Tom, Thanks for your EXCELLENT description of the Dynamic Arranger feature. Quite an interesting concept. To answer DanO's question about 'how important' (to me) the Dynamic arranger is: I would say it depended if you could turn this feature ON or OFF. The concept sounds intriguing but I wonder how much I would use it because I usually play in either full keyboard mode or split mode, with BOTH hands assigned to instrument sounds. I almost NEVER have the left hand (chord recognition area) part muted. I don't want the left hand volume changes to somehow cut out accompinment parts unexpectedly. Nontheless, this feature does sound like it could really enhance your performance if mastered. I'd be interested in hearing from other players out there that use this feature in their playing.

Just a followup to what Uncle Dave said on ANOTHER thread. I too prefer the 'minimalist' style (drums, bass, piano with vocals) arranger keyboard performance approach. The main reason I went with an arranger in the first place was for rhythm section (bass line and drums) support to my live singing & realtime keyboard comping/soloing. I could have just used a drum machine and synth (split mode) with bass sound in left hand and piano sound in right hand, but this arrangement of using the left hand for playing bass lines leaves ONLY the right hand for one hand piano comping. With the arranger (in full keyboard mode), I can play MORE full sounding 'two handed' keyboard comping chords while triggering the arranger to automatically play the bass lines. This sounds MUCH more like a REAL LIVE 3 piece rhtym secion (drums, bass, piano) would. I tend to prefer to keep other auto-accomp parts to a minumum as too much auto-accomp can make the performance sound unbelievable for a one band act, like you are playing with a karoke backup which is certainly NOT what I want. You NEVER want the auto-accomp parts to upstage your LIVE (playing/vocal) performance. If I want to step into the audience and sing solo (no keyboard playing), then the rules change and I'll use more elaborate full blown karoke type backup arrangements. Just my personal thoughts.