Originally posted by squeak_D:
Maybe it's just me then. I was a synth junkie before I got involved with arrangers, and none of my former synths had these nor did I ever feel the need to use them.
I've never had the need for "icons" to show me where specific percussion sounds were on the keys. You just learn the basic layout after a while I guess. Now the layout is almost universal on so many keyboards with the drum kits.
I (and other keyboard friends) I've talked to also felt it made the Pro arrangers look less (pro) in appearance because of the little drum icons.
I just think it looks cheezy to me for a professional keyboard. If Korg, Yamaha, and Roland added the icons to the Triton, Motif, and Fantom you bet your hind end that people would voice their dislike about it.
Squeak
That is the problem with top-end arrangers.
They are not made just for pro musicians.
They are also made for the home and novice user.
Thus visually tutering messages on the keyboard about basic functions of a keyboard is needed for the market that is not fully in to keyboard use and custums i.e(the standard drum mappings on a keyboard).
Workstations, are marketed to the pro musicians who do not like to be associated with anything that may look very basic.
That is why the pros who use just the traditional workstations would always look down on arrangers even the top-end ones.
[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 01-06-2006).]
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