As you can see, we believed there was enough improvement in this update to go up to a whole new number (skipping 4.2c for those beta testers).

The 128MB RAM expansion now comes STANDARD with all new AUDYA series products!

What was done?

1 . We've added 2 new functions to the Disk Utility menu:- "Info" and "Restore".
2 . Ouantization has been improved in the Pattern EDITOR menu.
3 . "Pedal Switch" functionality has been optimized.
4 . Optimized "Midi Filter" management.
5 . Improved "Copy Styles" function in the Pattern menu.
6 . Improved the use of the "2nd Voice" with After Touch.
7 . Improved the Transposer function in the "Bass Fisa Low" function.
8 . Improved the functioning of: Audiodrum, Wave , MSP and Ins.
9 . Optimized the management of "Sustain Midi" on the "Global" Midi channel.
10 . Improved chords recognition in the "Easy mode" when using the Bass Pianist function.
11 . Improved both "Live Guitar" and "User Audio file" functions.
12 . Improved "Sustain Control" management within the Pedalboard.
13 . Improved minor and seventh chords recognition on the Style when using "Break".
14 . Optimized hard disk management.
15 . Improved management of the Global Transposer during real time tonality switch over.
16 . The problem present on Audya 4 with the "Manual Bass" during data transmission is now solved (Midi Out).
17 . "Global Transposer" management enabled in transmission ( Midi Out ).
18 . The Global Transposer functioning in presence of “ON” notes has been corrected.
19 . Improved Live Guitars selection via "Bank Select Midi" and "Program change".
20 . In the "Accordion Active” mode, the "Delete Notes" function was implemented after the Style stop, while the Manual Bass is active.
21 . Improvements carried out in the Midi Transposer menu (sections: Chord, Lower and Guitar).
22 . Improvements in the "Tabs" that can be assigned in the Play list section.
23 . In the Drum Set "Editor" environment, the Shift and Tune save settings has been corrected.
24 . In the "Accordion" mode the Manual Bass function was optimized.
25 . Improvements carried out to the Registration management (Single and Block).
26 . Improved compatibility between Mp3’s and Lyrics.
27 . Minor problems in the Midi Accordion "Factory Set-Up" menu have been solved.
28 . Optimized functioning of the Breaks in the styles (midi part).
29 . Improvements implemented to the Piano Styles Sustain function.

Enjoy

PS: Note ... for those of you with the AJAMSONIC upgrade package, this upgrade can also be applied to your keyboards/modules and you will still maintain your AJAMSONIC upgrade features, sounds and styles!

Now thats an Update WOW!!!! .......
great job AJ...all Ketron Audya owners Merry Xmas!!

Dnj,

Compliments to Ketron (Italy) for OS and including optional RAM now as standard. A great Christmas gift....

Thanks,

AJ

Hi all,
Can I install this new software via an iMac computer? Cheers, Ky

No, you will need to transfer only the .mem file to the audya's root directory. send me a Private Message with your email address and version of audya. Darren

My hat off ONCE AGAIN to ketron!!! They keep on keeping on improving their product. I am as elated as ever about my Audya. It just keeps on getting better... The ease with which style modelling is achieved is just beyond description. It is even easier than copy & paste - I really mean this. And there are now HUGE libraries to choose from... If ANY track in ANY part of the style sounds rather thinnish, simply replace it on the fly with an audio part!!! Then save it either as a new style or as a registry, leaving the original style completely intact. I hardly use any style anymore as is. I can write pages about this single, stunning feature alone!!! It still does not seize to amaze me, even on a daily basis. I am super inspired every time I turn it on. I can take any purely midi style & turn it into something AMAZING in the blink of an eye.

I have now already motivated two Tyros 4 owners to purchase Audyas. Both state that their Yamahas now sounds "midi" like in comparison. I will not bash any other product. I state this purely as proof that my enthusiasm is not mine alone...

And then, if I should even get started again on my AJAMSONIC upgrade... I'm sill blown away by it. I never knew this much could be had on a single arranger - but YES, it CAN!!!

Yes, it does not come cheap. But once one realizes that a single arranger does it all, it becomes much cheaper indeed!!!

Thank you Ketron, Robert & AJ, amongst others, for this really, but really AMAZING product!!!

Henni

Is there enough difference in 4.2C and 5.0 to bother with ?

AJ,

How's the Audya Sales in the USA, is there anything new on the horizon with Ketron, Italian finances in a real mess, doubt if there is any confidence out there, maybe Yamaha will be the first to bring out a new AKB, you don't see many new demos with the Audya on YouTube.

Tony

Goodness me...its Tony!

hey it's Tony,

nice to hear your optimistic posts lol

the only thing i would LOVE is for Audya to step up the RAM, (memory) to 2GB

otherwise, i'm LOVING it and appreciate the updates
it's a good sign that the company is still looking out for its customers

TWD,

A little bird told me that you fixed his Audya for him and it's now works perfectly, I wish to thank you for that, you are a good guy. Just wanted to know how and what ketron are doing with the Audya, perhaps a face lift now they have sorted and fine tuning out, times are bad out there and not many people got that sort of cash, anything now will need to be worth changing and sound much better and look good. I think only the big boys will have the cash to do this.

BTW TWD Henni has an Audya, battered around in the African bush, full of dust, runs off a generator, pounded by the sun and it still works, can't be all bad, wonder what day that Audya was made, got to be Wednesday...

Tony

Leezone,

Whatever you say??? Still glad you are like Henni loving every minute of your kit, that's nice, BTW are you playing over Christmas???

One of the best church organ sounds I have every heard on the Audya.

