another update is out

don't know what it entails yet, gonna read up on it now...

from ketron.it site

AUDYA Release 1.2a

Optimized the initial latency on Audio Drum with Start and Key Start.

Fixed a random error on synchronization between Audio Drum and Midi on the Style.

Eliminated a freeze condition for disc with Key Start and Style active.

Included the Alphabetic search for Registrations. The option is available into Menu > Keyboard Control > Utility > Next Page > Registration Sort Numeric / Alphab.
On the same page is available the function Restore, which resets the panel to its initial condition before the Registration is recalled.

Added the automatic loading for Key Tunes when associated and memorized on the Single Registration.

Improved the Song Set up for Midi file Player, with the possibility to control the Drum 2 of SD series ( Groove ) and to select more effects on the GM parts ( Distortion, Echo etc.)

Extended the compatibility for Styles of Ketron previous models ( SD5, SD1, X1 ).
Accordion menu further on implemented.

I was hoping this 1.2. Would throw in Micro editing and style creation capabilities. Or make up tools as Roland calls it
But that may be asking for too much

let's get the keyboard first, then we can add to it.

I was told the shipping of the American destination Audyas have started.

When I get mine, your all welcomed over, bring your own booze

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Ahahahaha...everything is still funny in here, its funny to read some posts
...Lol and yes, Audya left Italy...the first shipment.

[This message has been edited by Nedim (edited 03-27-2009).]

nedim, does that mean you not coming?

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Not coming where? To CT? I wanna come check the MS.

Another thing to mention in here so people dont start guessing and assuming,
AUDYA dont have a Sampler in it, not in the sense of a Sampler as on PA or
Tyros...its different, its not a Sampler. It has 64MB which can only Load only
Ketron INS files and thats about it, you cant use it as conventional Sampler.
The AudioLoops are not even considered as Sampler files since the are streamed
from HD and you can create them without the sampler.

Hi, Guys

I feel sorry for you guys in the states i always watch with anticipation.

I have had the Audya in my shop in the United Kingdom for about 6 Weeks now.

We had one of the first in the UK.
Hopefully it will come soon

Well, the big question are:
How many sold and what price in UK?
(Not the "list price", but what does the customers actually
have to pay?)
GJ

Dazzast... seeing as how you actually have one (for SIX freakin' weeks, no less ), how about joining in on some of the threads about the guitar feature, variations with built-in pickups and so forth, rather than us have to listen to Nedim constantly excuse every flawed feature with 'it's a beta, wait until it ships, blah blah blah'...?

It was shipping six weeks ago and he is STILL trying to pass this rubbish off on us Americans. Solo the guitar section. Play some sus, dim and aug chords in the middle of regular maj and minor chords. How well do YOU think it holds together? Would you mind recording it soloed, so we can see whether mrdave's examples he posted WAS a beta unit, or if that IS how it sounds...?

Right now, it is the European USERS (NOT Ketron support staff) that should be giving us the straight skinny - You know... real users, not glib salesmen.

Hi,

Lots of questions. I will be honest a lot of the questions you are asking i really havent got into. We are a very busy shop and sell lots of other stuff. In all honesty keyboards are a small part. Guitars brass and woodwind and music books being a major part of our business and all accesories.

We do sell the Tyros 3 also which sits alongside the Audya. In all honesty the drums sound and guitar backings are fantastic and through our Bose L1 system it sounds just like the real thing.

As for styles the ones it has are great but for the money it really needs a lot more as like the tyros. The sounds are good and what you expect if a trumpet sounds like trumpet you cant get much better.

My inital thoughts is that it lacks styles and needs a lot more.

£3999.00 retail here which is far too expensive for what it is.

if the dealers think it's expensive
and we think it's expensive,
then why doesn't Kteron realize it
and make it affordable for us ALL, not just for the select few that have that kind of cash :-)

or at least make teh AUDYA competitively priced

like i said b4

for that money i want 1GB ram (expandable)
1 TB HD,
and many, many more styles
and software to go along with it to give users control and power to create their own....

Interestingly enough for all the years I've been a Ketron dealer (since 1995)I've questioned the prices of Solton and Ketron keyboards. I've always thought they were very well made keyboards with very good sounds and styles, but slow to advance into the modern technology and almost never willing to adjust prices to match the competition's models. To this end, I think it has kept Ketron from selling more products and being better known in the keyboard world. I've spent year after year at NAMM shows asking Paolo, owner of Ketron Italy to be willing to adjust prices so that Ketron products would compete with similar Yamaha, Korg and Roland products, but have not received favorable responses. When Lou and Aldo owned the distribution company in New York, they would always agree with me and tell me I needed to speak with Paolo, but as I've stated, the response was always "we can't lower our prices and be profitable".
So now, with our current economic conditions, I can sense from most of my customers the need for competitive prices and I hope the Audya can survive these current conditions.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

Without a 'trickle down' model in the affordable (sub-$3000) range, George, I'm not sure how well the Audya line and Ketron in general will do. Let's face it, if Yamaha only sold the T3, and didn't have an S900/700/500 etc. to support it, how long would even THEY stay in the business?

That's cheep compared to the prices here, where you have to
add another £1000 to reach the "offer price" and yet another
£1000 to add to the retail price.
Maybe the Norwegians/Scandinavians did find a big oilfield inside
the Audya when dig deep into the case?
GJ