Don.., I've been strongly considering purchasing a high end arranger and creating some modern styles for market. The need's there, but no one is really meeting the demand for it. We can't rely on the arranger makers because they don't want to lose their current market. Still shows though that there is clearly a market for something like the original DJX, but in a pro version. Arranger control over modern styles is very cool. I will say the biggest obsticle for anyone who's wanting to take modern styles to market is that these current arrangers typically lack the kits for it. If I was to do this.., I'd probably get my hands on a Korg PA series simply because of how indepth the synth engine is on those. I would also have to do some serious tweeking to the kits.

I'm a different type of keyboard player I guess. I go from playing orchestral music, to blues, to jazz, to rock, some country, and into hip hop all in one sitting. I think the arranger makers have a chance to tap into a big market..., just depends if they can not be so greedy with pricing.



[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 12-30-2008).]