Friends,

As the new year quickly approaches, we'd like to get some ideas from you of features you would love to have in a top-of-the-line keyboard that are NOT in any current arranger keyboard in the market today.

If refering to features that have been released in past keyboards which you would still like to see, please place the word(Old) before the paragraph refering to that feature ...

e.g

(Old) Chord sequencing. (Explain how it should work).

If refering to a new feature, please place the word (New) and explain in detail the feature in question.

Thanks,

AJ

AJ, I'm sure I got other requests too, but this is the first that comes to mind :

(Old) Chord Sequencing: allow one to trigger the chord sequencer to begin recording while playing live in auto accomp mode, and continue recording until you trigger it to stop recording; and then immediately playback the recorded (8, 12, 32 bar etc) chord progression until you trigger it to stop and then resume back to live auto accomp mode playing again. The advantage of a chord sequencer is giving us the freedom to 'solo freely' after the chord progression is recorded without worry about being restricted to playing only specific limited chord voicing for the arranger to correctly recognize your intended chords.

Scott

+1

Hi AJ:

Thanks for asking:

1. (New) Better sounding and more "Country Genre" sounding guitars and instruments including a Dobro. Fiddles that sound like fiddles. Drums with hi-hat sounds. More multi-pad sounds for a variety of backing.

Songwriters who use keyboards to create demos of their songs are "loathed" in Nashville A&R Departments. They refer to them as "cheesy sounding keyboards."

Regards,

Dave
http://www.ShowCaseYourMusic.com/DaveRice/

Choosing and controlling sounds that are actually running on a remote PC's VST host but using them them on your arranger would feel the same as local sounds ...

This would open up endless possibilities and sound pallets to an arranger like the Audya. Maybe even routing arranger sounds through VST effects


Tough this would require a highspeed connection like gigabit ethernet or firewire because next to mi9di and controll signals high quallity audio needs to be tranfered foreward and and backward between PC and Arranger.. The arranger would in this case be the PC's audio device...

As i said many times before its not necessary to run VST's on an arranger, but it would be awesome if we had an easier way to controll them....



[This message has been edited by Bachus (edited 12-06-2010).]

(new) lots more NON-bread-and butter sounds
like modern sounds for modern dance music, more synth, pads, atmospheric, type sounds

(new) more audio guitar loops. including (cavaquinho guitar)

(new) more and better dance, hip-hop, r&b, top 40 styles, this would include modern Drum Kits (analog'ish)
KEEP the acoustic real drums too already onboard

basically keep it as is with bread-and-butter stuff

and MODERNIZE/ADD cutting edge sounds and styles and elements to create them (audio drums, audio guitars, audio bass)

Old - Small display non tilted

New - BIGGER Tilted touch DISPLAY
at least a full 8" to 10" square/also outdoor viewable

Old - Serial Pin Plug for pedals (ketron)

New - Single 1/4" inputs for pedals (2)

Old - Too Heavy reduce wasted real estate

New - 10 Lbs Lighter overall.

Old - NO factory made KB cases soft or hard

New - Factory made Custom cases SOFT & HARD

Old - No Continuous current optional Style & Sound Library

New - Continuously current optional Style & Sound, instructional DVD for all levels HELP Library for customer purchase.

Great Topic!

(new) Ability to pick and choose Fills, breaks and endings from a library of pre-builts.

(old) Style creation utilities / functions.
(new) Highly intelligent ON-BOARD software (ala band in a box) that will automatically create new styles for you based on a specific Genre with the ability to morph into hybrid styles - ala Korg Karma.

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AJ,

are you asking this for a NEW future keyboard to top the existing AUDYA?

or are you asking to IMPROVE the existing AUDYAS ?

Bachus,
Don't know if I understood all of what you want...BUT. Today...on my PA2XPRO I can setup any external voices (SW or HW based) as a user voice.
I actually key in the bank/program chg in the Korg user voice. It will then be used like any other internal voice would, Songbook, performances styles etc. Anything.

Multiple user voices on different MIDI channels are supported. It is all controlled using a user voice. You can even use internal and external sound on the same voice...meaning I could have a Korg String AND a VST Piano on the same user voice.

As to control, there are progammable slides on the PA2 that can b set to send any MIDI CC.
Or, just set a KOrg USB based micro contrller on the kbd top.

Lee S.