Well,Dennis, I'm God's gift to nobody! Trust me on that one.

But what issue are you taking offense from, now? Do you honestly believe that there AREN'T players who have no use for advanced features..? Talk to Roland, who dropped one of the most useful things an advanced player could possibly want, because, according to Roland, nobody used it! Draw your own conclusions.

It's pretty obvious, from many, many replies about issues with arranger operation that few have the slightest clue about, that an awful lot of players are tightly restricted to basic playing techniques. Basic left hand chords, right hand melody, not much else. Nothing wrong with that, mind you, but it IS a fact, IMO...

Now, there are a plethora of other arranger features designed for more advanced players, but because of the emphasis on non-players, basic players, and 'home' players, these are often afterthoughts of the design team, and often poorly implemented, and often dropped because they only work if you ARE an advanced player....

As Ian keeps pointing out, the VAST majority of arrangers are sold to 'home' users who can barely play, or are intermediate at best. Let's face it, where do you think the whole arranger backlash and reputation comes from? Advanced, 'pro' players? Dream on...

Why you are so upset is puzzling. Either you are an advanced player, and know about the issues with advanced features (or the lack of them!), or you are not, and just getting worked up at the thought that there MIGHT be someone who needs more than you do. I can't figure it out...

Look, I can talk until I'm blue in the face about issues that prevent you being able to do much except input chords with your left hand on an arranger. An utter waste for someone with a strong left hand technique. Understandable from people that primarily play arrangers, learned on arrangers, and wouldn't know what to do with that LH if their arranger quit and they had to use a WS, but sometimes it would be nice to hear from someone with the same problems, rather than the knee-jerk reaction of a mostly defensive group with a chip on their shoulder about having to play a keyboard that has (probably rightly ) earned quite a bit of disrespect from the musical community.

Look, if you have NO issues with your arranger of choice, good for you! Enjoy what you have. But don't get bent out of shape if someone else isn't as satisfied as you are...

I don't think I'm God's gift to anyone. I think the arranger is God's gift to us...! I just wish that He would spend a little more time and energy on the more advanced features (like Guitar Mode, how this thread got started), and the heck with those that don't use them or understand them. SOME of us do.