If the greatness of an arranger is determined by the factory styles out of the box, then we have gone back in terms of music skill level and technology.
I expect that from a low level Casio but not a high-end arranger.

How lazy are people to want to turn on a keyboard and play with a glorified midi player (that is all a style is) and don’t personalize the style?

The beauty of an arranger is that you don’t have to play a song exactly the way it sounds on the recording.

I would say that if you are using more than 20 styles on a 2 hour gig, then you haven’t figured the secret of an arranger.

If the people who want Out of the box styles with no ability to personalize the style, then maybe they should think about playing midi files on their gigs.

Give me a few good styles and the capability to personalize the styles and to make my own, and I along with most professional arranger players would take that over a keyboard filled with glorified midi files.

Specifically about the new Ketron, With all the new advances of that keyboard, if the keyboard does not have the greatest factory styles OTB but has a lot of features to enhance and personalize ones performance on a gig I suppose the ones who are fighting arranger technology would not consider it an arranger?