Fran,

when i play using the arranger mode on the T2 i never use intros and endings... its a constant mix, one song mixes into another. I feel stupid standing there listening to an intro looking at the audience just waiting for the variation to kick in.

besides with an arranger having 4 variations, most of the time (im talking about 95%) i only use two of the variations in a style max per song. so having 5 arps i found even better because u can make one arp your fill lin and another one the ending...

the sequencing is far more advanced on the synth and the editing blows anything away that i have seen on any arranger.

Just using the knobs / sliders to use frequency cutting / eq / reverb / etc etc realtime makes the patterns completely dynamic and gives a far better feel than just playing the same loops over n over on an arranger. in the 2 hours i was there, i tried alot of songs i play on my T2 and just by turning knobs and sliders believe me they sounded sooo much more interesting...

I play more modern dance / trance / Latin and Rock So a Synth is definitely more a tuned for my style of music.

I have found in my personal experience that more older players tend to use Arrangers and the younger generation use Synths.

anyways thanks for your concern Fran but i have definitely made my decision. I cant wait to own this board!

Nick