing and not ONCE have a seen a keyboardist playing with a CASIO or with a speakered keyboard.

those keyboards with speakers are meant for the home and/or senior citizen gigs...

that is why those keyboards with speakers are in the home section of keyboard stores and the REAL pro non-speakered stuff, are loacated in the "Pro Audio" area

"onboard speakers are excellent monitors for vocalists/players"

Dnj, no excellent monitors for my voice/keys are my 12" QSC powered speakers

but i guess everone has their own idea and/or preference of what's excellent.

sorry but, hearing say an SD5 through its internal speakers, or through a "real" system is a HUGE difference...

Lee, if you were right, I’d agree with you.

There are many pro keyboardists using the Yamaha CP-300 and also many using the Yamaha P150/200...and they have speakers.

Michael MacDonald, formerly of the Doobie Bros uses a Yamaha CP-300 just to name one player you might recognize.

Your statements are full of sailboat fuel.

Ian

lee are you a daily gigging musician?
I only ask because I dont think you would lug around all that extra gear in & out a few times a day do you?

whether i play 1, 2, 3, 4, times a week, i make it a point to look and sound as pro as possible,

most of my gigs are on weekends, part time gigging musician

also, i bet those pros using the speakered keyboards have the internal speakers turned off...