QUOTE]Originally posted by Spalding1:
not at all DNJ. The gap btween arrangers and synths is almost indistinguishable but the gap between the types of customer that would buy an isntrument that is associated with old men in working mens clubs is immense . Thats wht the XS will never carry tango's waltzes,fox trot, two steps etc

Yamaha have taken great care to distance the XS from its arranger range of products. It has some arranger functions but you wont find the word arranger on their marketing literature. That why they use words like "arps" which is synth talk for styles . They call them "intelligent" because they follow your chords. So what have arrangers been doing for the last 15 years ????

They market the XS to a different customer where "coolness" matters. Fox trots etc are definately not cool and if yamaha were to include these "arps" they would decimate not just the XS sales but quite posibly the motif range too as the marketing brand would be damaged.[/QUOTE]

I have bought an arranger keyboard like the pax DESPITE the fact tht it has fox trots etc on it. They are not styles that i would use in public just because there is no call for them in the circles and venues that i play. I have looked beyond the "old man/nursing home " immage of typical arrangers and have seen the capabilities and the way that an arranger assists me in what i do which is mainly
gospel music arranging. Korg, Yamaha, Etc would be confused by a customer like me !!!


[This message has been edited by Spalding1 (edited 04-29-2007).]

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