Thank you AJ. I had the loan of a sd1 yesterday and today and I have to admit that in my opinion,it is not really in the same category as the audya for live playing,especially the drum and the rhythm guitar sounds.These both sound ok on the sd1 but when compared alongside the audya,they seem lifeless and I don't think any other drum machine would be any better.
My wish list for an update to the audya would be,Be able to assign the lead instrument and the rhythm to left and right outputs,bass to one and two and drums to three and four and maybe a separate output for the vocalizer (like the sd1)
Also be able to make the count in for the auto accompminent much louder. Thank you for responding