For the nth time, people who use arrangers to make a living feel slighted by manufacturers who market their upper level arrangers along with their dime store keyboards. Yamaha is the big culprit, still. Yamaha could do everyone a favor if they renamed all the upper-level arrangers to reflect their position, power and use. Why not have a line like AR-1K, AR-2K, AR-9K, etc. Make the systems separate, but upgradeable (software updates, options, etc.); put them in a road-worthy chasis; make (some of) them as 61, 76 and 88 key versions.

Is Roland going to come out with a new arranger at the summer NAMM?

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Cass Pawlowski
Detroit, MI
PSR2000, Roland SC88
Cakewalk, Sonar, Power Tracks, BIAB