Neither have I. Unless you have created your own STYLE for a song, the music that comes out of that box was still originally played by someone else. Musicians are never going to accept that as legit. Stringing together a bunch of loops to make a Rap record might sell a lot of records but....... and when you get right down to it, what's the difference? What is MUSIC and what an audience will ACCEPT as music are two different things. Arrangers emerged from "home" instruments designed specifically to help non-musicians make music for home entertainment. It was designed from the ground up as an "instant gratification" device. What we see today is that instrument taken to the extreme....because "they" have the technology to build it and "we" have the money to buy it. Is the modern, top-end Arranger a boon to OMB's? Of course. Are they "finally" being accepted by musicians as Pro instruments? GET REAL.

chas


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