After a few days with a new Roland Fantom X...a great workstation, great sounds[the useable ones], and great features...I like it better than the Korg Triton Studio 76 that I owned and maybe more than a Motif..but, for the life of me , I don't understand why any intelligent person would prefer a workstation[it sure is a work station] over a quality arranger workstation..
An arranger[top models] can do just about anything a "workstation" can do[anything important anyway]....and a whole lot more that a workstation can't do..

By the time you complete a project on a workstation, I would have already spent the proceeds from the project via working with an arranger..

It takes way to long to put together a project with the Fantom[or any other make]...Any inspiration, is sure to suffer in this slow adventure..

Like DonM says, musicians just don't know enough to appreciate the value of arrangers[they are closed minded]..
I experienced both worlds, and are fond of many of my old workstations[JV1000,XP80}...

As for the Fantom, I like it, but I'll take a G70, Korg Pa1x, Ketron SD1 or a Yamaha Pro 9000, over this or any workstation..
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