Tony

Tony,

For the most part, the most increase has been in those upgrading current AUDYAs with the AJAMSONIC upgrade kit here and oversease in UK, Germany, AUS, France ... etc. Ever since we made it possible for the end-user to now install this without having to ship the keyboard to us, we've been doing pretty well. Feedback (and from many who reside on this forum as well) speaks volumes ... in many cases even mentions what we either didn't do a good job doing, or in words better than ours could - and for that, we are thankful and greatful and happy to have put out a product that they and other end-users helped initiate and are now enjoying.

The next increase in sales here in th US but especially in EU and AUS has been of those purchasing AUDYAS with the AJAMSONIC upgrade already installed. With the new VCE-2 Voice Articulations, even converted styles from other manufactureres now sounds more decent on these AUDYA products. If all goes well, we are hopeful to include a conversion program with future updates which will be able to properly map Mega, SA and RX voices to equivalent VCE-1 and VCE-2 KETRON AUDYA voices for styles converted from other manufacturers .... that's up the pipes but it's being looked into as current conversion programs are obsolete (they do not account well for the new technology [sample switching, voice crossfading ...etc] being used in current modern Arranger keyboards).

Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2013 (while we stay at work with the intent to bring our customers even more in 2013).

The New "LIVE Grand Piano" soon to be released should put a smile on faces.

Hi AJ,

That's AWESOME news!!! I for one will have much use for such a
Mega voice mapper. Looking forward to it my talented friend.

Kind regards,

Henni

The problem your little bird told you about turned out to be two issues:
1) a non compatible hard drive supplied by a third party specialist. (indicated by the HD LED on all the time)
2) his 76 key Audya had been force loaded with Audya 5 OS and would not accept OS updgrades. (this is also linked to no. 1 and I still don't understand how it was accomplished!)

Once the correct hard drive was installed and the main board forced with the correct OS it was plain sailing. Just had to do a factory restore followed by the various updates. Its no wonder nobody could sort the keyboard out remotely!

Exactly like I've said & been guilty of myself,

The Audya runs partly off a operating system on the hard drive, same as a Windows based computer. If you tamper with it, it WILL byte you. I've been there myself & TWD had to run to my rescue with restoration DVDs.

I still suspect that MANY initial Audya problems were software related which could not be solved remotely.

So, don't tamper with the files on the hard drive, & it won't byte you. Other arrangers do not suffer from same as their system files cannot be accessed. Before you point out to me what a bad thing is is for the Audya, I dare you to show me a single other arranger on the market today that will accept such a MAJOR update as the AJAMSONIC upgrade. This is only possible because much of the operating system resides on the hard drive.

Henni

Hi Henni

The Wersi Pegasus Wing (You forgot that one didn't you )

Also it has one of the best B3 (And Vox, Farfisa etc.) emulators on any arranger, with Real drawbars.

Bill

Hi Bill,

I'll accept your word for it as I know absolutely nothing about this product. I do not even have demos for it. I do not even know if it is a true arranger.

Keep well my friend,

Henni

Hi Henni

Here are the details Wersi Pegasus Wing the demo is of the V1 model however it is now up to V2 and like all OAS instruments the V1 can be upgraded to V2 via a free downloadable update from the main Wersi Website, here there is also another demo here

B3 emulator included as standard is the VB3 VST from GSI

Changes since the keyboard was first introduced R00:01

Changes in software R 00:01 – R00:02
New options for saving Total Presets
Better display of karaoke lyrics
Additional settings Sequence Transpose and MIDI in Multi-mode
Correction of the foot switch control

Changes in software R00:02 – R00:03
Additional foot switch settings
New Wersi Edition VB3 drawbar system
Number of settings savable increased with enhanced display
New optional Sound Package "Best of Accordions" for Pegasus Wing
Error messages after restoring the factory settings from backup eliminated

Changes in software R00:03 – R00:04
Enhanced MIDI Editor
Enhanced Style Editor
15 new drawbar sound presets (level 7-9)
New optional package "James Last Edition" for Pegasus Wing

Changes of software R00:04 – R02:01
All Styles has been adjusted in volume
50 new live presets by Robert Bartha
New optional package "Franz Lambert Edition" for Pegasus Wing
New optional Sound Package "portamento sounds" for Pegasus Wing

Changes of software R02:01 – R02:02
50 new presets by Claudia Hirschfeld
New optional extension "Selector Plus" for Pegasus Wing

Bill

If you look at all the features and improvements to the G70 (got up to V3 in more than two increments!) I think the G70 counts as a significantly improved by FREE upgrades arranger!

Bill,

There must be quite a few Wersi Wings out there, considering all the features and upgrades...I think it's even beat out the Audya.

I haven't seen any owners speak about them here on the General Arranger Forum, so would you say it is selling well, based on your perspective of the market?

Ian

Hi Diki

I agree, both Korg & Roland give good upgrades during their lives with the V2 from Roland really taking everybody by surprise in how much the G70 was improved.

One thing you have to remember though is that OAS 7 as used on the organ range is up to R46 at the moment (With R47 on the way), and I don’t know of any hardware arranger that has had 46 updates since OAS 7 was launched in 2005. (Mind you the Audya is younger and that is already up to V5 so there might be competition yet)

Have a good Christmas

Bill

Hi Ian

They are selling way above expectations, (In the early days they kept running out of stock as they completely underestimated the demand) however like most arrangers they go into the home market, and very few home users visit the SZ forums, plus the main contributors on SZ are from the USA where the Pegasus Wing is not yet fully marketed. (But who knows what the future holds)

Have a good Christmas

Bill