what's your budget?
good techno styles? do you want an arranger?
if not-(if you can program/write your songs or get /buy mid files)
best roland out there under /around 400-700$ is XP50(hard seq),60 and 80(eaiser seq d/t

better display,larger seq mem,more realtime sliders,apr),they are great for live band

and seq gig work.though they have 8 mb onboard sounds are much fuller more tuned

for pro use.(all can accept 4 X 8mb exp boards).
all of them are better than korg wkstations of their time(n364)etc because their sound

editing is deeper(not just lowpass filters), they have RPS with no loading and DIRECT DISK PLAY -a

must have feature for seq gigs for nonstop music.


triton le(SM card),used classic triton(onboard sampling),yam exr 7,5
can also be on the list.tritons are more preffered for dance music and also for their
ease of use.

I would stay away from psr 550(unless it's less than 200$).psr 2000,2100 only if you use

arranger function,if not go for above workstations.
korg arrangers that can write syles(i-30,I3 and PAs etc)(is-40,50,i4,5s,ix300 etc can't)also have full func seq so it'll be wise to consider them if you can find them cheap.They'll have workstation programs and similar(not identical) seq and most have direct disk play(except-I3).




[This message has been edited by jamman (edited 11-23-2004).]