One thing we must not lose sight of is that the 'Arranger keyboard' is a fairly new concept as far as musical instruments go (about 20 years) SMF's have been around much longer in various guises, it requires a certain technique to play an arranger properly and yes some people find them hard to accept as a professional musical tool but is is early days yet and as time goes by the general public and snotty purist musicians will realise that there is a place for this instrument and 'yes' some of the things they hear aren't being played by the performer, the arranger is following the player pretty much the same a very good live musician would do, arranger playing is a skill in itself, I've had brilliant pianist's visit me who made my S900 sound like crap. To me there is not much difference in using live musicians or an arranger, the end product is the same...entertainment !

An 'Arranger' is just another tool to get the job done FULL STOP, it has nothing to do with not having the skill to work with real musicians, most arranger players on here have played in live bands for years, I would rather play with live musicians as I actually find the gigs a lot easier as I only have to think about playing my instrument part only! ... When I go out as a OMB I have to be all the musicians and make it sound like they are really there and all the extras that go with it like tempo's, drum fills, solo's etc.

I don't know what sort of cantankerous musicians you play with Diki but musicians I perform with are all very professional and are aware of things that happen whilst performing live and adjust accordingly without all the angry reactions your ramblings implied.

As time goes by and trends change I really don't want to hear this....................

Oh look at that keyboard player...he has to surround himself with live musicians because he hasn't the skill to use to use an arranger...!!!!

Good day gentlemen.