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Originally posted by Kingfrog:
The way I see it Americans are simply not aware of how good Arrangers are for professional use. . .

. . . It Seems here in the States People don't mind hearing acts playing along with tracks. whether CD,Sequencers, or Arrangers. To the Audience there are sounds the play is not playing. It does not matter their origin. A page from the Karaoke book I suppose which is very popular here.

If I'm reading this board right, in Europe Tracks are not accepted but Arrangers are. I see them as one and the same. It's mostly tracks that are being sequenced, albeit with some more control than over a CD or sequencer. But they are still hearing drums, horns, strings, with no drummer, horn or string section within a 100 feet.

Now i Figured if I never heard of them, and my wife never heard of them. There has to be a whole lot of American people who don;t know the power of them and how flexible and great they sound. I'm find that to be true spending a lot of time in a music store that sells them. Those who do know o them buy them for home use and others don't get to see them used live. I am amazed that of all the places here in Myrtle Beach there are OMB jobs n one uses an Arranger. It's baffling because they are so much better then CDs or sequences in live performance.

All that said It's no small wonder Ketron and Wersi cannot get traction here. YAMAHA TYROS and KORG PA series are minuscule when compared to their Workstations in the US. Roland seems to have given up completely in a market where they have great Workstation sales.


That kind of echoes what I said originally about seeing OMBs, but no arranger in sight. How do you get the word out? How do you drive up the awareness? Maybe more 'home players' need to get their chops down and get out there. You can all use a bit of spare cash, right guys?

Dnj, you're right on the money, too.