Hi All,
Thanks again for the encouragement.

Well I went to my local dealer today and had a play about. The only decent arrangers he had in were the Ty 1 and the PA1x. Already having owned a TY a gave that a miss and had a little play with the korg. As I arrived someone was just walking out with the last EXR 7s so I never got a chance to audition that. (I so wanted to love that board!) He is getting a supply of G70's next week so I am going back to have a look at them.

I went to have a look in the synth section and fell in love with a Triton studio 88. It was a delight to play (wonderful keys) but he would not budge from £1800 .... I thought that a bit much considering I have never owned a synth before and may not be able to get used to it.

However I did play (and eventually bought) a Roland RS-70 .....


At least I have something to play now. It is quite strange getting used to the different way of doing things (as opposed to an arranger) but some of the sounds on it are excellent! I am hoping I pick it up quite quickly because if I do I am going to plump for the Triton 88.

Like you Michael I think I will end up with an arranger too to help with my song writing. Otherwise it is going to take me an age to get anything written.

At least I have something to play whilst I am looking for what I really want. The danger was that I would rush into buying anything just to have something.
Best wishes
Tony



[This message has been edited by Tony W (edited 11-19-2005).]