George,
Its OK...it sent me in the right direction...hehe. I appreciate the response. Thank you Evan too. I really would like to hear more about any of the shortcomings of this board tho...If anyone has any comments....tomorrow i check out the ketron x1-9...but i think my mind is made up. What i really want to know is how people use this board for live performance...cause I will probably have to record the backing tracks....drums, bass, violin, horns, etc and just play live piano or guitar sounds. I guess i could do that with ANY synth...not just an arranger. The reason i stick with arrangers is because i started with them. But i cant achieve the right sound on many songs with just my left hand bass, right hand piano/guitar, and drums. Almost any song i do can sound better canned. This was made clear to me when i heard a local guy....can's everything...and he's not at all a good player....but he sounded great with eveything prerecorded. Chords were still wrong but it was good overall...audience didnt seem to know!! hehe And he works a whole lot less than i do and can do many more songs because of it. So I'm finally a convert to this method. Anyways....any ideas would be great!....thanks again.