I think it would be fair if AJ came to this topic and would explain the differences between the SD7, the audya 5 and the MidJpro into detail...

I think, the SD7 is based on the all new Dream SAM5000 series Audio Processors.


Dream® proudly announces a new milestone in Digital Audio Processing

20.01.2015 Today Dream® announes the launch of a new generation of Digital Audio Processing DSPs, the SAM5000 series.

Main features of the new series are:

- Up to 256-voice polyphony for crisp sound synthesis using proven DSP-Array® architecture
- Huge soundbanks in up to 8 GByte NAND Flash
- Copy protected sound banks, on the fly AES format decryption
- 56-bit accuracy, specific hardware accelerated DSP Audio instructions
- SW compatible to the landmark 3000 series
- Up to two independent USB 2.0 High Speed ports
- Ethernet MAC on chip
- S/PDIF Interface

Regards,

Carlo

I don't think so

Don, I'm not driving to Bossier City until you drive to Forest Hill, Maryland, or Marathon Key, Florida. I've been to your place a couple times, now it's your turn.

Gary

Not having USB3 support allready shows that it would be wiser to choose for an intel processor...

USB3 allows for real time audio connections to Computers, allowing 16 or even 32 channels audio up and down in real time for DSP processing..

With current prices there is no single reason not to choose for the performance of an intel CPU set... And thats something current music hardware producers havent understood yet ( exception Korg Kronos). Anyway, only choosing intel (or compatible amd) will push performance forward...


On top of that, this set will not be seen in hardware in the comming two years, all new hardware has a development cycle, it will take some time... And thats another good thing of Intel, its backward compatible... I can develop on older hardware and in the end upgrade to new CPU and mainboard/memmory.. The hardware controll layer is independant of the software layer...

Here are the "preliminary" specifications:-

They were nice demos but nothing to shout home about. I am beginning to think that I have genuinely bought my last arranger keyboard . There is nothing truly outstanding that's been produced on any arranger for the last 10 years. I think arranger keyboards need something new and different and usable for both pro and home users to breathe new life into them .

Jetton will not sell vary many of these I fear

Ye, drums are great of course, nothing new really for me being an Audya 5 owner,
actually less as SD7 omits the audio guitars, audio bass guitars

upgrade my Audya 5 with a touchscreen, much more RAM, SSD, super fast CPU, new OS, more RH sounds, let us add our own audio guitars, make it lighter, and THEN we are talking advancement in the Arranger world!!!