Me, I don't care one jot if an arranger is open closed, slightly ajar, or locked in a coffin. I've got one criterion for whether an arranger works for me or not. How does it sound? Is the voice choice balanced, do the styles work for most western music (just how big is the Slovenian market, Dom? You REALLY want to put all your eggs in that basket?), does it work smoothly without having to completely re-do everything you have?

So far, not one demo (that I've heard) can stand up to the best of Yamaha and Roland, Korg or Ketron. NOT ONE... Unbalanced styles, too much reverb on some things, not enough on others, out of tune parts, unbalanced drum kits, you name it. Go to the Tyros2 demo page, or the PA2X Pro page (or the Roland's, whatever).... You won't find ANY of this. Why is this?

And PLEASE, stop giving me the guff about 'these are only poor MP3 demos that don't reflect the sound of the MS', Ensnare. Those are only poor MP3 demos on the T2 site (and all the others), too, magically, it doesn't stop them from sounding amazing... Simple question, Dom. If they can do it, why not you?

Lastly, if you think that it's more important to bash out at least a hundred styles for the Slovenian market, rather than a hundred GOOD styles (or two or three hundred!) for the rest of the world, you are painting yourself into a corner. Put the majority of your sound and style development into styles that only a tiny fraction of the world plays, you are restricting your mass appeal, and actually alienating potential customers. Knowing your current focus, it is hard for a western arranger user to think that he is likely to see much style development when you put so much effort into your own area's tiny user base, and so little into the rest.

I have never written off your keyboard, Dom. If it actually delivered on your promise (for more than the Adriatic part of the world), I would have got one ages ago. All I need is something that STARTS out sounding and working better than my G70. THEN, to have the potential for me to make it even better. not starting out way WORSE than my G70, and MAYBE I can get it (with unceasing work) to sound as good or better...

After all, I am just some simple beach musician If YOU can't get it to sound better than my G70 (or a T2 or PA2X Pro) across the board, what hope do I have?