Don't let that Korg rep downgrading arranger keyboards bother you. There is a negative stereo type arrangers have had for years (that really stems back to the 1980's). Yamaha and Casio were huge in the 80's and even the 90's and they dominated what a lot of us then called the "cheese" department. Although some of the arrangers were toys and designed specifically for the novicer or beginner, there were upper end arrangers. Today professional arrangers have really taken a turn. Boards like the Yamaha Tyros, Korg PA series, and Roland V or the new G series have really broke the barrier.

Too many people today still feel that if a keyboard has speakers and preset styles it's a toy. As many of us know--this is not the case. Even the makers themselves prefer to keep a fine line between their own keyboards. Look at Yamaha. They had the PSR-9000, then released a speakerless 76 key version and added the word (pro) to the name. Korg did the same thing with the PA1X Pro. Some professional arrangers are just as good as synths today. Yamaha even started carrying over signature voices like sweet, cool and live to their Motif series (voices that came from the arranger line).

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