[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kingfrog:
[B]Fran is right If you are going to play live. TOTL Arranger.

If you are going to create your own music and can arrange parts and assemble the tracks using a PC Sequencer, you will find the Workstation far more useful and easier to deal with. More sounds, more opportunity to tweak filters,envelopes, YOU are in control of a lot more aspects of your sound, including, writing and recording the variations beginning and endings to your songs. That's a great thing to be able to do.

Many want to do all of it themselves, I think arrangers can be of great help and a time saver, though as real players are "playing" the sequenced arrangements.

The Arps could be great for guitar parts, synths,contemporay loops, and some horn stuff, The the ARPs are like those found on Multi Pads in Arrangers and will follow your playing. You just need to put them together.

If you are working in a studio environment and Workstations don't generally come with serious mike pre-amps or harmonizers. I am assuming also you have a Large Diaphragm Vocal mike and separate pre amp and will not depend on the Keyboard for those tasks. That's why I made the comment about not using a keyboard for vocal parts.

The Ultimate solution? Buy BOTH. Get a PSR700 for the selective MIDI output of the massive style library available and a Korg M3,Roland, or Yamaha WS for the voices and and convenience of a Workstation in the recording environment.

If you are doing all contemporary music....Workstaion Hands down.