This claim is NOT limited to Tyros2 owners, but owners of all other brands of (Ketron, Korg, GEM, Roland, Casio, etc) ARRANGER style keyboards as well. That said, as a Tyros2 owner myself, I'd never make such an ABSURD claim. Though some Tyros2 owners (and other brand arrangers kb owners as well) may claim even people with minimal keyboard skills (left hand: one finger mode) can create fantastic sounding music on an arranger, in my personal opinion, it takes actually playing the keyboards parts LIVE (both LEFT & RT hands), with the auto accomp merely acting as a supporting rhythm section, plus triggering fills & multipads riffs live, to bring the sound of arranger keyboard performance to a pro sounding performance level, albeit uniquely arranger style own. My background: played piano (since 4), majored in music in college, and performed in bands (as vocalist & keyboardist) for a number of years. The primary reason I switched to one man/duo act arranger entertainment is because it means less hassle (and loss time) for band rehearsals, typical band member personality conflicts, and the ability to take in (for myself) the amt of $ a band would have to share amongst themselves. The unfortunate downside is having to carry the whole show by yourself, and the lack of the musical interaction (music making inspiration between band members) that occurs when playing with pro level musicians. That said, I still enjoy picking up occasional gigs performing with a live band.

Scott

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 06-20-2006).]