One of my friends is going to buy a keyboard soon and he has asked me for advice. He's going to use this keyboard to record drums (and other things as well) and use them as backing tracks. It'll be used in a studio environment (for now at least). These are the important things:
* Good drum sounds. This is important.
* Good other sounds (e.g. strings, piano, organ or other sounds that would fit in metal).
* Easy to use (like me, he has a visual handicap, though not as bad as me).
* No arranger functions needed.
* Editing of sounds is a plus.
* Price range: up to approx. $800.
I know this is describing a synth more than an arranger, but this is the best place I know to post this question.

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Robert.

P.s.: Should mention that he's a guitar player and he plays only metal (mostly death metal but also other styles).

[This message has been edited by painkiller (edited 05-28-2005).]