It is unfortunate that Korg and Roland do not sell a lower end series of arrangers...I believe this was Technics problem as well.(they were also late in conforming to GM)

All arrangers were designed as "easy play" and "instant gratification" instruments, and even today they fulfill that role...consider that G70, PA2XPro, and Tyros2 all have "single finger" chording and factory designed One Touch Setting...aren't these for the novice player?

Having said that, although a fair number of "pros" use arrangers, including some big name players like David Paich (Toto) , David Bryant (Bon Jovi) and our own local heroes like Diki Ross, Donny Pesce, and Gary Diamond, to name a few, it is blatantly obvious the vast bulk of TOTL arranger players started on low end Yamaha arrangers(and, to be fair, Casio as well)...and once they learned the OS, which is basically the same for all Yamaha arrangers, they would naturally move up to the higher end product when their skills and their wallets allowed them the luxury of a more feature laden, and better sounding instrument.

Technics(R.I.P) didn't offer the beginner-on-a-budget anything to start out with...sadly, neither do Roland and Korg...are they missing something?

Time will tell.

Ian


[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 06-15-2008).]