Posted by: Alex K
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Now, how many people do you know who do a solo gig with only the workstation? I know none. Because if you play to a sequenced track, you only need an iPOD to hook into the PA (and before that it was the minidisk players). But there is a large number of people who are earning money with an arranger. In fact, i'd venture to say that 80 % of people buying the high-end arrangers are the performers looking to use them in their acts. On the other hand, the number of workstation buyers who will be earning money by using them in any live acts is probably 20 % or so (though the numbers sold are significantly higher).
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Maybe it's just your area, but I know a lot (actually most of my friends who do perform) do solo gigs with synth/workstations. I only know of two people that use arrangers. If you're doing sequenced tracks on a synth you don't need an ipod. You just do all the work yourself. You sequence all the tracks yourself. You then leave your solo track open and switch sounds within your performance on the fly. Or you can go into edit menus and insert control changes and have the synth automatically switch to another instrument without have to take your hands off the keys. It's actually quite simple. I used to perfrom on just a synth/workstation doing solo work. Boards such as Korg Trinity, Yamaha EX-7, and a few others.

With a synth the performer does all the work. You record all your own tracks, arranger them, set up the individual parts within a performance and just play.

Squeak



[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 09-24-2005).]