Hi Diki .

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210,000 events (they aren't notes) ain't a whole hell of a lot if you are heavily using controllers.


AS I said, in the real world it equals approximately 30 songs, and that's about right.

As for your G70, it's an arranger. If you wish to compare, then you need to compare it to a KORG Pa2X arranger. I have no idea why you are trying to compare it to the M50 which is a workstation. They are nothing alike.

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THAT'S what arranger players, doing the request thing really need.


We are back to arrangers ?.
Ok, but the main feature of an arranger keyboard is the ability to play the thing live. Not for it to simply function as a karaoke machine which is what your describing there with 4.5GB of songs and styles.

Nobody on this planet has that many songs. For what your discribing there it would simply make more sence to just buy a simply midi file player and a 32MB memory card.

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The WS is supreme in the studio, or in a tight, well rehearsed show


Yes, and more.
Simple fact is that the workstation is the popular choice for most live situation. This is why in sales the workstation far exceeds that of the arranger keyboard by many times and why you see bands and professionals around the world using them.

Arranger keyboards have their place, but they are by no stretch of the imagination even remotely as popular as Workstations for live or studio work.

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I've got a Triton. Love it. Wouldn't even CONSIDER using it instead of the G70 for sequenced gigs.


If I was going to play styles live with maybe a sequence here and there, I'd use an arranger keyboard. But if I was going to play over my sequences all night, I'd use a workstation.

That's their function, and one far exceeds the other at that.

An arranger keyboard is a nice universal tool, but it's by no means the master of all. If it was, there would be no such thing as workstation.

Lets agree to disagree though because I know I'm not going to change your mind on this. This thread was started with a question about a Workstation and I've answered that and explained what happened the last time KORG tried to include a feature like that. It wasn't wanted and if you truly understood what I have been trying to say about the SNG format, you really wouldn't be even mentioning your G70 in this thread at all.

Kind Regards.
James.