Simon's statement here HIGHLIGHTS the point I was trying to make earlier in this thread, and that is:

"It's IMPOSSIBLE to realisticly emulate a guitar (pedal steel) when playing in arranger kb mode."

The critically important notes that require pitchbending occur 'RIGHT AT' the chord changes, when your left hand is also REQUIRED to play the chord changes. Am I missing something here? Is there a special 3 hand trick some of you guys (DonM and others?) are using to make it work? The only way I'm able to trigger pitch bend at the chord changes, when playing in arranger KB mode, is to assign a foot controller to trigger pitch bend. Unfortunately this is still a poor compromise, as this type of pitch bend is fixed, whereas using the pitch bend wheel, the pitch bend is variable, and the subtle shades of bending are controlable. I HOPE someone can provide a better arranger kb mode guitar pitch bend playing solution. Thanks in advance. - Scott