Deane,

We should be getting prices shortly once the show raps up. It will be one of our lightest Keyboards ... since the MS60 @ LXWXH (in inches) = 45 15 X 4.5

It will also be our Arranger with the most packed features:$ ratio.

More info to follow.

Thanks,

Many have asked so I'll just answer here.

There are 4 fills and 4 breaks (although the panel only shows access to 1). Depending on which Arranger you are in (e.g. if you are currently playing ARRANGER B), if you press the dedicated FILL or BREAK button on the panel, you will get FILL2/BREAK2.

However, if you choose the ARRANGER screen (as shown below), you can have access to the dedicated FILL INS/BREAKS and press any right there on the touch screen - regardless of which ARRANGER you are in ...

Hope this explanation helps.

Is there a manual out for SD7?

http://www.ketron.it/index.php/?option=com_content&view=article&id=590&Itemid=20

regards,
John

OK, now that this SD7 is "out"

can we please work on an Audya+ ??

and this time let us put in our own audio guitars in the audio guitars folder, thanks

AJ, Is the SD7 'backward' compatible with any other Ketron keyboards or modules?
I really like the sounds and new styles for registrations, it would be nice if I could just dump hundreds of midi files with a minimum amount of editing. Could that be possible?
Ciao,
Jerry

If the SD7 is really a midjpro with keyboard and speakers then I would think that this demo will also boost sales of the midjpro.
Such a shame that they can't be found in the music stores as that would be a sale booster too.

I'm still using my old Solton (Ketron) MS40 module and couldn't bear to be without it - Ketron let themselves down by not making more effort to sell their wares which are, and always have been, class leading instruments in many ways.
Tony

Anthony,
I also had the MS40 and its keyboard version the MS50. Great instruments for those days with drums that even today are hard to beat by the other brands. Problem with Ketron,apart from being a small company with a slightly blemished reputation as to service and aftersales is that they continued to develop things based on the same OS as previous models. Hence the Audya is a hideous machine to programme, imagine the old Solton MS50 but with a new multitude of variables. ( parameters).

As to this new SD7 being a Midjay Pro in a box, that would not necessarily be a good thing as I read on many Italian sites and forums how many problems and bugs were encountered by those who purchased one. If you go to the private sales of musical instruments on Italian sites you will find many Midjay Pros on offer. Maybe because they have an eye on the new SD7 but it might also be that they are somehow disenchanted.

Personally I still have an old Ketron X1 alongside my Korg PA800 and I still think that the versatility of this X1, the outstanding drums and some individual samples noticably the blow-sax, musette, etc. is impressive. Mind you to the best of my knowledge the entire ROM sample memory of this X1 does not supersede 24Mb, so the SD7 should be much and much better in every way. Still, the touchscreen so far with Ketron has not been a very reliable construction as compared to Korg, hopefully they have learned from their experiences with the Midjay Pro which also sports ( the same ?) touchscreen.
Only time will tell...........

regards,
JOhn

just heard that the street price here in Europe will be approx.
2800 euros ( just over 3000 dollars) which is a lot of money. Not sure whether it will compete heavily with Korg and Yamaha given its price-tag................

regards,
John

Hi John,
A few things I didn't know there and the price, if you are correct, will hold back sales of the SD7 especially when Roland have the BK9-76 at a good price.
However I still have a regard for Ketron and really hope they will get their act together now and give the big three some competition.
Tony