Tony , markers allow you to handle the come late dancers..I have markers placed at a verse [2] , chorus, and ending...
This will allow me also to end a song if it isn't working...or go on for ever..

As for down time between smf's...on my board it is no problem..I can search while playing and a touch of a button...a new tune. No need to wait till the file loads as on some boards..

As Scott questioned on another post...SMF playing can't match realtime arranger playing..."Hogwash"..They both fulfill a need and work fine..
There are songs we do that an arranger just will not work as well as a good SMF...Like some dance tunes that people know.."Last Dance", The Love I Lost" It's Raining Men", ...you get what I am talking about?

One thing that really bugs me is when arranger players try to perform swing numbers, and they can't swing a tune to save their life...It makes the song so boring and amateur.

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 05-08-2006).]